The Ordway new era., 1908-02-21
COLORADO NEWS

be held at iuepio NPi"
I e Bundey, a hotel man at floI-
ence while eating oysters iounu
nearl about the size OF pea. Je"e'''s
claim IL is worth $l5o
The Cambrian Society OF Colo'auv,
consisting OF Welsh residents WI"
give its annual entertainment a' 'ho
Albany hotel March md.
Fort Collins has received four cars
for the street railway from the oh,o
shops The company now mas sN
motor cars and two trailers ready io'
use.
The Greeley sugar factory cioseu
on the 18th inst. the last OF 'h' h'i"'
having been made into brown sus"'
The men will begin overhaulihs III"
chncry at once,
The county commissioners oi fucpIo
county passed resolution indoFsihs
the action OF Montrosc, Gunnisoh, anu
Delta counties in asking tn" state I"
nav the expense OF irrigation water
distribution.
] 5. Flower Of Denver. has ordered
two dozen ring neCked ph"hsahts 10 n'
added to his half hundred on the oid
colony farm southwest Of Greeley ana
1t Is expected that these VIII have III
creased to 500 next fall.
The new Denver Democratic club or
rnniZed at Florence with an enroll
mcut Of hny-unc. for the purpose OF
going 10 Denver and holding open
house during the national convention.
VIII enlarge its membership TO 2'o
Local option promises to be an Is
l.lA h.s
Anti Saloon league proposes 10 max"
dry as many sections Of Pueblo aN
possible and will make nn effort To
contne the saloons To unc or two
wards
While drilling for oil on his farm
six miles south of Fort Collins. Peter
Sparncr. at Il depth OF GOO feet. broke
into a strong vein OF natural gas
which conyinccs him that he is near
oil. He will drive the well deeper In
the expectation OF striking oil in few
days.
The Republican State Editors Asso
citation was organized at Denver on
Lincolns birthday. beginning with n
membership OF fiflyeighr. The officers
elected are \. ]. Dickson OF the Glen
wood Post. president. Guy L. Hardy
Of the Canon City Record. secretary.
Edwin \. sherman Of the Grand June.
lion News. treasurer.
II. r. Smith. who carries the mail
from Loveland to Drake. recently met
with serious runaway accident \ bolt
worked loose. allowing a singleIree To
strike tho heels Of one of ;he horses
This caused them To run and Smith
was thrown out He was picked up by
passin,; toamsters and taken home
His left thigh was disloCatcd and the
right shoulder severely bruised. but no
bones were broken.
The Union Pacific has Issued a beau
'lful pamphlet entitled Railroad Sig
mailing. fully explaining and illustrat.
ing It's block system and intcrloCkinE
switches and signals The pamphlet
Is supcrbly printed ON heavy cnamelcd
paper and the Culorcd pictures are In
the highest style Of the cngravrr's art.
lis subject, the means adopted for the
projection OF life. makes it highly
interesting work
Two Cunvicts. Charles I.ackcy. No.
1.2i. and \. + Roberts, No. 572G, were
recipients OF Governor Buchtcl's holi.
day pardons on l.incolns birthday.
Both men were TRUSTEES and to each
the pardon came as Il surprise. Lackcy
Is thirty-onc years old and Roberts
iivc years older. They were convicted.
at Pueblo in 1903 OF robbery, and were
sentenced to ten to fourteen years
each. Large petitions were presented
asking for their release
The Greeley school board voted $3.50
to dcfray the expenses of Superin
tendcnt Carter of the city schools To
Washington to attend the national su
perintendcnts' meeting this month
Among other things. he Is asked to
look into the subject of medical in
struction in schools. as the board fay
oIs It's adoption. and also that teach
ers De required to take a physical ex
ANIMATION to show them free from in
tectious or contagious diseases.
At an immense gathering of suya,
{ beet growers. farmers and others in
tercsted in the building of an inde
pendent sugar factory at Manzanola. =,
enthusiastic were those present tina,
1000 acres were pledged on the spo
and assurances given that double tina,
amount will easily be pledged within
the next few days. large numbe,
oil beets raisers We're present from IN,
vicinity of Rocky Ford and ioined III,
Mahzanoia growers in the project.
Building operations marking III,
actual establishment of the home O
the National Association of Letter Car
riers IN Colorado Springs are to b,
started within month by the erec
non Oh temporary buildings on the sit,
donated by the local Merchants Asso
ciation, and work on the permanen
buildings will be started next spring
Inc temporary structures will be oe
cupied by twenty members of the Ma
tionai Association who require immc
diate care in n sanitarum.
large real estate deal was close,
at Hreeley few days ago. whe,
tnrongh the Arbuckle- Purcell Ian,
company. Mai. Samuel Moore of Gre,
iey' sold to the North Fort Morra,