The Ordway new era., 1906-06-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

lished at the State Agricultural Col
lege.
Central City Is raising large fund
for Fourth of July celebration such
as our daddies used to have.
The State Christian Endeavor CON
vention will be held at Colorado
Springs. June 14th to 18th.
Their was big snowsllde near Mon
tezuma. in Summit county, June 5th.
1t leveled a considerable strip of pine
forest.
Rural Route No 3 will be estab-
lished at Monte Vista after July 10th.
1t will serve 2S7 people and eighty-two
houses.
A strong commercial club has been
organized at Elbert. with A. G. Corn
forth as president and ]. L. Meyer as
secretary.
Inc annual picnic OF the Colorado
held at Elitch's Gardens in Denver
June 23d.
The large cyanide mill of the Myrtle
Mining and Milling Company near
Ward was burned to the ground on
the morning of June 9th.
Twenty-Five marriage licenses were
issued at Denver in one day recently.
but this is still below the record,
which is twenty-nine for a day.
The diocesan council of the Episco-
pal Church of Colorado. at its session
in Denver. voted to add $1,000 to the
annual salary of Bishop Charles S.
Olmstead.
John Quinn is serving sixty.day
sentence in the Pueblo county jail for
preventing his ten.year.old son from
reporting regularly at the juvenile
court as ordered by Judge Myrick.
The Moor, one of the most famous
saddle horses of Kentucky, has been
recently purchased by Gen. w. J. Pal
mer of Colorado Springs from Mai. Da-
vid Castleman. the consideration be-
ing $500.
w. ID. White, who Is grading for the
Florence electric line. has nearly 200
men employed and says that on the
next pay day $4,000 will be distrib-
uted. Mr.. White believes the road will
be finished by the middle OF August.
The citizens OF Kremmling are pre-
pairing to celebrate the advent OF the
Moffat road by giving n three.days' Gel.
ebration on July ith, 9th and 9th.
There will be horse racing. broncho
busting. baseball. Il ilshbake and other
amusements.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com.
pany has been installing automatic
dumping cages on the Fremont coal
mine in Fremont. The mine will re-
sumo operations with Il force OF more
than 300 men.
The County Commissioners OF Boul-
der county have promised $1,000 to
help the people OF Boulder to build n
good road up Flagstaff hill. west OF the
city. This will make accessible some
of the finest scenic attractions In the
foothills.
The oldest and largest tree In Gree
ley is a cottonwood that was planted
in 1871 by Mrs. Abigail Dunham. who
is now the oldest woman In Greeley,
being in her ninetieth year. The tree
is fifteen feet In circumference and
seventy-five feet high.
The beet growers of Lone Tree. eight
miles east of Greeley. have organized
Beet Growers association. with a
large membership for the purpose of
securing n railroad for that section and
avoiding long and arduous hauls in
getting beets to market.
A temporary home for the members
Of the National Letter Carriers Asso.
ciation will shortly be established at
Colorado Springs to demonstrate by a
years test the adaptability of the loca-
ton as n permanent site for the pro-
jected natioanl home OF the associa-
tion.
President Paul Wilson of the State
Fair Association says that the State
Fair. which is to be held in Pueblo be-
ginning September 10th. will attract
more visitors this year than ever be-
fore. The fruit crops throughout the
state will largely exceed any crop Of
previous years.
The state law requiring the closing
of barber shops on Sunday will stand.
Recently the Supreme Court an.
nounced an opinion holding that the
law was constitutional. An applica-
ton for rehearing was made and the
court has Just entered an order deny.
ing this application.
The ninth annual meeting of the Ar
kansas Valley Press Association was
held at Salida on the 9th instant. Guy
U. Hardy of the Canon City Record
was elected president and p. Byrne of
the Bessemer Vindicator secretary and
meeting was left to the executive COM
mittee.
The miners drilling contest at Boul.
der will begin on the afternoon of July
Sd and will be held in the Chautauqua
because the seating capac.
ity and the general conveniences.
Prizes for doublehand drilling will be
5000 to first. then S125. SIS. $50 and
$25: for single.hand, 500, $75. $50, $40
and $50.
The first train into Telluride from
Denver and Durango without transfer
ring. arrived June 9th. the great slide