Show the lofts Las is Tinidad Trinidad Colo Cob May 1 18 About iL-About About 50 miles below Trinidad work wOk has h been mies started on th the government dam a which will be constructed across acrs the Las L Animas river for tor the purpose of catchIng catch catch- Ing log and returning the foo flood water waler that comes down tl the river during the year This l is one of ot the greatest irrigation projects ever er planned for tor Colorado an and means the reclamation of thousands thousands thou thou- sands of acres acre of ot arid arill land The Tue rie work of ot its it In charge of Engineer Sawyer the government go engineer y y and I there la Is II at present a force of about fourteen men at work testing the bed of tIme the proposed reservoir bain basin The They are at present excavating for bedrock for the foundation fo for fo the dam |