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SYNOPSIS.
Ttunr girt* Ki.z . ' —• Gahri* il<* and
Eli**- started for 1 . nada '• sp« • 1 n."
cummer there On b*>.trd ute.i :.-;--r tiu-v
w*r<- frightened 1 •. an »jir-ntly «!•-rr.--r;•
«d fttrang* r. va : <■. r.-.-hn« -« -tK »*•
to nn* of them, took enjoyment In ■ ru
tlnizinK a l-h.*to of th- Kll**- •* ,ar*-«I
her .**’at»*r'->m With a Mr- 'in a: -m
bound for Canada T> • .r a o.*-n «»n
a Right **-«-lng tour rn*-t Mrn Graiotm.
anrlo . !.-r .t-nat.d. w: •• id
a mania for .-ailing Tn<-y w. r*- sntr >-
du«ed to I> *rd Wilfrid ami i... : Kdi'.n
a • g- t was rented
the trio for the .summer Ei.zatw-th
!earn-d that a friend of h-r fati.- r's wxa
to nail Two nidi nailed one ,f them
being the uw*-* r a. tin* hi ranger on t r.«-
ateanier Th- girl* w»r- "no* at hom*-
but dis. o% . red hy the ard» left that on**
of tin- rn*n was KHz.*. bet. s father's
friend The men proved to !>•• John C.
Blake and Gordon Bennett A w »p of
yellow hair from Mr Grahams p—ket
fell Into the hands of Kline Mrs Gra
ham's hair was him k. I-idy Kdlth told
tile girls Of H rohh. rv of jew. Is itt the
hotel Fearing for the safety >.f h» r ow n
gems she left them in a safe at th. •
tag-. Mr Gordon Bennett was pr-periv
Introduced. explained his qu.-.-r a. t mn*.
returned th« 1 hag and told of mysteri
ous doings of a year before ■ . uine<t.-<l
with the . ottag. Exploring the e.-liar.
one of the girls found a sphinx • .ff-hut
ton, the tan. t counterpart of who h both
Gordon Bennett and Fatly Kdlth were
found to possess, also. Kllse. alone, ex
plored the tellar. overhearing a conver
sation there between Mary Anne and n
man lie proved to he her son. charged
with murder. The young women agreed
to ke.-p the secret Fady Edith told a
story of a 1-st love in connection wi't
the sphinx kev KMs- and Gordon Ben
nett discovered l.adv Edith and Mr Gr.i
ham. the latter displaying a marvelous
baritone voice. At a supper which was
held on the rocks Elizabeth rather my*
teriously lost her ring, causing a search
by the entire party.
CHAPTER XI.—Continued
It was a very beautiful world, too.
as the sun sank slowly out of sight,
leaving the heavens tinted with scar
let and gold, fading here -and there to
amber and palest pink, and we in ,
stinctively grew silent while watch
ing it.
Finally Mr. Bennett touched me on
the shoulder.
“Look,” he said.
I turned in the direction he indi
cated and saw a little skiff under full
sail, heading for the open sea The
white canvas gleamed rosily pink in
Jhe sunset glow, and we could see the
flgiirt* Af a man silhouetted against
the sky'. A fresh breeze had sprung
■\ip and the boat cut through the
waves, now careening to one side un
the sails seemed to dip in the wa
ter, now righting itself and darting
forward as though exulting in its dan
gerous freedom Steadily onward it
went, and as 1 watched it Mr. Gra
ham's Bong returned to me. Almost
unconsciously I repeated a few lines:
“Where the far-away dim horizon
Touches the mist-bound sea.
There lieth an Unknown Kingdom
With Its gates ajar for me.“
'Yes," said Gordon Bennett, adding
after a moment, "it is Graham, you
know.”
I contradicted him at once, secure in
my superior kneyledge.
"Oh. no! Mr. Graham is at home. I
saw him this afternoon and he said
Mrs. Graham was far from well. He
is with her. of course."
I rose as I spoke, for it was time to
go home, and Mr. Bennett rose also.
He looked at me in a puzzled. Incred
ulous sort of way and once or twice
seemed about to speak, but thought
better of it. As we walked toward
Mr. Blake I remembered the shadows
and my fright of the previous night.
1 began to tell him about it. but a
gleam of gold caught my eye and I
saw he was wearing the scarf-pin with
the Sphinx’s head. For some reason
the sight of this pin checked the words
on my lips and a feeling of distrust
arose in my heart, totally unjustifiable.
Mr. Blake joined us and we walked
slowly home in silence, interrupted
only by occasional perfunctory re
mark?. I was conscious of a return
of my former depression, also of an
inclination to be very disagreeable
indeed should any one give me the
slightest provocation.
Perhaps my companions realized
this, for at the turn of the path they
an id good-by and went on to the vil
lage. leaving me to return to the cot
tage alone. Far in the distance I saw
a woman s figure I thought might be
Oabrielle coming home along the
shore, and I decided to wait for her.
Sn I went around to our little slip,
intending to sit upon the ledge until
she arrived. Much to my surprise. 1
found it already occupied, for Mrs.
Graham sat. or rather crouched, upon
the ledge muffled in a thick shawl.
Her thin hands were clasped so tight
ly together that the veins stood out
like cords and the knuckles were blue
and prominent. Although it was evi
dent from her absorption that she had
not heard me approach she displayed
no surprise when I sat down beside
her and when I spoke she answered as
tbougli I had been there all the time.
The sun had quite set now and the
| sky was gray and leaden. The wind
blew sharply from the east, bringing
I with it a penetrating chill which made
I me shiver In spite of myself,
"Had you not better go home?” I
| suggested. "Surely It is not wise for
I you to sit here."
1 In reply she raised her hand and
pointed toward the ocean
"He is out there.”
I "Mr. Graham?"
1 "Yes.”
Gordon Bennett had been right, and
- this was the way Mr.’ Graham looked
after his invalid wife I tided not to
show the indignation I felt as I
thanked her for the roses, and again
suggested she would be better at
home.
Roses 0 she repeated. "Oh. yes
It was Harry’s idea: be is always so
thoughtful 1 hope you liked th*-ru.
1 do not consider it very thoughtful
to leave you like this
The words sprang to my lips and 1
regretted them as soon as th«i>' were
uttered
I told him to go She was at
once on the defensive He would
have stayed with me if 1 had asked
him I wanted him to go. But, oh
She collapsed again anti shivered
convulsively.
The skiff is so little and the ocean
is so big."
He goes so often 1 should think
you would be accustomed to it.'
I fear my voice was not very sym
pathetic. but, as Gabrielle said, there
were times when Mrs Graham jarred
one's nervous system She was look
ing straight at me now with an ex
pression of terror in her large dark
eyes.
Often." she wh.spered; often? Ah.
you don’t know ' Bay or night when
the fancy takes possession of him he
has to go; he says he cannot help it.
nigh’ —and to-night
Last night"' I ejaculated. You
don't mean to say he left you last
night?"
She immediately stiffened, re.-enting
the implied criticism.
There was no reason he should
not. I was all right as soon as I got
to bed He was restless and wakeful
and I did not need attention. It was
best he should go. I was quite com
fortable at home."
Quite comfortable! I could imagine'
the thin white face upon the pillow,
with frightened eyes staring into the
darkness hour after hour throughout
Ground It Under His Heel.
the long night, and it was not my idea j
of comfort. I uttered an impulsive ;
ejaculation of sympathy, but she j
checked me with some dignity and re
marked that she thought she would j
take my advice and go home
"I shall he all the better for a cup
of tea," she said. "Isn't it curious how
depressed one gets when one is cold
and tired.”
I watched her frail figure walk lan
guidly in the direction of her house
and knew that the tea. even if she
drank it, would bring her no comfort.
Several times she stopped and looked
behind her and looked out over the
expanse of water toward the far hori
zon. I knew she was looking for the
little skiff I had seen bounding so joy
ously over the waves, and when she
resumed her walk, her thin shoulders
drooping and her head bent upon her
breast. I felt the contempt for Harry
Graham which something in his per- j
sonality prevented me from feeling !
when he was actually present.
I was very glad when Gabrielle
joined me and my thoughts could be
diverted into another channel. I saw
at once that her afternoon had not
been a success and she was anxious to
tell me about it.
“Well,” she began, slipping her
hand through my arm. "I’ve had the
funniest experience. I'm glad my
brother is not recovering from an ill
ness that left him with a crook in his
temper."
It seemed she had gone to Lady
Edith's sitting room at the hotel (for
the Campbells had taken a suite), and
finding her alone had presented the
roses and had a cozy little chat, as
well as a cup of tea, which she found
very cheering.
"And then.” continued Gabrielle.
"just as I was about to come home l
heard some one go Into Lady Edith's
bedroom and slam the door. She got
up quickly and then sat down again
and I saw she looked worried. Then
I heard a smash of china and some
body swore —yes. and swore hard, too.
I didn’t know whether to get up or
sit still and. of course. I did the wrong
thing; I sat still and I ought to have
gone out; I knew that later.”
"Well, what happened?”
"In a minute the door between the
rooms was Hung open and Lord Wil
frid marched In, so angry he never
saw me. And, oh. Elise, his arm*
were full of roses.”
"Roses! ”
"Tea, red roses. Dozens of them.
They were more than he could carry
and fell on the floor all round him.
and whenever he saw one on the car
pet he stepped on it.”
“What?”
“Yes. he did. and ground it under his
heel. He began to say something, too.
in a blustering Bort of way when
laidy Edith interrupted him. She stood
in front of him. very tall and straight,
and looked directly at him. She said:
’Wilfrid, we are not alone.' Her head
was very high in the air. and I never
saw her look so lovely; l felt awfully
sorry for her. too. for I think her pride
must have suffered."
"What happened then 0 ”
Well, then he saw me —and I cer
tainiy wished I was not there to f>«»
seen—and muttered something. And
then he dumped those glorious roves
on the floor and rang the bell. I tried
to talk pleasantly while we were wait
ing for the boy to come, but hones' !y
the whole room seemed full of r*-d
roses. 1 never saw such flowers in ay
life, and I couldn't think of a thing to
say. When the boy came Lord Wil
frid said Take that trash and threw
it out.' and he gathered them up and
went off.
I-ord Wilfrid went off. too. He said
something civil to me about having
sailed about in the sun until he had a
horrid headache and the scent of the
roses was intolerable. But you know
he didn't have to smell them, for he
could have stayed in his own room.
He scowled at his sister as he
left the room and I think she is dread
fully worried about him She is going
to get a doctor from the city, for she
doesn’t think this air agrees w.th
him."
I wonder what can be the matter
with him I speculated. Perhaps he
is threatened with brain trouble. She
seems to be so careful of him, and the
'.east things excite him '
I couldn’t help wondering where
s« many exquisite roses came from."
said Gabrielle. "for flowers are hard
to get here, you know Edith
skid her brother had never been able
to endure the odor of roses, but I
noticed that the white ones we sent
did uoi seem to excite him at all. In
fact, I don't think he saw them. What
sort of a time did you have?”
I told her about my afternoon as
we mounted the steps leading to the
cottage, and we agreed that we were
very glad our ow n families were mere
ly commonplace and possessed no
highly wrought Invalids to be watched
and guarded.
The cottage was brightly lighted,
and Elizabeth stood in the door to
welcome us. A metamorphosed Eliza
beth. absolutely radiating happiness
and arrayed in her red dress, which
she only wears when she feels esj»e
cially cheerful.
"Where have you been?” she ex
claimed. "I thought you would never'
come home."
She seized our hands and dragged
us Into the living room.
"Look!" she cried, her third finger
extended.
And there was the marquise ring, its
seven rubies shining in the bright
light, and its diamonds twinkling ec
statically.
•TO BE CONTINUED.)
TAXPAYER FEELS HIS DIGNITY.
Effect of Ownership of Property la to
Make Better Citizen.
Many a time." said a policeman in
the southern part of the city, when
arresting men. especially intoxicated
men. I have been told by my prisoner
that he was a taxpayer and that he
helped pay my wages.
"I always regarded this sort of back
talk as merely drunken insolence, and
never paid much attention to It until
about a year ago. when I bought a
house and lot and became myself a
taxpayer. I had always rented be
fore and never gave a thought to
taxes, but as soon as I moved into my
own house I began to appreciate the
feelings of the men who resented ar
rest because they paid taxes There
is certainly a considerable addition to
the dignity of the man who helps sup
port the government. He feels a de
gree of responsibility that a renter or
roomer never understands, and my
idea Is that every man in the country
ought to become a taxpayer as soon
as he can. and the mere fact that he
does help to support the government
and bears his share of the expense,
makes him a better citizen. Habitu
al criminals, excepting, of course, high
financiers, are rarely taxpayers. They
know they may have to run any day
and perhaps never come back, se
they do not buy real estate, but are
and lodgers all their lives." —
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Force of Habit.
A German merchant’s wife com
plained to an intimate friend re
cently:
"If only my husband were not so
absent-minded! The other day, when
we were dining at a restaurant, the
waiter brought him some bad fish and
all of a sudden Fritz threw the whole
thing, fish, plate, bread, all at my
head. I was ashamed.” —Meggendorf-
er Blaetter.
“Banzai" Comparatively Modem.
"Banzai” is the only Japanese word
that most Americans know v Accord
ing to a contributor to Notes and
Queries, it is only about 15 or 16
years old. Its birthplace was the im
perial university of Tokyo. It was in
vented by Dr. Shigeno. one of the
highest authorities on Japanese litera
ture, in response to a request for an
equivalent to the English "Hurrah.”
As a brief way of expressing con
graulations "banzai” has traveled all
over the world.
GOVERNMENT LAND OPENING
UNDER CAREY ACT.
May 6. the State Land Commissioner
of Wyoming will distribute 7.000 acres
irrigated land at Cooper I.ake, near
Laramie and Denver, on main line of
t'nion Pacific; 50 cents per acre. Old
est Reservoir and Direct Water Rights;
$5 an acre cash and $3 ar. acre an
nually for ten years. Free trip and
two town lots to all who apply before
May 1. Write for application and cir
culars. Tallmadge-Buntin I And Co.,
Agents. 2nd floor, Railway Exchange,
Chicago. Agents wanted.
Margaret Was Logical.
One afternoon I overheard my two
children talking about the Sunday
school lesson.
Dick, who was much smaller than
Margaret, believed all she said about
it. So he asked her what God looked
like, and she quickly answered: “God
looks like a stalk of corn, because
mamma said he had ears on all sides,
and a stalk of corn is the only thing
I know that has ears on all sides."—•
Delineator.
Professor Munyon has just issued a
most beautiful, useful and complete Al
manac ; it contains not only all the scien
tific information concerning the moon s
phases, in all the latitudes, but has il
lustrated articles on how to read char
acter by phrenology, palmistry and
birth month. It also tells all about
card reading, birth stones and their
meaning, and gives the interpretation
of dreams. It teaches beauty culture,
manicuring, gives weights and meas
ures, and antidotes for poison. In fact,
it is a Magazine Almanac, that not
only gives valuable information, but
will afford much amusement for every
member of the family, especially for
parties and evening entertainments.
Farmers and people in the rural dis
tricts will find this Almanac almost
invaluable.
It will be sent to anyone absolutely
free on application to the MUNYON
REMEDY COMPANY. PHI LA DEL
PHIA.
First Fahrenheit Thermometer.
In the year 1714 one Daniel Gabriel
Fahrenheit brought to the chancellor
of the University of Halle two ther
mometers which agreed so perfectly
in registering temperatures that they
were considered marvels. All scien
tists were amazed. His method is
now one of the three accepted stand
ards. Fahrenheit was by birth a
Prussian, but after his fifteenth year
fte lived a long life in Amsterdam. His
great skill in working in glass en
abled him to carry out his ideas. He
was an original thinker, but for com
mercial reasons kept secret his meth
ods of manufacture for IS years.
Got the Letters Mixed.
A young American, who is particular
about his washing, the other day wrote
a note to his laundress and one to his
sweetheart, and, by a strange fatality,
put the wrong address on each envel
ope and sent them off. The wash
woman was delighted at an invitation
to take a ride the next day, but when
the young lady read, "If you tumble up
my shirt bosom any more as you did
the last time, I will go somewhere
else," she cried all the evenfng and
declared she would never speak to him
again.
Sounded Funny.
"The young man is smitten with yon,
Jeanette. He says you radiate happi
ness.”
''Gracious!”
“And he also said you radiats
beauty.”
“My!”
"And wisdom."
"Dear me. how funny.**
"What’s funny, dear?”
"Why, be must think I am a radia
tor.’'
Not Worth Bothering With.
Patient —Doctor, I’ve got a pain cov
ering a spot just shout as large as a
half dollar I should say, right under
my left shoulder blade.
Doctor —Humph! If the pain area la
no larger than that it Isn’t worth
bothering with. Wait until It gets
about the size of a two-dollar bill, then
come around and see me.—lllustrated
Sunday Magazine.
PRIZE FOOD
Palatable, Economical, Nourishing.
A Nebr. woman has outllnsd ths
prize food In a few words, and that
from personal experience. She writes:
“After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, I cannot say enough In Its
favor. We have used this food almost
continually for seven years.
“We sometimes tried other adver
tised breakfast foods but we Invariably
returned to Grape-Nuts as the most pal
atable, economical and nourishing
of all.
“When I quit tea and coffee and be
gan to use Postum and Grape-Nuta 1
was a nervous wreck. I was so Ir
ritable I could not sleep nights, had
no Interest In life.
“After using Grape-Nuts a short time
I began to Improve and all these ail
ments have disappeared and now I am
a well woman. My two children have
been almost raised on Grape-Nuts,
which they eat three times a day.
“They are pictures of health and
have never had the least symptom of
stomach trouble, even through the
most severe siege of whooping cough
they could retain Grape-Nuts when all
else failed.
“Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, a most
economical food for us.**
Name given by Postum Co., Battle'
Creek. Mich. Read “The Road to Weil
vllle.** In pkgs. “There’s a Reason.**
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WHAT COLORADO LAWMAKERS
ARE DOING AT DENVER
No Pay for Lobbyists.
No more will the state pay lobbyists
for their efforts to secure more money
from the state's coffers for the hundred
and one purposes mentioned in the ap
propriation bills and budgets. This de
cison has been made by Gov. John Sha
froth. who recently announced that he
would refuse to affix his signature to
any appropriation bill not having a pro
vision to that effect embodied in it.
He has suggested the following for
mal phrase as a fitting clause for that
purpose: None of the moneys here
in appropriated shall be used to pay
any officer or any member of any
board, or any other person for lobby
ing for or against any appropriation."
For many years past it has been the
custom, says the governor, for offi
cers of state institutions or for mem
bers of state boards or departments to
have their expenses paid out of appro
priations for their efforts toward in
ducing members of the Legislature to
vote for larger appropriations with
which to conduct the various branches
of the state work.
"This practice," said Governor Sha
froth, “means that the state is pay
ing money to enable some depart
ment to take more money away from
it. It is entirely wrong for a state in
stitution, board or department to pay
men and go to additional expense for
the purpose of getting more money
out of the state. This money paid
lobbyists for that purpose is really il
legally expended, according to the spir
it, if not the letter, of me appropriation
bills. If one institution should do this
and nothing is said, there is no rea
son why all the twenty-seven hoards
in the state could not do it. It must
stop.”
Governor Shafroth said that his pur
pose in giving publicity to this deter
mination is to warn the lobbyists al
ready at the state house in behalf of
the state institutions that they will
not be paid out of the state's appropri
ations for the support of the state
boards aud institutions if he can pre
vent it.
No Guardianship for Veterans.
In the Senate Senator Campbell's
hill, repealing Colorado statutes which
require that all old soldiers and sailors
entering the Soldiers' and Sailors’
Home shall turn over their pensions to
the commandant, was passed to third
reading. The United States laws re
quire that pensioners of the govern
ment shall not turn their money over
to anyone, but shall keep it themselves.
Senator Bohn, an old soldier, said it
was an outrage to make the command
ant guardian of the old soldiers, be
sides being a violation of the constitu
tion. “The custom arose because it
was feared that the old soldiers would
go into town pension day and get
drunk,” said Senator Bohn. "Well, if
they want to get drunk, let them. They
have a right to do so. They fought for
the country and have a right to any
pleasure they may get out of their pen
sions. It is nobody’s business." It was
stated that as much as $6,000 passes
through the commandant's hands from
this source alone every year.
Workshop for Blind Saved.
By reporting out favorably the bill
carrying an appropriation of $45,000 for
the Colorado workshop for the blind,
the Senate committee on finance prac
tically saved the existence of that in
stitution. With a favorable committee
report the bill is expected to pass eas
ily now, and It will be given a home of
its own. Had the bill been delayed un
til after March Ist the institution
would have gone out of existence, as
under the law, no institution can bor
row money for maintenance after
March Ist of the year following the ex
piration of the preceding biennial per
iod. The blind workshop has been run
ning into debt since last October.
The provisions of the bill are that a
workshop shall be built by the state to
cost $20,000. a home for the blind work
ers. to cost $15,000 and SIO,OOO shall
be appropriated for maintenance.
Attacks Work of Land Board.
Alleging gross mismanagement of
the various state land boards in the
administration of public lands during
the last twenty years. Speaker Luoers
created a furore at the Tuesday night
session of the House. The speaker
took the floor in committee of the
whole on Representative Clark's bill
to admit school lands to irrigation dis
tricts, not for the purpose of opposing
or supporting the measure, but to air
his personal views on the work of the
land office.
Without going into specific circum
stances he characterized the adminis
tration of the office during the last
twenty years as a blot on the history
of the state. It speculated and did not
put the lands to the best uses, he as
serted, and the state had suffered
greatly In consequence of the dog-in
the-manger policy. Under proper ad
ministration he declared the land office
could be of great assistance in the de
velopment of the state.
The Clark bill was passed to third
reading.
Important Bills Postponed.
As the result of an agreement to fa
cilitate progress in carrying out plat
form pledges, the special orders, the
direct primary bills and the bank guar
anty bills, were passed over in thc-
House Tuesday afternoon to give time
for the perfection of amendments
agreed to regarding the primary bill.
Both measures retain their place on
the calendar, however, as special or
ders for 2:30 in the afternoon of each
day, the primary preceding the bank
bill.
Irrigation Measures.
There are three important irrigation
bills before the legislature, introduced
by Senator Carringer and Representa
tives Clark and Welser, Senator Car
penter of the agriculture and irriga
tion committee called a meeting of
those interested in irrigation, at which
meeting counsel for the various irriga
tion districts agreed to submit their
written opinions to the committee on
the legal phase of the bills and the
relative merits. These opinions will
aid the committee greatly in consider
ing which bill to advocate. The three
bills under consideration of the com
mittee greatly concern farmers and the
state as well.
It i. proposed to allow the entrance
of state lands into irrigation districts
in two of the bills and in the third to
allow owners of desert and homestead
government lands to come in under the
benefit of irrigation districts, while
paying for their lauds. The irrigation
districts favor the bills because it
would give a more compact acreage to
the districts.
The Carringer bill relates to the en
trance of state lands into irrigation
districts. It is backed by the Land
board, which in one county has 10,000
acres of land entered. The value of
the land to the state is increased be
cause the lands come under the bene
fits of the district’s water system.
Tile bill allows the district to tax the
land just as it would tax any other
land held by a member of the district,
thereby adding to the revenue of the
district. The Clark bill permits the
state to come in under the district, al
though not becoming a member upon
the same footing as other members of
tne district.
Veterinary Examiners.
Senator Tobin’s bill establishing a
state board of veterinary examiners of
Three persons, who shall license all
veterinary doctors, was passed to third
reading in the Senate. Graduaies
of veterinary colleges will be
granted licenses with the privi
lege of placing “V.S.” after their
names. All must take examination,
except veterinarians w-ho have prac
ticed in the state for three consecu
tive years. Those who have not come
f'om colleges can not use the words
“veterinary surgeon," but must use
“i.on-graduate veterinary practitioner.”
This is to prevent misrepresentation by
unscientific veterinarians. The board
will serve without pay and receive nec
essary traveling expenses.
Drake Drainage Bill.
The Drake drainage bill was passed
for third reading in the Senate Friday
after sharp discussion, which revolved
upon the point of whether or not. un
der the bill, drawn by Frank C. Goudy
and presented by Senator Drake, drain
age districts could be formed on the
eastern slope to draw water from the
western slope headwaters and divert
it to the plains east and north of Den
ver. The Drake bill provides that
drainage districts may carry water
from one watershed to another. Sena
tor Napier declared this would allow
the eastern slope men to steal water
from the western slope and introduced
an amendment, which he said was
written in the handwriting and bore
the signature of the framer of the bill,
Frank C. Goudy. which declared that
water could not be diverted from one
watershed to another by drainage dis
tricts. Senator Napier’s amendment
was lost by a vote of 13 to 11 and the
bill favorably recommended.
To Accept Carnegie’s Money.
The House in committee of the
whole Friday favorably considered the
Senate resolution providing that the
University of Colorado may take ad
vantage of the foundation established
by Mr. Carnegie for the purpose of
providing pensions for superannu
ated college professors. There are
several of these resolutions, each per
mitting a state institution to receive-®
the benefits of the fund, and all west
through the Senate without opposi
tion. During the discussion, Mr. Car
negie and the steel trust were vigor
ously denounced by Representative
Henahen and Mrs. Lafferty, who would
have the state refuse to touch “taint
ed money.”
Employes Bill in Doubt.
In committee of the whole of that
body, House Bill No. 382, by Garman
to fix the compensation of certain leg
islative employes and appropriating
$2,940 for their payment, was opposed
by several senators because It made
a permanent increase in the number of
employes, and Senator Burger raised
the point against it that there was no
record of the amendments inserted in
the bill by the house. By a vote of
fifteen to twelve the committee refused
to pass the bill on second reading, but
by a votq of sixteen to thirteen it was
ordered that the bill retain its place on
the calendar.
Registration of Stallions.
Senator Cary’s bill to provide for the
registration of pure-blood stallions, was
:ssed to third reading in the Senate,
as was also his bill abolishing the fee
of one dollar retained by the board of
stock inspection when it sells stray
stock inspection when it sells stray ani
mals whose owners afterward proved
title. The board does not use the mon
ey, has a large sum from this source
on hand, and it will be turned over to
the state treasury