The Ordway new era., 1906-11-23
COLORADO KsWs lrEms

he use OF the city olncials Of Denver
The Colorado Fuel q Iron Company
recently shipped trainload OF twenty
cars Of fence wire to Ottawa. Kansas
The newly elected governors name
II pronounced ~ II It were speneo
Booktle, with the accent on the 'book.
"Buck.tsil' and "Buchtls" are both IN
correct.
A sugar beet recently brought to
the Greeley factory by Gordie McMii'
Ian Of La Sale weighed twenty-one
pounds when trimmed and ready fo'
grinding.
A reduction OF twenty-five per cent
on telephone charges will become Ell.
fective at Florence December LIST. ana
the rate on Canon City conversations
will be reduced.
The Grand Junction sugar factory
recently turned out 1873 bags oi
sugar In one day and the seasons pro-
ductIon is expected to exceed 100000
bags. as against $4,000 last year.
A colonization syndicate Of Geneseo.
Illinois, has bought $500 acres OF lana
in the San Luis valley, the price being
stated at about $4,000. II Is planned
to settle the tract with Sandinnvians.
Paymaster U. G. Amman. retired.
United States navy. has been ordered
to duty MS pay officer. purchasing pay
officer and general storekeeper at the
naval hospital at New Fort Lyon
Colorado.
The Buckhorn plaster mill, about SIX
miles west of Loveland. was burned
before daylight on the morning of the
10th inst, being n total loss. The loss
on mill and stock Is estimated at wa
900. with $500 insurance.
Levi Balm, aged twenty.three. while
oiling machinery at the Fort Collins
sugar factory. was caught by belt
on the I1th inst and so injured that he
died the same day. One arm was torn
from his body and one leg fractured.
Most OF the apparatus for the new
Trojan powder works at Overton,
eight miles north OF Pueblo, has ar
rived. The buildings are almost com
pleted and It is thought the manufac-
ture o! powder will be started before
December list.
James Mitchell was found on the
l1th inst. in n starving condition In his
cabin at Picton. near Walsenburg. and
died after being taken to hospital at
Pueblo. He was but little known and
had not been seen for eleven days be-
fore his death.
Mrs. Annie Duncan has brought suit
against the Denver & Rio Grandc rail-
road. In the District Court Mt Colorado
Springs. to recover $1,000 for the loss
Of her son. Leslie II. Duncan. who was
killed November 10. 1905. while en-
ployed rs n switchman.
David Matthias. Of the freshman
class OF the State Agricultural College
at Fort Collins. lost all the fingers OF
his left hand Mt the second Joint on
The lIth inst. while at work with n
buzz.saw in the college shops. Ma.
.hlas is from Monte Vista.
Thomas Metcalf was found dead on
Mount Hayden, near Ouray. on the 11th
INST. He was at work alone on a min
ng claim and is believed to have fallen
from the dump on account OF heart
disease. Metcalf was about sixty years
of age and had lived In Ouray for ten
years.
Mrs. James weste. seventy years OF
age. was robbed Of $50 on the road
between Victor and Goldheld on the
night OF the 10th inst. Two brutal foot
pads led her away from the road and
roughly searched her person. finding
the money which she had secreted in
one OF her stockings.
The applications OF B. N. Freeman
" Durango. w. c. Chapman. Frank
z. NJ. Hampton. d. G. Hamp-
ton and A. T. Sullenberger to organ
lie the First National Bank OF Pagosa
Springs. with n capital OF $4,000. has
ha.r hU IN Mt rniInr M
the currency.
Charles Irvine. sixty years old and
IN employe Of the Greeley sugar fac
tory. who had been arrested on the
charge Of assaulting an eight-year-old
girl, committed suicide on the 18th
inst. by shooting himself through the
head few minutes before the prelim-
mary hearing was to have begun.
Patsey Butler. the nineteen-year-old
son OF Adam Butler. pioneer OF the
Cripple Creek district. now located at
Goldfield. Nevada, is said to have
cleaned up 10000 In a stock deal in
the Nevada camp on an original In.
vestment of a few hundred dollars he
had saved. Butler left the district
about nine months ago.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Hon. II. C. Stimson on the board of
control OF the State Industrial School
for Girls. to succeed Attorney Freder.
icli s. Ellsworth. resigned. Mr.. Tits
worth was n Democratic appointee.
and his successor. Judge Stimson. was
candidate for governor on the Demo
cratic ticket several years ago.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Woodard has been informed that Ger.
tain hunters in Gunnison county mis-.
cohstrue the law and propose to kill
mountain sheep after January LIST. He
says that section one Of division B of
the new law expressly forbids the kill.
ing Of mountain sheep at any time, and
that 1t will be enforced.
John c. Canute. ranchman, was
EgtloA NJ CoIhon tho 11th sust