The Ordway new era., 1907-08-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
The Arkansas river has pee" ''
..mpaco past few days.

Springs, Is recoVefius. -.
rank ]. Fulton. n prospectoti VIZ
r.cently found dead in his sao'"
pirtseyo gulch, near LeadNiiie'
Longmont farmer comes iot"sas a.
| ID, . single stool OF wheat that M IN,
! ks heads. and the entire he'u
| yield about sixty bushels per "'.e
Tho attendance at the teachers ~
s,it,Ite at Boulder passed the 2oo man
which is by far the largest ever W.
cnrded In this district, which inclnneS
,Ss counties OF Weld. LaFimer anu
Boulder. ,,o
After a delay OF fifteen year. .,S,,o,'s STu
ment OF the estate OF James NI
at Georgetown has been p'I'',t'ui'
certified copy OF the decree nav 'nS
been filed with the county e'e'N "''
recorder.
The canvass for money TO build the
new canning factory at LoNelahu uHa
bepau in real earnest and II is ~
nected the entire $4,000 stock VIII "
subscribed in few days. The pGGople
declare the factory must ana WI" Nv
built. ,,-.
II Il. Brown. a prominent cnp'lhilSt
from Sioux City, Ia. has been louhihs
over large tracts near Greeley ana ~
pscfs to make heavy land investments
and bring settlers from northwestern
Iowa. Mr.. Brown has been TaNellhb
extensively through the West ana iIhes
Greeley better for this project than a"!
section no has yet visited.
Three young men. Cameron, LeaNi''
and Winsell, were arrested al Lamar
charged with breaking into santa re
cars and stealing merchandise JuIH
10Th The court discharged them AT
that time but the shcnn Teafrested
them upon presentation OF new eNl'
deuce and they were taken to Holy
for trial.
The LoveIan,l Chamber Of Commerce
has received a report OF the canNassihs
committee on the proposed canning
factory. The committee reported 'ht
eutlr. $40, 1000 required had been raised
and the Empson Packing Company OF
L0ngmont was notified that the cash
for the erection Of the building was
ready and the necessary acreage oi
peas was guaranteed.
W. X. Barr appeared before the state
land board at Denver recently ana
asked TO purchase $780, $50 feet Of TIM
Der located in Grand county, three anu
one half miles southwest OF Frazer.
The timber has been inspected by w.
r. Fairfax and a minimum price OF 81
per thousand was made by the board.
The timber will be duly advertised for
sale and disposed OF later.
W. c. Blair. formerly reading clerk
in the House Of Representatives. has
been appointed TO the position OF as
slstant bOokkeeper by State Auditor
Statler. MIR. Blair is Lake city
man. and publishes the Lake City
Times. He has been engaged In work
fox the state since the last season Hnd
will probably continue in the auditors
Office during the present administln-
ton.
Those fortunate enough to have a
partial fruit crop this season in tho
vicinity of FoTt Collins are receiving
record prices for their products In
Il shipment OF five crates of cherries
made from the famous McClclland or
chard to Denver, three crates sold for
si3 so and two crates for SO. The
net return on the five crates was
S2O.3O. or more than double what the
same fruit would have brought last
season. MIR. McClclland will have
about 200 crates OF cherries. which will
sell for an average of So crate. Last
year from the same orchard he had
about 1000 crates. Currants are sell
ing at $3.50 crate and MIR. McClel-
land has fair crop, considering the
ravages of the frost. The usual price
is Si.50 crate for currants.
The way OF the transgressor is or.
dinarily difficult enough. but 1t is be
ing made more difficult these days by
the club women of Denver, WHO have
called upon the chief of police and
the mayor of this city and have asked
those officials 10 enforce the law re-
garding the employment of the prison.
ers in the city and county jails. This
law was passed by the last Colorado
assembly and provides that any per
son convicted of misdemeanOr OF
violation OF an ordinance and being
confined In Jail therefor shall be com
PEELED to work at hard labor. The
club women stated to the city officials
that they asked that the law be en-
forced In the interest of humanity as
a sentence during the summer caused
the prisoner to suffer untold misery OF
account of the poor ventilation of the
jails of Denver.
When the directors of the Santa +,
railroad met at Topeka. Kansas, last
January. they appropriated 100000 tc
be spent in the yards OF the company
at Trinidad. Officers OF the compan,
have completed final arrangements tc
start the improvements. A new
freight depot, roundhouse. and new
coal chute will be erected. The old
freight depot will be moved to within
l5O feet of the passenger depot. A new
sidetrack will also be laid, afte
which there will be no switchip,
across Commercial street, one of tn,
busiest thoroughfares in the city.
| Denver Will have a workshop for III,
| oilnd, where those afflicted with tn,