The Ordway new era., 1910-03-04
COLORADO news


sity.
The First National Bank OF Mancos.
Colo. has been authorized to begin
business with $4,000 capital. Oscar
5. Crenshaw is president and Gilbert
+. Cline. cashier.
The doub, track between Pueblo
and Wals"nburg. which the Rio
Grande and Santa Fe lines will unit.
in building. will nec.ssl,ate the eX-
pcnditure OF $5.0oo.O0o.
With marke, prices of mu, on at the
highest noich since tn" civil war.
farmers of northern Colorado who ur"
feeding sheep will reap good profits
on mutton to go to market soon.
James +. Burns eAp.cls to adNertis"
for bids for his s2"".0"u thcater at
Colorado Springs within the neat ,hir-
~ days. contracts for the building
will be let about April let, according
TO present plans.
Vice President A. D. Parker OF the
Colorado & southern railroad has de.
MED a rtmor that the company would
clectrify its line between Denver and
Morrison. which II began TO broad
gauge las' fall
For using profanc language in the
presence OF his little son. Il Colorado
Springs man was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail. However.
the sentence WAS suspended during
good beha ior-
The bodies OF p. IL. Fields and
speaker Moasly. negroes, were re-
covered from the Primero mines few
days ago. The bodies OF siXty-cight
Of the scvrnry-six miners killed Jan
uary 3lsi have been recovered.
At meeting Of the Rifle Chamber
OF Commerce. Fred Munro. .Ioc IuAcn
and W. H. Haley. cashier of the FIRST
National Bank. were appointed a com
mittee to prepare for the building Of
! a large auditorium on the site recently
purchased by the city for a park.
The Denver board Of park commits
sioners has raised the wages OF its EN-
ployes All day laborers who have pre-
viously received 81. will now get $2.25.
I Those r-c"i\ ing salaries OF $50
month will r-c"iv" $50. and those re
v-ivine So will get $75. No employ.
/ receiving over $50 month received
an incrra~' in salary
Maps ha," been filed AT Aspen for
tn. rescI,oir site OF tn. Colorado
Power Company. on tn" Roaring Fork.
by larr! House of Pueblo. II will be
3h0 feet de. 10" feet long. will back
up III. water for thr', quarters of
milo, and contain 3I.un"u"" cubic feet
Of water which will be- used for power
, and i,'rigHing The total cost will be
$50. 100.
rh, Holly Sugar Company has Sc.
. cured 1000 acres of chOi"" sugar beet
land four miles from Holly. and
hOlN. are being elected. Steam plnwS
are al work and :. larg" raSulin" IN
gin" has been ordered T.. / Crooks.
tormrIII AN expert with tn" Great
West" Sugar Company. will b" >u
pcrini, nd"ni and will plant the tract
to s,Ig.r beeis.
The. budget proposed hy Vice pr"si-
dent 4 ID. Parker OF tn" Colorado d
southern to the directors of that road
! at III. annual meeting at New York.
ralrns for the Exp, ndiIui'' of s2.nov."""
9 foi new equipment and about s;."r".,
UuO iuI Improvements !" ira, and
4 equipment now in use. MAS approved
. b, IA" board. ana 'h' money will he
utlil"d in the perfection OF the sys
tom IN Colorado.
, On" Of the nld"s, and most promi.
n.ni Boulder pioneers. SylNanuS ludd,
! died ~ his home in boulder. February
( I'D. aged srvcnty-it,". "" came To
/ tolorddo In The earl! COS. locating Il
quarter section of government land on
} Lcr iIand crork in III" mount aims.
In the tall of 1At2 hr Enlisted in com.
pany R Third Colorado volunteers.
and ,"rv"d ihrnughou, tn" war. II"
served a term in the legislature from
Boulder county.
The larger part of the estate OF tn"
! late G"org. W. Clayton has been
turned over to tn" city OF Denver by
/ formrr Judge Moses I!;llrtt. executor.
3 The state Is valued ~ over II million
dollars and the city officials received
$3sN. .u,"I in bonds. SSU.U"O in notes So.
/ currH by first mortgage. together
with deeds TO much valuable real cs.
| iat. I'h" estate is to be held in trust
! by til, ''iIy for the uses Of the Clayton
rol-r. for orphan whit" children.
Ac,nrdinK to II condensed abstract
OF IN reports OF 10; stat" banks,
| thiriN even private banks. fifteen
! 'ru~' companies and min" say ing
! hauk n Colorado. complied by STATE
! !Inh commissioner Emil W. Pf"iI"r.
| Inrr VAS an incr"aS" OiSN.'ll. ."'l III
| r"sr..','S at III" clos" of business Jan
! H. %. over what VAS held by +"
( ballk ~ The stat" Fob =, l!o!. Th'r"
/ w,I, W"nty-fOur new banks "Stah
lish,a between those mo dai' 'S. and