The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-13
COLORADO NOTES.

! The HaGerman block at Colorado
| Springs was badly damaged by IRE
last week, the loss being $4,000.
The fruit orchards of Colorado are
now in full bloom and give promise Of
Il large crop of apples, peaches, apri-
cots. pears, etc.
The Portland mine at Victor has laid
on 200 men. This is in line with the
decision of mine owners TO reduce pro-
duction in order TO bring the smelters
TO terms.
The new railroad from Colorado
Springs to Cripple Greek furnishes a
hne panoramic view of the Springs
and surrounding country. 1t runs for
several miles along the mountain side.
The Leadville Board of Trade circu-
lar condemning the Denver fan festivi-
ties finds little support. If all the
large towns and cities in the state
would have festivals it woulG be Of
great benefit to them.
There is a pumping plant near Grand
Junction that raises water eighty
three feet out of the Grand river to
irrigate 4So acres Of fruit land. 1t is
run by water power and has been in
operation for the lust ten years. There
are several smaller pumping plants in
the Grand valley. The water costs
about 81 an inch when raised eighty
five feet by water power.
Thomas Reed and Martin Mosier
have been arrested on the charge of
cutting timber on patented range near
jamestown. The complaint was made
by Q. +. Merrill. The two sons of
Reed were also arrested on complaint
of Merrill. on the charge of breaking
open his blacksmith shop and stealing
n quantity of miners tools, the value
OF which was placed at about IS.
The Otto Mears toll road between
Ouray and Ironton was thrown open
on the 3rd for free use. as the charter
had expired. The county commission
ers We're prepared TO enforce the open
ing, If not done voluntarily. This is
the road the county endcavored to
nave the state buy ut the last session
OF the Legislature. The opening of
the road viii greatly stimulate the
traffic of the city.
w. X. Lee. the game warden of the
state in the Glenwood Springs district,
has written to Tom Johnson. the state
game commissions, that more deer are
in that locality than mt any time for
fourteen years, Notwithstanding the
many sensational accounts of the prac-
teal determination of deer by hunters.
He writes that T. L. Balcott and
score of others In the neighborhood re-
port that the deer are decidedly more
plentiful than for much over decade,
and that the fiat tops in Rio Blanco and
Routt will be better stocked this season
than for many years.
The heavy rains of the past week
eliminated in n heavy washout on the
new Omer canal, twenty miles south
of Fowler. The water gate was washed
fifty yards down the river and large
amount of lumber for the headgate
was carried away. The camp of the
workmen was located in the angle
formed by the intersection of the canal
and the river. This was overfiowed,
the tents and hunks washed away
and the men escaped with their horses
by hastily swimming the stream. The
men spent the remainder of the night
in the shack of Mr.. Watson. The pile
driver was saved with difficulty.
Another 100 men were laid off at the
Portland mine Friday. This makes
800 men discharged. There are $50 left
and 1t Is stated more are to go. There
seems now no reason to doubt that the
big bonanza VIII close down altogether.
Already large numbers of idle men can
be seen on the streets, and the mer-
chants are becoming fearful of the dis
astrous effects upon business which the
closing of the mine would bring about.
So far the Portland is the only proper
ty which has curtailed It's force since
the meeting of the mine owners this
week. The Isabella force has been re-
duced for some weeks, and now all EN-
ployed are on Development work.
Municipal elections We're held in
many cities of the state Tuesday. Lo-
cal issues predominated, but in the i'm
portant ceuters the elections We're
fought on political lines. The license
question was paramount in places, and
under the head Of citizens and nom
party tickets, the political views of
candidates Were not considered. The
Democrats carried Leadville and lost
Victor. At Cripple Creek the Repub-
licans elected three candidates, which
gives them majority of the council.
The Republicans carried Palmer Lake,
Greeley and captured nearly all the Of
fees in Trinidad and Golden. The en-
tire Republican ticket was elected in
Colorado Springs with the exception
of marshal
The Colorado Springs Light and Pow
er Company is making arrangements to
build a new plant at the coal mines
north of the city and Henry Hine, the
superintendent and general manager,
is in the East securing machinery.
Work will be begun on the building as
soon as he returns, about May 1st. The