The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-30
COLORADO NOTES.
The Methodists are about to establish
a deaconess home in Pueblo.

| The Methodists are about to establish
a deaconess home in Pueblo.
| Leadville people are alaTmed over the
malicious explosion of giant powder ip
the city.
| The Ell Paso county poorhouse, locat-
ed in valley about three and one-half
| miles southwest of Colorado Springs,
| was burned to the ground on the Goth.
The loss is total and amounts to be-
| tween $1,000 and $4,000, partially in
| sured. The inmates We're rescued in
safety.
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- Hoyt was greatly encouraged
Wednesday afternoon to learn that
since taking the trail on Tuesday
morning the bloodhounds had followed
| it continuously and that the four CON
victs had been traced to the neighbOr
hood of Victor. There one of them
called at house and asked for food,
| while his companions stood n little dis
tance apart. The woman of the house
picked out photograph of Wagner as
that of the man with whom she had
All were uTtsstu ike
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 S125 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 it.
The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company, of which John f. Campion
Is president, and several Denver and
Colorado Springs capitalists are stock
holders, has announced its plans for
the coming season at Grand Junction
The company is arranging to bring
large number of new farmers into the
Grand valley this year, and will cult
vate all of the LOO acres of farm lands
that ii owns. To this end a force OF
men and teams has already been put to
work plowng 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 ton for all
beets up TO the fifteen per cent. stand
ard. For each one per cent. of sugar
III tNttSS Oi nI'fPu ana per
cent. % cents a ton,will be paid. All
efforts will lac directed to an early start
this year, and the intention is to ex
tract the sugar from as many beets rs
possible. starting as SoCn as the roots
are ripe, and storing them as long as
possible until they are treated. The
business of cattle feeding will also be
a factor. The leaves of the beets, to-
gcther 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 best
condition for beef. Several of the far
mers of the valley will build ensilage
slos for the storage of the fodder, and
the company viii put up feeding sheds
for the disposition of part of its waste
product
Al the annual meeting Of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
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.416 boxes of fruit last
year. of which 2,5S4 boxes went out In
car lOtS. tnt DN express uHt
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 Il long
discussion of the matter is about to
go ahead with the construction of large
reservoirs for the storing of water to
he used by occupants of the Southern
Ute reservation. This question has
been agitated for long time and vii
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 las
summer for this work and now the res
ident government photographers, A. l.
Fellows. has been called upon to furn
ish the Department of Geological Sur
yey at the national capital photographs
of the proposed sites to aid the fedora
authorities to decide just which site
for the proposed reservoirs to select
Other photographs are being sent on to
Mr.. Fellows, among them being view:
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 lanterr
slides and views for the federal de
partment.
Warden Hoyt is preparing to farm
this year on an extensive scale. Tt
date he has taken leases on land aggre
eating 500 acres and is preparing tt
till large acreage. He has secured 6
four-year lease on one 200-acre tract
which will in part be seeded to alfal
ia, at the same time growing crop OF
oats. The rest of the tract and all the
smaller holdings will be devoted tt
growing corn and vegetables. No lease
has been entered into for a shorter
term than two years, the warden's pol
icy being to secure the land for as Ions
III Lon.