The Lamar register., 1900-01-31
COLORADO NOTES.

boy was killed on the railroad near
Byers the other night. 1t is supposed
that he was stealing a ride and fell off.
Treasurer Bennett of Weld county
was discharged from custody by Unit
ed States Commissioner Hinsdale. Mr..
bennett had been arrested on com
piaint 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 I'VE must have this
tax now" The words were taken by
the minister and by the United States
attorney as conveying threat. Com
missioner Hlnsdale took another view,
and dismissed the proceedings,
The people of Boulder sent a lot of
provisions TO the people of Ward, who
lost their property in the recent fire.
Several dwelling houses have been con-
Ferted into temporary store buildings,
and nearly all of the burned-out mer-
| chants have ordered new stocks of
goods. The city council held a 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 clean slate, as all
OF the old records were totally destroy
ed. Everyone feels that the fire will be
TO Ward what the Cripple Greek fire
was to that great camp, and that here
is a good place to remain. as the mines
We're never looking better than now.
Everyone is feeling cheerful and firmly
| believes Ward will soon recover and be
a better mining camp than ever. The
town officials will take action to
stratghten 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
1 Rooney, who escaped from the peni-
| tentiary on Monday night appears TO
I be growing us 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 bioodhounds had followed
Z Ii continuously and that the four con
I 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 little dis
I lance apart. The woman of the house
l picked out a photograph OF Wagner as
1 that OF the man with whom she had
: talked All were dressed Ike tramps,
/ but she was positive in her identifica-
l ton. Hoyt said he was sure of the ul-
/ timate capture OF the convicts. Gov
ernor Thomas has offered an addition
nj reward for the apprehension of the
murderers. The reward Is $500 for the
Z four or Sl26 for any one Of them. The
I governor said that despite the talk
I concerning the revival OF capital pun
I ishment he was not In favor Of II.
At the annual meeting OF the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
4 statement OF the condition of the as
sociation for the past year and the
/ quality of the fruit grown in the val
Z 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 assocla-
tion handled 2S.i70 boxes of fruit last
year. of which 2.;tSi boxes went out in
Z car lots, the remainder by express and
Z 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 a long
I discussion Of the matter, Is about to
I go ahead with the construction OF large
I reservoirs for the storing of water to
I be used by occupants OF the Southern
Ute reservation. This question has
I been agitated for long time and will
be settled sooi by the authorities. The
: site 90 be selis'ted probably will be in
the Navajo yd Marcos cauons. The
/ water supply viii 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
yey 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
T 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 win be used for lantern
/ slides and views for the federal de-
I partment.
The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company, OF which John +. Campion
is president, and several Denver and
Colorado Springs capitalists are stock
holders, has announced its plans for
the coming season mt Grand Junction,
/ The company Is arranging 10 bring Il
large number of new farmers into the
Grand valley this year, and viii culti-
vate all Of the 1900 acres of farm lands
/ thar it owns. To This end Il force OF
men and teams has already been put to
work blowing and preparing the
ground for seeding. The company's
agents are at work in the East, secur-
ing the colOnists The offer made is