Gilpin observer., 1900-01-25
COLORADO NOTES.

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 Goth.
The loss Is total and amounts to be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, partially in
sured. The inmates We're rescued in
safety.
Jerry Ryan, Leadville bartender,
was shot and instantly killed by two
unknown hOld-ups at o'clock We'd
nesday morning. There were three men
in the saloon when the masked rob-
bers entered. Ryan was ordered to
hold up his hands, but refused, when
one of the hold-ups shot him through
the heart. The murderers escaped.
Ryan was formerly member of the
Colorado volunteer regiment.
The Ridgway Populist says: 1t is
a burning shame that the burros
around town are many of them in a
state of starvation. If they are not
worth feeding they at least should not
he expected to be made beasts of bur-
den as soon as the grass, which comes
out next June, puts some flesh on their
bones. There is no dumb animal in
the universe that meets with as much
abuse and neglect as the burro of Colo
RADIO.
In compliance with the report of the
State Historical Society, Governor
Thomas has addressed letters to Sena-
tors Teller and WOlcOtt and Congress
men Shafroth and Bell, the Colorado
representatives in the national Con-
gress. Each of the four representatives
is personally requested by the govern
or, on behalf of the society. to use his
influence to secure legislation for the
nrpSprvntinn nf thn vnIIn lilo cliff
dwellings in the Mancos canon in the
southwestern part of the state.
Officers at Silverton raided five Chi
nese opium joints on Blair street, cap
turing five Cinnamon, seven pipes,
twenty pounds of opium and other ar
ticles used in opium joints. The China
men We're tried before Police Magis-
trate Watson to-day and each fined
S25 and costs. Officers are determined
to break up these joints, and other
raids will be made if 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
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. A. Miller. Manager Moore, in his
annual report, stated that the associa-
tion handled 49, ,47G boxes of fruit last
year, of which 2,5S4 boxes went out in
car lots, the remainder by express and
local freight shipments, showing an in
crease of nearly fifty per cent. on Or
ders last year over the previous year.
Only seven men went to work in the
Hidden Treasure mine at Lake City
Wednesday morning, and they were
mostly top men. The mine employed
nearly seventy men. OF these over fif-
ty are out. 1t is likely a few will go
back, but not many. The men would
all go back if Jack Evans was taken,
but the management will not let him
return. He was spokesman for the men
in their grievances and was immed-
ately discharged. The trouble started
over employing foreigners. believed to
be Italians, though they claimed to be
Austrians. Since the trouble here last
spring there has been Il strong preju-
dice against Italians and all mines
which had employed them signed an
agreement to do so no more.
The federal government, after long
discussion of the matter. is about to
go ahead with the construction Of large
reservoirs for the storing of water to
be 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 be received from the
Mancos river. Surveys We're 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
vey 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
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 be used for lantern
slides and views for the federal de-
partment.
State Engineer McCune and Deputy
Register O'Reilly of the State Land
Board have gone to Pueblo, where they
will make the necessary arrangements
at the federal land office for the with
drawal by the federal authorities of
between 1900 and 10000 acres under
the Carey act, which will be irrigated
by the Henry Improvement Company.
The commencement of work under the
Carey act will be the starting point for
improvements under this act which
may mean the redemption of 1000, 900
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 Otero canal will not
irrigate the lands to he secured under
the Carey net. The Horse creek reser-
volr, on which work viii soon be COM
mchccd, Will be used to store water for
the usn of the cnnnl cnmnnnY enIirnlv