The daily tribune., 1908-03-27
'PENRoSE"
IS NAME OF
new TOWN

company mas changed tine name OF it1
townsite northeast of Florence from
Fremont. as it has up to tile present
been known, to "Penrose" in honor
OF Spencer Penroee Of Colorado
Springs one Of the stockholders and
directors Of the company.
"Penrose" is a. yet only an embryo
metropolis, but it will grow, In fact,
it promises to become place Of con
siderable commercial Importance
within the next few years. A petit
tion is being circulated among prop
erty owners on Beaver park for post
Office and it will be forwarded to the
authorities at Washington in the
course of week or ten days.
The petition prays that the post
office be called "Penrose'' aud, no
doubt, the government will accede
to the wishes Of the petitioners in
that respect. The designation is
euphonious and seems to commend
itself to all concerned IN the matter.
Already there ia store and board
ing house at Penrose. the former
conducted by. Messrs. Reed and Taylor
and the latter by J. @. Adams ana
wife.
Both institutions we're launched
under auspicious beginnings and their
proprietors anticipate fiourishing
business with the advent of the spring
and summer months. A great deal Of
plowing is being done In Beaver park
and many acres OF orchard will be
planted there next month From the
first to the twentieth Of April every
body In this part Of the county will
be busy setting out apple, cherry and
other fruit trees, for the Beaver park
country promises to become great
horticultural section.
Much land Is being plowed for
alfalfa in the vicinity of Penrose aud
the dull, lifeless Landscape Of tn
past will soon give place to scene
Of verdure and rural beauty, a demon
stration of the almost magical effect
Of water when brought In contact
with fertile, but arid soil. An en-
terprise of supreme Importance to the
people Of Beaver park, will be the
great Shaeffer storage reservoir, upon
which preliminary work Is now in
progress. It will be located about u
mile above the intake Of the present
irrigating canal and will assure an
abundance OF water to those entitled
to 1t at all seasons Of the year.
The SchAeffer reservoir will be y
gigantic AFFAIR and Is designated to
impound the flood waters from the
southern slope Of Pixies Peak and
conserve them for reclamation OF the
desert. When completed the reser.
voir will hold 1900 acres feet Of
water, an amount almost inconceiv-
able to those who have not made n
study of that branch Of hyraulics.
1t Is computed by the engineers
that this great reservoir could he ill.
ed three times every year. II neces-
sary. That it will be u tremendous
factor In the settlement and cultiva-
tion Of the Beaver park country goes
without saying. A gang Of men
will he put to work building the
great dam in few weeks and 1t is
, confidently expected that the enter
0 prise will be completed and the re-
servior filled with water In twelve
= months.
The work Of laying the cement
pipe In the lateral bitches was begun
on Beaver Park yesterday and will be
carried on M rapidly rs the pipe can
he made for the purpose.
The cement making shop In turning
o the pipe out ut the rate Of . thousand
feet y day. and II Ia being laid with
corresponding rapidity. In all some.
: thing more than 100 900 feet Of ccmsnt
pipe will bc required. The greater
part Of the land under the existing
canal of the Beaver Land and IrrIRa.
= tion company. has been sold, among
its purchasers being people from near.
LIZ aYerY statA In tie unIon With