North Park union., 1900-02-02
coLoHAoo NOTES.


q deaconexs home in Pueblo.
The Ell Paso county po0rhouse. locat-
ed In a valley about three and One-half
miles southwest OF Colorado Springs.
wns burned to the ground on the Goth.
The loss In total and amounts to be-
tween 5000 and $4,000. partially In
sured The inmates were rescued In
safety.
Jerry Ryan, n Leadviile bartender,
was shot und Instantly killed by Two
unknown hold-ups ut . 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 IL member OF the
Colorado volunteer regiment.
The Ridgwny Populst says: 1t Is
burning shame that the burros
around town are many OF them In II
stnte of starvation. II they are not
worth feeding they mt least should not
be 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 ns much
abuse and neglect ns 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
preservation of the valuable cliff
dwellings In the Mnncos canon In the
southwestern part OF the state.
Officers at SilvertOn raided five Chi
nese opium joints OH Blnir 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 Mngis-
trute Watson to-day and each fined
S25 and costs. Officers are determined
TO break up these joints, and other
raids will be made il they are not
closed. Many empty cans which had
contained opium We're found in the
rooms, showing that the Cinnamon
had numerous customers.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
II 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 2S.4T6 boxes of fruit last
year. of which 2.JSi boxes went out in
ear lots. the remainder by express and
local freight shipments. showing an in
crease of nearly fifty per cent. on or
dcrs last year over the previous year.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany is preparing to make an exhibit
at the Paris exposition which will cost
the company not less than S25,OOO.
The exhibit will he the most costly
display ever attempted from the Rocky
mountain region. and elaborate plans
are now In progress. The intention Is
to make II display of all the different
products of the steel plant at Pueblo
and also to include samples of the
crude material. Samples OF the diff
erent Goals mined ut the numerous
mines of the company Will be on ex-
hibitiOn and IL Is proposed to omit
nothing that will add interest to the
display.
Only seven men went to work In the
Hidden Treasure mine mt Lake City,
Wednesday morning. and they were
mostly top men. The mine employed
nearly seventy men. OF these over tif-
ty are out. 1t is likely few will 20
back. but not many. The men would
all go back II Jack Evans was taken,
but the management will not let him
return. He wns spokesman for the men
In their grievances and was immedi-
ntely discharged. The trouble started
over employing foreigners. believed to
bc Italians .ougl they claimed to be
Austrians. Since the trouble here last
spring there has been strong preju.
dice against Italians and all mines
which had employed them signed an
agreement to do 80 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 aRitated for a long time and will
be settled soon by the authorities. The
site to be selected probably will be In
the Navajo and AIanc0s cnnons The
water supply will be received from the
Mancos river. Surveys were made las,
summer for this work and now the res.
ident government photographer. A. L.
Fellows. hns been called upon to furn.
ish the Department Of Geological Sur
vey mt 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 tC
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 he used for lantern
slides and views for the federal de
pnrtment.
State Engineer McCunc and Deputy
Register O'Rcilly 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 5000 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 70,
improvements under this act which
may mean the redemption of 1000, ,0Ot
acres of land now useless and the re
suIting material advancement of the
interests of the state by many millions
of dollars. The water provided by the
extension of the Otero canal will moi
fr,.t.x,ta tl,., lands tn TX, y.,n,r,<l