The Ordway new era., 1908-08-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS

The annual convention VI tHu huhcri
can Bankers Association will be held
at Denver September 2sth TO October
srd
Tho rate fixed to the q. A. X. ma
,lonnl encamprnent at Toledo, Ohio
! from Denver and Colorado common
points IL siS.25.
Number 1. volume l. OF the Rocky
Ford Daily Gazette. was published
July Ssth. with John Frazier. editor
and publisher. and w. IL. Butterfield.
assistant manager.
| One thousand dollars has been appro
priatcd by the city council OF Den
yer to entertain the annual convention
Of the American Federation OF Labor
In September.
Tho Colorado State Bankers' Asso.
citation. at its meeting In Colorado
| Springs placed Itself on record as op
POSED TO government guarantee OF de-
posits In national banks.
/ Owing to the renewed business uf
the smeltcrs. II Is announced that the
Eilcr srneltcr mt Pueblo will be opened
within two months. Machinery is be-
ing overhauled and new equipment In
stalled.
At II preliminary hearing before
Ralph Roxzi. charged with the muir
der OF his wife at New Castle. July
9Th. was held to the October term OF
the District Court without bail.
Attorney General Herbert s. Hndiey
Of Missouri. who. with his family. is
locaed temporarily ut the f.. II. Cook
home at Boulder. will address tho ma
tIonal convention at attorneysSeneral
at Denver August goth. and will de-
scribe his fight with the Standard OIL
people.
While driving across n dry arroyo
Wednesday night near Maitland. Huer-
fano county, John Wondergern. q six.
een.year.old boy. was caught by n
flood OF water, which came down the
arroyo In wall six feet high. and was
drowned. and his younger brother was
saved only by being washed into n
wire fence
Ground has been broken at Fort Col.
Inns for u warehouse for the sugar com.
pany which will have n capacity OF
10000 sacks. thus giving the factory
n total warehouse capacity OF $4,000
sacks. A largo storage plant Is also
being built to be used In case OF short
age In the city water supply. for fun
Ing the beets.
At u meeting OF the stockholders Of
the Fort Collins Chautauqua Associa.
ton II was shown that tho receipts OF
the assembly recently closed fell short
nearly $1,000 of paying expenses. 1t
was agreed to assess each stakeholder
s35 to cover the deficit. Notwithstand-
Ing the shortage. steps were taken
towards another ChautauQua next year.
BY the flooding OF the Gunnison tun-
mel on the Both uit.. as the result Of n
cloudburst. fifteen men working In
the tunnel four miles from the river
portal. almost lost their lives. But
for the timely warning they had. and
the noise made by the rushing OF the
water through the tunnel. they would
have been entrapped. They were
working near the 700-foot air shaft
and made their escape through this.
Grant NJ. Lucy. for two terms county
clerk Of Routt county. died ut Denver
July 2Sth at the home Of James ~.
Marvel. Death was caused by stomach
trouble. He had been long sufferer
and a few days before his death un-
derwent an operation. Mr.. Lucy was
one OF the early settlers In ROutt coun.
ty. Four years ago he was elected
county clerk OF Routt and reelected
two years ago.
The directors of the Kansas-Col
RADIO Railroad Company had q meeting
at Pueblo on the 31st ult-. and let a
contract for the construction OF the La
Junta and Kansas divisions OF the
road. The contracts were awarded to
A. B. Hulit. who represents the North
ern Electrical company. and included
grading. ties and steel bridges. Mr..
Hulit announces that work will be be-
gun within ninety days.
large party OF negroes have made
application at the Pueblo land office
for homestead claims ut Elliott. fifteen
miles southeast OF Fountain. The ne
groes are headed by A. Lyle. a well
known colored man Of Colorado
Springs. They intend to cultivate
land under the dry farming system
and II more of the race can be in
duced to Join them. will organize "a
cooperative colony.
The Cymro.American League. com.
posed Of more than 5000 Welshmen
residing In Colorado. has Just been or.
ganized. with Il. e. Darlington OF
Colorado Springs. PRESIDENT: T. r.
Jones. secretary. and Ralph J. CIVIL.
lin. financial agent. The vice presi.
Moses Lewis Of Florence. John Davis
OF Pueblo. Rev. H. 8. Jones Of Vic.
tor. DR.. L. Davis of Central City and
c. NJ. Hopkins Of Lafayette.
In anticipation of the heavy business
expected to result from the completion
OF the Western Pacific. the Denver 4
Rio Grande Is preparing to double track
considerable portion Of its line be.
tween Salt Lake City and Pueblo. A
surveying corps has been put In the
Held to locate a new track through the