The Ordway new era., 1908-09-25
COLORADO ITEMS


Greclcy postoffice reccints fo,. ,ho
year ended June 3Oth were sos 5Oo
v.h IaIh service between Denver and
day. ''"'' "'R"" Moh'
"e morgan county fair at Fort Nor
sah attracted remarkably fine exhibits
especially of horses and cattle and tbc
attendance was very large.
me annual Tricounty fair of Gar.
meid' Eagle and Pitkin countics on
h"' 'saay, Friday and Saturday, broke
the record both as to display OF prod
ncts and attendance.
Nicholas Finn, at one time n nrom,,
neht mining and smelling operator nj
l-eadyille. died in the Sisters hosnitul
Ut i.eadville Friday night after an i'll.
ness OF three months.
The town of Grand Valley celebrated
lis iirst annual Fruit day on the 10th
INST. After the show was over the fruit
display was shipped to the Tri.county
tair at Glcnwood Springs.
Students in the State Normal School
VINO live In Denver have organized n
society with membership of over fif.
". students from other towns in the
state Will form similar organizations.
;. |. Bush. ON the Iiggrtt ranch. two
miles south of Wellington, L.arimer
county, has just thrcshcd an eleven
acre field of oats yielding 4l,4OO
pounds. or an acerage of over III bush.
els an acre.
The demand for Greeley potatoes ex.
cecds the supply by fifty per cent. at
h.. N.
other southern states are sending in
more orders than the dealers can fill
because little of the crop has ripcncd
sufficiently to dig.
The commissioners uf Logan county
have authorized II vote ON the issuance
Of bonds OF SiOnOO for the erection of
II court house at Sterling to replace
the present one. which has been con-
dcmncd. II is the intention II the bond
Issue carries to erect court house
costing not less than $4,000.
The fourth class postmaster of Col.
urado met AT Pueblo on the nth inst.
and elected the following officers:
President. ID. j. Maynard of Minturn;
secretary. Mrs. l.. b. Hendrix of Hax.
tun: treasurer. c, H. Metcalf. of Gran.
itc. The organization has thirtysev-
"n members and will hold its next
meeting in Denver.
Governor Buchtrl has appointed two
more delegates to represent Colorado
at the National Irrigation Congress in
Albuquerque. New Mexico. opening
September ~. They are T. c. Waite
meyer OF Boulder and Frederick Welt
lcr OF Rocky Ford Both men are in.
terested in the questions which will
come before the meeting and are stu.
dents of irrigation problems.
Because he violated the civil ser.
vice rule which prohibits any political
activity OF employees of the govern
meni. J. II. Rhinehart. letter carrier
attached to the Denver office. Is now
$500 year poorer than he would have
been had he refrained from political
meddling Rhinehart's salary was re
duccd from s1.l00 to 5000 a year by
the civil service commission.
Brush. Colo.-Company II. First resi.
ment Colorado National Guard. was
mustered In here Tuesday night with
fifty men by General Zcph Hill and Ad-
jutant General Kelley. F. +. Rhine
hart was elected captain. David Wal
lace. first lieutenant. and George Bah
cock. second lieutenant. The business
men of Brush have agreed to build n
$40 900 armory for the company.
S. J. Schenck has been elected busi
ness agent OF the Farmers Cooperative
and Educational union, and will open
headquarters in Pueblo The union
will ask. through legislative commit.
tee, the passage OF laws concerning the
following matters: Initiative and rel
erendum. recall Of officials. guaranty
bank law modelled after that OF Okla
homa, railroad commission with eX-
tensive powers to regulate. and mine
Inspection law.
Montrose. Colo.-The second day OF
the big western slope fair. Wednesday.
attracted vast crowds. The exhibits
eclipsed anything shown at previous
fairs. Some of the apples and peaches
measured twelve inches in circumfer-
once. Besides these there are splen-
did exhibits of plums. pr,lnes. carrots.
bcets. pumpkins and grapes and fancy
vegetables of all kinds. The poultry
and stock exhibits are superior to those
of other years. Crowds from Telluride
and Silverton came on special trains.
In the County Court at Boulder judge
Henderson directed that T. V. WILSON,
executor of the Macky estate, turn over
10 the regents of the university some
5000, 900 worth of stocks. bonds ana
other property. in compliance with the
beu,,est of the university. About Sloo''
O0o In cash was retained by the execn'
tor to meet other bequests and to pay
eyecutor's costs and attorney wees. An
annenl from the action of the court VIII
he taken by the executor. The matter
of the Inheritance tax Is now IN 'he
Supreme Court.
AT the meeting of the State CONNER. @ ra,
c,ai Association in Montrose the io,'
,aa,,ng directors were elected: b. w:
Warsh Marsh, Of Montrose. J. II. Rankin OF
r, Trinidad' L. W. Markham of Lamar
G. M. Culver of Alamosa. w. l.; Gay as,
ton Of Greeley, G: d. Hosmer D.uuor .. ro,'