The Ordway new era., 1910-07-08
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The town Of Eagle has purchased
fire-fightins apparatus
Tying tin can 10 dogs tail cost
a Windsor youth just $iT.sS.
William darlington will carry the
mail between Parl;n and Pitkin.
Ramah is building a grain elevator
Of capacity Of $4,000 bushels.
Lamar youths contemplate organiz-
ing a company Of the National Guard.
Six new schoolhouses Will be built
in the Pawnee district, Weld County.
The Great Western Railway will
build handsome new depot at Johns
town.
J. 4. Caster of Brandon has we'll
lSs feet deep with ninety-two feet of
water.
Granada Is reviving its promotion
club, and the last meeting was well
attended.
The new German Evangelical church
a; Idalia will be dedicated on Sunday.
July Sd.
J. H. Bullard OF Sheridan Lake was
convicted Of cruelty to animals ana
fined $25.
S. A. Forbess, a resident OF Hygiene
since 1873. died there at the age OF
seventy-four.
The Peoples State Bank of Towner
has arranged for the erection Of fine
new banking home.
A new theater to house the Shu-
bert plays will be built at once in
Denver. to cost 100000.
A number Of men employed at the
Ohio-Colorado smelter at Salida have
received increases in their wages.
Spanish War veterans will hold
big sham battle during the national
reunion in Denver in September.
The state meet Of Elks will be held
at Boulder August 25th to 27th. Great
preparations are being made.
The Wiley Journal says the alfalfa
crop has never before had such uni.
formly heavy crop nor matured SO
early.
Denver postal receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 30th were $1,131..
O54.72, an increase over 1909 Of over
II per cent.
Steamboat Springs expects to ship.
$4,000 crates Of strawberries this year.
The price will be far more satisfactory
than last season.
Prospects of a good beet crop
around Highlandlake are said to be
fine and the first cutting Of alfalfa is
very satisfactory.
The affairs Of the Standley Lake
project are said to have been satisfac-
torily adjusted in a way that provides
funds for its completion.
The Orchard Mesa project near
Grand Junction. which cost a million
It will water 10000 acres.
The Weld county school census.
Just completed, shows 1881 children
Of school age. q gain Of nearly thou
sand since last year.
A postoffice has been established at
Almont with daily mail service.
Trout stories will thus be liberated
quicker than formerly.
Frank Braucher. representing the
Review Of Reviews. New York. Is in
the state to prepare two illustrated ar
ticles on Denver and Colorado.
Oren Gray Of Yampa has shipped
two bear cubs which he captured the
other day to a zoo at Lincoln, Neb.
He received $50 head for his stock.
Judge J. NJ. Chritton OF Rocky Ford
the other day received a check for
s7.5s from Uncle Sam for services
performed during the Civil War, in
1865.
James F. Watcher Of Boulder has
brought suit against his brother. VIM.
E. Watcher for $4,000 damages for
the alienation Of the affections of his
wife.
Thomas Brooke Townsend, Jr., and
J. Edwin wald Of Denver and Raynor
NJ. Gardier of Colorado Springs. were
members Of the class graduated from
Harvard.
Boulder merchants will inaugurate
a mid-week market day." when spe.
cial inducements will be made to
farmers, ranchers and miners to come
to town.
The Sixth National Western Stock
Show will be held at the Denver Union
stock yards January 18th to 21st. Pre-.
miums will aggregate $4,000 and a
new $4,000 building will be erected.
A jury composed entirely Of women
sat on an insanity case at Hahn's
Peak. the first of the week. and this
is believed to have been the first oc.
currence Of a similar kind. Since the
disastrous fire at the Routt county
capital some days ago. the population
has become SO small that the Judge
couldn't find enough eligible males In
town for a jury, SO he called on the
women to act.
]. H. Van Tuyl. Western Union
!ipeman OF Trinidad. when shocked by