Show I I PEOPLE REJOICE ON TUNNElS TUNNEl'S fiNISH Montrose Montroe Colo Cob Jul July Tue C. C The eon on tunnel the tile largest single project projector of or its kind ever undertaken hy by th the United States government was completed com coni- 1 Oil tile afternoon at r 6 when thelast the tho last lest round of shots shot was lire that brought the headings heading of or the he two bore t together liar her The tunnel was WA driven from two tWit points six miles mile apart on one on th thi Gunnison Gun Gun- nison river whence the water weter comes and antI the other at Montrose In tilt the Uncompahgre valley alley on this side of or orthe the range It Il has cost to complete the work Water YAter will be he carried car lar ried to 0 Irrigate to acres The Tue entire population of the Uncompahgre Un Un- valley IH is celebrating tonight In all all' the cities clUes and towns fire Ire boll bells rang ran pistols were tired hired und end fireworks were exploded The Tile formal celebration lion tion of lr the tunnel will he be hold held Sep September p. p t J iO when it Is III hoped t. t to ha have hare President Taft Toft present The government go will probably I have havea 9 a IL drawing for Jan lands hands Inside of or three thre months Kach FAch homesteader is to barbut have bar but forty acres s of good land This li Ii liIn hin In order to prevent speculation It If the homesteader er cannot find tnt forty lorty acres of ot good land in a n contiguous block when the lie land hand is thrown open this the gov government gov- gov 0 may give Khe him uj up to eIghty eights acres scree In order to assure ll him a choice forty The Thib land IN lu free but the set sat aJ settler l- l tier must mut live on it live fIve years and anti pa palie the lie government ov water charge of or US 35 USper per acre payable In ten annual l I m without Interest on deferred payments payment before the patent Is ill se so- so cured The rhe south Mouth distributing canal Id lit arCAdy al a already ul- ul ready completed The east anti and wet west canal unah are arc still stilt In pruce of ot construction construe construe- tion Lion but will be lie hei i in lee Je than halt twelve c months The canal la is t feet wide ami auth ten feet feel deep deelY currying cl 1500 cubic cullie feet foet of water per second I |