The Ordway new era., 1910-10-21
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

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Longmont was visited by an electri-
cal storm and heavy rain Friday.
Booze or no booze will be the para
mount issue at Debeque at the coming
election.
Albert A. Reed has been elected
president OF the Boulder Commercial
Association.
Mrs. Adrianna Hungerford has been
reelected president Of the Colorado
w. c. T. U.
Clara J. Nardin has been appointed
postmaster at Ironton. Ouray county,
Colorado. vice w. P. Stuart. resigned.
The negro tramp who attacked the
Crews telegraph operator on the
prairie near Fountain. was captured
and still lives.
Fifteen Denver hunters returned
from Rio Blanco county with eleven
big bucks-the best Denver record of
the season.
A movement has been started by
state and local authorities 10 improve
the roadway OF the dangerous Ute
Pass. above Manitou.
A series OF free moving picture ex.
hibitions and free concerts TOR the
now being considered.
A canning and drying plant at Cliff
ton will next season take care Of the
several hundred tons Of over-ripe fruit
which now goes to waste.
Greeley physicians claim that
rabies Is hereditary. 1t is said that
they found that dogs but a month or
two old suffer from the disease.
The Railway Signal Association con.
vention at Richmond. Va, elected C.
E. Denrey president and will mold next
years session at Colorado Springs.
The Pierce district is being sub
1ected to energetic prospecting. to
learn II the excellent grade of coal
there reaches commercial proportions.
A $4,000 suspender plant is to be at.
tached to Denver's industries. Its bust.
ness. of course. stretching over and
holding the trade Of the middle west.
Sixty cars Of cattle and sheep
shipped from Montrose in one day. es.
tablished a record at that place. But
agricultural records In Colorado don't
live long.
The Eaton ditch is increasing its
water supply by developing chain OF
reservoirs on the northern boundary
Of Colorado and by enlarging present
reservoirs.
At Boulder q committee has been
appointed to raise funds to purchase
a $25 900 site for an auto oil refinery.
The plant is to be built by the Colo.
RADIO U. s. Refinery Company.
T. c. Winbourn. q pioneer OF Fort
Lupton. has eleven acres OF pumpkins.
The crop will harvest 200 tons and
bring $500. Statistics on how many
acres Of pumpkin pies this represents
would be interesting.
Boys and girls Of Weld county have
made good money this year In raising
peanuts. In the Eaton and Ault dis
tricts they have devoted the summer
them to merchants.
Charlea Huffsmith. editor of the
Evans Courier for 20 years. has given
up his journalistic work and has been
appointed marshal OF Evans. His long.
time familiarity with the shooting
stick" will probably help some.
Rufus Clark. known in the early
days days Of Colorado's history as
Potato" Clark. Is dead. Mr.. Clark
donated so acres Of land and consid.
cradle cash 10 the Denver University
when that institution was an embryo.
He was founder Of the Clark colony
near Denver.
The mystery Of the disappearance OF
Fritz Withmuller. a rancher. from his
home in Allen park seven years ago.
was cleared up when a skeleton and
q few pieces OF clothing. found at
lonely spot at Odessa lake. near his
ranch. several days ago were brought
to Boulder and identified.
To make Greeley the best lighted
city of its size in the country is the
laudable ambition OF It's business men.
They propose to erect rows Of bronco
light posts. to be the most artistic
possible. Property owners will pro.
vide and equip the lamps. but will
ask the city to maintain them.
Robert w. Steele. chief justice OF
the Supreme Court Of Colorado. died
Wednesday evening at his home in
Denver. He was stricken with apo.
plexy three weeks ago and had been
practically unconscious ever since.
His illness came soon after his re-
nomination by the Democratic state
convention for the Supreme Court.
With the exception Of few
stretches the road between Ault and
Denver. 20 miles. is almost perfect
and 1t is believed that the expenditure
Of several thousands OF dollars on this