The Ordway new era., 1907-08-16
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

~ ScAutB hh oto 6UheANhaht AS'
IN an irrigation ditch at Golden recent
ly and drowned.
The Colorado & Southern trainmen's
strike has worked many hardships on |
small towns dependent on Denver Tor |
supplies.
There promises to be shake'up In
the revenue collectors office at Den.
yer. Some startling disclos ires are
promised
William d. Haywood Is back at his
old desk in Denver. after a forced va
cation OF seventeen months spent In
Boise. Idaho.
Cashier W. II. Allison OF the First
National bank OF Boulder says trust
company Is TO be run In connection
with the bank. A room for this pur-
pose Is being prepared.
Ed Andrew. by his mother. Betty An
drew, has sued the Parkdale Fuel Com
pany for $4,000, for injuries sustained
while he was working In the coal mine
owned by the company near Boulder.
After a delay OF fifteen years settle
ment Of the estate of James Williams
at Georgetown has been perfected,
certified copy of the decree having
been filed with the county clerk and
recorder
Miss Mary Bales, n resident OF Boul-
der. died in Winchester, Ind. Friday.
August 2. She had been In Boulder
| for eighteen months and went East
| two weeks ago with the body OF her
brother. expecting TO return after his
| funeral.
b. l.. Morey was found dead In n lit
| tie dugout near Pueblo. in which he
had been sleeping during the warm
weather. Morey had been an engineer
at the South Side waterworks. Morey
was twenty-eight years old and leaves
n widow and two children.
| Miss Ruth Owens, pretty maid of
Denver. has been instrumental in
forming a colony of girls in the Lit
| tie Snake River Valley reclamation
district The colony will comprise Mt
least $50 acres and will be taken up
under the Carey act.
The teachers normal institute for
the counties OF Boulder, Larimer ana
| Weld has closed, having been by far
the most successful ever held in that
district. The attendance was 226. The
attendance last year. when the tnsti'
ltute was held at Fort Collins. was lS5.
W
County Treasurer Z. b. Simmons. at
Colorado Springs. has found n sum aS'
gregating 81 ,525.O5 that he Is In doubt
to know what to do with. The money
has accumulated from unclaimed es'
tates, and has come into the treasury
through the coroner. Part OF the fund
has been standing for period oil
twenty-five years.
The annual normal institute OF Pu'
eblo and Custer counties closed after
a two weeks successful session. The
attendance this year has been above
the average. Among the special fea
lures OF the closing day was an ad
dress by Professor Thomas OF the
State Agricultural College on pioneer
History. and Its Relation to National
Affairs"
Information was filed in the District
Court against the alleged keeper OF q
gambling house which 1t is alleged has
been in operation on Santa Fe avenue
at Pueblo. The raid on the place was
made and II is alleged roulette
wheel was found in full swing. The
sheriff gave out the statement tha'
gambling will not be permitted any
where within Pueblo county.
The coroner of Montrose county was
called to Olathe to investigate the SUD
den death OF S. Armstrong of that
place, who was found dead there. lie
had been dead for several hours. A
physician pronounced death to be due
to apoplexy, and the coroner decided
an inquest unnecessary. Mr. Arm
strong was sixty-five, pioneer o
| to nrpminpnf In The
Baptist Church.
As the result of a collision with NJ
D, Thatchers automobile, c. ]. Heine
a lineman for the Denver RiC
Grande, who was riding on his bi
cycle, was seriously. II not fatally. in
jured at Pueblo. The accident oc
Cured In front of ST. Mary's Hospital
where he was taken at once. He wa:
badly bruised about the hips and bach
and received several deep scalI
wounds. 1t is also said he was inter
nally injured.
Cary Culver recently died at his
home on the Little Thompson. neal
I.ongmont, OF paralysis, aged sixty
seven years. Mr.. Culver was born ir
New York, came with his wife to Colo
RADIO in 1860 and has been Identified
with this section ever since. He en-
gagged in stock raising, for many years
devoted his time to raising and breed
ing blooded horses. and later con
Quoted a livery business in Longmont
He leaves large estate. Mr.. Culver
leaves a widow and Ave children. II
A., Henry R., Frederick W.. Rolant
and Mrs. Amelia Cole.
News reached Glenwood Springs OF
homicide committed near the Cen
trail Colorado Company's Power plant
at Sheshone. A man named James has
been living for some time in tent