Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-25
COLORADO NOTES.


deaconcss home In Pueblo.
The Fl Paso county poorhouse. locat.
cd 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 5000 and $4,000. partially In
sured. The inmates were rescued In
safety.
Jerry Ryan. q Lcadviiie bartender.
was shot and Instantly killed by two
unknown hold-ups nj o'clock We'd
ncsday morning. There were three men
Ia the saloon when the masked rob-
bcrs entered. Ryan was ordered TO
hold M his hands, but infused. when
one OF the hoid-urs sho; him through
the heart. The murfcrcrs escaped,
Ryan was formerly member Of the
Colorado volunteer regiment.
The RId.way Popuiist says: Il is
a burning shame that the burros
around town arr many Of them In
state Of starvation. II they are not
worth feeding they nj least should not
Ike expected TO In made beasts of bur.
den as soon as fhc grass. which comes
out next June. puts some flesh on their
bones. There l. no dumb animal In
abuse aud neglect as the burro Of Colo.
rudo.
In compliance with the report OF the
State Historical Society. Governor
Thomas In. addressed letters TO Scna.
tors Teller and woico;t and Congress.
men Shnfroth aud He'll. the Colorado
representatives In the national Con.
Grcss. Each OF the four representatives
L. e..I IaN Iiss R n,
or. on behalf OF the society. TO use his
influence to secure legislation for the
preservation Of the valuable clin
dwellings In the Mancos canon In the
southwestern part Of the state.
Officers at SIivcrton raIdcl fvc Chi
ncsc opium Joints on Blair street. cap
turing five Cinnamon. seven pipes.
twenty pounds Of opium ani other ar
ticics used In opium Joints. The China
men were tried before Police Masls-
tratc Watson today and each lined
81. and costs. officers are determined
To break up these Joints. and other
raids Will be- made II they are not
closed, Many empty cans which had
contained opium were found In the
rooms, showing that the Cinnamon
had numerous customers.
At the annual meeting Of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
q 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. \. Miller. Manager Moore. In his
annual report. stated that the associa-
tion handled -. S.i1G boxes OF fruit last
year. OF which ..5Si boxes went out In
ear lots. the remainder by express and
local freight shipments. showing an In
crease OF nearly iifiy per cent. on or
dcrs last year over the previous year.
The federal government. after n long
discussion OF the matter. IL 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 n long time and will
be settled soon by the authorities. The
site to be selected probably will be In
the Navajo and Mancos canons. The
water supply will bc received from the
Mnncos 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
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
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 will lie used for lantern
slides and views for the federal de-
partmcnt.
State Engineer McCune and Deputy
Register O'Reilly OF the State Land
Board have gone to Pueblo. where they
will make the necessary arrangements
Mt the federal land office for the with
drawal by the federal authorities OF
between 1900 and 10000 acres under
the Carey act. which will he irrigated
by the Henry Improvement Company.
The commencement of work under the
Carey act will be the starting point for
under this act which
may mean the redemption of 1.OOO.OO0
acres of land now useless. and the re-
sulting material advancement of the
interests OF the state by many millions
Of dollars. The water provided by the
extension of the Otcro canal will not
irrigate the lands to he secured under
the Carey act The Horse creek rescr-
vuir, OH which work will soon be COM
,ncnced, will be used 10 store water for
the use of the canal company entirely
from the Henry Improvement
Company. and the water used by the
Henry company will be from the reser
yoir OF another concern. In other
words. because of complication in
water rights. ns to priority, the Henry
and another company will
trade water. This is allowed under the
law. Mr.. Henry refused to give the
name OF the other party 10 the water
trade. The land to be Withdrawn by
state Engineer McCunc at Pueblo is
lircctly cast of La Iunta. while the res
,ryoir to be erected by the company is
en- miles north of La Junta. This res!
,ryc.. will cost over 100000. and with
he canal extension will involve an en-
,cnditurc of more than S150,0O0. which
mount. II is said. the First National
,nnl,- will guarantee. The reservoir