The Ordway new era., 1906-05-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

SoioTduo springs IN july.
The Chinese In Denver raised $2O3.50
to be sent to the aid OF their suffering
countrymen in San Francisco.
The United Presby yterian church ded-
icated handsome new church build
Ing at Loveland Sunday. April Goth.
All the principal stations on the
transcontinental railroad lines in Col.
orado have done good work in feeding
San Francisco refugees.
The Colorado Chautauqua assembly
at Boulder will open July 4th and con.
tinue for five weeks. A handsome cat
alogue is sent free on application.
Congressman Brooks wires that the
Postoffice Department has allowed
Alamosa, a free delivery route running
south into the country fifteen miles.
Il. b. Hurst of the naval hospital
corps announces that May 1st@a pe,,na-
nent recruiting station will he estlb-
lished by the Navy Department at Pu-
eblo.
The works OF the American Prcduc-
ton Company at Buena Vista are busy
turning out rubber from thn rubber
plant on successful commercial
scale.
Over 800 people attended the golden
wedding of Judge and Mrs. W Il. Wat
son at Silverton April 23d. 1t was
the first golden wedding ever cele-
brated in Silverton.
The San Frapcisco relief committee
ut Cripple Creek sent Si.iS0 in five
dollar gold pieces to the stricken city
in one installment by express-and
then went on raising more money.
The Union Pacific gasoline motor
| car between Denver and Greeley has
been taken on. 1t is stated that 1; was
only placed on the line for trial pur-
poses AM that the experiment WAS un.
successful.
John a. Fielder. an old resident of
Colorado Springs. was found dead in
his bed on the morning of April 23d.
Mr.. Fielder was one of the best-known
stage drivers on the road In the early
days OF Cripple Creek.
Fred Orr. n miner. aged thirty. mar
ried. was killed. and James Tai
bot. forty.iye years old. single.
s;as mortaliy injured by an explosion
In the Moffat shaft on Rock hill. Cali
fornia gulch. at Leadville. April 2ith.
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot. head OF the
government forestry department. has
sent out notices that ranger examina-
Glenwood. Ouray. sulphur Springs,
May lsih. Supervisors examinations
May 18th, all large cities.
The county commissioners OF Ere
mont county are working twon;y FIVE
convicts on the new wagon road TO
the coal camps from Brewster. This is
the first public work done by convicts
since the new law was passed. These
convicts will be employed all summer
by the county.
Deaths in Colorado for March num-
, bered 963. or this number twenty.
nine were from diphtheria, typhoid
and scarlet fever. As compared with
the previous month there was de-
crease of diphtheria and scarlet fever
cases and an Increase of smallpox and
typhoid.
w. b. Hough. one OF the pioneer
members of the Boulder lodge OF Ma.
sons, n pioneer school teacher OF Bonl-
der county. and one of the oldest mem.
bers of the Delta Phi Delta. died Mt
Boulder, April 29th. aged seventy
years. He had been u resident of the
county for over twenty years.
The following rural free delivery
routes have been ordered established In
Colorado. to commence service June j:
Lafayette. Boulder county, route No. l.
population served i30. number of
houses on route. 112: Rifle. Garfield
county, route No. I, population served
400. number OF houses on route III.
Col. F. T. Davis. u. s. A., adjutant
Of the Department of the Colorado. fin
ished his inspection OF the Colorado
state troops April 23d at Battery
armory. in Denver. The work has prac-
l ~ D va
considered, he states that he finds the
state troops In excellent condition.
In a report just completed by State
| Engineer 7. w. Jaycox the contentious
of the county commissioners OF Ouray
county as to the boundary line be-
tween Ouray and San Juan counties
are upheld. This will settle the dis
pute unless the San Juan county com.
Patents have been granted To Colo
RADIO investors as follows: William
Cooper. Denver. automatic ,xhaust;
James s. Harris and J. r. Hoskin. Cen
tral City. rock drill chuck; Isaac p.
Lambing. Denver, gold saving appa-
ratus; Willis E. Phillips, Collbran.
camera attachment; Michael A. Sal
mon, Denver, nail receptacle; Solomon
Schwayder. Denver, receptacle fr Htor-
ing alcoholic liquors.
The. members OF the Colorado divis'
ion Of the Travelling Mems Protective
Association met in this city Saturday
and elected officers for the year rs toll
lows: T. E. Williams. Denver. state
president; X. X. Mayer. vice presl-
dent; Charles w. Morris. secretary
and treasurer: Charles Kenkle OF Pn-
eblo. W. H. Tucker OF Colorado
Springs. Charles Hatfield. F. A. Leahy.
Ralph W. Rhodes Of Denver, trustees.
Governor Mcdonald and Auditor Bent
have received a report from Experts