The Ordway new era., 1908-12-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS

There are still several thousand tons
of beets In the ground In northern
Colorado.
A short distance west OF Fort Nor
gan a Union Pacific train ran into
herd of about l25 antelope, a few days
since, killing two OF them.
Invitations have been issued by the
University OF Colorado for confer
ence OF principals and superintendent
OF high schools of the state at Boulder
Jan. LIST and End.
The taxpayers OF Denver on January
18th will vote on the question OF Is
suing about 100000 of school bonds
for the erection of new school build.
ings. repairs and additions.
The thirty-eighth annual session of
the Colorado State Teachers Associa-
tion Will be held In the East Side high
school at Denver. Dec. 2Sth, 29th. Both
and 3lst.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has decided to eXpend between $780,
900 and 100000 for improvements and
extensions in Denver and throughout
Colorado and New Mexico,
A snowslidc at the Tom Moore MINI
at Eureka, San Jaun county, on the
afternoon of the 10th inst. killed VIII
liam Mondcll. foreman. aged fifty'five.
and destroyed the large mine boarding
house
The advance In the price OF tungsten
from So to 81 unit and the belief that
II will go considerably higher soon.
has E.eatly stimulated development OF
tungsten claims in the Nederland dis
triCt.
The Eew sewer system at Fort Nor
gan has been completed at cost of
about 100000. Work has been going
on for four months and sixteen miles
OF pipe have been laid. This covers
the entire town and all additions.
Colorado College is planning n sum
mer school OF surveying to be con
Quoted in Manitou park every June. as
part Of the work OF mining and civil
engineering. 1t will cost $4,000. OF
which $1,000 has already been donated
by a Denver man.
The course of the Cache Ia Poudre
river has been changed for over a mile
north OF Greeley to prevent possible
floods near the canning factory. and
the flooding OF the lowlands. 2i0 acres
of which will be reclaimed and added
to the city's residence district.
The Grand Junction Railway Com
pany will advertise at once for bids
for the construction of the terminal
stations. plans of which were recently
decided upon. Ties and other equip
mcnt for the construction of the road
will begin to arrive soon after the
first of the year.
Owing to the rapid thinning out of
young pine trees on the government
forest reserve during the past few
years, orders have been issued to the
rangers in the Colorado district to pro-
hibit the cutting of Christmas trees
except where n necessity exists for
the thinning of clumps.
C. A. Brandenburg. chief weather
observer for the Denver district, says
this year beats the record for any sim
liar period in the last twenty years in
amuont OF snowfall since September
lst. Up to the Goth inst. 52.7 inches
itation for year to date Is LII inches
above the average.
The affairs of the Colorado State
Bank of Durango are now said to be
practically settled. b. n. Freeman,
president of the bank, and his asso-
ciates have turned over to the receiver
cash and securities to the amount of
Sl75.OOO in purchase of the bank assets,
which in addition to the cash collected
by the receiver. is sufficient to pay the
total liabilities of the bank, which at
the time OF suspension were s35O,OOO
The Colorado Museum of Natural
History. situated in the City Park, at
Denver, has received most valuable
gift from Mr. Henry NJ. Porter of this
city consisting of wbat is known as
the MARY Kimball Pratt" collection
of fossils. Indian relics, minerals,
gems. old coins, and similar articles.
The collection is said to be excep-
tionally valuable. containing something
like 5000 specimens. some of them
of great value because of their rarity.
Governor.elect John f. Shafroth has
received word from his son, John F.,
Jr., that the football team of the bat
tleship Virginia of the United States
fleet. of which he was. chosen captain.
won the $4,000 cup presented by the
Chinese government to the champion
football eleven of the fleet. The MEM
bers of the eleven presented young
Shafroth with a silver cup as a token
of appreciation of his work In coach
ing the team. Shafroth was graduated
from Annapolis last June. He Is one
of the youngest officers in the fleet
Five convicts have been released
from the Canon City penitentiary by
order of Governor Buchtel, two given