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Show IN COLORADO. REPORT OF SCHOOL AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. GRANDJ U? ?~~OCNo,l a... 8m-t ember 18.1899. Sm: In compliance with your instmctions I have the honor to submit my ninth mnual report of this school. The buridin aresituated on the southwest wrner of the section and have public lighways on t f e section lines, both on the south and west of them, while the Rio h n d e Junction Railroad, a line of 76 miles, being a joint t m k of the Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Midland roads, mns along and forms the north line of the .eaervation. The general frontage is south. The boya' dormitory, a two-story brick building in :he form of an H, stands at the head of the lawn and faces south. This contai~wh ovs' lormitories, employees' rooms, and employet,s' kitchen and dining nlorn. It ellodd :ontaiu e~uployces' rirting nmu, ati well assitting rooms for tath largeand small hoya, ~ usto liruited is iiua..e that this is imnussiblc. if the a l l o ~ a t ~ocf e u uoils ia ~ l r ~ x m h l v ~~~ ~~ . ~ ~~-&- - ~ &ell housed. fi6m the front of thb building to the eate immediatelv south i e i qw~ c u lla wn 102 i ~ e lto ng. bordrrccl by ~haded"drivers); and intemwted bv a fuob axlk the Ikngtlr uf the Inm, irorn the miJdlt of the lower half of wLirl~ri sesill,. f l a e wfi to a lk~natla uf 75 fcrr 10 incllrc. ~outhwestof this, faeiu the east, is the girls' dormitory, a two-stor brick, con- ' aining storeroom and ba%erv in the basement: pupils' kltchen and chine room. !up.rinterlderlt'~ dining rurm;, dlrnre roum, wceptioli roour, superiutendent'i room; incl cuuk'd rut," un thc tir~t floor; girls' dormimries, bathroorua, sitting room, em- ~lo\.rc-'r oomy. nntl 6twi110r oom 011 thr ~r condfl oc~r. dpposite, acioas the la& from the girls' dormitory and f & i west, is the office milding, s. two-story brick, with office on first floor and shoe shop and tailor shop on . .. . . . -. 1)irwtly cast of the lx~yad' ormitory and facing eouth, tlltls ocenp)ing the north- ,nsr crrnwr of the plant, a the houpiwl, a two-rrory frame, with one large wad, dm r><.nn.,m l nnrres' roon~a nd k i k hm clowndwin:. large \r.ardarld rwu rmall wardpang ~ ~~ mthroom upskim. Directly north of the office and back of the boys' dormitory is s. two-stary frame, !4 by 40, with bo s' lavatory downstairs, lockers and band room upstairs. Back of everytziw mentioned are a number of old shacks that were once the ~uildinmo f th6 p h i . They were built to be temporarv, veni tem~orarv.a nd so n a mild comparative form of better, i h o u ~ hth ehperlative is a ~ o r o a c h e d ' i n i i i ~ . rhese n ~ hyelp nlake boalvl walks wllrt, sulnv neded iruprore&c'nts are tiniehc.cl. Ir wo ~ ~hled3 11 lnj~~utivebortho t l~e lnr l ixnOni r e am~~yw~llf to fail t o ~ t a ~ l l e r c t l > ~ t IIC uuildinaa that wrrc once c ~ s adre still coot1 ausl in II fair ZUIC t l i n.t,a>r. TRB,~. ~ ~ ~~ - - - - A ~ -~--- ~ ~ - ~ .hey are nd blessed with the' most mode& conveniences, but they are good, serv: |