The Ordway new era., 1907-07-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The report that Denver
usl famine is disproVeh'
Ths salvation Army In Denver w"
! vsrted $50 persons In june
c,r,c Iarimer county men have oeen
re-,sA ON charge OF cattle tust
/ ling. ia ,,eIr
annual meet at COLORADO sp''"
Gently. ,ody
Mrs Robert ". Hearne was oaulI
| hurt In a driving accident Al ''"''"'
| civ one evening last week.
lin TO July goth there had 0eoh
,hir,y-one divorces granted IN 'S
courts of Denver this monih.
The Denver papers are haNlhs a
n,rd time fndiug the nrst cap,tu'
EuildipE. They might ask OiNeF VIE
gins. ,-.
While splitting kndlinG wood, Mrs
D.1, Dodge at Grand Junction,
chopped on the forehnger OF her ie''
/ hand. -
The bite Of a Fnst caused the death
o, lanes Chase At Plateau. Bloou
,oysnnirr set in. caused by scratching
the bitten place.
2
states commissioner Of pensions is
taking his vacation at camp H''e'
Mind in Ute pass.
A Trinidad street car conductor mas
been fined for swearing. Evidently me
trial Judge thought that preroGau'e
belonged to the patrons.
Students Of the Golden School OF
Mines are to be given practical know.
edge Of mining by driving n tunnel
into Mount Zion, near Golden
Chief Delaney Of Denver police force
has decided 10 stop the malignant
form OF murder now prevalent in that
CITY among automobile speed maniacs.
The recklessucss OF some OF the dTlN-
ers was something fearful.
Search your dirty lIb"u' \ tramp
was stealing a ride in linen closet on
A train that pulled into Pueblo found
a pocketbook containing $1,000. II
had been gathered up from the birth
bv the porter. The owner took the
tramp home with him and will give
him q responsible position
: heavy rain west and north of Trim
dad raised the Las Animas river SIX
feet. the highest IL has been since the
Hood Of two years ago. Two Colorado
& wyoming railway bridges, one Al
Madrid and another between Madrid
and Segunto. are reported gone and
some damage Is Esported from Long
canon.
The last Of the old landmarks In
Greeley is to be torn down to make
way for a two.story brick building to
be built by ID. r. Macarthur for hard
ware store. The old one-story frame
building which stands on the south
side Of Main street among a row OF
brick blocks, was built in 1871 by John
Abbott. an original Union coloniSt. now
a resident Of Fort Collins.
Douglas Cler'>ns the clghtyear-old
son of Walter Clemens Of jamestown.
was taken to the University hospital
| where he must have three fingers and
the first Joint of the thumb. all on the
left hand. amputated. He with some
| other children had secured some giant
| caps at the Wano mill above James
/ town. The little fellow tried to crack
! one Of the caps and the explosion ter.
| ribIy laccrated his hand. He was also
| injured about the face and left thigh
but not seriously.
! J. II. Weisse & Co. of South Omaha
have been awarded the contract for
building the new post IlCe at Colorado
! Springs. the contract p.ice being slT3.
! GT3. II was recently reported that
this firms bid was S206,95S, which
would have necessitatod readver
tisement for bids, since this amount
with the cost for furnishings, would
have made a tnral in excess of the
$4,000 set aside for the building
The site cost s65.0OO and congress Gp
p.oT-.atcd s275,0O for building aud
slto.
Garfield Williams. aged sven, sor
of Ellis Williams. superintendent o,
the La Belle mine at Jerryville. died
as the result Of powder burns sus
tained after throwing a lighted mattel
into can Of blasting powder. The
lad, with two other boys. found tn,
powder and one of his older compan
ions induced him to throw the mattel
into the can. 4 terrific explosion
followed, his clothing was set on fir,
and he ran screaming from the cabil
TO nearby pond. He was terribly
burned and soon became unconscious
remaining so until he died.
It was too good to last for the coun
ties of the state AMI Attorney Genera
Dickson has announced that he will
{ end the practice of sending dependen
wards to the State Industrial Schoo
by bringing suit against all countie.
S which fail TO pay for their wards sine.
; 1905. In 1904 the county commission
ers were advised that 1t was not nee
essary to pay the expense of keepin,
wards at the institution. The board O
control recently sued the commission
ers OF Summit county for $500 70
I Keep wards. Judge Cavender Of tn
fhth Judicial district ruled in favo
OF the state institution and Attorne
A General Dickson will begin suits TIN