The Ordway new era., 1909-12-17
COLORADO ITEMS

rado Springs has been let for the sum
of $4,000.
The Sisters OF Mercy. In charge OF
the Montcalm sanitarium. at Manitou
Springs. plan to erect an addition
shortly. which will cost about 100000.
Prof. W. l.. Carlyle. formerly dean
OF agriculture at the Colorado Agri-
cultural college. has accepted the po-
sition OF dean of agriculture and di.
rector OF the experiment station at the
Idaho Agricultural college.
After trial before Judge Robert f.
Lewis in the Federal Court at Denver. |
John II. Fiuckey Of Rifle was found |
not guilty OF sending obscene matter |
through the mails. The jury found
speedy verdict OF acquittal.
The trustees OF the Myron Stratton
home for the poor at Colorado Springs
expect to have all the assets OF the
Stratton estate in their possession by
January LIST. and will soon petition the
District Court for an order transferring
the assets. valued at about s5.CO0.00O.
to the home corporation.
Asserting that certain OF their rates
for hauling coal are unjust. unreason-
able and eXorbitant." the recently in
corporated Consumers League of Col.
orado has filed suits In the office OF
the State Railroad commission against
the Colorado & Southern. the Atchi'
son. Topeka & Santa Fe and the Den.
yer & Rio Grande railroads.
OF $l05 which was burned in an
oven where she placed II for hiding.
Mrs. Geneva Emery OF Denver has re-
covered S95 from the National Treas.
ury Department. Secret Service
Agent Rowland X. Goddard sent the
remains OF the burned bills to Wash
ington. where bills amounting to $95
were identified.
This Is the busy season OF the year
for the Salvation Army workers in all
towns where they are stationed. as
they have begun active preparations
for their big annual Christmas dinner.
This organization all over the country
makes 1t Its business to see that no
needy family anywhere fails to have
a Christmas dinner.
One OF the features OF the forthcom-
ing Colorado National Apple show 10
be held at the Auditorium in Denver,
| Jan. lV-lD, VIII We tHt SiStH
convention of the Western Fruit Job
bers Association. which will be held
in Denver. Jan. 5, 6 and 7. The asso-
citation has 225 members. and practi.
cally all are expected to be in attend
ance.
State Engineer Comstock has called
for bids for construction OF the Den
ver-Golden boulevard. to be opened
December 18th. Approximately $25.
900 will be spent In building a first
class macadam boulevard between
Denver and Golden. The last Legis.
lature appropriated $1,000 and citizens
Of jefferson county have raised over
$4,000.
Two loads OF hogs sold on the Den
yer market December 10th at $40.
this being the highest price ever paid
in Denver for hogs. The previous
record price was on September 2Sth
OF this year, when SS.35 was paid
Previous to this year the record stood
at $S.27k, which was paid by the old
B. & NJ. Packing Company in Feb
ruary. 1892. for one load
At a recent meeting of the Colorado
Manufacturers Association in Denver
the following officers were elected
President. Thomas Z. Williams. vice
president of the Lndquist Cracker
Company: first vice-presdent, A. p
Austin of the Austin Candy Company
second vice-president, J. Yetter; treas
urer. A. +. Austin: secretary, S. NJ
Vaughn.
BY far the largest and most expen
| I,,,,, nj For frf n
ern Colorado is that proposed by Johr
r. Warren Of Greeley, and others. tc
make which a great dam will be
thrown across the Platte river at the
Narrows, about six miles below Wei
don. and 100000 acres in Morgan
Logan and Washington counties vii
be provided with irrigation at cos,
of S11 100000
After three years of work. in which
several miners have taken their lives
in their hands. shot fired at O'Clock
u. IN. on the Sth inst, in the breast o
the Burleigh tunnel, made an opening
: which is draining the famous Seven
Thirty shaft on the Dives-Pelican anC
Seven-Thirty mining property In up
per Clear Creek, and virgin property
on the Seven-Thirty 300 feet deep ant
more than a mile long above the tun
mel can now be worked.
Colorado's fairest maidens will be
seen congregated for several days
when the states national apple expo
sition opens at the auditorium or
January 3. There will be twenty
five of these young women candidates
for the honor OF queen Of the apple
show" the voting contest for which
has developed great rivalry. The
queen will be crowned in the auditor
ium Friday night, and on the follow
ing night brilliant society ball Will
be rendered the queen and her court
at the Brown Palace hotel.
Col. J. A. Ownbey Of Boulder. who