The Ordway new era., 1909-03-19
COLORADO ITEMS

5'ai touF OF the world.
S"itt Co. are preparing to erect
packing house at Colorado Springs,
costing about 100000.
Thirty-two hens belonging to Mrs
nrady at Greeley laid 3O9 eggs last
month. The eggs sold at so cents a
dozen, which is handsome profit.
At Florence on the nth inst. forty
teams and fifty men began work on
.he Beaver Il Northern railway, which
IL 10 De In operation by May 18th.
The Florence City Council has com.
pie'ed Its budget for the fiscal year.
the appropriations totaling s37,55O,
which Is about $4,000 less than last
year.
Ihe Florence Macaroni company will
Immediately double its capacity. II
was started six months ago aud the
machinery is now inadequate to handle
the business on hand.
The Grand Junction Electric line pro.
poses to lease the grounds Of the
county Fair Association for use as an
amusement park next summer, extend.
Ing its road to the grounds.
Arrangements have been made for
two baseball games at Trinidad April
2ith and 18th with the Denver West
ern league team. which will play the
local men, recently organized
Queen Elizabeth, the old lioness at
"Bathouse" John Coughlln's 200 in
Colorado Springs, has cqualed the
worlds record. so far as known, by
giving birth to five babies, all of which
are girls.
The annual interstate debate be-
tween the Universities of Colorado and
Kansas will take place Mt Lawrence,
Kansas, on March 25th. Arrangements
are already under way for the Colo.
rado-TcXas debate which will occur
sometime In May.
While hunting near Pueblo on tho
18th Inst. Claude Harrison. the 15.year-
old son Of ]. H. Harrison, was accident
ally shot by Frank McColm and died
two hours afterward as the result OF ex.
posure and the wound. The dead boys
father was In the hunting party.
On account of the crush OF prisoners
in the county jail at Trinidad the com.
missioners Of Las Animas county have
decided to work the prisoners on tho
county roads. The first gang will be
placed on the road 10 Stonewall, which
will be duplicate OF the state high.
way.
II Is stated that John Meter. n
wealthy Hollander of Chicago. who is
fostering the Holland settlement at
Kuner. Weld county, will transfer
his kraut factory in Illinois
10 the Kuner district. This is
because the cabbage crop In Illinois
is affected with what Is known as
club foot" a fungus growth which
takes from the head all strength and
flavor.
Former State Senator C. W. Swink OF
Rocky Ford has purchased the Ell JEFF
frcys ranch. forty.four miles northeast
of Trinidad. consisting of 900 acres.
for which he paid $4,000. The tract
Is fine grazing land and well watered.
Mr.. Swink Is known as the father Of
the cantaloupe business OF Rocky Ford
and II Is stated that he intends to ex-
tend their growth to Las Animas
county.
Mrs. Grace Clark. known better as
Miss Grace Gale. formerly OF Greeley.
later of Los Angeles. Cal. is dead at
Bombay, India. Mrs. Clark left Cali
fornia few months ago for n trip
around the world with friends. She
was born In Greeley and was the
daughter of Mrs. Jennie Gale, her
father, o. p. Gale. being one of the
pioneers of Greeley. and dying many
years ago.
Seven outfits are now at work on
the Crow Creek and Pierce extension
of the Union Pacific in Weld county,
with about 700 teams. Fitzpatrick Bros.
& Collins have furnished bond 10 have
all work completed by August 1st.
There will be sidetracks about every
five miles and townsites will follow
their placing. 1t Is expected that eight
thrifty towns will grow up along the
thirty.five miles of road.
President T.. W. Wilcox OF the Ar
gentine Central railroad, operating
from Silver Plume to Mt. McClelland,
over Grays Peak. has returned from an
extended trip east and announces that
the line will open May list, having re-
manned closed since December 1st. The
custom of closing for the winter Will
be done away with this year and here
after and the Argentine Central VIII
be ycar.around line of railroad.
While driving three horses across
the tracks. Chester Wolfe. aged IL, was
struck by n Rock Island train at Aus
fin Bluffs, five miles northeast of Colo
rado Springs on the 18th inst. and sus-
tanned injuries from which he dies In
the hospital three hours later. The
horses were almost instantly killed.