The Ordway new era., 1905-11-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

electric light and is said to be devel-
oping some lightning plays.
new ditch will be built from Black
Hollow district In Larimer county, a
distance of fourteen miles. The ditch
VIII irrigate 100 eighty-acre tracts In
the vicinity of Pierce.
The Las Animas County Medical So.
ciety has decided to create a medical
library in Trinidad for the use of the
physicians in the various counties OF
southern Colorado.
A drug company has been incorpor.
ated at Des Moines, Iowa, with $780,
oOO capital and will conduct chain of
drug stores along the Moffat road. c.
Il. Gray OF Denver will handle the west.
ern business.
AT Salida en- the morning of the
9th inst. the jewelry store of b. S.
Dennison and the stationery store OF
Charles Grocer were partially de.
stroyed by fire. The losses are heavy,
especially OF the stationery stock.
The Teller county tax levy as an.
nounced by the county commissioners
is only ten mills, which is the lowest
In the history OF the county. 1t is
based on valuation OF s13.S66.510. an
increase of 100000 over last year.
Judge Dixon's Injunction issued some
time ago against the ticket brokers
and restraining them from traficking
in G. \. Il. encampment tickets, has
been sustained by the Supreme Court
In decision rendered by Judge Steele.
Mrs. Emma Tanner OF Brecken.
ridge, Michigan. has written County
Clerk w. III. Reed OF Colorado Springs
requesting information OF Daniel
George, supposed to be Pixies Peak
pioneer in the early COS.
By reason OF a defective brake on a
wagon loaded with stone. William n.
Hodge was thrown under the wheels
and killed In Bear Creek canon near
Colorado Springs on the End inst. He
was fifty.four years old and leaves n
widow and two children.
In the District Court at st. Louis
Frank Willis Card. formerly of Como.
Colorado, pleaded guilty to the charge
OF numbering Mrs. Beulah Craft, for
whom he had forsaken his wife. and
was sentenced by Judge Reynolds to
ninety-ninc years imprisonment.
A cinnamon bear weighing l75
pounds was killed by Mr.. Ormsby OF
the commission firm of Proudft 4
Ormsby, Denver. at his ranch near
Sedalia, Douglas county. a few days
ago. This is the first bear that has
been killed In that vicinity for many
years.
Three hundred members OF this
Japanese colony OF Pueblo celebrated
the 53rd anniversary OF the birthday
OF the Emperor OF Japan on the 3rd
inst. The colony is composed OF
Christian Buddhists and Mohamme-
dams. all OF whom rejoiced in the na.
tional holiday.
Rolling and crushing machinery to
be used In the construction OF mac.
adam roads In Fremont county. has
arrived at Florence from the East.
The crusher will be set up Immediately
and a reauisition will be made upon
Warden Cleghorn for convict labor In
crushing the shale TO be used.
Sheriff W. j. Thompson of La Plata
county las announced that he Is unable
TO grant the petition OF seventy taxpay.
ers who requested him TO allow gam.
bling TO be resumed In the county
Many business men of Durango signed
the petition.
A report OF the Colorado Bar Asso.
citation. covering special meeting
held on January 2. 1905. and the
eighth annual meeting at Colorado
Springs July 9Th and 9TH of this year,
has been issued by the association. Be-
sides report of the business trans
acted II contains the address delivered
at these meetings.
A special election will be held In
Boulder December 18th on the ap.
proval by the people of the city's con-
tract to purchase Silver lake for s46.-
900. also to authorize the council for
an additional bond issue OF $4,000.
supplementing the bond issue author.
lied at the general election last
spring for $4,000.
Brig. Gen. Francis Moore, re.
tired. has been visiting in Denver.
General Moore was one of the Colo
RADIO volunteers in 1861 and belonged
to the First Colorado cavalry. known
as "Gilpin's Pets" He. carried the
message relieving Governor Gilpin OF
his Office and announcing the appoint.
ment of Gov. John Evans.
Two accidents happened in the New.
house tunnel at Idaho Springs on the
1st inst. BY car jumping the track
A. J. ventress suffered compound
fracture Of the right leg just below the
knee and John Owen, manager Of the
Saratoga Development Company. had
his left leg broken by the collision Of
a baud car with lumber truck.
AT Victor on the I'd inst, Sam Nc.
Donald, ona of the Oldest and most
prominent mining smnn in the district.
fell distance Of about forty feet in his
lease on the Ajax mine and sustained
very dangerous injuries. Several of
his ribs were fractured and torn from
his breast bone. while he was hurt in.
ternally and his head badly lacerated.
The report Of Cattle Inspector Dan
Gilbert shows that during the month