The Ordway new era., 1909-10-08
COLORADO NEWS
Mauds realy has bsen granted .

". II. McIntosh. . teauster. has
mysteriously disappeared from 0rand
Junction.
Millikep. the new town on the Den.
yer, Laramie 4 Northwestern. II hav.
Ing u boom.
The Glenwood Springs bank rob
hers seem TO have escaped all possi'
bility Of detection.
Charles Woolf OF Golden was bound
over to the District Court on charge
OF cattle r,Istling.
J. l.. Ridgeway Is appointed post.
master ut Wolcott. Eagle county.
Colo. vice A. N. Tuttle. resiEned.
Thirty warrants were issued Mon
day at Pueblo for the arrest OF men
living near the Missouri Pacific round
house. who. 1t IL charged by Special
Agent +. J. Cox. have stolen almost
enough tools to start another rail.
road. All manner OF railroad property
is included in the list. and II II
charged that even . handcar was
taken.
The body OF f. Espineza. minor
eighteen years OF age. employed ny
the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company ut
Segundo. WAS found on the railroad
tracks OF the Colorado 4 Wyoming
at that camp Monday. II is pre-
sumed that he was trying to beat bis
way to Trinidad on a freight when hc
fell under the wheels. He was un'
married and lived with his parents.
Driven to desperation by pain. the re-
suit OF months OF suffering from
stomach trouble. Fred c. Bucherdce.
aged 60. a pioneer Of Boulder county.
committed suicide In his home At
Lyons. He first slashed his wrists
with a butcher knife. but fearing that
his wife would detect his act before
he could bleed to death. he took q
shotgun and blew off the top Of his
head.
Reports received at Pueblo from
experts state that the crops in Pueblo
county and the Arkansas valley will
be at least double the average this
year and 1t Is believed that one OF
the greatest crops in the history OF
the state will be garnered. This ap-
plies both to irrigated and non.irri.
gated lands. Corn Is the best ever
and sugar beets the most prolific and
sweet for years. Hay alone is scarce
and poor.
Plans have been submitted to the
state engineer for the Decker Creek
Reservoir Company's irrigation
scheme. which contemplates the build
ing OF a twenty.foot dam on Decker
creek in Mineral county. and Ina.
pounding 43.422.000 cubic feet OF va.
ter. The estimated cost OF the neceS'
sary, construction work is $4,000. as
determined by a survey completed
September 80. Charles E. Hal is the
applicant.
John Z. Caldwell, commander OF
Colorado Springs Post No. %. G. A. r..
died suddenly Sunday morning in San
Diego. Cal. He reached San Diego
Friday. having gone there after sew
eral weeks illness In the hospital In
the hopes that the lower altitude
would benefit his health. The direct
cause OF his death was heart failure.
Mr.. Caldwell was sixty-five years old
and. is survived by his stepdaughter.
Mrs. Belle Coulter. with whom ne
lived in Colorado Springs.
| Final survey for the proposed cleo
tric car line from Grand Junction ~
Fruita WAS commenced Monday under
the direction Of Chief Engineer Nose
ly Of the company. The right Of way
! over the entire course has been Sc.
cured and at q conference held in
Fruita last Saturday between Genera!
Manager Sunderiin and other ofdcials
Of the lnterurban Electric Company
and the local committee. which had
in charge the securing Of the right OF
way. it was formally announced that
the road would be in operation by
January LIST.
Denver.-Reviewing Of the assess.
the state board Of equalization. and
values fixed on telegraph. telephone
railroad and express companies in the
sum Of S5s.OO0. 900. an increase Of a..
100000 over last years assessment.
The state will receive $4,000 in
taxes from this. and the counties com
bined the sum Of S1.70S.o0.
The assessments ON four corpor
atoms fixed at the April meeting were
changed by the board; the Union Pa
citic was granted q reduction OF S3eO.
900 because it had made . mistake In
figuring its bonds Of 100000. Tht
Western Union was reduced 347.O0(
and the Postal Telegraph compan,
S61 900. these reductions being made