The Ordway new era., 1908-07-24
STATE news ITEMS
The new 100000 hospital of the san
IA Fe railroad at la Junta WIS io'
mally opened July lith.

tn Fe railroad at la J"n'a vs."
mally opened July l4th.
Thursday afternoon is set apart as
n half holiday by the business men
OF Greeley during July and August
The women of Greeley have under
taken 10 furnish the new public library
which will be completed by September
LIST.
The Great Western Sugar Company
Will construct n warehouse for storing
. sugar which will double It's storage
! capacity at Fort Morgan,
/ Cen w ]. Palmer has donated
] building site for n Jewish synngoEue
| in Colorado Springs, ana Slo,o"o
! building will shortly be constructed
Calvin Madison. who was drowned
/ m the i3th instant in the Gunnisuh
/ river near Delta, was a member OF
| the Knights OF Pythias lodge at Gree
I ley.
The Burlington railroad paid the
treasurer of Morgan county Sll.ioo
! taxes a few days since. being the larH'
EST paymcnt ever received at the OF
flee.
\ vein OF lthograph stone four rect
thick has been found at Turkey creek
near Pueblo The stone is OF eoJd
quality. and has been used In Pueblo.
It is worth $500 ton.
Glcnwood Springs has new ce,
mcnt factory which is turning ont good
material and a number OF new cement
block houses are under way, the iirst
one being nearly completed.
William Ash Is reported TO have
made a rich strike OF graphite ore,
sixty per cent pure, between Grape
and Texas creeks. In Fremont county.
The vein Is eight inches wide and Is
continuous.
The midsummer meeting OF the
Colorado Editorial Association VIII be
held at Canon City August 10th ana
llth. The entertainments and eNcur-
sions offered are expected to be the
biggest yet"
In a few days the Rock Island viii
bring twenty more car repairers from
Roswell to Pueblo. The Rock Island
has established car shops in Pueblo
In the last few months. which equal
almost any in the West.
II is expected that january /. 1909,
the Mofiat road will run into Steam
boat Springs. The road IS now COM
pleted beyond McCoys and new con.
tract will be let on the first OF the
month to complete the road nearly 90
Steamboat.
Judge NJ. s. Bailey OF Canon City.
decided that the injunction suit TO re-
strain the county commissioners OF
Pueblo county from going ahead with
the building of the new county court
house. was without merit and dissolved
the Injunction.
a factory for the manufacture OF
the Carr beet dump wagon will be In
operation at Greeley In n few days.
conducted by company composed of
Greeley business men and capitalized
at $4,000. Seventy.five farmers nave
given orders for wagons.
The socltl science department of the
Woman's club Of Denver has estab.
lished a loan fund from which SIN Ill
amounts will be lent TO the d serv ng
poor. notes and securities being taken
whenever POSSIBLE The initial
amount Of the fund Is 800.
Elias Valdez. aged twcnty.one. of
Capulin, Conejos county. was killed ON
the night of July l4th by lightning.
There was a small hole in the top of
his head, the lightning in its course
had burned out his tongue. and there
was a jagged hole In his abdomen.
The contract for building the Pueblo.
Florence and Canon City lines of the
Colorado.Kansas Power and Trans
mission Company. has been awarded
to the Northern Electric Company of
Madison, Wisconsin. 1t is announced
that the company will build this line
as soon as possible.
hn
of the Rio Grande. left Denver
Wednesday for a general tour of in.
spection of the road in company with
General Manager A. c. Ridgeway and
General Superintendent A. f. Welby.
The Western Pacific will soon be CON.
pleted and the Rio Grande system will
be put in the best shape possible 10
make the connection perfect
Among the new features at the State
fair at Pueblo next fall will be scholar
ships to boys and girls under twenty
one who prove to be the best judges of
live stock and cooking, respectively
President Burch has also announced
that he will erect a press building to
be at the disposal of the newspaper
men OF the state who visit the fair and
to be under the supervision OF the
Pueblo Press Club.
The first hearing before the State
Railway Commission has been set for
July 31st, when the complaint brought
by Congressman George W. Cook
against the Colorado Midland will
come up. The specific basis for the
charge was the shipment of mangan.
ese ore from Leadville mines owned by
Mr.. Cook. Because Of the exorbitant
rate fixed by the road, he claims that
the mines had to be shut down.
Passengers on Denver & Rio Grande
train No. Ia, running into Denver, a
Few nights since were fortunate
enough to see lunar rainbow, phe.
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