The Glenwood post., 1906-10-13
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Last week R. S. Ball sent peti.
tion, signed by almost all the lower
river ranchmen, asking Game Com.
missl oner Woodard to stock the lower
White with catfish. The idea is q
very good one. and we hope the cats
Review
Another consignment of trout fry
$50, O00) was received the first of the
week by Capt. j. NJ Watson, which
he placed in East Rife creek at points
both above and below the fails. The
trout were from the Glenwood hatch
cry and were obtained by Judge A. l..
Beardsley Rifle Reveille.
The city council on Thursday night
voted an additional tax levy of 80
making total of 40 for town
purposes. This act was necessary in
order to provide for the payment of
the interest on the water bonds cover
ing the period until revenue is de.
rived from the sale of water. Rifle
Reveille.
Beet shipments have commenced.
Delta county raised about 1000 acres
this year which will mean over
$75. 600 to the growers 1t is the best
quick wealth producing crop we can
raise in Colorado and the Independent
hopes to see a larger interest in the
sugar beet IN this community. Grow.
ers say the beets were never better
than they are this year and all expect
very favorable returns. Delta Inde-
pendent.
1t is announced that some import
ant business changes will take place
shortly in which both Rifle and Grand
Valley are interested. In the deals
Arthur Havemeyer will succeed F. W.
Popple at Grand Valley, Mr.. popple
to give his time in the future to his
business in Denver; l.. E. Brown will
come to Rifle and assume the manage
ment of the Clark hotel, while Mr..
and Mrs. Clark spend the winter in
the South. Rifle Reveille
1t is with pleasure that we note
the receipt from the Glenwood hatch
cry of 35, 600 fry by A. Lumley last
Wednesday. Yesterday they were
turned loose in Brush creek. The
above named hatchery has not been
in existence very long. and the good
work it is doing can only be appre.
ciated by those who realize the results
that will be evident next year. Mr..
Lumley states that the entire lot of
young fish were in an extraordinary
fine condition. Eagle Enterprise.
The total premiums awarded by the
fair association were $l,57s. So of
which the county paid $1,277 50 and
the association 1901. There were
about 300 persons who received premi-
ums and these were scattered all over
the county. 1t is the largest amount
ever paid in premiums on the West
ern Slope and they will be paid by
Monday morning, checks being mailed
out to each individual by the secre-
tary. 1t was splendid exhibition
and literally patronized and will do
great deal towards making future
fairs a success Grand Junction
News.
An engineering corps was here two
days this week running line from
the mouth of the Frying Pan river at
Basalt along the Roaring Fork river
to CarbondaIe. 1t is understood the
corps represents the power company at
shoshone falls above Glenwood and
the object of the company is to take
out ditch from the Roaring Fork
river at Rasalt and carry it along on
the north side of the river opposite
Carbondale and there drop it by pipe
into power plant to be built at this
point. This power plant is to be used
in the construction of the Shoshone
falls tunnel. l.-Carbondale Item.
The sugar beet dump at Grubbs
siding was completed Sunday evening
and Monday morning beets were load
ed into cars from the dump. 1t is
working first class, and wagon load
of beets is dumped every two minutes
from the time it is driven on the
dump until it is driven off This is
great Improvement over the old
way, which usually takes two men
thirty minutes to fork off a load. The
Crystal River R. R. has completed
the sidetrack to the dump and it will