The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
STATE NEWS ITEMS

drill for oil at Fort Morgan, where oil
rock Is in evidence.
DIR. John Davis Hartley OF Sacra-
mento. California. will establish a col
ony OF Dunkards In the Greeley dis.
trict.
Snowslides interrupted telephone
communication between Durango and
Telluride from January 22d to Febru.
AIRY 4th.
The Boulder oil field is stiii attract.
Ing great deal of attention and ar.
rangements are being made to drill
large number Of new wells.
Permits for PA new buildings. to
cost sG9i.i75. were Issued In Denver
during the month of January. This
IL AN increase OF s29i.75O over the
same month last year
That over 100000 worth OF fruit
trees will be planted In Pueblo county
this spring Is the estimate made by
Horticultural Inspector j. y. Bartels.
Most Of these will be cherry, with
some apple. pear and peach.
A special short course OF ten weeks
for forest rangers has been started by
the Colorado College school OF forestry
Mt Colorado Springs under W. j. Nor.
rill. deputy forest supervisor Of the
Pixies Peak forest reserve.
The committee OF is which Is push.
ing the charter form OF government
for Pueblo has decided to wIthd. NV its
application to the city council for
special election. and will probably re-
quest that the matter come up at the
regular spring election.
The Denver 4 lntcrmountain Rail
way began running its cars by electric
power between Denver and Golden Feb
ruary lst. For the past fifteen years II
has used steam locomotives. 1t will
install new. well furnished passenger
coaches.
The State Commercial Association
has taken up the burden OF procuring
suitable exhibits from Colorado for the
third Trans Missouri Dry Farming Con
gress at Cheyenne February 23rd. cath
and 25th. The various commercial or.
Ganizations OF the state are urged to
take part in the work.
The previous record OF $50 feet In 81
days In the driving OF the double track
tunnel In Pixies Peak granite in the
Cripple Creek district was cclipsed In
January by Superintendent James A.
McIlwce and his picked force of ma
chine men and miners at the portal
heading OF the Roosevelt deep drainage
tunnel and the new mark stands Mt 435
feet.
The American Machine & Manufac-
turing Company has been organized at
Boulder. the incorporators being J. II.
Wallace. W. L. Whitacre and r.
Lindemann. II will build the Linace
motor car, and in addition will do n
general machine and repair business.
The company is capitalized at 100000
and will at once commence the erection
of a brick and steel building.
Twenty-one members of the Denver
University football team were enter
tanned on the night of the ith inst. at
n banquet at the residence of w. c.
Johnston in Colorado Springs. The
young men were accompanied each by
n lady friend and the party travelled
in a special car Mr.. Johnston, who
formerly lived near the University in
Denver, is football! enthusiast.
Petitions are being circulated in
each of the six wards of Canon City
by the anti-saloon people. to secure n
vote on the local option question at the
spring municipal election. For nearly
four Years Canon City has been with
out saloons and the prohibition advo-
Gates think that the experiment has
been so successful that they will have
little difficulty in keeping it dry under
the local option law.
M. b. Knowles of Fort Lupton, one
of the founders of Greeley and one of
the original Union colonists, celebrated
his eighty-sixth birthday at his home
on the Sd inst, surrounded by his fam
lily. AS member of the society over
eighty years old he received box of
flower and birthday letters. He was
the first school teacher in Greeley, the
first Justice of the peace and n men,
ber of the city council in early days.
Three new members of the State
Board of Health have been appointed
by Governor Shafroth. They are DR..
Paul S. Hunter of Denver, DR.. Crum
Epler of Pueblo and DR.. d. F. Wooding
of Denver. They are appointed for six
years and succeed DR.. w. H. Davis of
Denver, who was president of the
board; DR.. F. N. Carrier of Canon City
and Dr. J. Tracy Melvin of Saguache
county.
The total production of the Portland
mine, in the Cripple Creek district for
1908 was 94,311, ,432 net tons, of gross
value of $1,S34 0S0.79. The average
gross value per ton was $19.45. The
total production from the first ship
ment, April 1, 1894, is 949,3S1.749 net
tons, of gross value of $2S,469, ,442.51.
Four dividends, amounting to $4SO.00O.
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