The Monte Vista journal., 1900-01-27
COLORADO MOTIFS.

A village improvement society has
been organised At Trinidad.
The Aethodists are about to establish
deaconess home In Pueblo.
The ri Paso county poorho,,se, locat-
ed In valley about three and one-half
miles southwest Of Colorado Springs,
was burned to the ground ON the 10th.
The loss Ii total and amounts to be-
tween 5000 and $4,000. partially In
sured. The inmates were rescued In
safety.
Jerry Ryan, . Leadville bartender,
Was shot and instantly killed By two
unknown hold-ups at 2 o'clock We'd
nesday morning. There were three men
In the saloon when the masked rob
bers entered. Ryan was ordered to
hold mp his hands, but refused, when
one OF the hold-ups shot him through
the heart The murderers escaped.
| Ryan was formerly q member Of the
Colorado volunteer regiment.
The Ridgway Populist says: II Is
q burning shame that the burros
around town are many Of them in q
state Of starvation. II they are not
worth feeding they at least should not
be expected to be made beasts Of bur-
1 4S1 ~ oOOA IN thc ktuso, COAhSb
oW next June, puts some flesh on their
bones. There IL no dumb animal IN
the universe that meets with as much
abuse and neglect us the burro Of Colo
rado
In compliance with the report OF the
State Historical Society. Governor
Thomas has addressed letters TO Sena-
tors Teller and WOlcott and Congress
men Shafroth and Bell. the Colorado
representatives In the national Con-
grcss. Each OF the four representatives
is personally requested by the govern
or. on behalf OF the society. to use his
influence to secure legislation for the
preservation OF the valuable clin
dwellings In the AlancOs canon In the
southwestern part Of the state.
Oncers at Silvcrton raide,l i've Chi
nese opium joints on Blair street, cap
turing i've Cinnamon, seven pipes,
| twenty pounds OF opium and other ar
| ticleS used In opium joints. The China.
men were tried before Police MaEis-
trate Watson to-day and each fined
32S and costs. Officers are determined
| TO break up these joints. and other
raids will be made II they are not
closed. Many empty cans which had
contained opium were found In the
rooms. showing that the Chinamen
had numerous customers.
At the annual meeting Of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
statement OF the condition Of the as
ISOLATION for the past year and the
quality Of the fruit grown In the val
ley which the association had shipped
to other points was read by President
A. A. Miller. Manager Moore, In his
annual report, stated that the assOcia-
ton handled 2s,476 boxes Of fruit last
year. Of which 1854 boxes went out In
car lots. the remainder by express and
local freight shipments. showing an In
crease Of nearly nifty per cent. on or
ders last year over the previous year.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany In preparing to make an exhibit
At the Paris exposition which will cost
the company not less than 5000.
The exhibit will b. the most costly
display ever attempted from the Rocky
mountain region, and elaborate plans
are now In progress. The Intention In
TO mike q display OF all the different
products Of the steel plant Mt Pueblo
| and also TO include samples Of the
crude material. Samples Of the din
ercH Goals mined mt the numerous
mines Of the cOmrnny will be on ex-
hibltion and II Is proposed to omit
nothing that will add interest - the
display.
Hidden Trcnxure mime at Lake City,
Wednesday morning. and they were
| mostly top men. The mine employed
nearly seventy men. OF these over flf-
! ~ Hrc out. II Ii likely a few will 70
bnck. hut not many. The men would
| all go back II Jack Evans WAS taken.
but the management will not let him
return. He was spokesman for the men
In their grievances and wns imme<li.
ately discharged. The trouble started
over employing foreigners, believed To
be Italians. though, they claimed to l,r
Austrinnx. Since the trouble here last
| spring there has ,Gen u strong preju-
| dice against Italians nnd all mines
which had employed them signed an
agreement 10 do ~ no more.
The federal government. after u long
discussion of the matter. is about TO
| 20 ahead with the construction Of large
reservoirs for the storing Of water 10
l'e used by occupants of the Southern
Ute reservation. This question has
been agitntci for long time and will
he settled soon by the authorities. The
site TO he selected probably will bc In
the Navajo and MancO~ cnnons. The
water supply will ls received srOm the
MnncOs river. Surveys were made last
summer for this work and now the res.
idcnt government hytiroxrapher, 4. l..
Fellows. has bccn called upon To furn-
ish the Department Of Geological Rur-
vey at the national capital photographs
Of the proposed sites 10 aid the federal
authorities To decide Just which site
for the proposed reservoirs 70 select.
Other photographs arr lslng sent on to
Mr.. Fellows. among them lring Views
OF the various parts OF the Great Plains
reservoir system. representations Of
ditch gauging and many other views,
Rome Of them will l,e used for lantern
alidea and Views for the federal DE-
part0ent.
StAss Engineer McCunr and Deputy
Register O'Iseiliy Of the State land
Board have gone TO Pueblo, where they
Will make the necessary arrsngeusents
at the federal land once for the With.
drawal by the federal authoeitSes OF
between ONO and lO.fl00 acrea uudsr
the Carry act. which viii b. iFeigateA
b. the nrsry improvement Company.
TIE cummenrsmcnt u work undes The
Carry ct win BE- th~ stsrsing pelDt for
improvements under this act which
may mean the redemption Of i.O0O, 600
acres OF land n0W uaelenn, and the n.
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