Bills Passed at the Last Session of the Colorado Legislature
A compiled list of bills, resolutions, and memorials signed by Governor Orman, including revenue, appropriations, school developments, irrigation, elections, and various public works, with authors and bill numbers from the Thirteenth General Assembly. Also notes vetoed measures and reasons by the governor.
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Thirteenth General Assembly of
Colorado
Orman
Montgomery
Ballinger
State Board of Health
Carringer
State School of Mines
Garcia
Twelfth Judicial District
Heartz
H. B
Luthers
Madden
Greeley
Morris
Rawalt
Gunnison County
Stubbs
Cannon
Insley
State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Lyttle
Routt County
Jenkins
Thirteenth General Assembly
Cunningham
Bell
Burwell
Weldon
Gol
Tuberculosis Congress elects officers in New York
The tuberculosis congress in New York on May 17 announced officers led by Honorary President Dr. A. N. Bell of Brooklyn and President Dr. Henry Holton of the Vermont state board of health. Vice presidents named include C. K. Cole of Helena, R. F. Graham of Greeley, T. A. McNavin of Gibbonsville, and A. E. Osborne of Glen Ellen. Clark Bell of New York City serves as Secretary and Treasurer.
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New York
Tuberculosis Congress
A. N. Bell
Brooklyn
Henry Holton
State Board of Health of
Vermont
C. K. Cole
Helena
Montana
R. F. Graham
Greeley
Colorado
T. A. McNavin
Gibbonsville
Idaho
A. E. Osborne
Glen Ellen
Clark Bell
New York City
Washington Gossip on War Dept reorganization and postal bids
The War Department announces a new force structure totaling 77,287 soldiers with 2,783 staff. Cavalry, coast and field artillery, infantry, and engineer battalions are outlined with exact company and enlistment counts. The Post Office plans mid fall bids for star route contracts in Colorado and the West, favoring local bidders and box delivery. Desks used by historic figures may be sold to members. The U S Geological Survey maps plans for Colorado and Rocky Mountain work including water resources and mining districts across Colorado, Wyoming, and nearby areas with multiple field studies and base measurements.
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War Department
Coast Artillery
Post Office Department
Colorado
Wyoming
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record
House of Representatives
Atetion
McKinley
Colonel Bryan
Thomas B. John G. Carlisle
Blaine
General Guarfield
Sunset Cox
Congress
Memb
House
Henry Clay
Washington
United States Geological Survey
Rocky Mountain
Ouray
Gunnison
A. L. Fellows
George L. Adams
R. H. Barton
Greeley Quadrangle
Patrick and
Gold Hole
Whitman
Ernest Howe
J. Morgan Clemens
San Juan
Silverton
Engineer Mountain
Needle Mountain
N. H. Darton
Big Horn Mountains
F. Emmons
Leadville
Arizona
John D. Irving
Irrigation Congress Postponed for One Year
Denver May 20 After a correspondence conference the officers and executive committee decided to postpone the annual Irrigation congress meeting planned for Colorado Springs in July for one year. The arrangements committee will be disbanded by Secretary McClurg today and members will be notified this week.
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Denver
The
Irrigation Congress
Colorado Springs
Congress
McClurg
Telegraphic Brevities From Nation and World
A compendium of brief items notes Mrs. Carrie Nation posting bail in Wichita, a Paris corset case, and diverse events including labor, finance, and politics across the United States and abroad. Details cover Ossowa deals, royal births, U.S. college resignations, colonial questions, and industry shifts in glass, lumber, and textiles.
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Carrie Nation
Wichita
Odessa
Russia
Carter
William College
British Marliament
Edward VII
Prvierick
Charles — of Hesse
William
Grand Duke
Michael
United States
Seery Chamberlain
House of Commons
Mississippi Valley Lumbermen’s Association
Harlan
Maurice Hutin
Panama Canal Company
Arlington
Soldiers
Washington
Wakting
Queen Victoria
Pike's Peak cloud burst disrupts Cripple Creek dam system
A Pike's Peak cloud burst blew out two Victor waterworks reservoirs near Little Beaver Creek, sending a twenty foot high wall of water down the gulch. The Short Line railway trestle was damaged halting traffic. several cabins and the Spinney mill area were washed away while the Pike's Peak Power Company dam withstood the surge. No lives were lost but repairs will be lengthy and mines may shut down as Cripple Creek loses its main water supply.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Victor Water Works
Little Beaver Creek
Short Line
Spinney Mill
Pike's Peak Power Company
V Power Company
Pike's Peak
Skratter
Victor
Battle Mountain
Bull Hill
Colorado Springs
Taxpayers to test new revenue law in court challenge
Denver reports that opponents of the new revenue law plan a consolidated attack via writ of mandamus to force acceptance of suits without the $1 filing fee. They will argue the bill's passage and related provisions are irregular and seek to test the act's validity in Pueblo or Denver courts.
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Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Denver News
District Court
District Court of
Denver Expects Thirty Thousand Tourists to Colorado
Denver reports railroad men forecast about eighty thousand tourists will pass through or stop in Colorado this summer. About half will visit Colorado and half attend the Epworth convention in San Francisco or tour west of Colorado. Secretary Bevington notes Ohio to Denver fares drop to 25 dollars round trip on several days, with a summer 31 50 round trip rate continuing, boosting seasonal travel and benefiting the Buffalo exposition.
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Denver
Colorado
Epworth
San Francisco
Dannerson
Europe
Burlington Stone
Dawson Dawns Hydrophobia Ict City of Alaska Speeds Home
Steamship City of Alaska arrived from Skagway with many passengers. Captain B Libby reports Dawson dogs culled for hydrophobia fear and bites, police action completed before he left. sluicing, river thaw, and gold output rising, estimated at about 30 million dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Skagway
B. Libby
Puget Sound Tugboat Company
Dawson
Libby
Denver Markets Reports Cattle Hog and Sheep Receipts
Cattle receipts January 1 to May 15 total Bias head, with a 5 908 head drop from last year. May 1 to May 15 arrivals total 12 689 head, down 885 head year over year. Hog receipts January 1 to May 15 total 45 774 head, up 256 from last year. May 1 to May 15, 3 690 head, down 1 341. Sheep receipts January 1 to May 15 total 30 349 head, up 9 704. May 1 to May 15, 3 381 head, down 3 782. Prices listed for beef, hogs, and sheep along with barley, corn, and hay figures. Dairy notes discuss a creamery’s rise in butter receipts from 1899 to 1900 and the importance of milking tubes to prevent udders injuries on dairy farms.
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Congo
Fall of an Immense Rock in Acerenza area
Rome reports Acerenza near Potenza suffered a massive rockfall that destroyed most homes. Troops were sent to the disaster site and fifteen bodies have been recovered so far.
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Rome
Acerenza
Potenza
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Park
Meredith
Normal Institutes
White
Hammond
Delta County
Caley
South Arapahoe
Ings
Sprague
Thomas C. Tarsney
Fall
State Agricultural College
Taylor
San Miguel
Platt
University of
Adams
State Capitol
Capitol
State Board of Library Commissioners
Bucklin
Bush
Stewart
Whitford
Seldomridge
S. B
Newell
Black Hawk
J. F. Adams
Parks
U. S
Rush
Barela
S.B. Stewart
Jefferson
C. K. Pleming
Ss. B
W. H. Adams
Ehrhart
Hill
B. ST
Tanquary
Moore
Ann
Hallett
S. Bodamridge
Ammons
Smith
Lewis
Evans
Clayton
Erson
Buckley
Ss. B. Lewis
Spain
State Reformatory
S.B
West
Roe
Soldiers’ and Sailors
City of Central
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Senate
Joint Memorial
Maxwell
Senate Joint Memorial
Nathaniel P. Hill
Dickinson
Washington Gossip
Deiterich Syndicate
American Window Glass Company
Indiana
Dawes Commission
Topeka
Nation
Charles Foster
Secretary of the Treasury
Ilis
Paris
England
Pietermarizburg
London Mail
Kitchener
Board of Naval Officers
Chadwick
N. P. Pollock
Cuyahoga Saving and Building Company
Cleveland
Farwell Ranch Syndicate
Chicago
George W. Littlefield
Austin
Texas
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Helen Gladstone
William BE. Gladstone
Women's University Settlement
Southwark
London
Gladstone
Burlington Railroad
North St. Louis
New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Kansas City
Iola
Kansas
American Waltham Watch Company
Boston
North America
United Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Textile Operatives
North
International Textile Workers
South
Pike’s Peak
Iska
Good
Timoth
Timothy
Clever
Straw
South Park
C.s
Sso
Hmastern
Dasa
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