The Ordway new era., 1913-03-21
Short Stories Of
People We Know

William r. Crowder was In town
Tuesday on business.
Paul Rohl has been sick with tonsil-
ills for the past ten days.
J. NJ. Smith was transacting busi-
ness 10 Pueblo Saturday.
DR.. James s. Myers will lecture at
the opera house tomorrow evening.
George Gallavan went to Denver
Tuesday with shipment of lorkers.
VIII Erwin has been On the sick list
again this week with another light
attack of appendicitis.
Mrs. Della Graves returned last
week from Homer, ILL.,, where she has
been visiting several months.
Miss Doris Greene was down from
Pueblo to spend Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. E. F. Greene.
Rev. P. G. NufYer left Tuesday for
Leonardville, Kan, to attend con-
ference. He expects to be absent
two weeks.
Tuesday william M. Middah proved
up Cd his claim north Of town, his
witnesses being J. J. GIvens and Al
Houston. All the parties are from
Arlington.
Monday was st. Patrick's day and
the descendants OF the Irish kings
and others of the little isle across the
sea loyalty sported the green in honor
Of the event.
Mrs. Tom Gallavan, who Is to be
hostess Of the Thursday Afternoon
club. on the afternoon Of the 9th
inst. desires the members OF the club
% meet With her promptly At 2:3O II
possible.
Next Sunday Is EasterNn We sup
pose all those new bOnnets and suits.
both masculine and feminine. will be
on dress parade There will probably
be good deal more neck craning than
piety 1t the morning services at the
churches.
Work on the Msnsanola depot Of
the Santa Fe road has been resumed
since the retuvh aof mild weather.
Construction Of the Ordway depot Of
the Missouri Pacific will begin
promptly with the dawn Of the year
A. D. 23i3.
There was nearly riot last Monday
when local print shop got ont some
bills on yellow paper for the, st. Pat.
rick's day performance At the Princess
,theater. The real Irish don't take
kindly TO yellow journalism. yellow
sunsets or any thing else Of . saffron
hue on that day.
Senator Harry Casaday was here the
first Of the week and went over tu
Rocky Ford Tuesday evening with the
Thomas-J ohnson party 10 the formers
auto 70 take Santa Fe train for the
east. He will transact business In
Chicago and other cities before re-
turning to his home 10 Boulder.
J. II. Leary Jr., manager OF Leary
Bros. & Co, returned Wednesday from
Denver. where he has been in hos
pital for the past two weeks "r more
- result of an operation for appen-
dicitis. He Is now about recovered
from the effects Of the operation aud
expects much bett ter health as a result.
The town ordinances Of Sugar City
are to be ,republished. 1t seems to us
that would be good move for Ord
way, as owing to the large number uf
new ordinances that have been passed
since the last time the town laws
we're published no one at present
really knows what our ordinances are.
Fred Hilvert. representing S. "A.
Gerard & Co., the commission men,
left Tuesday for the west and will in
a short time be In the Imperial valley
making arrangements for handling
the cantaloupe crop there. The
plants are already up and in bloom
and this years output promises to ex-
Gel all previous records.
Mr.. and Mrs william Heaton/0
Forder were in Ordway Sunday and
Monday and left on No. | that day
for Pueblo, where Mr.. Heaton entered
a hospital, where he will be treated
fora severe attack Of diabetis. He
has been in very poor health for
several months and his case is regard
ed as quite serious by the medical at
tendants.
Beginning tomorrow morning at
4:l8 and ending at 9:39 will occur
total eclipse Of the sun, visible
throughout North America. The
eclipse proper begins at GIL and ends
at 7:44. The moon enters the penum-
bra or faint shadow Of the sun at 4:i8
and emerges at 9:39. The middle Of
the total eclipse Is at 6:5S. Get out