The Ordway new era., 1909-02-26
COLORADO NEWS

dlan schoOl. California.
new rural route has been estab-
lished at Wellington, Larimer county.
length twenty'four miles, families ll2.
An elaborate guide for Colorado
sportsmen is being prepared by Lee
Haney. advertising agent for the Colo
RADIO Midland railroad.
The bakers of Pueblo have organ
lied and March lst will raise the price
of bread to twenty-five loaves for 81
instead of twenty.eight loaves. the
number given for many years.
Three million fish eggs of various
kinds were shipped to the Glenwood
Springs fish hatchery on the 18th inst
via the Colorado Midland. The spawn
came from Weissport. Pa.
The loyeland City Council has let the
contract for building the new city hall
to NJ. c. Fansler for sS.9S5. Work will
begin ut once and only local material
and labor will be used in construction.
Farmers near Brush are planning
cabbage raising on a large scale this
year profit of $500 an acre was
realized by those who tried 1t last year.
The seed used was imported from Den
mark.
Railroads running into Pueblo have
granted II one and one-fifth rate for
delegates who will attend the annual
state meeting OF the Farmers Union.
which will be held at Pueblo March
10th TO 18th.
Contracts have been let to the Con
solidatcd Engineering Company for
waterworks system for the town of
Englewood, the initial cost to be about
$4,000. The system will be owned by
the town.
Frank Belford of Denver. who has
held a clerical position with Senator
Teller for several years. has been Sc
lected by Senator Guggenheim for
similar place In his clerical force after
March ith.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has an
nounced its intention to allow stop
overs on all one way and round trip
tickets TO Colorado from the East and
from the East TO Colorado. It will ap-
ply 10 tourist tickets
Congrcssman.elect Edward Taylor
has announced the appointment of Leo
Vincent OF Boulder as his private sec
retary. Mr. Vincent was recently n
candidate for clerk OF the Supreme
Court, but failed to secure the position.
Perhaps the place at Washington will
suit him better.
Grand Junction Is to have n 100000
cold storage plant for the care of fruit
OF the Grand valley The enterprise
Is backed by J. c. Nining, formerly
superintendent of the Colorado Mid
land who will be president and man.
ager of the company which will erect
the structure.
After prolonged illness. DR.. c. c.
Bradbury. one OF the founders of Ev-
ans, died at his home in Denver on the
18th inst. at the age of Sc years. win
St. Louis and Boston associates he
plated the town of Evans in 1870, re-
moving TO Colorado Springs In 1917
and later to Denver.
Superintendent Mooney of the
Northern Colorado Power Company
states within the last fifteen days
contracts have been signed calling
for power to pump water for irriga-
tion purposes to supply over 5000
acres of land in various parts of north
crn Colorado.
On February IL, 2OO9, n committee
will open tin box in possession OF
the Colorado Historical Society and
read the newspapers of Denver of Feb
ruary IL and Is. 1909, giving an ac-
count of the celebration in Denver of
of ba hirth nI
Abraham Lincoln.
The product of the Wooten coal
mines, operated by the Morgan inter
ests in Las Animas county, is to be
tested by the government on battle
ships. If the coal meets the require
ments of the government, large con
tracts will be secured, and 1t is said
tie first one will be for 100000 tons.
Instructions have been received in
Denver from the headquarters of the
Union Pacific railroad at Omaha that
all supplies and provisions for the
new construction work north of Den
yer will be purchased in Colorado. Fif.
teen hundred men will be employed
and the expenditures will probably
reach half a million dollars.
By the explosion Of dynamite in the
old Pandora slide J. A. Manifold, own.
er of the Pandora lease at Telluride,
brought down thousands OF tons of
snow. Snow guards were erected to
protect the buildings. This action was
taken to protect the workmen on the
lease, who had to cross the track of
the slide to their work.
The largest amount ever collected
in Weld county in campaign for law
and order is the S5,075 now deposited
with the county treasurer to be turned
into the general school fund of the
county, all of which has accrued from
fines assessed for. bootlegging and