The Ordway new era., 1911-04-14
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

FuepIo ID $S,VV0.
Greeley potatoes have advanced to
$3.50 per 100 pounds.
John Arms. aged 80. is the Oldest
citizen in Weld county.
David Koontz. a Colorado pioneer.
died at Ault recently.
A branch OF the Boy Scouts has been
organized at Fort Collins.
Some smudging has been done In the
Grand Junction fruit belt.
Georgetown was the only town In
the state that held an election Mon.
day.
| A resort In Telluride known as the
Big Swede" has been destroyed by
fire.
| George Shafroth, aged 49, son OF
Gov. Shafroth. died at his home In
Denver.
| The annual state convention Of the
Ladies OF the Maccabees was held In
Denver.
All Rio Grande engineers are to get
raise OF wages amounting to nine
per cent.
| uC A1uJoiily VI "no ASe
sheep the past winter lost 90 cents to
s1.0O head.
| Contracts for 1900 acres Of beets
have been signed for the Fort Collins
sugar factory.
| The twenty-third annual meeting OF
the Pueblo Presbytery was held In
Colorado Springs.
The Teller Indian institute will be
permanently closed by the govern.
ment on July LIST.
| In payment OF its first half Of taxes
In Weld county for 1910 the Union
Pacific has rendered 21.397.16.
A petition for an irrigation district
has been presented to the county com.
missioners by Loveland men.
| Railroads entering Pueblo have
agreed to reduce fares during the avia-
ton meet April 10th. 18th and 18th.
| Large and enthusiastic crowds at
tended the Religious Educational As
sociation's annual conference In Gree
ley.
Boulder wants to be included in the
list Of Colorado common points to
which tourist tickets may be sold from
the East
Pierce wants to form n union High
School to be composed OF the Pierce.
Collins. Olive Branch and Harrison
districts.
The government Is asking for bids
for carrying the mail between Cortez
and Moqui, the bids calling for two
trips week.
While riding to X. II. fuckers sheep
ranch. about three miles from Glen.
wood Springs. Lee Elrod was shot at
by an unidentified person.
Paris green is being shipped into
| northern Colorado by the carload In
the anticipation Of the big matches OF
grasshoppers this spring.
The northern Colorado interscholas-
tic track meet will again be held in
| Greeley this year. The date decided
upon for the meet is April 29th.
Postoffice receipts for the year end.
ing March 31st show a gain OF nearly
| $1,000 over the receipts for any pre-
vious year. the total being $35.929.l1.
Nearly 1000 people have applied at
Mayor Speer's office In Denver for
tickets emitting them to share in
trees which the city will distribute
free April 18th.
The Grey Nuns Canadian order OF
the Catholic church Is considering
Colorado Springs for the erection OF
sanatorium which will be built in Colo.
rado or New Mexico.
Chief Postoffice Inspector w. E.
Cochran received notice at Denver
that the postoffice at Crestone, In
Saguache county, was destroyed by
fire. The postmaster wired that he
saved all the mail and stamps.
C. T. Brownfield, one of the best
known horsemen in the West. heads
the large delegation of turfites who
are coming to Denver. following the
close of the winter racing season at
Jacksonville and Juarez
Civil Service examinations for &C.
counting clerks will be May 10 and IL.
Positions with salaries ranging from
1920 to $4,000 year will be filled
from applicants passing these exami-
rations.
For the purpose of advertising the
agricultural resources Of Erie and vi
cinity an effort will be made to Sc
cure portion of the $5.7OO fund set
aside by the county commissioners for
advertising the resources of Weld
county.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany has placed an order for $4,000
tons of steel rails with the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company, and the entire
tonnage will be turned out at the Min
nequa works of the company in
pualjo