The Ordway new era., 1910-09-30
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
state Worth Telling.


planning to raise an immense amount
acres planted.
Bentley Yeck, aged l6. employed on
the c. B. Pierce farm. northeast OF
Ault, was killed instantly by lightning
during Wednesdays storm.
At Colorado Springs Stanley Davis.
aged 16, was thrown from his wheel
Friday night. sustaining possibly IA
tai concussion of the brain.
B. Miller shot full grown wild cat
Friday while hunting on the Platte
river about twenty miles east Of Gree
ley. 1t measured nearly five feet In
length.
1t ia now estimated that the early
August frost. which was thought to
have cut down the Greeley potato crop
35 per cent. really damaged 1t over so
per cent.
Pueblo. Sept. 24.-Today marks the
closing Of the Colorado State Fair for
1910, and 1t has been a record-breaker
both in point Of attendance and the ex-
cellence of the exhibits.
Major C. C. Townsend of the nation
al guard OF Greeley has been appoint
ed representative from Colorado to the
National Military congress in st.
Louis. October 3. continuing three
days.
Forty.six cars Of cattle were sent
out OF Steamboat Springs Friday for
the Denver market. From July Is to
Sept. 30. over 600 cars Of cattle, sheep
and horses will have been shipped east
from there.
Greeley has more children in por
portion to its size than any other
town in the country. consequently the
Chicago original makers Of collapsi
BILE go-carts, may establish branch
factory there.
Risking her own life to save that Of
her daughter. Mrs. A. L. Smith OF
Greeley sucked the poison from the
heel OF the girl. who had been bitten
by rattlesnake. and she Is fast re-
covering.
The President has withdrawn all
public lands formerly In township l
north. ranges IS to 80 west. and town
ship s north, range IS west. aggregat-
ing 69.055 acres. in the Glenwood
Springs district.
James Collins was finde $50 and
costs at Greeley for bootlegging.
Thomas Gervais. one Of the alleged
rioters at Frederick. was bound over
to the County Court and his bond
fixed to the amount OF $1,000.
The Weld County Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will hold It's exhi.
bition In Greeley Dec. II. Is. 16 and
II. c. II. Rhoades OF Topeka. Kan.
will be the judge. The association
which was organized recently has al.
ready 100 members.
Mrs. S. Stolley and her two child
rem OF Denver were internally injured
Wednesday when q c. & E. railroad
train. east-bound. was wrecked near
Conant, nine miles west Of Lima. o.
killing an aged woman and injuring
twenty-five people.
Owing to a legal technicality the
vote on the $1,000 bond issue for the
Kersey school district. scheduled for
Saturday. was postponed five weeks.
An error in publication made the
change necessary. A recent change In
the law makes five publications nee.
essary instead Of four.
At Greeley impressive ceremonies
marked the corner stone laying OF the
Industrial Arts building at the State
Normal school donated by Simon Gug-
genheim. The grand lodge OF Ma
sons had charge. and feature of the
afternoon was an address by Governor
Shafroth. The building cost $4,000.
The old Chinese laundry In Colorado
City that is fictitiously pointed out to
tourists as the first capitol of Colo |
RADIO. was raided by United States Of
ficers Friday night and an opium lay
out seized. A kettle for cooking opium.
a quart Jar OF some kind OF drug and |
two boxes OF ''yen she" were seized.
as was $3.50 In money found secreted
In the place.
State Engineer Charles ". Com.
stock Friday ordered the Denver Su. |
bdrban Homes and Water Company to |
release the water impounded IN the |
Castlewood reservoir during the storm
OF two weeks ago. BY this order the |
farmers along the Platte will get this |
water for irrigation. Complaint was
made by the farmers that the water
was needed in order to save their
crops.
Friday. with L. s. Stimson. the Cam |
field Development Company formed an
irrigation district south OF the Platte
river near Julesburg and in the vicin.
ity of Sedgwick. 1t is proposed to
reclaim 10000 acres at cost of $780,
900. There will be nine reservoirs |
and the source of supply will be the |
flood waters of the Platte river. Work |
will be started within three weeks af. |