The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-27

x12 feet inside when completed The entire tunnel being cemeuted and concreted like a cellar, sides, top and bottom. The main canal Tor some miles until 1t branches off into smaller ones is 40 feet al the bottom and 60 feet at the top and from l2 to 40 feet deep, every foot of 1t cemeuted (and bottom concreted very deep) sides and all with locks and basins of solid concrete every few hundred yards to check the flow of water. The main canal IS about IS miles long and how many miles of smaller I nave no idea. They are now working 1900 men on the work ir three shifts of eight hours each. Work never stops for a minute, day, night or Sunday. When ono shift drops shovel and pick the next shift picks them up and goes at 1t. Everything that is pos sible is done by electricity; air pumped into the tunnel, ears fol withdrawing the dirt and rock run by dynamos and everything runs like clock work. I put in 2 day trying to see part of it and i, is wonderful simply impossible to describe 1t, and they expect to have 1t all completed, ready fo, Teddy" to come out and turn the water into the tunnel on the first day of April, 1908.
 To give you an idea of what they are doing in cement work. will tell you that their first order for cement was for 2S00 cars and that was just starter. Pll be that even Lon Golf could gei some pointers on cement work were he to come out here and take a look.
 And DOW for the next reall, good thing struck in this country, guess you know now what IS coming, and that's th, fishing. Would have given fortl cents to have bad Roach an'd Judge Shaver with me just ont day, they would have sim ply went straight up. We cimped for ter days right iu the Black canyon on the Gunnisou, and IL was tue time ol my life, with the grandes' scenery on earth around me, great big Rainbow trout snappint up the fly before 1t struck the water, made me forget all earthly cares, and if the balance of the crowd had not jus. put me on tke train and hauled me out of the canyon guess l would be there yet.
 Now, MT St. John, this is 70 fish story that you have so often accused me of telling, for ii l can't show the fish 1 eau show the picture of one days catch of fifty-folr speckled and Rainbow trout, weighing from one-half to two pounds each. We quit fsh- ing because we did not know what to do with them; sent some 10 friends in Denver and Pueblo and here at Montrose, and had you been within reaching dis tance would have made the proof all he more convincing.
 When speaking of fruit, 1 for got to mention that while we arc out in the orchards picking and eating it, we can look right up on the mourtans, apparently not over l2 or Is miles off. but really about 40 to 60 miles, and see thousands of acres covered with snow. A strange sight l assure you.
 Will remain here until the last of next week, take in the big Western Slope fair, see more good fruit, vegetables and stock, then off to Denver for few days, then to Trinidad, and then home again.
 Very truly yours,
 c. 0. Wonder.
 P. s. Forgot to mention that we had the honor of entertaining Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., for one nig ht at our camp in the canyon, Nice boy and could eat as much 1T