The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-19
COLORADO NOTES.


Montrose is looking forward to n
good year. Several fine buildings went
up there last year.
The Hagerman block Mt Colorado
Springs was badly damaged by tire
last week. the loss being $4,000.
The fruit orchards of Colorado are
now in full bloom and give promise OF
large crop of apples. peaches. april
cots, pears. etc.
The Bijou Irrigation Company has
begun work to restore the canals of
that system, which have been out OF
use for n long time. Water will be
supplied from two large reservoirs
which are TO be built.
The Daily Sentinel of Grand juno
ton has just issued n brief history of
the Grand Valley that II model OF
typographical work and profusely H.
lustrated. 1t contains large illustra-
ton OF the beet sugar plant and fine
, descriptive article.
There is pumping plant near Grand
junction that raises water eighty
three feet out of the Grand river to
lrrigate 4S0 acres of fruit land II IL
run by water power and has been in
operation for the last ten years. There
are several smaller pumping plants In
the Grand valley. The water costs
about 81 an Inch when raised eighty
nve feet by water power.
Thomas Reed and Martin Mosier
1 have been arrested on the charge of
cutting timber on patented range near
jamestown. The complaint wns made
by Q. #. Merrill. The two sons OF
Reed We're also arrested on complaint
of Merrill. on the charge OF breaking
I open his blacksmith shop and stealing
quantity of miners tools, the value
OF which was placed at about IS.
Word was received ut Leadville late
I wednesday night that n snowslide had
occurred in Iowa gulch, near the Ready
Cash mine. A number of buildings
/ were carried away and. II is believed
I that one or two men have been buried
IN the slide, although nothing definite
could be learned in regard to the mat
/ ter. As soon as word was received a
rescuing party left for the scene.
Judge voorhees, on the 11th heard
the petition of Willisford Dey for an
Injunction against the Pueblo city off,
cials TO restrain them from signing n
warrant for $4,000 for the purchase Of
land for the opening of Tenth street
east of Santa Fe avenue. and granted
n temporary injunction. II is alleged
that the city bargained for the land
without having made an appropriation
for That purpose, and that also the land
is outside OF the city limits.
The heavy rains of the past week
eliminated In 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 wns saved with difficulty.
The question of the extension Of the
Lakewood railroad to Idaho Springs
and across the divide to Middle Park,
has been one of the pet hobbies of Mr..
Newhouse. His mining schemes have
reached the point where they VIII not
require his personal attention. and It Is
believed that from this time he will
J give personal attention to railroad
matters. The Lakewood line has al
ready been cross sectloned to this place
and the financial backing In Boston and
New York gives assurance that an on
ward movement will be made within
the next three months. From conver-
sation with one of the officers OF the
road, II is believed that the Burlington
has something to do with the exten-
sion.
The state flsh department will stock
what has been known as "the Colorado
dead sea-" This is lake near Grand
Junction, which. according 10 Il. J. Hol
land, superintendent of fish hatcheries
for the state, has never known what
fish is. Gold Bridge lake win b.
filled this year with some OF the best
stock which can be procured and al
effort be made TO SEQ II fish cannot bs
trained to live In the water. Some
thing about the water Of Lake Golt
Bridge has kept fish from living in IL
but last year residents In that vicinity
noticed that the water materially clear
ed up, as If the Impurities II carried
were disappearing. A report to this
effect so encouraged Mr.. Holland thai
he listened TO the solicitations of many
citizens of the nelghborhood who are
anxious to fish and have nothing to fish
for. He hns therefore decided to make
n trial of the matter.