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The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
TheObaldi Pleases

The Theubaldi concert party. the
third number on the lyceum course,
drew large and appreciative audi.
ence at the opera house "Wednesday
evening. While those OF the audi.
ence who can appreciate violin music
by such artists as TheObaldi are In
the minority, they were pleased with
the program as a whole and especially
with the piano solos. which were
above the average.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Closing Attraction

DR.. J. S. Myers will be the next and
probably the last paid attraction 10
the lyceum course for the present sea.
son. The doctor will be here Saturday
evening the ed inst, and his lectures
include "Origin aud Dignity OF Man."
The Romance OF Achievement" and
Union Labor and the Golden Rule"
with a probable choice between the
former two mum bers, as union labor is
a minus quantity in towns like Ord.
way. Reserved seats may be secured
at Edgar Bros drug store. Single
admissions, SO cents. For the ffth
number home talent entertainment
will probab bly, be arranged.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Went to open"

Sheriff Henry HumistOn Is 10 hard
luck. He returned from the peniten-
tiary at Canon City Wednesday and
the same day left for the state re-
formatory at Buena Vista. 1t may
be remarked. incidentally, however.
that the former trip was made TO take
Frank Parker, sentenced to from one
year to eighteen months, and Jose
Luchuga, who received from twenty
to thirty years for attempted assault,
to the "pen" to begin serving their
sentences. The trip to Buena Vista
was made to take Earl Watkins, a
youth of twenty-five. who received an
indeterminate sentence for house
breaking,
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Teachers Meeting

The teachers meeting which was set
originally for January 25, but which
was postponed on account OF the epi-
demic of scarlet fever and the coDse-
quent quarantine, will be held In the
high school building In Ordway on
Saturday, the 22nd inst. Professor
Williams OF Denver, who was on the
original program, will not be able to
be present, but his place will be ably
filled by Superintendent S. S. Phillips
of Rocky Ford. All teachers and
patrons OF the school are invited to
attend.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
School Notes

Bessie Steel Is a new pupil 10 the
sixth grade.
Zelma Rslston is q new pupil In
the fifth grade.
Cecil Gardner is back 10 school after
a seiRe Of sickness.
Holly Hanks Is new senior student
In the high school.
Oran and Hazel Belyeal are new
pupils 10 the seventh grade.
Charles Sypher In absent from the
fourth grade with the mumps.
Rose Herrara had her neck badly
cut from running into q wire fence.
Logan Brunton has returned from
the raoch and Is again in the third
RrNde.
sllya Rs.anteo m srssgsued from
the eighth grade.
Floyd Colgin. Mildred Rslston. Clara
Belveal and Jessie Steel are new
pupils 10 the second grade.
Wednesday the students marched
to the agricultural train to see the
exhibits. The upper grade students
seemed to enjoy IL greatly and gained
lot OF information about our state.
The new Victrola and records
bought for the school have been paid
for to the amount of sl05 by the en-
tertainment, box supper and subscrip
tions The total amount to be raised
Is AI5n
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Draws 20 to 80
Years in the Pen
Jose Luchuga Will Spend Life
time in Prison---ParkerGets
Light Dose--Other Cases

District court opened Monday mOrB-
ing at 10 O'Clock with Judge j. Il.
Rizer on the bench. The following
cases were disposed Of:
Jose Luchuga, attempted rape,
sentenced to penitentiary for from
twenty to thirty years. We were mob
in court when sentence was passed,
but understand that the judge said
that II the defendant had not been
drugged or drunk when the attempt
ed crime occurred he would have given
him life sentence. Whether this
be true or not, sentence In such cases
cannot be too severe, as this crime IN
Of a particularly revolving nature and
too drastic measures for It's suppress
sion cannot be taken. The general
impression is that Lucbuga got eS-
actly what he deserved.
Frank Parker, tried on seven counts
for forgery, received a sentence Of
from one year to eighteen months on
each count, the sentence TO be served
concurrently. This, with good time
allowance. will let Parker out in
eleven months IL his behavior at the
penitentiary is good. He may con
slider that he got of lightly.
Earl Watkins, found guilty Of at
tempted bousebreaking, was sent to
the refOrmatory at Buena Vista on
an indeter inmate sentence, owing to
the lighLness of the charge aud his
youth.
The case Of Dickey, administrator.
vs.. Hersperyer ct AL, involving mat
ters OF probate, ended In draw, each
side winning some points.
A Jury Vas empannelled 10 the case
OF Mabel Weist W. School District No
IL, Involving money claimed " be
due on contract as q school teacher.
This case vas tried once 10 Otern
county and has been 10 the courts fos
. long time. The Jury constsss Of j.
iH.1s,A:sy, SsHs.se. Essed Ceah, n
4. Olmstead. Thomas Smith and r.
H. McComb. This case was continued
to April 7 and vii, be the only jury
case TO come before the cOprt. the
other Jurors having been excused for
the term.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Recruits Wanted

Manager Tiedemann Of the Ordway
Concert band Informs the New Era
that five or six new players are want
ed, preferably 10 the way OF cOrnet
and clarinet players. At present Mr.
Tiedemann Ia carrying most "f the
'lead" In the band and help in this
department IL needed. Also IL is
thought that the addition OF couple
Of clarinets and a piccolo would great.
ly aid the band. Anynne desiring to
join should see the manager at the
regular Wednesday evening meetings
10 the town hall.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Election at Olney

Politics in Olney Springs are warming
up for the coming town election and
a second ticket will be In the field by
the time this appears In print and the
fight will be on. A convention was
called for last Friday night and the
following named for the Citizens tick
ct: Mayor, DR.. +. E. McKeeby: trus.
tee for one year, H. NJ. Reiff; trus-
tees for two years, Harry Millhouse.
Henry Roth aud William Jewell. All
of the above are now serving and the
only change made is that Of Dominat-
ing DR.. McKeeby for mayor to succeed
H. NJ. Reif aud placing Mr.. Reiff on
the board.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Comparative Figures

Last week the New Era celebrated
the beginning of Volume XII by not
ouly donning new head, but also by
having an unusually large amount Of
news matter, the advertising, how
ever, being rather below the normal, as
this 10 the beginning Of what Is known
a. the printing office dull season."
a few comparative figures Of the num-
her Of news items and amount Of ad-
vertising carried by the three news
papers Of Crowley county might not
be amiss, Is while last weeks news in
the columns of the New Era was rath
|er larger than usual it was not so far
above the normal. The following ia
the com parison:
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
Another Trade

f. NJ. Sypher and A. Sonneland
have been trading this week, the
former transferring his fruit farm
near Canon City to the latter for the
modern six-room house just west OF
the school house. Mr.. Sypher is now
In possession OF a good piece OF prop
erty and we will be glad to welcome
him as a resident of Ordway any
time he decides to vacate his farm
northwest OF town.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14

Fred Hoffman OF the Little Har-
ness Factory" this week flooded the
town with some unique advertising
consisting OF cards bearing on one
side the words why One Man Quit
Buying Hoffman's Harness" and on
the reverse the statement HE Died. !"
They attracted great deal Of atten-
tion and created much amusement.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14

N. A. Ferlen has just received a
picture postal from J. d. Cochran,
who last year had charge Of the com
mercial department OF the Ordway
high school. Mr.. Cochran ia at present
principal OF the schools at MattisOn,
Colo. In Ebert county, and seems to
be '.holding his own"
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14

All Of the above is exclusive Of any
office" advertising.
If any doubt has hitherto existed in
your mind - to which 10 THE news
paper Of Crowley county, We ask you
to analyss the figures given above and
you will recognise that the New Era is
the leader BY . large margin.
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14

DR.. E. o. McCleary, health officer
OF the county and city, is con-
fined to his home with an attack
OF mumps. Which reminds us Of the
old saying, physician, heal thyself." !"
The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Bornschein of Pueblo. Monday morn.
ing, a daughter. All doing nicely.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

counties west OF the Blue Ridge with
only minor production from the
counties in the crystalline area. The
same is true for the production Of
hematitc which now stands next in
Importance to brown hematite. De-
posits of magnetic are widely distrib-
uted through the crystalline area,
which form important reserves OF iron
ore. but the production OF magnetic
In the State has been very small and
of minor Importance.
The average price per long ton of
the different varieties OF iron ore pro-
duced In Virginia during 1910 follows:
Brown hcmatlte, SPOT: red hematite.
Sl.T4, and magnetic, Sl.5o. These
prices represent the value OF the ore
at the mouth OF the mine. and are
taken directly from the replies OF the
producers.
The production of pig iron In Viz
ginia during the year 1909 amounted
to 391,lS4 long tons. valued at $3.50,
600. as compared with 32o45S long
tons. valued at $4.5IS,000 in 1905. an
increase in quantity OF 1866 long
tons, or .o5 per cent. and in value OF
$4,000, or 21.21 per cent. The 1910
production of pig iron in Virginia
amounted TO 444.976 long tons. valued
at S6.150.000. an increase over the pro-
duction OF the preceding year of So
s42 long tons in quantity, and $500. 200
in value"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16
v|RG|N|A|RONORE,
EXTENT AND VALUE

continued From first Page
Failing Creek about seven miles south
OF Richmond. between the years 1919
and lG22 The works We're destroyed
IN the Indian massacre of 1922 before
they had been operated The build
ing of the Germana Gappahannock)
furnace about l7l4, by Governor Spots
wood. in Spotsylvania County. married
the INST successful iron industry in
the South. By 1871, total OF ten
furnaces had been built. seven of
which We're located in the Piedmont
region 1.-TWO in Spotsylvania County.
one each in Albemarle and Stafford
Counties, and three south of the James
RiyeiD, and three in the Appalachian
region 'two IN Wy1hc' County and one
in Frederick County,. At the close Of
the Year 1908 there was a total of
twcntN-siX blast furnaces in the State
only ten Of which were in blast. be-
cause of the prevailing depressed con-
diuons in the money market through
out the country
Iron Ore of To-Day.
Tie present commercial deposits Of
iron ore in Virginia are confined to
The Piedmont and Appalachian regions
Inc IRON ores of the Piedmont region
occur III mctamorphiC crystalline rocks
OF unknown age, probably pre- Cam
brian IN large part; those OF the Appa-
iachian region occur in sedimcntary
rocks Of Paleoaoic age. or the resi-
dual material derived from them
The iron minerals used as ores of
The metal in tho State are. chemically,
oxides, Of which there are three i'm
portant types, linonite drown hema :
ttte) nernatite and magnetic. OF these.
the brown lematite has been and is
the principal source of the metal
''Thc iron ores of Virginia may be
classified as follows:
piedmont Region
]. ilenat!te, Specular hematitc as
sociatcd with magnetic IN the James
River VALLEY.
.. Brown ore. Gossan ore formin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

According TO the Sandy Valley News.
the prospects for an active year in
the building line in the little town OF
Grundy arc very hattetng. The News
says.
Appearances now are that In addi-
ton 10 the completion OF the $4,000
high school building. new $1,000
stone National Bank building and 4
large number of fine houses are in
prospect and it looks as II contractors
doing this class OF work VIII have
their hands full throughout the year"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

song. but must depend upon the will
ingness of all to put their shoulders
to the wheel OF progress and move for
ward. instead of laying back and allow
Ing othec cities TO advance to an i'm
portance that should be held by Fred
ericksburg."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16
INDUSTRIAL BITS
ALL OVER STATE
Continued From First Page)

NCohtInucd FrOln First Page)
zion that Will encrgetically labor for
the advancement OF the material inter
ests Of this community.
The call for a meeting OF the sub
scribcrs to this more than $4,000 fund
is made for February 20, and then
united and concerted action Will be
had upon all of the matters involving
the organization and future work or
the body"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

The Coleburn Journal says: From all
over the country comes reports OF new
bond issues for new pike roads Taze-
well. Russell and Wise each have new
roads under construction. Richmond
and Gladcsvillc district each have only
recently voted big bond issues and
will start on new work early in the
spring.
Our district should follow suit and
call an early election for another bond
issue; we cannot afford to let our road
work stop where 1t Is.
our citizens are all In favor of a
new bond Issue. and there is no ques-
tion but that bond issue would carry
hero. No fair-lninded man who has
the interest of his community at heart
would oppose a bond Issue: especially
when our new roads are so near COM
pleted.
Here is how the Fredericksburg
journal. which has a mighty plain way
OF talking to It's own people. puts 1t:
West Point this state. is being
doomed by it's citizens. who are united
and pulling together to make their
little town progressive city Why
cannot this Same united. hustling, pro-
gressivc spirit he cultivated by the
people of this city?
fredericksburg Is centrally located,
has superior transportation facilities,
either by river or by railroad. and by
rights ought to be one Of the largest
and most influential cities in the State,
and 1t can BIO, IL Its citizens will throw
away all petty differences and work
together.
Nothing can be accomplished in
building up place by one or two per-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

thelr hanuS lull throughout the year.
II believe that this port has tho
brightest future before 1t OF any one in
the world and l think that there may
be built here one OF earth's greatest
cities" was said the other day by
transportation man who went to Nor
folk some years ago. has made mis-
home there and means to remain.
lie said. and. as has been intimated,
he has no interest whatever to serve,
that whatever builds Norfolk also
builds Portsmouth and Newport News.
and indeed the whole region around
Hampton Roads, and therefore the en-
tire community about that great body
OF water should be pulling altogether
and with all their might and main.
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch, to
which paper the above was said, COM
ments as follows:
1T seems that this view OF a man
who asks nothing but merely to serve
among those who have faith and are
working toward the building OF the
great metropolis here which they be-
lievc may be brought Into being Is
worth careful thought upon every side
OF the waters here.
"The view OF those who have como
to this section within recent years.
which Is not perhaps the same as that
held by older residents, seems worth
considering, since 1t Is dispassionate
and probably is the view which will
be taken by the thousands OF others
who are settling here"
The poultry business Is Evidently
nourishing in Westmoreland County.
The IIogue correspondent of the Fred
ericksburg Free Lance writes:
1.-The egg and chicken industry, IL
seems to me, Is something for women
to cackle and men to crow over here.
day or two since ] CHANGED to meet
Sood woman at whose house I was
visiting returning to the house with
her evenings gathering Of eggs. "How
many?" asked, and her answer was
.'Only five dozen and three" She added.
with a smile of satisfec tion, land
sell twelve pounds of butter week
I felt encouraged to eat ut her table
all the egg, bread and butter wanted"
That the white way system of light
ing will be installed In the business
district of Bristol. Va, Is now assured.
and 1t is probable that the system VIII
in due time be extended to the bust
ness district of Bristol, Tenn. The Bris-
toll Herald-Courier claims that Bristol
will then be the best lighted city OF
Its size in the country.
Front Royal Is setting Its pins for n
| big cannery, which will probably BIO
built in time to get to work on this
years crop OF tomatoes and other can
able products of tho rich section or
which Front Royal Is the centre.
The public highways In tho Scots
VILE district are said to be tho best
roads in Albemarlc County. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

Floyd -Grayson Counties, traceable for
distance of eighteen miles, is the
most extensive one of the Eossan leads
1t is quite variable in width, ranging
from Few feet up to more than $50
feet. The Eossan consist of light
brown or yellow limonite. which ex-
tends TO n depth of from ten TO sixty
rect, and has been mined in many
places.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

Front Royal Is setting its pins for n
big cannery, which. will probably BIO
built in time to get to work on this
years crop OF tomatoes and other can
able products of tho rich section OF
which Front Royal Is the centre.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

The public highways In tho Scots
willie district are said to be tho best
roads In Albemarle County.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-11
Constipation and Catarrh

llieye me? Well. whether you would be-
lieve me or not it is the truth.
For many years 1 have been wrest-
/ ling with the problem OF furnishing
the public an internal catarrh remedy.
! Peruna has been the remedy that I
have devised and it has certainly re-
lieved many thousand people, yes hun
dreds Of thousands Of people, Of chronic
catarrh.
Constipation was my chief difficulty
in treating these cases. I often felt
that it would be better II a laxative
element were added to Peruna- feared
to do so, however, first because of
the number of catarrhal patients who
needed no laxative. and second I was
afraid OF making such a radical change
in a remedy that was already doing
so well. Thus 1t was that continued
to prescribe with the Peruna a bottle
of Manalin to those who needed a lax
ative At last, under circumstances
explained in my booklet, I was con-
strained to add the laxative element to
Peruna. This constitutes what is now
known as the revised Peruna-
Now those who take Peruna will |
first, find themselves promptly relieved /
OF their constipation. Second, the
catarrh will gradually disappear. And
once the catarrh is cured the consti-
patton leaves permanently. Then II
you follow the advice given in my
book. you viii never have to take pills
any more. Cathartics and laxatives
you can ignore. You will be perma-
nently relieved of both your catarrh
and the constipation. p ER u N A is
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES
SPECIAL NOTICE Many persons
are making inquiries for the old
time Peruna. To such would say,
this formula is now put out under the
by KA-TAR-NO Company, Columbus,
Ohio. Write them and they will be
pleased to send you free booklet =
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-11
CUT LEVEE TO
SAVE A TOWN
ShaWn9GtOWn, Ill, Decides TO
Dynamite the Dixie
CAIRO IN DESPERATE WAY
Refugees Are Leaving the City, While
Hundreds Of Others Are Working to
Strengthen LeVees.

The ieyee at Shawneetown, on tn,
Ohio river, De.ow Cairo. ILL.,, has beeI
ordered cut 10 save lie and property
and it has been decided TO dynamite
the leyee below the town. This vii
lessen the wa,er pressure.
The levee was holding well, but il
was feared the water would go over
it and submerge Cairo. Blood condi-
tions at Cairo along the Ohio river
levee are declared by the oldest citi
zens to be the most desperate in theil
time.
While the Big Four levees in the
drainage district are still holding in
tact, the water has climbed up over
the railroad tracks and it was be
lieved that it was only a question oil
a few hours until the emBankment|
would go. The gauge was $50. The
executive committee considered fur
ther preventive measures at the Big
Four weak spot useless aRd abandon
ed that district to its fate.
The Greenfield levee on the Mis-
souri, side OF the river, a small affair, !
is reported to have gone out The
levee in trent of Reelfoot lake slough, |
below Hickman, KY, is being re
enforced with rock. break there, ii
is said, would mean the flooding of
about fourteen counties.
The reports of the weather bureau
at Cairo OF the up-riyer and tributary
conditions were enough to cause lur-
ther alarm. No reports came OF reced-
ing waters as far away as Cincin.
natl.
Business men acted as switchmen,
loaded baggage, unloaded sand, clay
and lumber, while clerks and other
office employees handled shevels.
Refugees continued to leave Cairo
all night and crowds are SUN waiting
at the depo,s to get out Women ana
children are being sent away ON every
rain. About nall the population has
elt the city. There is "a large fleet OF
river steamers al Cairo.
The leyee at Columbus, Ky, wen
)ut and the city was covered with
rom five to ten feet OF water With
~ SNNOP'loH VI 9eNtidt ldLhLlleS, WIZ
ire marooned in the second floors 0 s
heir homes the entire population OF I
Columbus, about 1000, reached the
ills abotu the city in safety a
Shacks are being built on the hills S
bout Paducah, Ky. Provisions are be g
ng assembled and arrangements made c
o charge the reservoirs with three c
ays' water supply in anticipation 0 r
he tifty-siX-iOot flood stage predicted o
Or Paducah, which would put the en-
re city under from one to five lee r
water. r
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-11
Aliens Die In Electric Chair.

! ENNHS ClG III ElGGAFlG CudlIs
Floyd Allen and his son, Claude S
Allen, were put to death in the elec
trio chair in the state penitentiary in
Richmond, Va, for their part in the
Hillsyille court house murders. Other
members Of the notorious gang are
serving long sentences in the same
prison.
The Aliens we're put to death, after
a dramatic eleventh hour attempt to
save them had been thwarted by Gov
ernOr Mann's unexpected return to the
capitol, thus preventing Leutenan;
Governor Ellison from acting upon a
request for a respite OF commutation
of sentence.
The old mountaineer, once the ter
rOr of a whole section of the Blue
Ridge, and his strapping young son
died within ten minutes of one an
other
Father and son, occupying separate
cells heard the death warrants read.
Tears were in Floyd Aliens eyes as
he looked upon his boy. There was a
pathetic farewell as the old noun
taineer, bent and feeble, was led away.
Two minutes after he entered the
death chamber the signal was given
and the current was turned on.
When the prison surgeon announced
that Floyd Allen was dead the body
was hastily removed and the guards |
went bacG tor Claude Floyd Allel |
was mut,ering prayer as he was
placed in the chair Claude showed no
trace of emotion. Rev. George w. Nc
Daniel. spiritual adviser to the Aliens,
had to be lifted into his car as he left
the prison.