The Raymer enterprise., 1923-04-05
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second reading. Another measure ap-
proved on second reading appropriates
$4,000 for an agricultural experiment
station In Cheyenne county.
Railroads that desire to abandon
service must wait one year before
junking the road and then must deed
their right Of way to the state, under
the provisions of H. B. $50, by Repre-
sentatives Louis J. Carter of Central
City and W. A. Spooner of Park
county. The bill was approved by the
house on second reading. Represen-
tatlve Carter said the bill was intend.
ed to protect the mining interests Of
the state. 1t does not change the
present law requiring railroads to OBJ.
tain the permission Of the public utlli.
ties commission before they abandon
service
Another squall struck the House
when the mines and mining commit
tee demanded public retraction and
apology from Representative A. p.
johnson Of Denver for stating that the
committee was unduly influenced by
the coal corporations in their adverse
report on the bill requiring coal min
ers to take mental examination.
Representative Johnson refused to
apologize In the morning. Following
the noon recess, however, he read a
statement from the mining committee
stating that Secretary Tomblln Of the
Metal Mining Fund, had acted as
stenographer in drawing the adverse
report. Evidently there has been a
misunderstanding in the natter"
The special committee appointed to
investigate the state institutions which
overdrew their appropriations made its
report to the House. A resolution was
also introduced by the committee call.
Ing for the appointment of another
Legislative committee to investigate
the Institutions during the next two
years and make Il report at the Twen.
| ty-fifty General Assembly. The COM
mittee which reported was composed
of Representatives ]. W. Calkins, Re
publican, and A. +. Headlee and james
| ]. Eubank, Democrats, The increased
cost In the penal and charitable in.
stitutiOns is caused by very large
Increase In the number of Inmates ac.
cordng to the report. IN the case OF
our educational institutions" the re-
port reads, I'VE find In some instances
rery poor business management, in
others we think waste and extrav.
agance prevail In greater or less de-
gree. 1t seems to us that the man
agement Of the various institutions In
many instances have entirely forgot
ten the purpose for which they were
created" AS an example of this the
report states that In the normal school
supposed to prepare teachers for the
public schools that the following
courses are given: costume designing,
artistic development modern drama
intef!or decorating, millinery, house
planning, house decorating, heating
sanitation, wood working, shop prob
lems cabinet making, concrete con.
structlon, art metal work, band, or.
chestra, pipe organ, string. wood and
brars instruments, aesthetic dancing
and boxing, tennis, general physics for
engineering, household electricity, mag
netism and electric waves. The total
expenditure for the educational insti-
tutlons of the state for 1919 and 1920
was $780,, ,221.22 and for 1921 and
1922 1t increased to $5,525,7S433, ac-
cording to the report. During this
period the valuation of the property
in the state decreased $42,0OO,OOO.
The bill providing for the repeal of
the half mill levy for highways was
passed by the House on second read.
Ing. 1t will not be passed on third
reading by the House until the Senate
finally passes the bill raising the tax
On gasoline from l to cents. An
attempt was made to have the bill laid
over until the Senate had passed the
bill raising the tax on gasoline, but
Representative Louis J. Carter said
that the measure would not be passed
IN final reading until the Senate had
laken action.
One measure granted women all the
rights, privileges and immunities now
enjoyed by men. The fight on the bill
was led by Representative A. b.
Alarming Of Denver. He declared the
bill was the work Of the ''sO.called
women with brains who have nothing
TO do between sessions of the Legis-
lature but draw up bills. He said the
class Of women behind the bill were
responsible for nine-tenths of the
trouble in the world. The enacting
clause was stricken by vote Of 10 to
b. The other bill that was killed
was child labor measure. 1t was
duplicate Of measure killed by the
Senate several weeks ago.
The Colorado and La Plata river
pacts were on the calendar for action,
but the House adjourned when Chief
Justice Allen Of the Supreme Court
announced that Senator Samuel d.
Nicholson was not expected to live
through the day.
Another bill that passed the House
on second reading allows counties to