The Western enterprise., 1900-01-27
COLORADCsNOTEs.
The Methodlsts are about to establish
n deaconess home in Pueblo.

WIS DuFueu 10 the ground on the 2Utn
The loss is total and amounts to be.
tween $4,000 and $1OO00 partially in,
sured. The inmates were rescued in
safety.
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 ami asked for food.
while his companions stood IA 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 uI,
innate capture of the cOnvicts. Gov
ernOr Thomas has offered an addition
al reward for the apprehension of the
four or $125 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 Manufacturinc
Company of which John f.. CamDion
Is president. and several Denver and
Colorado Springs capitalists are stock
holders, has announced its plans for
the coming season at Grand Junction
The company is arranging to bring a
large number of new farmers into the
Grand valley this year. and will cult
vate all of the l 800 acres Of farm land,
that it owns TO this end a force OF
men and teams has already been put tC
work blowing and preparing the
ground for seeding The cOmpanyS
agents are at work in the East. secur-
ing the cOlOnists. The offer made is
that the company will furnish them
with land, water and seed free of al
charges, and pay $4.2J 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 PEI
cent, % cents a ton Will be paid. All
efforts will be directed 10 an early start
this year. and the intention is to eX.
tract the sugar from as many beets as
possible, starting as soon as the roots
are ripe. and storing them as long as
possible until they aro treated. The
business of cattle feeding will also be
a factor. The leaves Of the beetS, to-
gether with the pulp left after the SUI
gar is extracted make good feed for
cattle, and the additiohAaf only 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.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
n 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.
ton handled 2S.476 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,
The federal government, after long
discussion of the matter is about tc
go ahead with the construction of large
reservoirs for the storing of water tC
be used by occupants of the Southern
Ute reservation. This question has
been agitated for long time and will
be settled soon by the authorities. The
site to be selected probably will be il
the Navajo and MancOS canOns. The
water supply will be received from the
Mancos 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
vey at the national capital photographs
of the proposed sites to aid the federal
authorities 10 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 be used for lantern
slides and views for the federal de.
partment.
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
fOur-year lease on one 200-acre tract,
which will in part be seeded to alfal
fa. at the same time growing a 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 shorter
term than two years. the warden's pol
lev being to secure the land for as long
n period as possible The large tract
is virgin soil and a force of fifty con
victs is engaged in freeing it from
grease wood and preparing it for the
DIow, which will be started as soon as
the land is in shape. OF the $40 con-
victs in the penitentiary to-day, 49C
were employed at some sort of labor,
Five were 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 it's entire length. SiXty-four
were working in the sandstone quar-.
ries. twenty-eight at the lime kilns,
thirty-twO at stone cutting. thirty-three
in the tailor. harness and shoe shops,
thirty-four in the kitchens, twenty nine
Mt the stables. twenty-nine about the
cell houses. twenty-nine in the soap
making and washing departments,
twenty-one on the ranches, twenty on
the penitentiary grounds. seventeen in
the blacksmith shop, twenty in the boil
err and DIV uamo rooms. thirteen in the
bakt d g at the south and west
gates. i've in the dispensary. five in the
store room. eight as teamsters, twenty
seven at extra jobs. seven in the car
penter shop and the others In the Of