The Ordway new era., 1905-10-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


The approximate assessed valuation
for the city and county OF Denver for
the year 1906. is S116.212.943.
Ground was broken on the 30th ul.
umo for the new Central high school
building in district 20. Pueblo.
w. T.. Porter OF Loveland lost two
fingers of his right hand few days
ago while helping to move a heavy
safe.
Scarcity OF milk in Greeley has oc.
casioned raise in price. dairymen
who formerly charged 5 cents u quart
now charging 7.
William II. Henry has been ap-
pointed regular. and ID. F. Henry. sub
stitute rural free delivery carrier of
route No. /. at Colbran.
Gen. William ]. Palmer has contrib
uted $1,000 to the prosecution Of the
Colorado Springs druggists who have
violated the liquor ordinances.
In the District Court at Cripple
Creek, James Warford and Walter Ken
ley were found guilty of assault with
intent to kill Sheriff Edward Bell.
The orders OF the district judges
seem to have put at least a temporary
claimed that even the policy shops are
closed.
There are six black walnut trees on
the state capitol grounds at Denver
that were raised from walnuts grown
on the farm on which Abraham LIN
coin was born.
The abandonment of Holyoke as
Burlington freight division was com.
pleted last week when the carpenter
shop and machinists' tools were
moved to Curtis. Nebraska.
Colorado farmers are at work dig
ging the greatest crop OF sugar beets
ever grown In the West. The factories
are all commencing work and things
will be lively for the next two months.
The body OF Clarence v. Clay. for
merly OF Denver. was found on Straub
mountain near Victor September 27th
with q bullet wound over the heart. It
is supposed to have been u case OF sui
eide.
Longmont's pumpkin pie festival
Thursday. September 2Sth. was great
success. Four thousand pies were cut.
Fifty floats appeared In the parade.
along with many other interesting fea-
lures.
Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson ar.
rived In Denver on the night OF Sep
tember Both on his return from his
trip to the Philippines rs member OF
Secretary Taft's party. The senator
returned-in excellent health.
Sarah Jean Taylor. Colorado
Springs nurse. has brought suit to re-
cover $4,000 damages from the Rock
Island road for personal injuries al-
legged to have been received in the Ii
mon Junction wreck on June 26th.
On September eth r. s. Capps was
killed by fall of earth In the Deer
horn claim of the Stratton estate on
Globe hill In the Cripple Creek dis
trict. Mr.. Capps was forty years of
age. unmarried. and formerly lived Mt
Coaldnle, near Canon City.
Ora Haley, cattieman OF Wyoming.
has engaged cars on the Moffat road
for the shipment OF 1900 head Of fat
cattle from Sulphur Springs to Dem
yer. He has started his drives. which
will come in lunches OF 500 or GOO
cattle.
Corporate property In Colorado has
had valuation placed upon 1t by the
State Board OF Equalization OF $751;
1910 for the year 1905. Last year
the valuation on corporate property
year is less than that OF last year by
S1,370,614.
At n meeting of members Of the
chamber OF commerce, the Denver Con-
vention League. the real estate ex-
change and the Festival Of Mountain
and Plain committee. resolutions were
passed favoring the issue of 100000
bonds for the purpose Of building an
auditorium In Denver.
Following It's Improvement OF its
station grounds at Colorado Springs.
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company will expend several thousand
dollars In enlarginz and improving the
building. The baggage room. now at
the south end OF the depot. will be re-
moved to the north. and the present
building will be occupied by the ex-
press companies.
Henry Light. former resident of
Montrose. was killed at Dragon, Utah.
on tho 29th ultimo. by failing on the
wagon bridge near the hotel. His
death was instantaneous. Light was
about seventy years OF age and had
been q resident OF Montrose for the
last thirteen years, most OF the time
being in the employ of the Denver E.
Rio Grande Express Company.
, Brooks Irione and the other mem.
bers OF the home committee OF the Ma
tional Letter Carriers Association will
ask Congress for an appropriation OF
from $50, 200 to 100000 TO aid them in
erecting the National Letter Carriers
Home In Colorado Springs. Should
they get It. the building plans will be
expanded and provision made for
$3.50. 900 home.
At the recent examination for en-
balmers and undertalEerB held ID the
once Of the STATE Board Of Health the l