The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Berthoud Brick ana Tile Com
pany has completed the delivery OF
/ 100 900 brick to the army post at
Fort Russell. near Cheyenne.
John Remple. conductor. and Il. A.
Craddock, motorman of street car.
were held up AMI robbed OF gold
watches and about $50 In money Few
nights since In West Pueblo.
Bids for the erection OF three cot.
tagcs at the insane asylum at Pueblo
were rejected because none OF them
we're inside the sum available. The
lowest bid was Sl5O.O0O. The boara
viii advertise for new bids.
\ Takamino. Japanese. will estab-
lish a large japanese boarding house
in Denver. tie has purchased for
S35. 900 the building and grounds on
Broadway formerly occupied by Dean
Pccks training school for girls.
Joseph W. Burkhardt of Florence
has been appointed deputy state oil
inspection. lie is employed by the
United OIL Company and was a candi'
date last fall for senator from Ere
mont county.
John Gates and William EaEnn. who
were arrested by the Union Pacific for
digging hole under the track to save
their homes during the recent floods
at Greeley. were dismissed in justice
court for lack OF evidence.
BY the will OF Francis Serrierc a
gOUdly sum is left to the McClclland
orpranage of Pueblo and the Vineland
Methodist church. Serriere was
prosperous farmer near Vineland and
his estate is valued Mt $4,000.
Edwin Gaylord. the well.known
horscman. who conducted tho races
during the Interstate Fair at over
land last year so successfully. has
again agreed to be superintendent OF
speed events at the September meet
ing
The Silver State Packing company
OF Fort Lupton opened its factory July
10Th and began canning beans. on
account OF the severe hailstorm there
will be only a short run. Most of tho
tomato plants have been replanted.
More than $1,000 worth OF tomato
plants were set out after the hailstorm
and these will make a fair crop.
The magnificent new $4,000
curtain for the Denver Audito.
rum theatre. which will be CIV
On by the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. has been COM
pleted. save for n few finishing
touches. according to Mrs. J. B. Grant.
who has just returned from New
YORK. where the work has been done
by Albert Hcrter.
The Boulder Evangelical association
has filed articles of Incorporation. II
is formed for the purpose OF providing
tabernacle in Boulder and carrying
on series of revival meetings under
the management OF Billy Sunday. to
commence the latter part of August.
The meetings will continue six weeks
and it Is said will cost. with the taber.
naCle. about $1,000.
james l.. Hurt of Center, who is
one Of those before the legislative in.
vestgating committee which is going
over the administration of Mark G..
Woodruff as register OF the state land
board. made application few days
est appraiscmcnt placed upon It. The
board rejected the bid and raised the
appraiscment 80 per cent
An airship. which. when completed.
will bear some resemblance to a
merry widow" hat. has been designed
by Architect John Conkie of Trinidad.
who aside from being an inventor, is
,gn,
ment of Colorado and Wyoming G. A.
X. Mr.. Conkie's invention is an aero
plane with parachute attachment,
which. he says. will prevent any seri-
GUS accident.
The state Prohibition party. through
its secretary of the state central com.
mittee. Jay b. Noble, wrote to the
attorney general requesting an ex.
plantation of the campaign fund law.
The letter inquired what proportion OF
the fund the party would be allowed
and what conditions were attached to
the distribution A copy OF the law
was mailed to the questioners and
they will be forced to make their own
Interpretation.
Westminster College is one Of Den.
Ver's youngest institutions of learning.
Two years ago the work of instruc-
uon was begun in the Central Pres.
byterian Church. and last year the
college moved into It's magnificent red
sandstone building. costing 5000, 900.
This splendid building has been fur.
nished and equipped for work and
with the opening of the fall term.
september 15, students will enter not
only from Denver and Colorado, but
from all the adjoining states. The
College offers instruction In nil IL.