The Monte Vista journal., 1899-05-27

Secretary Of State Beckwith believes
he has a remedy for the financial plight
OF the state. He proposes, In case there
IL an extra session OF the Legislature,
that laws be enacted raising the cost
or interpretations and other filings In
his office, which he believes the cor
porations can well stand. He also eN-
poets an immense revenue from the i'll
Ing OF the copper trust in case that Is
made in his office. The fee would be
about 100000.
The general assembly of the Cum
bcrland Presbyterian church met In
Denver last week. Rev. ]. w. llalsell
OF Texas WIS chosen moderator. There
were three br rdai couples in Attendance
upon the assembly, Rev. +. ii. Lilies
and wife Of Denison. Texas: Rev. Chal-
mers Kilbourn and wife, Tehuacana,
Texas, and Rev. willis Smith and wife
of Owensboro, Kentucky. There were
ninciyfour ministers and seventy nine
elders as delegates.
A large crowd assembled at y. W. c.
park saturday afternoon to witness
the state intcrscholastic exercises. Al
though gale was blowing and rain
threatened, 1t did not act as IA dampcr
on the crowds enthusiasm, nor pre-
Nfnl N'Ih bs tilt
Cheers and class yclls spurrcd the ath-
lctes on, and aside from two slight nc
cidcnts there was nothing to mar tho
pleasure OF the occasion. The East
Denver High School carried on the
honors.
The officers chosen for the ensuing
year by the Foresters in convention
last week are as follows: Grand chief
ranger. John Wallis. Denver; grand
sub-chief ranger, J. +. II. Callahan,
Florence: grand treasurer, w. c.
Thompson, Denver: grand financial
secretary, W. 4. Roberts. Denver;
grand record secretary, o. i. Nelson,
Lcadvillc; grand senior woodward, w.
g. Pomcroy, Silver Plume: grand jun
Tor woodward. Peter Nelson, Denver;
grand senior bcadlc. George Birkctt.
Louisvllle; grand junior beadlc, G.
Longquist, Pueblo: grand trustees, NJ.
II. Harris, Telluride: George Dick,
Walscnburg: james Robertson, Den
Yer; supreme representative. $. II. Cal.
houn. Jr., Denver; alternate, stephen
Lcbcrcr.
The Grand county fish hatchery. for
which the recent Legislature appropri-
atcd $500. will not be built under the
act making the appropriation. we
need another hatchery badly enough"
said Commissioner Tom johnson the
other day. but there Is no money In
the treasury for such n purpose and
will not be any. The site must be Sc
lectcd under the provisions OF the act
by August LIST. and I do not intend 10
select any site. as 1t viii be useless 10
do SO. II Is another one OF those appro-
priatlons which does. not appropriate.
We Will place 1,JDOUDD fish in the
streams OF the state this year. Already
100000 have been sent out from
Brighton, near this city. and on Mon
day we close Brighton shipments for
the season. I will go to Durango on
"Wednesday ana $4,000 fish viii b. dis.
tributcd from that hatchery. while ms
many more will be sent out later from
| Gunnison."
| A dispatch from Washington says
The work Of building the Denver mini
was to-day taken out OF the hands oi
Contractor Mcintyre and placed IN
| charge OF government officials. Treas
ury officials state that Mcintyre is be
hind on the contract and shows no dis
| position To complete the work within
the time scheduled. They assert that
the Treasury Department has givci
him several extensions OF time but h
extension was given him last Decem
| her because he said that the weather
was too severe and that heavy snow
| prevented work. At that time he sait
that after May LIST he would have 10
cubic feet Of granite on the grount
each day. Reports from Denver indi
cate that not more than eighty cubl'
feet each day has been placed. Treas
ury officials also state that Mclntyr'
has failed In NIL respects to keep up th'
requirements OF the contract. The
work VIII remain In the hands Of tbs
government officials until 1t can b'
awarded To some other contractor.
\ reservoir occupying SO acres an,
OF the capacity OF 25.O6O.0oO gallon
viii hc constructed by the Denver I'm
lon Water Company iwcnty-threc mile
m tn. south fork of the Platte rive
from South Platte or SyIncs. For th'
last five years the company has beer
planning the vast basin. and VIII In
few days BEGIN work ON Il dam that Il
TO back up the several hundred thou
sand cubic tons that VIII MI II whei
complctcd II Will be constrtcte,
across n narrow gorge just below tb'
junction Of Goose creek that flows gu
Of Lost Park. and the South Platte
The small end Of the dam, which i tn
base. IL twenty feet wild" and widen
out with the spread OF the canon. as !
goes up. Ia 200 feet across at n hclgh
Of 10 feet. The thickness OF the dan
nj the base Is $40 feet. twenty feet oi
ton. II l. TO bc constructed Of stone
thrown down from the sides OF th'
canon. The water side Is faced will
dry ruhhlc masonry twenty feet thick
and this again with boiler Iron rivctc,
TO "'r'' beams II Iron sunk Into the ma
sonry. The hydraulic outlet valve
have arrived from the East. They vii
hc shipped to Buffalo via tn. Souil
Park line, and then hauled by wngoi
to the reservoir. which Is near LAX,
wellington. The valves VIII bc pu
In ms soon nZ I'll" tunnel Is done.
Mt Carmel Catholic Church OF ihi
city needs money TO erect n buildini
In place of the one burned down u yea
ago. aud novel method is bcinl
adopted to raise funds. The congrcgn
tion needs $1,000 FOR the cdificc an,
II was proposed to raise the money b,
operating gold mine. To that en-,
the State Of Maine gold mine N
Black Hawk was secured mud this !
. the mine that will bc operated. 1t l
said to bc n good mInc-hns exccllcn
prospects. As the church by Its cor
pornic powers. could not go Into IN
mining business, II wns determined 4
form q company for that purpose
wns formed and IL called the wcstcrl
!. Italian Proctcctory Mining Company
q. N. Cnrtroni. who says he is mn iinl
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