The Ordway new era., 1910-06-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

throughout the state.
Work has started on the new two
story brick hotel at Brandon.
Arthur r. Bliesner has been appoint
ed postmaster at Verde. Pueblo county.
Rocky Ford Elks expect to take
steps soon toward providing lodge
home.
The town opening at Brandon last
week is reported to have been a great
success.
a local branch of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor is being formed at
Sterling.
A fine flow Of water has been struck
in the test artesian well being sunk In
Grand Junction.
Former residents OF Illinois living at
and near Fort Collins will hold pic
mic August 25th.
Trinidad Episcopalians will endeav-
or to raise $4,000 to build a new
church edifice.
A ministerial association has been
organized among the gentlemen OF the
cloth In La Veta.
Horse. motorcycle and foot races
celebration at Stonington.
President Slocum of Colorado Col
lcge accompanied by Mrs. Slocum has
| departed for trip to Europe.
John Dieckman has been engaged to
| carry the mail between WestCliffe and
Rosita for the next four years.
DIR. L. E. Hastings Of Golden. a pio-
nd nf
died at the age of seventy-four.
Columbine lake. Grand county, will
be improved by Denver club for
headquarters for sportsmen while
hunting In that vicinity.
Six cowboys from Nebraska are on
their way to North Park to roundup a
large number OF wild horses which
| range In that section.
The Denver. Laramie & Northwest
| ern road has placed an order with an
eastern factory for 1S4 freight cars.
which will cost $l13.6Gl.
Report has it that Longmont will
have union depot. which will be
used by the Colorado & Southern. Bur
lington and Great Western.
A business house at Eagle has Of
fcred prizes aggrigating SIT for the
trout fanatics who can land seven.
FOUNDER. or a slx-pounder. or a five
FOUNDER.
All the stock In the new canning
factory at Fountain has been sub.
| scribed, and when the buildings are
erected they will contemplate a capa.
city OF 100000 per year.
The big Baptist meeting OF this year
will be held at Cascade canon from
July 22d to August 1st. More than n
thousand delegates are expected to ut.
tend.
Fort Collins papers say that 1t is
now only 4 question OF short time
until work will be begun on the scenic
highway from Fort Collins to Estes
Park.
Frank NJ. Brown and his five-year.
old son have brought suit against the
Denver City Tramway Company for
$4,000 for the little boys loss OF leg
when q street car struck him last Feb.
ruory.
Evarts Tracy. architect OF the new
Denver postoffice. says that. after hav.
ing visited the famous marble quarries
OF Italy. Colorado marble quarries have
no superior in the world for capacity.
quantity and quality.
Austin Downey OF Fort Collins. a
graduate OF the Agricultural College,
and lately an engineer OF the reclama
ton service. was drowned at Cody.
Wyoming, when a steam launch on the
big Shoshone reservoir capsized Thurs
day night.
Ino Chavara, q Mexican. was found
near the tramway track in Arvada Fri
day with his throat cut. having been
thrre all night. He was nearly dead
from loss Of blood. but was taken to
hospital in Denver. He refused to give
the name Of his assailants.
The contract for the new white mar.
bic postoffice in Denver calls for the
work to be done in twenty-five months
and the contractors will use every ef.
for to complete 1t in that time. The
marble company will begin delivering
the huge white slabs in September.
ON the property of the Santa Ger.
trudis Mine. Ltd. at Ouray. will be
erected q new and thoroughly modern
mill. capable of treating 100000 tons
of ore a year. The property was pur-
cha sed some months ago by the Camp
Bird company, and 1t is estimated that
Its ore reserves approximate aroun1
IS. 100000 or 36.0OO.OO0.
When a strange man entered the
hom estead cabin of Miss Pearl Rowe.
near Pierce, Thursday night. took what
valuables he could find and made ad.
vances toward the girl herself she
rea he'd for her rifle and let him have
one that put him in the hospital At
Greeley. His wound is serious. His
name Is given as Joe Slater. and he is
said to be from Idaho.
Dr. Lamb, state veterinarian. went
to Grand Junction to investigate the