The Colorado statesman., 1900-01-27
COLORADO NOTES.

the city.
A boy was killed on the railroad near
Byers the other night. 1t is supposed
that he was stealing ride and fell of.
The Ell Paso county poorhouse, locat-
ed In a valley about three and One-half
miles southwest of Colorado Springs,
was burned to the ground on the 10th.
The loss Is total and amounts TO be-
tween 5000 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
plaint Of Rev. J. X. RAIDER of New
Windsor on the charge of sending a
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 a threat Com
missioner Hinsdale 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-
verted 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 Creek fire
was to that great camp, and that here
is good place to remain, as the mines
were never looking better than now.
Everyone is feeling cheerful and firmly
believes Ward will soon recover and be
Il 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 a 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- 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 a house and asked for food.
while his companions stood a little dis
tance apart. The woman of the house
picked out a 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 1926 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 +. CampiOn
is president, and several Denver and
Colorado Springs capitalists are stock
holders. has announced its plans for
the coming season al Grand Junction.
The company is arranging to bring a
large number of new farmers into the
Grand valley this year. and will culti-
vate all of the loo acres of farm lands
that it owns. To this end Il 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 i'm 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 $4.25 a 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 per
cent. - cents a 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 SoCn as the roots
are ripe. and storing them as long as
possible until they are treated. 1.-The
business of cattle feeding viii also be
a factor. The leaves of the 5eetS, to-
gether with the pulp left after the SUI
gar is extracted. make good feed for
cattle, and the addition of only a 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
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 to
till large acreage. He has secured a
four-year lease on one 200-acre tract,
which will in part he 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 to
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 long
a period as possible The large tract
is virgin soil and a force of fifty CON
victs is engaged in freeing it from
greasewoOd and preparing it for the
plow. which will be started as soon as
the land is in shape. OF the $40 con-
victS in the penitentiary to-day. 400
were employed at some sort of labor.
Five We're on the sick list. six were
crippled. four are demented and five
are females. Seventy-five are en-
ployed in widening the Canon City
ditch. which will be enlarged and i'm
proved its entire length. SfXty-fOur