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Elbert County Tribune
J. E. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
BLBERT. • • COLORADO.
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Dr. Thomas Tears that some villain
just escaped from a melodrama will
buy up all the dirigible balloons In
the world and then with 15 cents’ j
worth of dynamite will hover over the ;
cities and extract tribute from them, j
compelling them to loosen up good and
plenty. That would be fine and hair- !
raising reading to get out of a dime
dream book, but the man who started I
out to do the deed might find a few
obstacles In his way. The only pur
pose of getting money these days Is
to have some place to Bpend It un- !
hampered. In the days of the pirates
of old there were plenty of opportuni
ties for a seafaring person to go pirat
ing on other shores and come home
with chests of gold which he could j
claim to have won in trade, but now It
is different. The entire world Is get- (
ting to be one vast village and the j
robber bold who combines light and
ornamental blowing up of cities as a 1
side line along with the sport of bal
loonlng would find the whole world in
conspiracy against him. Some time
when he alighted for a drink of water !
some one would playfully stick a pen
knife Into hie balloon and then his
dream of empire would be over.
It was not because her husband
wanted soup three times a day that
the woman applied for a divorce. That
was the least of her troubles. Cater
ing to a soup-loving man Is about as
easy as anything In married life. The
woman who Is a skillful mixer can
keep the pot on all the time and when
she sees her husbanj coming a block
away she can light a Are and greet |
him with a warm plate of soup. A (
progressive woman might even have a
pipe line from the kitchen to the table j
with a fauoet over her husband's
plate so there would be no Irritating
delays. No. furnishing soup was the
least of the troubles of the woman
who got the divorce. It was when
her husband followed her Into the
kltohsn, telling her how to make
bread, and Into the bedroom to erlti
olss her bedmaking that she rebelled
after *1 years. Who can blame her? |
aaks the Chicago Dally News. If a
man cannot be fed with soup into good
nature in 21 years he Is hopeless.
One of the best-known dining places
in the world Is about to be sold. The
"Star and Garter” of Richmond Hill,
near London, Is familiar through pic
ture. poetry, prose and experience. In
1728 the original house was ereeted
on a lot of ground leased for two
pounds sterling a year. Twenty years
W*r the little Inn had expanded Into
the chief hotel in the vicinity of Lon
don. Most of the famous characters
of the world, and many of those of
fiction, have dined at the Star and
Garter. Kings and prlnoes have been
Its patrons. Louis Philippe lived there
for six months after his flight from
Pa*ls, And Napoleon 111. had apart
ments thsre. Indeed, at one time or
another, almost every distinguished
man of the day has visited the great
Richmond Hill hostelry.
Busts of Frederick the Great and
Field Marshal Count von Moltke have
been set up In the West Point Military
academy. They were given to the
academy by Emperor William as a
token of his Interest In the American
army, and will take their place along
with the busts of the great American
soldiers that already adorn the build
ings of the academy.
A down eaßter has constructed an ,
amphibious automobile with a balloon 1
attachment. Where can the Innocent
bystander find refuge from a thing like
that?—Milwaukee Sentinel. In the
subway, brother; flee to the subway!
exclaims the Chicago Tribune.
The doctor who says that nearly
2,000,000 deaths could be avoided every !
year by care should make his mean
ing clearer. Those 2,000,000 deaths
have to take place some time, do they
not?
The Japs say all they want is equal
privileges with cltlseas of the United
■tatea. That's something citlsens of
the United States can't always get
themselves.
A New Jersey monkey has twice
been sont to jail for being drunk and
disorderly. He seems to have almost
human intelligence.
There la a profit of {OOTOOO a trip
in the Lusitania. It would be fine to
live next door to the owner and bor
row the boat for a trip now and then.
Preparations are on foot, as it were,
to meet the Black Hand with a mailed
Ist
Still, it Imparts a rude shock to con
fidence to have to pay eights cents a
quart for milk.
Many a man who goes looking up
his family tree may find an ancestor
or two attached to it by the neck.
By coining $63,000,000 In gold double
eagles the government aims to put
the money stringency to flight
LAND FRAUD SUITS FAIL.
Judge Lewis Quashes Indictments In
United States Court.
Denver.—Judge Robert E. Lewis
! rendered an opinion In the United
States Court Tuesday which will have
the effect of stopping coal and timber
| land fraud Investigations in Colorado,
and probably throughout the entire
| West, If sustained by the United
j States Supreme Court. It Is the most
decisive check that has yet been
placed upon the government policy of
conducting gigantic land fraud inves
: ligations throughout the West under
! the Department of Justice.
Judge Lewis quashed the indict
-1 ments against Alexander T. Sullen
! berger, Pagoso Springs; Charles D.
I McPhee, Denver; John J. McOinnity,
I Denver; Edgar M. Higgs, Denver;
! Welsh W. Nossamau, Pagosa Springs;
; James 8. Hatcher, Pagosa Springs;
I Charles H. Freeman, Durango; Ellis
I M. Hampton, Pagosa Springs; E. K.
Caldwell, Pagosa Springs; Eudolphus
I M. Taylor, Pagosa Springs, and Rob
; ert E. Sloan, Pagosa Springs, charg
, ing them with conspiring to defraud
the government of valuable timber
' lands
In handing down his opinions Judge
1 Lewis intimated from the bench and
: from his written opinions that he
1 would also quash the coal fraud inves
i ligations.
j Two questions of great importance
j are decided. One is that contracts
for the transferral of timber lands af
ter application has been made for the
acquirement are legal contracts and
hence cannot be of a criminal nature.
The coal land laws even permits
greater latitude than this, as there is
no federal law prohibiting two parties
from contracting for the acquirement
of coal land, although the party to
tile hat- not thought of doing so up to
the time of the contract.
The Becond question settled is that
the rules made to govern the trans
ferral of coal and timber lands by the
land office nt Washington are worth
less when it comes to trying to estab
lish offenses which may he criminally
prosecuted. The rules may apply in
civil cases, according to Judge I/ewis,
| but Congress is the law making body
! and the land office cannot create
criminal laws by itself.
Although left with hardly a leg
upon which to stand, the Department
of Justice officers, who have been
gathering evidence upon these al
leged frauds, say they will appeal the
case to the United States Supreme
Court at once. Should they not do
so, the Investigations would have to
cease.
Noted Pioneer Dead.
nvico riunccr uctu.
Greeley.—On Monday night death
closed tjie remarkable career of Oliver
P. Goodwin, a veteran of the Mexican
war, a soldier of many of the Indian
wars, a filibuster in Central America
under "Billy” Walker, a fur trader,
freighter across the plains, miner in
the early days of California und one of
the first to be identified with the stock I
industry of northern Colorado and Wy- l
omlng.
Goodwin was seventy-seven years
old and until a month before his death
was active mentally and physically
and had a mind stored with a fund of
Information of the West of early days.
Probably no man living this side of the
Mississippi had a more varied life than
Goodwin, who was for five years mas
ter of a government transport when
supplies were sent from Fort
worth to the forts of Colorado, Wyom
ing and Utah in the days when Indians
were most dangerous.
Goodwin had headquarters in Pueblo
when It was merely a fur trading post
and trekked all over this locality for
the St. Louis Fur Company when there
was not a cabin in the Cache l.a Pou
dre valley. He made and lost several
fortunes before he was forty and in
the early 70s, having noted the value
of northern Colorado for stock raising,
bought land near Fort Collins and
there conducted a big ranch until he
went to Wyoming in the early 80s.
Continuing in the cattle business, he
again accumulated a fortune and two
; years ago came to Greeley.
He was born in St. Louis, was a
; Mason of high standing for half a cen
tury and is survived by a widow and
daughter.
Alamosa Depot Burned.
Denver.—A Republican special from
Alamosa Wednesday night says: The
Rio Grande freight and passenger de
pot and the transfer p latform were
i burned this afternoon, the less being
; $5,000.
The origin of the fire Is unknown, but
It started In the east end of the freight
I depot, when all employes were at their
Christmas dinners. The flames were
well under way before discovered and
because of the low pressure of city wa
! ter the firemen could do little to check
them. Most of the baggage was saved,
hut nearly all freight In the freight
house was destroyed. A switch engine
! pulled a string of cars near the depot
I out of reach of the flames.
It la reported that the company will
j replace the burned building, which was
; a frame structure, with a much more
costly depot, containing a lunch coun
j ter and other modern improvements.
There was some insurance on the
1 building. Temporary headquarters are
I now in a hay warehouse near the
j burned depot.
Turbine Gas Engine.
New York.—A Herald correspond
ent at Fort Wayne, Ind., telegraphs
that Franz Burger, a well known local
Inventor, has patented a small turbine
gas engine which, it is said, will rev
olutionize motive power for wtrshlps.
Mr. Nixon, the ship builder, is now in
correspondence with Burger relative
to his patent. It is Bald that with
Burger’s invention a warship can at
tain a speed of sixty knots an hour.
Another thing in its favor Is Its very
small Blze, doing away with the waste
of room required in the present sys
tem of boilers and reservoirs.
The attention of shipbuilders has
been aroused by his Invention. Mr.
Burger is an Inventive genius and has
patented many things which have
done a great deal toward modernizing
the mechanical world.
WEDDED TO AN INDIAN.
> Miss Cora M. Arnold of Denver Mar
ries Albino Chavarria of New
i Mexico.
1 Denver. —The News gives the fol
! lowing account of the marriage of a
white woman to a Pueblo Indian:
Miss Cora Marie Arnold, step
’ daughter of the late George Wilder and
! well known in Denver, was married
i last Monday In Santa Fe, New Mexico,
: to Albino Chavarria, a full-blooded In
, dian. The ceremony was performed
. by the Rev. Mr. Rendon, a Presbyte
rian minister, and was witnessed by
the bride’s sisters, Misses Lllliaa and
Geneva Arnold, also of Denver.
The wedding was the end of a ro
mance which had its beginning five
years ago during the Mountain and
’ Plain festival In Denver. Chavarria,
chief of the Santa Clara Indians, a
tribe of the Pueblos, was brought to
Denver with a large number of bis
tribesmen for one of the exhibits.
Among those who visited the Indians
| In their camp at City park was Miss
. Arnold, who, upon peeing the broad
shouldered, pleasdnt-mannered chief
attired in native costume, immediately
formed an attachment for him. She
made frequent visits to the camp, and
later the Indian was invited to call at
her home.
Miss Arnold lived with her step
father and sisters in the Colonnade
flats, at Colfax avenue and Marlon
street, and the family was one of the
most prominent on Capitol hill. Miss
Lillian Arnold was formerly a teacher
In the Denver public schools, and an
other sister is the wife of a United
States army officer.
The Indian’s first visit to his sweet
heart was the cause of a disagreement
between her and the remaining mem
bers of her family. Objection was
made only to the Indian’s race, his
character being above reproach. Miss
Arnold, however, announced her In
tention to marry the chief despite
the objections of her family and
friends. Several ministers were asked
to perform the ceremony, but all re
fused.
Ah attempt was made to have the
ceremony performed In Santa Fe, but
in that city also the clergymen re
fused to officiate. Miss Arnold re
turned to Denver alone, but the Indian
made frequent visits to the city, each
one of which was the cause of a new
outburst of gossip.
Chavarria la fully civilized, religious,
fairly well educated and well to do.
He speaks the Indian and Spanish lan
guages, hut does not understand Eng
lish, and Miss Arnold set to work to
learn the Spanish.
In April, 1905, George Wilder was
drowned In the Gulf of Mexico while
enroute from Galveston to Havana. Ho
left a will In which he disinherited the
present Mrs. Chavarria because of her
refusal to give up her Indian lover.
The other sisters were left the entire
estate, which consists of some of the
best real estate In Denver.
After five years of effort the sisters
of Miss Arnold finally consented to the
marriage, and one month ago they
went with her to New Mexico. Cha
i varria owns a large farm near Tjiok,
New Mexico, which he cultivates him
self, and it is understood that the chu
ple will make their home there. Cha
varria is forty-five years old, and his
wife Is a few years his junior.
Admiral Dewey’s Birthday.
Washington. Admiral George
Dewey was seventy years old Thurs
day. He Is In splendid health and
robust In physique.
Among his callers were a number of
those who attended the admiral’s birth
i day dinner last week, which was ad
vanced In date because President
Roosevelt expected to be In Pine Knot,
, Va., today. These circumstances re
called a happy toast which the Presi
dent prepared when they drank to the
health of the admiral. It follows:
“To the man who has done more for
and reflected greater glory on America
| than any other man now living.”
, The toast was met with hearty re
sponse from those surrounding the ad
, miral’s table.
, At the meeting of the Naval Relief
Association the admiral was presented
_ with two silver ink wells. The health i
of the admiral was drunk from a de- j
canter, containing Maderia wine of the I
vintage of 1847. The decanter was
formerly the property of George Wash
ington, and Surgeon General Van
Reypen, who made the presentation,
said It was eminently fitting that the |
\ health “of the other George, whom we 1
; all love,” should he drunk from the j
same decanter.
New York’s Record Business.
New York.—Although New York has
' passed through a period of Revere fi
, nancisl depression, the foreign busl-
L ness of the port during the year 1907
will break all records.
With exact figures for eleven
months and an estimate for December,
’ made by the customs authorities, the
> year’s business will reach $1,503,332,-
902, au increase over last year of sllO,-
127,325
I Taking the figures for eleven months
i and the estimated volume of business
. for December, it Is stated that the im
. ports of foreign merchandise at New
. York reached the enormous total of
. $837,692,737 during 1907, while for the
5 same period the exports of domestic
. merchandise aggregated $665,047,175.
The movements of gold and silver
show $121,666,769 Imported and $79,-
513,781 exported during the year. The
gold and silver Imports In the preced
. Ing year reached $98,226,055 and the
, exports $62,000,000.
To Facilitate Land Entries.
Grand Junction. —One of the most
important changes in the land filing
! laws made under the present adminis
tration is announced In a circular
■ received here from R. A. Ballinger,
. commissioner of the General Land Of
fice. The circular states that after
i March 1, 1908, the present forms for
all land entries will be done away
with and that instead of having six or
i seven forms, only one will be used,
. this being a consolidation of alPthe
i old forms. This action of the govern
i | ment cuts out much red tape which
; ! has long been considered unnecessary
| and expensive.
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
An organization is being effected In
Denver for the study of Esperanto, the
new universal language.
As the result of a day’s hunt near
i Fort Morgan 160 jackrabblts were
shipped to Parson Uzzell for distrlbu
. tion among the poor of Denver.
Twenty large bald eagles are said to
have taken up winter quarters in the
tall timber round the river east of
Hardin. Weld county, in the locality
known as Eagles’ nest.
The Ault Bachelors’ club Is arrang
ing for a novel ball. Only dances pop
ular fifty years ago will 'take place
and each bachelor is expected to ex
ecute a Fisher’s hornpipe.
Two little boys, both under eight
years of age. were recently arrested
in Pueblo on the charge of stealing bi
cycles. Several valuable wheels are
said to have been found in their pos
session.
A construction force has resumed
work on the double track of the main
line of the D. & R. G. between Flor
ence and Canon City. The work will
be pushed and rails wijs be laid In six
weeks.
A company capitalized at $25,000 is
being organized by John B. Taylor for
the purpose of erecting a canning plant
in Pueblo. Contracts will be made
with farmers in the Arkansas valley
for vegetables and fruit.
An early morning fire December
27th a» Eureka, a small town eight
miles from Sllverton, destroyed four
buildings, the Euteka hotel, the Eu
reka saloon and two livery stables,
with loss of $12,000. The total Insur
ance ’*> only $3,300.
On Christmas night at midnight the
night shift of 100 men at the Greeley
Sugar factory were served a fine tur
key dinner in the factory by their em
ployers When the men went to eat
their midnight luncheon they found .
the feast spread for them.
El Paso, Texas, people have Incorpo- i
rated the New Mexico Development I
Company in New Mexico, to build a j
railroad from Columbus, New Mexico,!
near El Paso, to the coal fields of San j
Juan county, New Mexico, and Lai
Plata and Montezuma counties in Colo-1
rado.
Captain Augustus Paddock, father of i
j L. C. Paddock, editor of the Boulder
; Camera, died at Boulder, December
| 24th, from pneumonia. He was in his
83d year. Up to 1873 he was one of
the leading lumbermen of Michigan.
For the last four years he lived in
Boulder.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey has returned
from his lecture trip, and will take
charge of the proceedings of the Ju
venile Court of Denver from this on.
Judge Alexander, county judge of
Arapahoe county, who has been filling
Judge Lindsey’s place, will return to
his own county.
As the state’s portion of the sale of
government lands during the year just
passed, $17,046.81 has been turned over
to State Treasurer Alfred Bent. The
stato is allowed five per cent of the
| total sum realized by the federal au
thorities from the sale of government
lands In lieu of taxes.
During the national Democratic con
vention next July a meeting of the
Single Taxers of the United States
will also be held in Denver. Among
those who will attend the convention
are Louis Post of Chicago, Bolton Hall
of New York, Mayor Tom Johnson of
Cleveland, and Henry George, Jr., of
New York.
Finding that the Denver & Rio |
Grande Railway Company, through the!
negligence of its employes, responsible!
forth- famous Adobe wreck, a fury ini
Judge Shattuck’s division of the Dis- |
trlct Court at Denver, has awarded 1
Pat Brennan $3,500 damages for the j
death of his son. who was killed In
the wreck.
A large force Is at work for the Den- j
ver & Interurhan road in and near j
Boulder, setting poles for the trolley
wire. The company hopes to be able
to run cars between Boulder and Den
ver within a few months. Most of th<
grading Is done. The new grade will
be used by the steam cars and the old
; grade by the electric cars.
There is now stored In the Greeley
i starch factory 250,000 pounds of potato
I starch in 1,000 sacks, awaiting ship
I ment to market. The starch campaign
has fairly begun and potatoes are com
ing in freely at 20 cents a sack. These
are unmarketable, and it is expected
that by opring six times the amount ol
i starch now on hand will be ready foi
! market.
In a report just completed by Cash
ier Broderick the business done by the
Denver postoffice during the past year
ending with November 30th shows an
increase of 8.8 per cent, or $7G,106.38
over that of last year. From the sales
of stamps, boxes, etc., the receipts
amounted to $939,184.86 against $863,
077.68 in 1906. Altogether, Uncle Sam
will get $820,863.20 from the Denver
postoiflee this year.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, re
turned recently from a lecturing tout
in South Dakota and resumed his du
ties on the Juvenile Court bench. He
will start out In two weeks for an ex
tended trip through the South, partic
ularly Oklahoma and Texas, where the
legislatures will create juvenile laws
this winter. Instead of remaining
away for six months, however, he will
return to Denver about May Ist.
Captain Seth Baker, secretary, treas
urer and manager of the Hallett &
Baker Undertaking Company at Colo
rado Springs, died at his home in the
Springs. December 26th, of diabetes,
having only been confined to his room
for twenty-four hours. At the time of
his death he was secretary of the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Colo
rado and a member of the Elks, A. O.
IT. W. and Royal Arcanum. He was a
charter member of Pike’s Peak lodge,
I. O. O. F. of Colorado Springs.
The Gwillum Investment Company,
which recently secured a long term
lease on the flowing artesian water
wells In the vicinity of the Chandler
coal mine, near Florence, has decided
to sell water for domestic purposes
to surrounding camps, and in order
to raise money necesßary for the work,
has filed a deed of trust for $30,000
with the county clerk of Fremont
county. These wells were sunk about
ten years ago, while prospecting for
coal, and have been flowing thousands
of barrels dally since.
DEATH OF J. T. CORNFORTH.
; Noted Colorado Pioneer Drops Dead in
Seattle, Washington.
Denver.—A Seattle. Washington dis
patch December 27th, announces the
death of Joseph T. Cornforth, pioneer (
freignler of the great plains, explorer !
> for railroads and promoter of Alas
ka Short Line, who dropped dead from
heart disease while watching a test
made on a new ore crusher.
In 1897 he left Denver and went to j
! Sea’ lie on his wav :o Alaska. In the
j .interest of Canadian and Pittsburg cap
* italists he made the first explorations
■ for what is now the White Pass & Yu
j kon railway.
Mr. Cornforth was for many years
one of the best known men In Denver
in both business and political circles
and few men could boast as many
friends.
His death, coming suddenly, cut
I short a career of business and rail*
j road promotion in Alaska that he ex
! pected would make him extremely
j wealthy within the next few years. Al
though nearly sixty years old, he was
hale and hearty, and is said to have
tramped afoot over 12,000 miles on
| trips of exploration in Alaska during
the past ten years.
Joseph T. Cornforth was born in
Macclesfield. Cheshire, England, July
4. 1839 and came to the United States
in 1855.
Mr. Cornforth resided in Peru, Ill
inois, for about a year, during which
time he was employ) din a dry goods
house, and then he combined with his
brother Blrks in business in Atchison,
Kansas. A year later he went into
freighting with an ox team between
the Missouri river and Denver. At this
time he invented the egg case, now in
common use.
After freighting for about four years
he went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and
I engaged in the grocery business.
In 1870 his store was burned and the
] savings of years were lost. He then re-
I turned to Kansas City and engaged In
j the commission business until 1874. He
j again came to Denver in 1874 and en
j gaged in the wholesale fruit business,
i With his hiother Blrks he later started
a new house, one of the largest of Den
i ver until 1893, when the panic caused a
; suspension.
In the fall of 1897, after having sue- j
cessfully organized and conducted the j
first gold mining congress held in Den- ;
ver ,he interested a company of men in I
building a railioad in Alaska over the
site now occupied by the White Pass &
Yukon road, hut failed to get a fran
chise. Canadian interests later built
the road, which cost $6,000,000 and
paid the same amount in dividends the
first two years.
Since that time he has resided in
Seattle and Dawson, Alaska, seldom
returning to Denver. At the time of his
death he was president of the Alaska
Short Line railroad, which has begun
the construction of a railroad from
Illiamnia tc A'nvik, on the Yukon river.
Mr. Cornforth first discovered the
use of mica in axle grease, but the
Standard Oil Company got the patent.
Another of his inventions was the poly- ;
gonal banana case. He was also one of
th eflrst advocates of irrigation in
Colorado.
Mr. Cornforth married Miss Emma
Roper, the daughter of a prominent
citizen of Glasgow, Missouri, In 1863.
He is survived by his brother, Thomas
T. Cornforth, a daughter, Mrs. Ed
monia Hamilton and a son. William B.
Corriorlli of the Cornforth Fish and
Oyster Company, all of Denver.
Two Forestry Conventions.
| I^eadville. —Arrangements are being 1
I made here for two conventions of the
} government forestry service during
the winter. The first will occur in
1 the week of February 3rd and all the
1 supervisors in instruction dis
j trict No. 2, comprising Colorado, South
! Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and eastern
Wyoming, will be present. About
twenty-five officers in charge of the
forests, as well as chiefs of the vari
ous branches of the service in Wash
ington, will also be in attendance. The
entire administration of the forest in
this district will be discussed.
The second convention will be a
meeting of the rangers of the Lead
ville, Pike’s Peak, White river, Holy-
Cross and Park range forest reserves,
which will immediately follow the
supervisors’ meeting. The sessions
will be addressed by chiefs from the !
Washington office, supervisors and
technical men. About 100 will be in
attendance. These meetings will be
held under instructions from Gifford
Pinchot, chief of the forestry bureau,
who has recommended them for the
education and instruction of men in
the service.
Some Colorado Dividends.
Ten of the largest corporations in
Colorado will distribute dividends
amounting to $5,468,535 in January.
This amount represents the dividends
to be paid to stockholders and the in
terest on the bond issues. The figures
are:
American Smelting: anil Hefln-
Ing Company, common ....$1,000,000
American Smelting und Refin
ing Company, preferred .. . 875.000
Denver & Rio Grande pfd .... 1,144.035
Denver Gaa and Electric C 0... 317,500
Denver City Tramway Co 300,000
Interest on bonds:
Denver & Rio Grande 1.105,825
Denver t.'nion Water Co 237.500
Colo. Springs & Cripple Creek
District Railway 44,375
Colorado Midland 183.580
Colorado & Northwestern .... 25.000
Denver City Tramway Co. ... 80,100
! Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. ... 16.G20
Victor Fuel Co 49,000
Civilians Get Commissions.
Washington. Thirty-seven candi
-1 dates for appointment as second lieu
• tenants in the; army successfully
passed the recent competitive examina
■ tion and will be commissioned in the
I order In which they passed. Of this
‘ list fourteen of the successful candi
j dates have completed the probationary
1 period of two years’ service in the
| ranks of the army. The other twenty
three successful candidates are civil
• ians. In the latter category are Jubal
A. Early, son of the distinguished Con
[ federate cavalry leader of that name.
1 and Webster A. Capron, son of MaJ.
Allyn Capron, who died at Fort Myer,
J as a result of exposure In the Cuban
campaign.
LAWS MUST
BE ENFORCED
j GOVERNOR BUCHTEL‘8 PROCLAM
ATION TO DI8TRICT ATTOR
NEYS AND PEACE OFFICERS.
SUPPRESSION OF VICE
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY PRO
CEED AGAINST GAMBLING AND
ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLING.
Baaing his action upon the law as
recently expounded by Judge Allen or
the District Court in the food trust
prosecution. Governor Buchtel an
nounces in a proclamation that he
has arranged with Attorney General
Dickson to have violators of the state
laws against gambling and forbidden
liquor traffic prosecuted by the attor
ney general in counties where the or
dinary peace officers are charged by
reputable witnesses with neglect of
their duty.
Governor Buchtel’s proclamation is
as follows:
"State House, Denver, Colo.,
Dec. 28, 1907.
"To the District Attorneys and Peace
Officers of the State of Colorado—
Greeting:
"The statutes of Colorado place cer
tain specific duties In the hands of
district attorneys and peace officers.
These officers are elected by the peo
ple to execute the laws and keep the
peace. For the most part the dis
trict attorneys and peace officers AC
Colorado are doing quite their whole
duty. It is conceded by those who
have been for a long time familiar
with moral conditions in this state
that the laws are now’ better executed
than ever before in our history. This
is exactly what we ought to expect.
Two years from this time, in the mid
dle of the term of office of my suc
j cessor. we ought to be able to say
' again that the laws are better exe
; cuted than ever before. The whole
struggle of civilization is an effort to
■ bring men to the point where they
i will endure the stimulus of high mo
! tives. In frontier communities cer
tain common vices are at first toler
1 ated openly. In process of time they
are restricted, and yet tolerated. In
the best communities they are ulti
mately prohibited absolutely and pros
ecutions follow whensoever the law
is violated.
“The most bitter opposition is al
ways directed against the efforts of
the peace officers who set themselves
to the task of executing the laws.
When these officers perform their du
ties they are assailed by the whole
tribe of law breakers—saloon men.
gamblers, prize fighters, harlots and the
men who rent buildings for immoral *
purposes. Seldom do district attor
neys and peace officers receive any
words of encouragement from the law
keeping people, because these people
do not appear to think it necessary to
speak a word of approval to faithful
officers. So I wish to praise the brave %
men in office who have done their
duty In the face of all manner of hos
tility. In many localities in Colorado
. there is now no open gambling and
no prize fighting * • •
“Ever since I have been in office as
governor I have been consulting able
lawyers about my authority to secure
the execution of the laws against
these common vices in which young
men and young women are wrecked
for time and for eternity. I have se
cured many opinions from sincere and
able men who were eager to give me
sound advice. I have also secured
opinions from those who were insin
cere; from men who desired to em
barrass me in aid of the political am
bitions of Insincere men. But all these
opinions are in substantial agreement.
Every one admits that the governor
has no power to remove any official
from office who has been elected by
the people.”
The governor here discusses the au
thority possessed by a state executive
and quotes from the report of a grand
jury at Joplin. Missouri. He goes on
to say:
"After long searching we have at
last found a method of aiding in the
execution of the laws against the
common vices of gambling and illegal
liquor selling. In the history of Colo
rado the attorney general has never
been required by the governor to go
into a District Court to secure the exe
cution of any laws until within a few
weeks. When the attorney general,
the Hon. William H. Dickson, came to
ask my authority, under our statutes,
to enable him to proceed to dissolve
the food trust, I instantly issued the
necessary order. At once it occurred
to me that we might proceed in the
same way against such common forms
of vice as gambling and illegal liquor
selling, notwithstanding the fact that
this is the duty of district attorneys
and peace officers. I therefore ad
dressed a letter to the attorney gen
eral on that subject. And now I have
the attorney general’s assurance that
we can proceed against these forms of
vice in the District Courts of Colorado
and that he will gladly undertake
such legal proceedings at my request.
The authority of the attorney general
to institute proceedings in the Dis
trict Court to dissolve the food trust
was vigorously assailed by an army of
brilliant attorneys. His authority will
be assailed now by a much larger
army when we institute proceedings
against the crowd of law breakers who
are engaged in illegal liquor selling
and gambling and other common
forms of vice.
"I therefore appeal to all district
attorneys and peace officers to proceed
at once to do their whole-duty in exe
cuting all the laws. In any counties
where such an extraordinary pro
ceeding shall be necessary, I will give
the attorney general authority to pro
ceed against law-breakers when the
necessary evidence is brought to me
by reputable citizens who will agree
to go into court with the attorney
general to testify to such violations of
the law. Very sincerely,
"HENRY A. BUCHTEL,
"Governor of Colorado.” *