The Ordway new era., 1909-03-05
COLORADO ITEMS

Thirty men will graduate from the
college OF engineering OF the State Uni
yersity at Boulder In June.
The contract for the erection OF Il
new high school building at Eaton has
been let to J. A. Warren OF Boulder
for $2G.G50.
The Colorado Clin Dwellings Asso-
citation has voted $1,000 toward the
restoration Of the balcony OF the House
Rucsa Verde. Paris.
George o. Falrweather, b. A.. Uni.
versity Of Colorado, 1906, has been ap-
pointed assistant business manager OF
the University of Chicago.
Officials of the Colorado Fuel " Iron
Company deny the rcpor. that the
company Is about to be absorbed by
the United States Steel Corporation.
Mrs Laura - Srlth fnrmrrl, tho
wife of David SwickheImcr, discoverer
of the famous Rico uIuv auu un"-Jinr
millionaire. died at Oakland. Cal. Feb
ruary 10Th.
AS You Like 1t" is the play chosen
~ " vi All' ''AhbAh't H'''N'
classes Of the University of Colorado,
to be given as the annual class play
on the campus in June.
The Teachers Normal Institute for
tn" Fifth district. comprising the coun-
ties of El Paso. Teller. Ebert and
Douglas. will be held at Colorado
Springs August 3rd.l3th inclusive.
Contracts have been let for the erec-
tion of temporary postoffice building
AT Fort Collins. to be used pending the
erection of the federal building. Judg-
ing by the experience Of other towns
this may be several years.
.iayur Heiser of Colorado Springs
Gently went TO Washington TO en-
dcavOr to secure the passage of bill
.antIug TO the city large tract of
government land on Pixies Peak. TO
supplement the present water system.
An unusual sight four miles below
Gunnison Is n herd of one hundred
deer, which the deep snow In the hills
has driven to southern exposures on
the brakes of Beaver creek, where
they can feed on the grass In the
cliffs.
A tree planting campaign was
launched by the real estate men OF
Pueblo at a meeting of the Real Es
tate Exchange. They expect to have
10000 trees planted this spring. An
effort also will be made to have the
city permit the streets to be parked.
The withdrawal from entry OF $3.50
acres of government land in north
western Weld county by the register
of the land office at Sterling. marks
the last step preparatory to the issu.
ance of bonds for the purpose of build.
ing the Pawnee reservoir. in eastern
Weld county, near Keota, by the Paw.
nee Irrigated Lands Company. The
company is capitalized at 100000 and
DR.. +. p. Lonergan of Evans is its
president.
Weld county will have n permanent
fair organization and next September
1t will inaugurate an old-fashioned
county fair. to be held annually. The
Farmers Club, the Commercial Club
and the Gentlemen's Driving Club will
cooperate and 1t is proposed to have
the fair the week previous to the In
terstate fair in Denver, so that the
prize exhibits may also be entered at
Denver and Pueblo.
The Grand junction City Council has
passed an ordinance calling n special
election on April 9Th upon the question
of a commission form of government.
The council also passed a resolution
opposing the charter convention, but it
was necessary to call the election, as
Il petition with sufficient signatures
had been presented asking it. The
council also voted to refund the city
water indebtedness with new $4,000
boad issue.
1t is stated that Sen. r. NJ. Patter-
son is planning to build skyscraper
at the corner of Seventeenth and Wei
ton streets in Denver. The building
will be twelve stories tall and cost in
the neighborhood of $500,O00 it is said.
The old Patterson block and two other
buildings which now occupy the site
of the structure will be pulled down,
AID the offices of the News-Times will
be provided for in another building on
Glenarm street on property Senator
Patterson recently purchased
From the executors of the w. S.
Stratton estate comes denial of the
report that an effort will be made in
the Legislature to secure the assets of
the Stratton estate for the charitable
that the executors have failed to carry
out the instructions in Mr.. Stratton's
will to found a home for the poor.
During the last six years the eXecu-
tors have settled S23,000,O00 of litiga-
tion with about $37 1900, excepting the
will contest of the son, and within a