Show A 3 the reservoir to be repaired IT IS A BIG SCHEME five thousand acres can ie irrigated with water thus stored correspondences the first days of spring have thawed everybody out and the foremost topics are tie chopping and haul ing and the usual business of preparing for crop planting here in gunnison there is a gigantic reservoir scheme on foot which was partially perfected last year but during the summer the dam broke causing a loss of to the farmers besides a dabag ot three or four thousand dollars to the reservoir the reservoir cite is about six miles above the city io a narrow place in the low hills where the stream runs through immediately above the narrow the basin widens out giving an area of about acres this will contain sufficient water with a dam six 1 teen feet high and three fourths of a I 1 mile wide to irrigate acres twice during the summer by raising the water in the voir at the dam eighteen inches will cause the back water to extend two miles up ibe creek the land covered by the reservoir was bought at a high price and some that was not entered the government granted to the people for reservoir purposes the accurate cost of the dam including the repairing of the breakage will reach about eight thousand dollars A remarkable unity on the part of the people has characterized the perfecting of the project each person is taxed according to the acreage he possesses pos esses and will receive his shares and proportion accordingly the dam is about two miles below sterling and will afford a picturesque to all who visit the famous bunks funks lake resort as it lies several hundred feet above the valley and on the verge of a sleep precipitous cip itous ridge over a mile long the cause of the dam breaking last season is due to a defective steel culvert through which the water was drawn the one placed this time will be tubular in shape and made of wood sufficiently thick to withstand the immense pressure brought to bear by the water and dam work has been began today to day to repair the broken dam and it will be completed in time to treasure vast quantities of the flush water of the spring carp and other fish will be placed in the reservoir business in gun neon is varv dull but the dalness is about over now that work begins much sickness prevails and the people dont shake hands much for fear of the grippe the district schools are reported in a better condition than for many years alexander J hag charge of the advanced department with miss sarah Alet calf as assistant about pupils are in attendance the B Y A seminary is a novel feature of the thriving place aud hag wrought a marvelous ff ork for good among the boung folks mr josy is the principal the presbyterian school is managed by mrs and miss green the keople of gunnison Gunni aon are fast becoming civilized civil izad the principal factor at work is a gin mill in a rag house doun town they are very strict in aca aug out the spirits and have written in great big black letters on the side of the rag no minors admitted mrs may ola irson of dover was buried on saturday under the auspice i of the presbyterian church she died on the of this month and leaves a husband and one child to mourn her departure A daily mail passes through town but much inconvenience ig fet by the newspapers not reaching respect live destinations what ie the matter abe belief society is erecting a store and will compete with tha men in the mercantile line GUNNISON march |