The Dolores star., 1909-10-01
GENERAL NEWS. HE'S

GENERAL NEW I1ES
q. LoaIh, eept. s7.-A dlght fasea :
qusks shosk wss lrls early thts nsosu>
Ing. awakening many psopss. Ne
dinssRe = frported. Il wns ~ = ~
sOuth ~ Carlo. ILL.,, aud In Kensueky.
Chicago, erpt. D.-Ttn men vese
killed and sixtesn psobabiy fatally In
jared early Tuesday morning wh~n the
Pennsylvauia Failrnad train crashed
into cahonse of the Chicago MIluau-
kee aud st. Paul cattle train boand
Tor the stock yards.
Howell, Ind, ,6rpt BnlIfrugs asu
1t present live political bssus In Ho-
we'll, which h surrounded by pUads
teeinIng with frogs. Al the cosislng
municipal election an independent can
didate for mayor with = platform I'D
vocating determination n the lr,ps b
fiIiing In the ponds, will run against
candidates Of the Repubilcan, The
Democratic aud the Prohibliion par
ties. Apparently the bullfrog party
will elect it, candidate.
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Annapolis. N. g, sept. 27.-The ap-
pie crop Of Nova Scotia this year viii
be about 1900 barrels less than last
season, according TO q. H. Vrnom,
chief fruit inspector Of the province.
The yield IL expected TO amount To
about 0OO, 900 barrels. The long period
Of dry weather has caused much dau,-
age among the orchards Of the Annapo-
lis valley, where most Of the apples ON
the province are grown. The fruit,
however, though small, will be Of good
quality, and Is expected to command
y good price In the BrItish market,
where the most Of 1t n shipped.
Montrose, Sept. 23.-The first great
project undertaken by the Federal Re-
claniatlon Service In Its efforts to Ne
deem the semi-arid lands Of the west
became an accom- plished fact today,
when President Taft, In the presence
Of . large crowd, touched button
which opened the great flood gates and
turned the waters of the swirlIng Gum
nison river into the Uncon,pahgre val-
ley. In brief address the President
expressed his pleasure At being present
At All event which means 10 much tD 4
the future Of the country at large and
particularly to the western states,
where vast areas Of fertile lands but
await the magic work Of the irrigntor
to blossom ~ the rose. The coinpIetion
Of the Gunnlson project means the re-
cIamation Of nearly l5O, 600 fertile acres,
making their cultivation certain aud
successful. Homes for vt least 30, 600
people will be created. The Unc0m.
pahgre valley, in the heart of the.
main ridge 0f the Rockies, where now
thousands Of acres Of mesa lie bare and
brown, will within = few years be COW
cred with orchards aud truck farms.
The great tunnel. which 10 the main
feature Of the project, will not only as
sist In the work Of irrigation, but will
be used also to generate electric power
sufficient.to light every town aud every
farmhouse IN the valley and to provide
power for all kinds Of commercial and
industriAl purposes. Already there
are three flourisiling towns, M0ntrose,
Delta and Olathe, located in the valley.
The main tunnel Is six miles long and
extends through mountain Of almost
solid rock. Through this great tube
the waters from the GuMnisoi, river,
which flows through gigantic bound
canon, the walls OF which are $500
feet high III many places, are carried
lnto the valley. The tunnel IL the lar
gest underground waterway In the
world. Its capacity h 1 800 cubic feet
of water second. 1t IL cement lined
throughout and it csst more than
81, 500, 600. With the main and distrib-
uting canals the total csHt Of the pro-
ject amounted to over 5000, 900. Tie
main canal Is 80 feet wide Ut the bottom