The Elbert County tribune., 1900-02-01
COLORADO NOTES.


that he was stealing ride and fell on
The FL Paso county poorhouse, locat-
ed In a valley about three and one.ha
miles southwest of Colorado sprlngs'
wns burned to the ground on the 2Oth.
rho loss Is total and amounts to be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000, partially In
sured. The inmates were rescued In
safety.
Treasurer Bennett Of Weld county
was discharged from custody by Unit
ed States Commissioner Hinsdale. Mr.
Bennett had been arrested on COM
plaiut of Rev. j. X. RAIDER of New
windsor on the charge of sending
dun by postal card. In sending out
his notification of personal taxes due
the treasurer added 1--WE must have this
tax now" The words were taken by
the minister and by the United States
attorney as conveying n threat Com
missioner Hlnsdale took another view,
and dismissed the proceedings.
The people of Boulder sent n lot of
provisions to the people of Ward, who
lost their property in the recent fire-
Several dwelling houses have been con
yerted into temporary store buildings,
and nearly all of the burned-out mer-
chants have ordered new stocks OF
goods. The city council held special
meeting Saturday evening to take steps
towards clearing up the debris, and al
so to open up new town books and be
gin business with n clean slate, as all
of the old records were totally destroy
ed. Everyone feels that the hre Will be
to Ward what the Cripple Creek fire
was to that great camp, and that here
is good place TO remain, as the mines
hot fhan
Everyone is feeling cheerful and firmly
believes Ward will soon recover and be
better mining camp than ever. The
town officials will take action to
straighten some of the bends, widen
the streets and encourage the building
of handsome town.
Public feeling at Canon City against
the murderers of Night Captain
Rooney, who escaped from the peni-
tentiary on Monday night appears to
be growing as time goes by without
bringing news of their capture. Ward.
en- Ioyt was greatly encouraged
Wednesday afternoon to learn thai
since taking the trail on Tuesday
morning the bloodhounds had followed
1t continuously and that the four con
victs had been traced to the neighbor-
hood of Victor. There one of them
called at a house and asked for food,
while his companions stood little dis
tance apart. The woman of the house
picked out photograph of Wagner as
that of the man with whom she had
talked. All were dressed like tramps,
but she was positive in her Identified.
ton. Hoyt said he was sure Of the ul-
innate capture of the convicts. Gov
ernor Thomas has offered an addition
al reward for the apprehension of the
murderers. The reward is $500 for the
four Or 1925 for any one of them. The
governor said that despite the talk
concerning the revival of capital pun
ishment he was not in favor of 1t.
AT the annual meeting OF the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
n statement of the condition of the as.
sociation 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,
tion handled 2S,476 boxes of fruit last
year, of which 2,5S4 boxes went out In
car lots, the remainder by express and
local freight shipments, showing an In
crease of nearly fifty per cent. on or
ders last year over the previous year.
The federal government, after long
discussion of the matter, Is about to
go ahead with the construction of large
reservoirs for the storing of water to
be used by occupants of the Southern
Ute ressrghtSipp Par This dc qgestSn has
be settled soon by the authorities. The
site to be selected probably will be in
the Navajo and Mancos canons. The
water supply will be received from the
| Mancos river. Surveys were made last
summer for this work and now the res
ident government photographer, A. L.
Fellows, has been called upon to furn.
ish the Department of Geological Sur
vey at the national capital photographs
of the proposed sites TO aid the federal
authorities to decide just which site
for the proposed reservoirs to select
Other photographs are being sent on to
Mr.. Fellows, among them being views
of the various parts of the Great Plains
reservoir system, representations OF
ditch gauging and many other views
Some of them will be used for lantern
slides and views for the federal de.
partment.
The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company. of which John H. Campion
Is president, and several Denver and
Colorado Springs capitalists are stock
holders, has announced its plans fol
the coming season at Grand Junction
The company Is arranging to bring n
large number of new farmers into the
Grand valley this year, and will cult.
vate all of the 1,500 acres of farm lands
that 1t owns. To this end force of
men and teams has already been put to
work plowing and preparing the
ground for seeding. The company's
agents are at work in the East, secur.
Ing the colonists. The offer made Is
that the company will furnish them
with land, water and seed free Of all
charges, and pay S4.25 n ton for all
beets up to the fifteen per cent. stand.
ard. For each one per cent. of sugar
In excess of fifteen and one-half pei
cent, 20 cents ton will be paid. All
efforts will be directed to an early start
this year, and the intention is to ex-
tract the sugar from as many beets as
possible, starting as soon as the roots
are ripe, and storing them as long AZ
possible until they are treated. The
business of cattle feeding will also be
factor. The leaves of the beets, to-
gether with the pulp left after the SUI
gar Is extracted. make good feed fol
cattle, and the addition of only little
grain Is necessary to put the cattle
from the adjoining ranges In the bes,
condition for beef. Several of the far.
mers of the valley will build ensilag,
silos for the storage of the fodder, and
the company will put up feeding sheds
for the disposition of part of its waste
product.
Warden Hoyt is preparing to farm
this year on an extensive scale. To
date he has taken leases on land aggre
eating 500 acres and is preparing tc
TIL n large acreage. He has secured d
four-year lease on one 2OO-acre tract
winch VIII in part be seeded to alfal