The Ordway new era., 1908-07-31
COLORADO ITEMS

There Was very h,"'! -
hail storm at Colorado spi On nv
afternoon Of July lSth'
Heavy rain fell IN nearly all sec.
tIoDs OF Morgan and Logan couh'''s
on Saturday, the 18th inst
Stems arc being taken to form u
rarmrrs' uninn at Fort Morgan. inns
organization Is backing an lndeIunu
cnt sugar factory for Norih Fort MOT
gan.
The cornerstone Of the new jews"
t,uiI,l,. nj Pueblo WAS laid on SUNDAY
m, 18th inst. Thc honor Of lay ing inc
STONE was sold AT auction and went |"
NJ Edcls,cin.
County Surveyor NonnEquist oil NOR
gan county has just completed a n,"p
Of the county giving all IN" Ittlg"'loi
districts. as well us those when are
contemplated.
The Fort Morgan Cumm'rcial Gun
has decided tu employ landscape III
tlsf 10 inycsticatc different tracts uh
der consideration for a public PARK
and push the matter to complexion
The following new postmastcrs have
been appointed. Strauon. XII carson
county, Joseph \ Smith, vice W. X
smith, resigned. Sugar City otcro
county. Thomas W Butler, vice W. r.
TarpuN. resigned.
Street signs and house numbers are
being placed at Fort Morgan ana
large force Is at work on cement cross
iuus In a few days the council hopes
10 b" able to meet the requirements
for free city delivery Of mail.
The stale game and FISH commits
slonors office has recently stocked
streams and lakes in Middle park with
@uu.uuU trout and will distribute about
1uu.uuu more Young trout before the
,ud NJ the year in the Grand river mt
Hot sulphur Springs and in the Fra
zIcr river and Grand lake,
The state school fund, amounting to
Slt?.GN9 for the past six months, has
been apporiionvd pro rata 10 tn" sew
cial counties OF the state. The total
number Of school children IN the sta'c
is 9"7.573, against 20o.lli six months
ago Nearly 900 OF the Increase Is
shown in the city Of Denver.
The will Of Henry Schucldcr. pio'
nccr brewer Of southern Colorado. was
pTubatcd NJ Trinidad July 22nd. The
value Of his property is fixed at SlI5.-
600. OF which sl.700 has already been
paid to the state In the form of an
inheritance tax. The remainder OF the
property is left equally to his three
children.
Thirty-fiye men were put to work
July 22nd at Pueblo as car repairers
by the Denver & Rio Grande. bringing
the force up to l05 men. which is as
large as that employed before the big
cut was made all over the system. The
men will work on heavy car repairs.
In the attempt to get many cars now
On storage tracks back into service.
Pumpkin Pie Day will be celebrated
In Longmont this year on August 18th
The ladies of lOngmont will make IL.
600 pies. and with the pies will be
10000 sandwiches and scventy-five
barrels OF coffee With the festival
proper will be an Industrial parade
In which the farming interests will be
represented. In the evening there will
be fireworks and masked carnival.
David H. Muffat sailed from Europe
July 2lst on his return trip after
brief visit to his daughter. Mrs. J. A.
McClurg. and his granddaughter. Miss
Marjorie. in Paris. The date of his
sailing also chanced to mark his sixty.
ninth birthday. and his relatives and
friends in Colorado kept the telegraph
and cable companies busy conveying to
Mr.. Moffat their messages of congrat.
ulation.
black coyote. the first of the kind
known. is attracting much attention
on the ranch OF A. l.. Camp, Jr. near
Greeley. II is now three months old,
mas the run of the place and is quite
tame. 1t was found Ia litter of
young coyotes, but the others were
OF the ordinary color. The black coy
ote differs from the others in no way
except in color. 1t has been named
Mascot"
The Empson Packing Company of
I.ongmont has made filing in the Of
lice OF the clerk and recorder of Boul
der county. on reservoir site to be
tllled with waters Of Left Hand. Boul.
Ger and Dry creeks. The capacity OF
the reservoir is to be 1852, 900 cubic
rect and the water will be used for
irrigation purposes. The dam is to be
twenty-six feet high and the estimated
NSSN 10 SootVvD.
The farmers Of the Sunflower val.
icy In Las Animas county on July
Z5rd' held a monster picnic at Hoehne.
which was attended by $500 people.
lhe picnic was in the nature of a farm.
ers institute and addresses were made
oy frof II. NJ. Cottrell of the Colorado
Agricultural College and +. J. Birch.
president of the State Fair Associa.
non. A special train was run from
trinidad TO the picnic grounds. 1t is
expected to make the picnic an annual
event.
RAPID construction work is being
done on the Moffat road. Rails were
!ald into Toponas July z3rd, and the
regular passenger trains will run to
mat point after August 10th Be
tween Mccoy and Yampa the rails are
mo- lat xt,tt