The Ordway new era., 1907-01-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Ell. Matthews of Paonia has bought
block of ground at Grand Junction,
and will erect a canning factory to cost
$4,000.
A gang OF convicts at the Colorado
State Penitentiary Is cutting and stor-
Ing 400 tons of ice from the lakes In
Grape creek canon. three miles from
the prison.
Representative Bonynge has recon-
mehded the appointment of Mrs. Car
rie James as postmistress at Loveland.
She Is the widow of the former incum-
belt of the office. David Jones.
The Pixies Peak Cog road has aban-
doned Its project of using oil instead
OF coal for fuel. and will continue the
present methods. Oil burning tests
have proven decidedly unsuccessful.
a parrot. two squirrels and guinea
pig were burned to death. and mon
key so badly injured that it will die.
as result of n fire which destroyed
monkey house belonging to DR.. A.
Blcckman at Colorado Springs.
In the District Court at Trinidad,
J. ID. Romero. who, while deputy sher'
| in at Starkville. shot and killed Louis
fsBianchi, was convicted on the 18TH
Inst, of murder in the second degree.
His defense was that he was forced
to shoot to quell n disturbance.
Within the next few weeks the
Santa Fe railroad company will begin
opening coal mines on several large
veins in different parts of Fremont
county. The company has decided. II
is said, to supply Its entire system
with coal from Fremont county.
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| goods firm of A. 7. Lewis & Son or
Denver. died at his villa in Greenwich.
| Connecticut. on the goth inst. at the
| age of seventy-five years. Mr.. Lewis
is survived by wife and three sons.
| Aaron d., John r.. and Frederick T.
II Is stated by those In position.
to know. that the fourteen salaried po-
sitions which Simon Guggenheim. the
great smelter magnate. resigned from
In order to give his full time to his
duties us United States senator from
Colorado, brought him In $4,000 a
year.
| Acting Chief OF stan Thomas ii.
Barry Mt Washington, said that the re-
port that the army department head
| quarters are to be removed from Den.
vcr IL entirely without foundation.
There is no intention on the part OF
.r..-i War Department TO make anv
change.
| II is stated that Pueblo's Japanese
| colony will be depleted considerably
before spring. Sixty employed ut the
Ellers smeltcr are said to have quit,
saying they were obliged TO pay com
missions to countrymen and that the
| cost OF living was higher than eS'
pected, leaving them little at the end
OF the month.
| Joseph Morgan OF Lafayette. brother
of State Senator Morgan, has been
placed in the insane ward at Boulder.
Saturday Morgan attempted to COM
NIT suicide ut Lafayette and was taken
to the University hospital at Boulder
Sunday for treatment. but developed
such symptoms that II was deemed un-
safe to keep him there.
The Colorado City Chamber of Com.
merce will cooperate with the Colo
RADIO Springs Chamber of Commerce In
| constructing n sugar palace in Colo
| RADIO Springs. The plan Is to call on
the sugar factories OF the state to
| contribute about twenty tons OF beet
| sugar and coat the blocks with q
waterproof mineral veneer.
Arrangements have been completed
| for the fifth annual bench show of the
| Colorado Kennel Club, to be held at
| Coliseum hall in Denver on February
| 26th. 27th and 2Sth. About $4,000 in
| cash prizes will be given away. and
James Mortimer will oniciate as judge
of all breeds. The entries TO the show
will close on February, 18th. II. c.
Bryan OF 533 Seventeenth street. Den
yer. is secretary OF the club.
Claims aggregating more than
$4,000. It is said. will be presented
against the Stratton estate by f..
e. whitted, Judge Luther NJ. God
dnrd and Henry McAlister. Jr.,
all Of Denver, for legal services in con-
nection with the suit brought against
| the estate by the Venture corporation
| of London, in the United States court.
| The attorneys have already received
large fees.
The members Of both houses OF the
General Assembly at Denver have &C.
cepted the invitation OF Governor
Henry A. Buchtel to a good fellow
ship" dinner at the Savoy hotel on the
night of January 31st The invitation
also includes the justices OF the Su-
preme Court and the state officers. and
the heads OF the various institutions
| In the state. and OF some OF the COM
mercial organizations Of Denver.
Charles Warren Dake, founder Of
Pine Grove. Colorado, and author OF
the state game law. died on the 18th
inst. ut his ranch near Pine Grove. at
the age Of sixty-eight years. Mr.. Dake
was formerly a member Of the state
Legislature, being elected q member Of
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