The Ordway new era., 1911-08-25
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Congress adjourned Tuesday.

law WA oS III 1(CuNeI
about September l.
a tne flow of artesian water has
been struck In the town we'll at Hart.
man.
1t will require 5000 cars to handle
the potato crop Of the San Luis
valley.
Mark Carnahan Of Sugar City sold
eight acres OF melons At &S5 an acre
In the field.
Watermelons and cantaloupes are
being shipped out Of Rocky Ford In
sulid trains.
President Taft will be the guest of
the Salida fair for one day during his
coming western trip.
Special trains and "Wild West"
show are to be the special attractions
at the Rocky Ford fair.
G. A. Wheeler, farmer near La
Junta, had four acres Of oats this year
that ran ia bushels to the acre.
John Howe. prominent La Juuta
grocer and a member of the city coun-
Gil, died suddenly In that city re-
Gently.
The great strike which threatened
to involve England In mob violence
has been settled through government
Intervention.
Pueblo is expecting that the Labor
day parade on Monday, September !.
will be one OF the greatest events ever
pulled or In that city.
Within few hours after serving
thirty day Jail sentence In Pueblo,
Fred Rhodes died from an overdose Of
morphine and cocaine.
That must be a dry crowd over at
Swink. Not satisfied with two sa.
looms. the people are agitattng now
for a drinking fountain.
Ground was broken at Mount Falcon.
near Morrison, yesterday on the con-
struction OF the Colorado summer
home for our presidents.
Friday, October l3. is the date set
for "Sugar day" at Sugar City. Evil
IDENTIFY the people over there don't be-
lieve In the hoodoo Of "Friday the
18TH"
The grand lodge and uniformed
rank, Knights OF Pythias, will be in
session at Canon City August 90, 30
and 81. A very large attendance is
expected.
Edward Strong has been appointed
chief OF police at Rocky Ford and
Charles Lane night marshal. Evil
IDENTIFY Sam Bluff couldn't make his
bluff stick.
1t is stated by prominent officials OF
the Southern Pacific that $500 en-
ployes will be dropped from the pay.
roll Of that company in campaign OF
retrenchment.
After forty-seven years Of service
in the treasury department, Mrs. W.
A. Leonard, a civil war widow, has re-
signed. She was an expert on cOun-
terfeit money.
A Washington dispatch says that
James Wilson, for SO many years sec.
retary Of agriculture, is to retire and
will be succeeded by DR.. Liberty II.
Railey OF New York.
Hazel B. Laugenour, l9.year-old
girl, swan the Golden Gate at
San Francisco on the 18th in l hour
and % minutes. breaking former
record by two minutes.
The Rocky Ford newspapers claim
that under the new franchise sought
by the electric light company that
town will be the best lighted in the
valley, If not in the state.
At last New Mexico and Arizona
have achieved statehood and are pre-.
sumably happy. However, President
Taft carried his point and eliminated
the judicial recall feature from the
bill.
The Grand Valley over on the west
4 ern slope, was treated to severe rain,
hail and snow storm last Sunday.
The melon and fruit crops near Cliff
ton and Grand Junction were consider
ably injured.
The La Junta papers devoted a
great deal Of space patting the Fowler
jury that convicted Bob Harris. But
just think what lot of scoundrels
there would have been had they
cleared the coon.
Edward Harris recently hauled into
Fowler load of watermelons weigh.
2,22O pounds. There were ninety mel
ons in the load, making them average
almost twenty-five pounds each.