The Ordway new era., 1908-08-14
STATE news ITEMS

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rho Grand council OF the Red men
n, Colorado will be In session a' ruuo
In Aug. 10th. lith. 18th ana u'''s"
lions from all over the state are
pected. ,,,od,
A freok election bet has been hlnue
,,ad,.sIln According to the terms
II Taft wins Matt Gatfncy VIII pua" p,,' ="
wb,niharrow containing X > '"s's
over the principal streets oi 'nc -
and in the event of Bryan ti',,'"
thn posltions will be reversed h''"
nr, well rnOwn mining men
Iniop DEPOT officials declare thh'
,lI records have been broken during
the month OF July In rhv number OF
messengers carried into Denver, helS
alsn bas been an advance over pi'tt
aus y,ars in the number OF uckttH
sold the increase being nearly s-''
uu0 over the sales OF last year.
Al a meeting OF the commissioner
of pitkin county few DAYS since I,H
omtiuus were passed giving '"u',s
Assessor W. H. MC\lChols twenty ""S
In which TO make good the shottHEt AZ
legged TO have occurred during ms 'e'H,
of office as treasurer II the alits'a
shortage is made good the suits pthu'
ing against him will be nollcd'
Juhn p. Doyle has been appointed
sp,cial examiner in the case brouEh'
,,,. ,b. Government against the PaEosa
S,,-tur- companies for alleged timber
frauds MIR DOYLE takes the I'lace oi
Sulon Pingrcy. who was forced 10
r,stcn because of illness The cases
are now being heard before a United
States commissioner an Pagosa
Springs
The badly dccomposrd body oi
man was found floating in tn" Grand
river on the 4th inst. two miles below
Glcnwuud Springs. 1t was brought
here and Identified as the body OF j l..
Darland. who was drowscd July 2Ith.
while crossing the river at Shoshone
The body had floatcd fourteen miles
down the river. His widow lives nt
Colorado Springs.
Seventh Day Adyentists to the mum
bcr OF 900 or more will be encamped
on the grounds OF the State Fair AS
sociation at Pueblo for ten days. be
ginning August Goth. This event
promises To be one of the greatest re-
lIcious gatherings ever held In Pueblo.
It will be the annual camp meeting
and members from all over the West
will be present.
Emancipation Day at Salida was OBJ
served In grand style by the colored
people, fully 100 visitors being pres.
rnt. Two ball games were played be-
tween Salida and Canon City teams.
Salida winning the morning game by Il
score OF 10 to 6. and Canon City win
ming the afternoon game by score
OF i6 to 10. In the evening there was
n cakewalk and a dance.
II is stated that former Gov. Jesse
F. Mcdonald will probably be the only
member of the committee which was
selected to purchase the silver service
for the cruiser Colorado TO make the
trip TO San Francisco and make the
formal presentation. There will be
an invitation extended TO several pri
vate citizens to see the honors done
but whoever goes pays the expense OF
his trip personally.
Examinations will be held by the
Denver Civil Service board at the East
Denver high school on August 25th.
2Gth and 27th. for candidates for the
POSITIONS of firemen. patrolmen. lieu.
tenants. engineer and assistant engi-
neer OF the fire department. and in
spector of the Board OF Public Works.
All applications to take the cxamina.
tion must be in at the office of the
Civil Service commission by August
18th.
From President s. II. Atwater of the
kansas-Colorado Power & Railroad
company 1t is learned that the pro.
posed pleasure resort to be established
by the company will be located in the
vicinity of Lytle. about twenty-five
miles west of Pueblo and practically
the same distance from Canon City.
Arrangements are being made TO bore
several artesian wells in the vicinity
and 1t Is expected that lake will be
made.
Judge Cavender. in the District
Court at Leadville. has set the date
of the trial of Sherman w. Morris
alias Frank Shiurtleff. charged with
murder. for September 1st. Morris is
the man brought to Leadville two
months ago by Sheriff Bonner from
Lansing. Michigan. 1t is said that he
has a long criminal record and. is
wanted in nearly every state in the
West. He will be tried for the murder
OF John Walsh, saloonkeeper, the
night Of June 90. 1893.
At a meeting of the Penitentiar,
Board in Acting Governor Harper's Of
nee. ways and means were devised
whereby the work on the state roat
belng built by convicts can be con
tinued at least until tho roxt ,,,o.,t.. .
OF the board. September 10th re
apportionment Of the penitentiar,
iunds make 1t possible for the wori
10 proceed indefinitely, so that It will
proDabiy be continued without breal
untl! the next Legislature provide,
lor FUNDS to complete the highway.
reports have reached Florence tha
the Colorado-Kansas electric railway
which Is now being built between Pu
eDlo and Canon City. will not be ex