The Ordway new era., 1910-03-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

trict No. So.
About 1.4OO acres has been pledged
by Greeley farmers to crops for the
cannery. including 1.100 of peas. 200
each of tomatoes and beans. and about
100 Of cabbage.
A number of Hungarian partridges
have been received by the state game
and fish commissioner and will be lib.
Grated In the different parts Of the
state this spring.
BY its decision In the case Of W. H.
Murray and II. Putnam VS. Katherine
Aull. the State Supreme Court has
upheld the law which says that gam.
bling debt cannot legally be collected.
Members OF the faculty of the Colo.
RADIO Agricultural college will make ad.
dresses before the thirteen normal In.
stitutes to be held throughout the
state during the summer school vaca-
tion.
At a meeting OF the stockholders Of
the United States Portland Cement
Company at Florence. it was voted to
issue bonds for 100000 to make i'm
provements on the company's plant at
Concrete.
The National Jewish Hospital for
Consumptives at Denver Is benefi-
ciary in the sum Of $1,000 by the pro.
visions Of the will OF Ascher Silber.
stein. a wealthy Jew Of Dallas. Texas,
who died recently.
An aviation meet for Denver Is
planned to take place about May 2sth.
The main feature will be an endurance
balloon race in which eight local bal
loonists are expected to take part. Ef-
forts will also be made to secure an
exhibition Of aeroplanes.
Louis Reiter. stenographer to Mayor
Robert w. Speer Of Denver. has been
awarded damages Of $4,000 by the
State Supreme Court for the loss Of
one OF his legs while he was an EN-.
ploye Of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad five years ago.
Philadelphia capitalists are backing
the Coal and Operating Company. which
has been incorporated at Denver with
q capitalization OF $2.5O0.OO0. The In.
terests represented In the company
have acquired 1900 acres Of coal land
near Como. and will begin extensive
development work on 1t At once.
Denver.-Steps will be taken by .
joint committee from the Public Ser.
vice League. the Ministerial Alliance
and the Christian Citizenship Union to
stop the showing OF obscene and i'm.
moral pictures. and those portraying
deeds of violence from the picture
show houses Of Denver.
The various railroads In Colorado
accept and handle shipments of freight
at an actual loss In order to build up
the community from which the ship
ment is received. was declared before
the State Railroad Commission In the
hearing in which the Colorado Con-
sumers' league seeks to secure lower
freight rates between Denver and Lit
tleton.
complete model Of the proposed
Denver postoffice In Colorado marble
will be shown the authorities In Wash.
ington as an argument In fa"or of the
use OF Colorado materials in the con-
struction Of the building. Such . mod.
el has been prepared by the Colorado
Yule Marble Company at Its works
and quarries at Marble. and is being
taken to Washington by c. F. Meek.
general manager OF the company.
T. J. Holland. state game and fish
commissioner. wants the open season
on doves abolished. He says: when
q man goes out dove hunting. with his
license in his pocket. and q quail flies
up In front of him. he blazes away at
1t and II he gets 1t he sticks 1t In his
bag. We can't go out to every hunter
we see in the field and ask him to
show us the birds he has shot. Dove
shooting Is bad thing for the quail
and the pheasants.''
Cadet Midshipman A. d. Connors Of
Colorado Springs, has resigned and
the vacancy in the naval academy
caused by his resignation will be filled
by a selection to be made by Senator
Guggenheim. who is arranging to hold
an examination for the PURPOSE. A
general examination of principals and
alternates for the academy nominated
by Senator Hughes and Representa-.
tives Taylor. Rucker and Martin will
be held at various Colorado cities
April 10th.
IL Is expected tnat WORK Oh construct
ing q large plant for the Common.
wealth Power and Electric Company.
Incorporated u year ago with capital
ization Of $2.OOO.OOO, will be begun dur
ing the coming summer and carried to
early completion. 1t is said that q by.
dro-electric plant will be built nine
miles below Kremmling. on the Moffat
road. This 10 at the entrance to the
Gore canon. which was in dispute by
the Moffat road and the Central Colo.
rado Power Company. A dam seventy
feet high and $50 feet long will be
built at this point. and 1t Is said 5000