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The blue prints Of the proposed Do
lores river dam are completed and
the field work on the canals and res
ervoir sites will be pushed to compile
tion as soon as possible. The dam will
be located one mile below the mouth
of Beaver creek.-Dolores Star
P. B. McAtee, general traffic man.
ager of the d. & X. g. for this sec
ton was in town Tuesday and Wed
nesday looking after business for his
road. Mr.. McAtee is good friend
to the people of thisi valley and a
full-fledged booster.---Cortez Herald.
Ed Fiant has leased the Whale and
Rochester properties in Whale basin,
near where the famous Unity is To-
Gated The Whale property was dur
ing the early days one of San Juan's
steady workers. and heavy shipper
and is a mine with a reputation
Silverton Standard.
George Crozier and son have traded
land in the San Luis valley for the old
experimental farm owned by Jerry
Winchell and one-half interest in
the MUIR ranch. Mr. Winchel will
move back to the San Luis valley and
the new owner will take possession
OF the property here.--Attec Index.
James GolIaway, in coiinection with
his brother George, is tKain owner
of the famous "Gollaway orchard" in
McElmo canon, having purchased it
this week for $4,000. This is the
finest orchard property in:this section,
and being situated in McElmo canon
is almost an insurance Of yearly
crop. Montezuma Journal,
Fred G. Bonner came over from
Silverton yesterday to become MEM
ber of the b. p. O. Elkss7 Mr.. Bon
ner returned the oath of last month
from British Columbia, wltere he was
! looking after mining BUSINESS He
told some of his Ouray ffiends that
Colorado looks good to hifp, and that
he doesn't care much for the Canadian
country-Ouray Herald.
Frank A. Burdick retur,sed yester-
day, He says he has been from Mex
ice TO Canada ard has spxkE. a thou
sand dollars looking for better coun-
try than this and has not found it,
SO has returned to stay His wife is
stopping while with w. II. Cham
herlain and wife in Albuquerque be-
fore returning re.-Farmington
Times Hustler.
Good news regarding the railroad
situation was furnished us this week
by Prof. Thompson, who, when phon-
ing to the Denver News the account
of the tragedy near the reservation,
was in return informed by that pa
per that it had been definitely decided
to build the north and south road
through this valley, as has long been
rumored, and that work would begin
this year. 1t is significant fact that
all news is along the same line, there
being no adverse reports.-Montezu-
ma journal.
When the spring months arrive in
Silverton and mining conditions are
to be found more active than during
the winter, there will be found one
little mining camp that the year of
1913 will prove the banner one in, in
asmuch as the working of old-time
properties and the starting of several
new mines are concerned. This camp
where mining activity will be found is
Eureka, here besides the famous Sun
nyside mine, will be found the Crown
Mountain, Domingo and many other
small properties busy at work and
shipping ore to the smeters.-Silver-
ton Standard.
Manager Dempsey of Lavender's
freighting outfit, this morning started
his big sled outfit up the hill to the
Tomboy on runners. This is the first
time this winter that freighters have
used runners. 1t is also the latest
time in the season that runners have
been used in the basin, in winters
heretofore the freighters have used
sleds much earlier in the year and
every year before hav for some time
transferred from wagons to sieds near