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Show COLORADO NOTES. A new bank is to be started at La Junta. A citizens alliance has been organized at (ieorgetown. Thu uiilinished dam at Lake Ceorge was washed away on Monday night. The late legislature passed a bill appropriating ap-propriating ifl'i.HOI) to build a bridge across the (iraud river at lu lieque. Aspen Junction is a growing village. It is thought by soum that it will iu time be second only to Glenwood Springs. Ludwig Wagner, a (ierman gardener living ou the North lioulevard near Argo, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. (ieorgo Rush, a Rio (Jrande engineer, had a narrow escape on Tuesday, lie was leaning out of the cab and was struck by a mass of falling rock. His right arm was broken. Tho papers published in those counties coun-ties of tho state that have no largo cities generally commend the legislative apportionment bill. Mone of them are very indignant or b!hlly disgusted with it. An Iowa gentleman is on his way to Otero county with l."i( stands of honey bees, lie believes that this section, with its alfalfa, timothy and clover fields, is specially adapted to buc-cul-ttire. - La Junta Watermelon. Tho otlico of the city clerk of Salida was broken into Monday night and tho town records aud books were turn up, valuable books and papers were destroyed. des-troyed. The only thing left unmolested was the book containing the water license li-cense stubs. The cold and stormy weather which has prevailed in western Colorado for the past month or more has had the effect of preventing the progress of spring work on the farms and has also been the cause of considerable loss of stock on the range. The irrigation ditch which was started a number of years ago and never completed, com-pleted, running from Webster hill to near Parachute, will be finished shortly. Tho money has been raised for its completion com-pletion and work will lie resumed ou it next week. Killo Reveille. John H. Fesler, cashier of the First National bank, and recently elected trustee of (ilemvood, has beeu appointed appoint-ed by the county commissioners to represent (lavtield county at the trans-Mississippi trans-Mississippi commercial congress to be held in Denver on April 15. The governor has signed the bill appropriating ap-propriating $jU,00) for the contiuuauce of the work on the state ditch. This is a most important enterprise to the people peo-ple of Pueblo, and it is probable that a large amount of work will bo done upon it during the present season. Governor Routt signed the bill to divide di-vide Colorado into two congressional districts. Tho law does not go into effect so far as increased representation is concerned until March 4. ISiKt, but the state will elect two members of the house of representatives in November, The new system of water works for tho city will be nearly completed by tho end of this week. Tho reservoir which is about 14xii2 feet, will be put in shape to withstand the high water, and all necessary arrangements completed by which Delta can be supplied with good, pure water. 1 iclta Independent. The latest manufactory to open negotiations ne-gotiations for a location in Denver is a large woolen mill establishment. For some time past, secretly, the agents of the manufactory have been figuring on a site, and now the proprietors writo Secretary Durbin of the manufacturers' bureau that they have decided on Den-uer Den-uer as the most practical point for their operations, and that they will locate there if the proper inducements can be oll'ercd. |