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Silverton Standard.
There Is noodoo on valuabIes
worn by travelling men coming to this
section. Lately George Poor lost
pocketbook containing valuable pa
pers and money between here and Du'
range: photographer lost valuable
tobacco pouch. pipe and pocketbook
containing pictures, railroad trans
portation and money near Animas
Forks; another loses watch, chain
and charm near Howardsville. The
latest is one coming from Durango
who awoke in Silverton minus watcn,
pin, money and the best part OF for
mer good reputation.
Cortez Journal.
The officers Of the Montezuma Fair
association are very deslrous OF hav-
ing much larger and more complete
exhibit of fruits and grains, than
there has been in previous years and
they ask that every one save an ex-
nibt of all the early fruits possible
also of all kinds OF grains for the fair
lUht VIII DE u'lu uuilhS Nh'
first of October
Pennington Enterprise.
The u. s. geological surveyors are
now engaged in putting the finishing
| touches on the survey of the big ca
nal This survey has required no lit
| tie time and effort and to say that it
has been followed to the end means
| that the project looked good" to the
| engineer in charge.
George w. Jones is this week en-
| grain. He has a crop that would do
| credit to the Mississippi bottoms and
has demonstrated as a known guam
tity" the value of careful and scien-
| tiic farming combined with the
great productiveness OF La Plata soil.
| Mr. Jones used to coin" money
freighting on the Rico-Rockwood
road, but he also knows now to trans
mute the inherent value OF the soil
into "spondulix."
Pagosa Springs Times-Observer
Flowing water in the Cotton well
was struck last Friday at a depth of
about 1.050 feet 1t Will fully answer
the purpose for which the well was
put down, that OF furnishing stock
water in winter when there is none
in the irrigating bitches. It Is now
i T,tIly tal ka,
ter can be found at almost any place
near town, but is rather expensive.
Silverton Miner.
| Col. b. b. Calvin leaves tomorrow
morning for Grand Junction, where
he will register ais application for a
! quarter section OF Uncle Sans do
main in the Uintan reservation. II is
limited that in case the colonel draws
la lucky number he will not live alone
one the prairie, but that there will
be some one to nelp him prove up on
| the land
John Pond and Victor McCrimmon
| left this morning in wagon for
| Grand Junction, where they will reg
| lister for a drawing in the new Uintah
| reservation in Utah. They will trav
lei on to the reservation and be pres
ent at the opening. Enroute they
VIII hunt and fish and have fine
months outing, no matter whether
they draw a quarter section or not.
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Montrose Press.
p. r. Stevens returned Tuesday
lfrom the Paradox, where ne saw J.
IF. Kyle and family safely encamped
in the La Sal mountains. Mr.. Kyle
is the general manager of the Para.
dox Valley Irrigation & Land com.
pany. which mas commenced work
upon big undertaking that will re.
quire about three years to finish. It
is proposed to construct large res.
ervoir costing $65,O0O to furnish wa.
ter for the west end of the Paradox
/ valley and bring into cultivation be-
tween 1000 and 10000 acres of new