The Ordway new era., 1909-08-13
COLORADO ITEMS

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Steamboat Springs is making great
preparations for the Pioneers ccIebi''
ton September lst.
Il is reported that this years crop
Of apricots viii be the largest ever
harvested in the Grand Valley,
Mrs. Maudc RallinGtun Booth ana
ncr sister. Mrs Barclay, Waited the
pcut,entiary at Canon city on tue "H
INST.
W. T.. Goddard. 73 years old, and
prominent pioneer Of Montrosc county
died at MontrOsc on the 3rd inst" as
the result OF injuries sustained in
runaway.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the conversion OF the Farm
rrs' State Bank of Center. Colo.' INTO
the First National Bank of Center
with $4,000 capital.
The Arkansas Valley Fair will open
at II, Cky Ford August 3lst and con
tinus through the first three days OF
September Watermelon day VIII be
celeb, atcd Scntcmbcr I'd.
During May. June and July. the first
three months since the eleven saloons
in Grand junction went out OF bust
ness. there were thirty arrests for
drunkenness. as compared with log
for the same period last year.
Bowen. n camp OF the Victor Fuel
Company. has been rc-opcned rs sta
ton on the Colorado & southern rail-
road. having been closed since the
shut down of the mine last April.
The mine has just resumed with a
large force.
Two new divisions have been Great
ed in the agricultural department Of
the Colorado Agricultural college. the
department OF animal husbandry and
the department OF farm mechanics.
Prof. George +. Morgan was given
charge OF the first and Prof. II. II.
Bainer the second.
Carl F. Brown. treasurer OF the Con
tinental Oil Company. branch of the
Standard oil corporation. died Tues
day night in Mercy hospital at Denver
OF appendicitis. Brown was self
made man and rose from messenger
boy to an official high in the councils
OF the corporation.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
announces that II will not construct
any more frame buildings in its min.
ing camps but will use cement instead.
II has just completed boarding house
OF twenty.four rooms AT Berwind and
is constructing twenty cement houses
for miners.
The compression house at the Cal.
Hope mine. three and one-half miles
from Ouray, burned on the night OF
August Sd. and although a few thou.
sand dollars will cover the actual
money loss. enforced suspension Of
work In the mine and in the drainage
tunnel will entail extensive losses
7. S. McMurray. right-of.way man
for the Burlington railroad. is quoted
as stating that on recent visit by
prominent officers to Greeley 1t was
decided to make Greeley the main divi.
sion point OF the road. which will build
roundhOuses and repair shops. This
will give employment to more than
400 men.
The annual corn roast at Loyaland
will be held August 18th In addition
to the regulation free dinner OF roast
corn. sandwiches and coffee, there
Will be added large agricultural and
horticultural display and an Industrial
parade. A great program OF races has
been arranged for August 18th and
10th.
Because they were able to satisfy
the court that they were INDECENT and
unable to pay the fines assessed TO
them, five of the bootleggers arrested
in sensational raid in Grand June.
ton several weeks ago, convicted and
VINO have served out part of their
line in jail. have been ordered re.
leased by District Judge Shackleford
Washington dispatch of the 9Th
inst. says: Senator Guggenheim lef,
here today for New York and Tuesday
next will sail for Europe to take abou,
six weeks rest. He will return to
Colorado late in September or early in
october. Senator Hughes and family
left for New York last evening and
will go from there to Colorado imme
diately.
So large will be the exhibiting de
partment Of the American Street and
lnterurban Railway association, meet
ing in Denver. Oct 4. that Fourteenth
street is to be rooted with a tempornr,
building in order to get room for them
The building will extend the length
OF the Auditorium. Temporary tracks
VIII be laid to transport cars and ma
chinery to the Auditorium.
The north heading of the Roosevelt
deep drainage tunnel in the Crippl,
Creek district was advanced 319 fee,
during July. When measurement,
were taken by T. r. Countrymap
deputy United States mineral survav