The Ordway new era., 1911-09-08
FROM THE PRESS
Bits of News from Some of
Our Exchanges and a
Little Comment

cumference OF 81 inches. And the
next day the whole Office force was
under charge of the doctor.
DR.. I. M. Watts, the Fowler veter-
marian, has moved to Longmont.
We've all heard OF the old woman
who lived in a shoe and had SO many
children she didn't know what to do,
but Fowler has one business room
which shelters no less than seven firms.
Nothing like being neighborly.
II. Wentz and family of Fowler re.
Gently returned from their summer
outing, having travelled 74S miles In a
wagon. They report that large
number OF people take their summer
trips this way.
The law for inspecting apiaries Of
the state is now in force. Those inter.
ested should communicate with Wes-
ley Foster of Boulder.
A large ditch digging machine has
arrived 10 Fowler and work has been
begun on the sewer system there.
The safe OF the English Lumber
company at Rocky Ford was burglar
lied recently and the thieves secured
about 500.
The conscience" fund OF the Uni
ted States treasury, which received
its first contribution just half CEN
tury ago, now amounts to half a mil
lion dollars.
The tomato crop around Rocky Ford
is so far below the average that 1t is
doubtful whether the canning factory
there will be operated this season.
Blight is given as the cause Of failure.
The principal occupation OF the
Rocky Ford Gazette man these days
is writing Acknowledgements OF the re-
ceipt OF large and presumably luscious
watermelons and cantaloupes. Lucky
dog!
| Marshal Strong, the new officer
at Rocky Ford, recently captured
two gunny sacks full OF beer In an un.
occupied house. As he was a Strong
man, lie got away with the swag with
out damage.
| Vice President Kruttchmitt Of
the Soutcrn Pacific having rejected
the demands OF the Federation of
Shop Employees, it is likely that ., ,0o0
members OF the organization employed
on that line will be called out on
strike.
Sugar is retailing at 10 cents per
pound In Denver. the highest price
for years.
Col. John Jacob Astor Of New York.
who is to marry Miss Madeline Force
after violent opposition on the part
OF his family and endless talk in the
newspapers, will settle 5000, 900 on
his new wife.
Plans for the Utah extention OF the
Moffatt road are well under way.
The Uintah road, near Grand Junction,
will be part OF the line.
John Leavy, a Greeley pioneer and
the first man to respond to Horace
Grceley's appeal for colonists is dead
at his home In that city at the age Of
80 years.
Miss Nellie D. ONO OF Chicago re-
Gently sneeZed for ninety consecutive
minutes. She probably attempted TO
pronounce her own name.
An alligator farm is to be cstab-
lishcd at Minnequa park in Pueblo,
That will be one place at least in the
smoky city where the inhabitants
will smile.
Confessing himself unable to sup
press the Black Hand outragcs. the
sheriff OF Pueblo county has Invoked
the aid Of the United States authuri-
ties.
| The Denver post asserts that Scna-
tor Jack Crowley has got" religion.
Up in this neck of the woods we are
mostly from Missouri.
Bob Harris is reported to have COM
pletely collapsed since being taken to
the pen and constant guard is being
maintained over him. Joe Harris,
his father, is now serving time there.
A socialist organization with fifty
charter embers has been formed in
Rocky Ford.
During recent rainstOrm at Grip
pie Creek thousands OF fish fell from
the clouds. They are supposed to
have been sucked up in a water spout
in the Pacific ocean and carried thou
sands of miles inland. They belonged
to the alescO family and were still
alive when they fell to earth.
| The Wiley Journal says that town