The Ordway new era., 1906-11-02
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

will build a new church building soon.
AS the result OF carrying revolver
and dropping 1t, Walter Brundage of
Gillett. aged fourteen, suffers from Il
bullet wound in his right knee cap.
w. B. Clifford, superintendent OF
schools at Aspen. has resigned on ac-
count OF III health and will be nuc-
ceeded by +. w. Cox of Portland. In.
diana.
The First National Bank OF Fad"
has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital. J. II. Slater IL
president, George Weisbrod, vice pres
ident, and E. NJ. Scheline cashier.
The liquor licenses of all Colorado
Springs druggists expired at mid
night October Goth. with one excer
ton. And there was not quorum o.
the Council In the city to grant re-
newals.
The recent big storm closed tn
Pixies Peak cog road for week. lG
clearing the road from timber line t.
the summit. the men had to shove
through snow from five to twenty-five
feet deep.
Harry ]. Macy. fruit grower a.
j
m.tted suicide October 25th by takin1
poison. The act is attributed to the
destruction OF his fruit crop by the
late storm.
The Colorado Telephone Company
Is building line between Florence
and Greenwood. fourteen miles south,
a big farming section. 1t is the inien.
ton to make connections with farmers
houses later.
By examination OF the records at
the office of the county clerk at Grip
pie Creek, 1t developed that 6O,Ol3 In
struments have been filed since April
!. 1899. the date that Teller county
was officially recognized.
Richard Ashton and Harry A. Clark
committed burglary and larceny In
Denver and were arrested, tried, con-
vlcted and sentenced to the peniten
t.ary all inside of two days. Ashton
got three to five and Clark two u
three years.
Thomas J. Brown was arrested
few days ago In Denver for burSlariz
ing Offices. He says that he isn't an
ordinary thief, but n bigliomaniac who
steals books for the love OF them and
other things as n ''side line" to keep
the pot boiling.
After being declared n public nui-
sance by the City Council, the Canon
CITY Labor Club, accused OF being n
mere .'speal-casy" for the Illicit sale
of liouor. was finally closed by the city
marshal and a guard placed over 1t to
prevent any person from entering the
building.
On October 25th. W. II. WI
liams. fruit grower living
on Cottonwood avenue, at Canon
CITY. showed n crate of fall strawber'
ries of large size and excellent quai.
Hv, The berries had been covered for
several days under eighteen inches OF
snow, but were unharmed.
MnrIkG. Woodruff. register OF the
State 1and Board. has resigned that
office t6enter the government forestry
service as supervisor OF the Pixies
Peak reserve. This is the most I'M
portant government reserve in tn.
state, as It reaches into Gilpin, PARK.
Teller Jefferson and FL Paso counties,
A milllon.dollar beet sugar factory
| ia projected in the San Luis valley by
F., r. Stark and associates OF Colo
RADIO Springs. with the cooperation OF
the San Luis valley farmers. An
enormous dam and reservoir is being
constructed by S. S. Bernard, 1t is
said, that will irrigate 100000 acres
OF land.
The United OIL Company is expend'
ing several thousand dollars remodel
ing its refinery at Florence. Most og
the old frame buildings. erected
twenty years ago. will be torn down
and replaced with steel structures.
With the improvements the refinery
will be one of the most modern in the
West, and will nearly double its ca.
pacity.
Superintendent OF Schools l.. C.
Greenlee OF Denver. has received : let
ter from President Nicholas Murray
Butler OF Columbia University. and
Superintendent Maxwell OF the New
York City schools. saying that Denver
will be one OF the cities to be visited
by the Moseley party Of British edu'
GATORS who are coming to this country
in December.
The contract has been let for the
Durango city library to Denver firm
for $11,04O In addition to this $125
will be paid for two mantels. Andrew
Carnegie donated $12,500 for this IL
brary, and the site. two lots valued at
about $4,000. was donated by Gen. w
J. Palmer OF Colorado Springs. Du'
range has maintained a public library
for more than a year.
DIR. A. Bourquin. the French consul,
has filed a suit in the District Court at
Canon City against w. II. Smith and
others who are alleged to have sold to
DIR. Bourquin lands belonging to the
Canon City Land and Cattle Company.
together with horses and cattle on the
property. in consideration OF $4,000
in cash and property in Denver and
Arvada. DIR. Bourquin claims fraud
and Misrepresentation.
The Leadville police have been re.
"a Ia. Mrs Rorihn Shnnhard faf