The Ordway new era., 1913-08-16

Fred G. Hilvert arrived from Ari'
zona Saturday to join his wife. VINO
has been making her home In Ordway
some weeks, and to get things 10
readiness for cantaloupe shipping.
Oregon Champion gooseberries-
100, 900 plants for sale for fall or carly
spring delivery. Good supply OF
Wragg cherry trees. Very low prices
for immediate sale. Phone Ordway
1872. G. A. Rodell, Crowley, Colo. .-lstf
J. A. Mast and wife entertained
several friends at their home Wednes-
day evening 10 honor Of ]. r. Thomas
and wife, who leave today In their
Overland car for Spokane, WASH.
They will be accompanied by Q. r.
Osberg
Elmer Hosler reports shipping out
six crates OF the Ordway Pink Meat
cantaloupes Thursday for s. A. Ger
rard & Co. They were raised by Dav-
i'd Bontrager near Numa. This is
the first shipment of the season. as
far as we can learn.
N. j. Kaiser writes from Paola.
Kan, that he and the family are all
well, but that the weather has been
very hot and dry and the corn crop
will be almost failure. Wheat and
oats made fair crop. He enclosed
the ducats for another years SUD-
scription to the New Era.
The Goodrow- Weber Mercantile 90.
which is controlled by members Of
the firm of Leary Bros. & Co.. of this
city, has purchased the business Of its
heaviest competitor at Creede, the
Horde. Todd Mercantile company, and
have combined the two stores.
The Ordway band boys who are 10
attendance at the Knight Templar
couclave In Denver this week and who
are playing with the Arkansas Valley
band, are Fred Cook. Fred Hoffman,
Ray Cook, Paul Fountain, W. W.
Grimm, James Davis and d. Q. Petit.
The Crowley County Sunday School
association met at the Methodist
church Crowley day and wasaddressed
by Mrs. Keiter Of Rocky Ford, who
is superintendent of elementary work
in Otero county. Miss Grace Conard
Of Olney Springs was In charge of the
meeting.
A meeting will be held in the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon
at three O'Clock in the Interest Of the
Boy Scout movement. A troop will
be organized 10 Ordway IL sufficient
interest should be manifested. Faith
ers are invited to come with their
boys to this meeting.
M. NJ. Marley OF Denver was here
this week, with Ed whitney. Of Okla.
homa. buying cattle About the nrst
man he met was o. N. McNulty. whom
he knew 10 Washington. Kan. and
who cried his sale, one OF the largest
ever held in that section. just prior to
his removal from Kansas.
Rev. A. j. Finch of Denver. presi-
dent OF the Anti-Saloon league of
Colorado, delivered an address at the
union meeting In the Evangelical
church Sunday morning and also
spoke at the King Center school house
In the afternoon. Monday evening he
occupied the pulpit at the Baptist
church.
Mary Frances, the infant daughter
OF j. P. Boulding. met with painful
accident Wednesday evening which
will cause the loss OF the nail on one
of the fingers Of the right hand. In
some manner the child broke plate
when she fell on the floor and the nail
on one OF the fingers was cut com
pletely In two.
In the rush incident to our celebr
tion OF Crowley Day and trying to
push out some of the job work we had
on hand we inadvertently neglected
to mention the fact last week that
Ordwa had \ new postmaster. The
change was made Wednesday Of last
week, Alex Gray assuming the respon-
sibility OF attending to Uncle Sans
affairs locally, vice NJ. E. Bashor, re-
signed.
j. P. Bouldin and family left last
Saturday for Colorado Springs, Mani
tou and other mountain resorts for a
trip OF several days. They returned
Tuesday evening, and reported an en-
joyable outing, On the return trip
night was spent In Pueblo. The trip
was made 10 Mr.. Bouldin's Overland
car. and he reports little trouble, re-
gardless of the fact that it carried
seven passengers.