The Ordway new era., 1907-10-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ther Investigated by the' -
Denver tried TO unearth anotheI Wy
/ Mantle scare but 1t proved "o"
Mayor F. p. Hunt OF Delta; killea
himself on account of domesuc uo"'
Bile. A.,
Mrs. Martha NARROW recently oisu
80 BOW. near Moutrose. She was
a pioneer.
The men charged with blowing up
the depot at Boulder are to 30 10 "'"'
October 10th.
Columbus Day, designated as non.
5av Inv the last State Legislature, Was
nretty generally observed on the i-'h'
A Kansas couple were strangely a.
fected by the altitude on 'he Monn ,r
road the other day. They iouhu NJ"
lister on the train and were mar
The town board Of JohnstoWh nus
called a special election toT NoNino
18th, to vote on the issuihs vi w.,
900 bonds for the building OF M"'e'
system, the supply 10 be taken i''"
the Big Thompson river
William Symn!onds OF Colorauo
Springs, arrived in Boulder on ''si'
TO his cousin, y. Mathews. whofh ne
had not seen for over forty years
Singularly enough each recognized 'he
other. although when they parted 'nes
were mere boys.
The railroads entering Longmont
are having n busy time. Between hfty
and sixty trains arrive daily and IL Is
taking five switch engines to do the
work. This rush will continue until
the beets are all In the factory ana the
farm crnng Skinned.
There was left in the Herald once
at Boulder the largest radish the eur
tor ever saw. In TACT. he would never
have believed 1t vas possible to raise
n radish that large. II was req Is
sixteen inches long and seventeen
inches in circumference. II was
raised on North Twenty-siNth street
by L. NJ. Miller and can be seen at the
Herald Office. 1t is. indeed. n curios-
ity.
/, is almost impossible TO secure
men to work in the grain helds or
with the threshing crews In Routt
county. Ranchmen and owners OF
threshing machines are paying " a
day and board. still many are work
ing short.handed. The Colorado Tele-
phone Company. which Is endeavorins
to reconstruct its Hahn's peak and
Hayden lines. cannot get men, al
though Offering 1850 per day.
Attorney General Dickson handed
down decision holding that 1t Is en-
tIrely legal and within the limit OF the
constitution to appoint member OF
the present Legislature to do the In
specting required of the State Board
of Health under the provisions of the
pure food law established by the last
LEGISLATURE. w +. Cannon, member
of the present Legislature, was ap'
pointed by the Board OF Health 10 act
in the capacity OF chief inspector un-
der the pure food law.
d. J. March. W. Z. Kinsella. o. X.
Kerlee. J. Brown and Maj. Charles
Townsend will build the March reser'
voir. which lies in natural depres'
sion near Cole creek east OF Ault
twelve miles. The reservoir viii have
a capacity of 323.000,000 cubic feet
The supply of water is divided into
800 rights. each equal TO 100000
cubic feet. with a reserve OF 23,OOO.OOO
TO the holder. rhe reservoir viii re
ceive Its supply from Cole creek and
will irrigate land south of II.
| Twenty miners from Rock Springs
| Wyoming, arrived at Trinidad to en-
ter the employ OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. More men are ex
pected before the end OF the week and
the working force will be greatly aug
mented within a short time. The
men. who are mostly Americans. state
that they left Wyoming because
wages are lower there than in Las
Animas county. II is alleged here by
mine superintcndents that the mer
who left here last summer are com
ing back and going to work.
The body of Joseph Foutz was
found near his home in Oro. A bulleI
hole in his head and a revolver
clutched in his hand told the manner
of death. Decomposition had set in
and 1t is believed that the man killed
himself over week ago. Foutz wa.
sixty years old. and had lived alon,
in cabin at Oro for many years
where he was engaged in prospectin,
and leasing. Several years ago
brother of Foutz killed himself, ant
the old man since then has been alon,
in the world. He left no message ex
planning the reason for killing him
self. but people who have knowr
Foutz for many years say that he hat
been growing eccentric.
So great n nuisance have the spar
row become at Boulder that the cit,
council ha decided upon their exter
mination, II possible. In the neigh
borhood of the court house sauar,
they are especially obnoxious to resi-
dents who are wakened every morn
Ing as soon as dawn approaches. 4
permit has been given Surveyo
George w. Teal. who lives near tn,
main roosting places OF these birds
to shoot them on sight, and he ha,