The Ordway new era., 1915-12-24

Farmers Congress at Fort Collins.
Jan. S-s.-Farmers Annual Congress
| at Fort Collins Agricultural College.
Jan. Colorado Kennel Club show
Jan. 3-f0-Sixteenth annual show OF
Colorado Poultry Fanclers' Associa-
Jan. 17-19.-Meeiing colorado Retail
Grocers and Butchers Association
Jan. 19.-Sixth Annual Convention of
Colo Good Roads Assn at Denver.
Jan. l6-.2.-- Western Live stock show
March so-April :.--colora Retail
| Merchants Associations Food anu
Industrial Exposition at Denver
A compromise of the Kansas Colo.
rado water suit is about 10 be COM
pleted.
DR. w. A. Jolley OF the American
Red Cross is back in Boulder from the
European battlerields.
Mrs. Elizabeth Leonard, SO years
old. who had been resident of Colo
RADIO twenty-five years, died in Den
YER
The mine strike cases have been
transferred from Trinidad to FL Paso
county for hearing in the Fourth Ju.
dicial district.
The annual session Of the Farmers
Congress will be held ut the Colorado
Agricultural College in Fort Collins
during the week OF Jan 3.
| The first beet seed threshing at the
Loyeland sugar factory developed the
fact that twelve acres yielded an aver.
age of 1900 pounds TO the acre.
H. u. Nudge. president OF the Rio
Grande Railroad Company. and a
party of officers were on board spe-
cial train that was thrown from the
track near Marshall Pass.
Judge. James E. Renus of Boulder,
prominent in many ways. being wor
shipful master of the Masonic order,
/ has pledged himself not to shave or
have his hair cut until peace prevails
in Europe.
Two hundred thousand pennies a
I day-round bright. coppar-gold Lin
coin pennies. stamped with .iny
'.D' under the 1915" date are pouring
out from the Denver mint to feed the
country's demand.
Formal opening of Denver's new
$2,5O0000 marble postoffice at Eight
eenth and Champa streets took place
when hundreds thronged into the new
building bearing Christmas packages
| to send by parcel post
Powers and Baca county are boast
ing 10000 tons OF broom corn from
which tie growers have realized $25.-
900 practically all OF which has been
shipped from Holly to broom manufaG
turers all over the United States.
Tony Lombardj, 17-year-old North
Denver boy charged with causing the
death of Sandy Antonio, IS, In fist
fight over a girl. was acquitted by
jury OF involuntary manslaughter In
the West Side Court In Denver.
| Lord and Lady Aberdeen, now tour.
ing the United States In the interest
OF the Aberdeen fund for philanthrop.
| ical work In Ireland. arrived In Den
yer from Salt Lake City. Lord Aber.
deem was formerly governor general
OF Canada.
Ed Cody was taken from a Rio
Grande train at Colorado Springs
charged with the theft of a draft for
G247 in Denver. Cody was accom-,
panied on the traiu by his wife and
six children, the latter ranging in ages
from 2 to II years.
While Mrs. Jane NARROW, sc. pio-
I.cer Denver woman, formerly pro
prietor of the old American house, is
dying In II Denver hospital, court
contest for her 5000 estate, repre-
senting the savings of lifetime. has
been started.
Two Mexicans engaged in a game of
cards at Fort Collins which ended
when one drew a revolver and the
other went home for shotgun and
used it with telling effect. AS a result
Georgiano Martinez. better known as
shorty" is in the county hospital
and Victoriano Lamos is in the county
jail. /,
On the promise of her husband,
Fred s. Norman, Il Kansas City rail.
road man, to return to her and sup
port her, Mrs. Sailie Norman, who
tracked him to Denver and had him
arrested, with Miss Gertrude Boyer. or,
statutory charge. asked the district
attorney to dismiss the case filed
against him.
The submission OF new liquor
amendment at the general election
next fall has already been tentatively
agreed upon by anti prohibition forces
according to information from Denver
sources. If the plan as proposed is
carried out the question submitted
for consideration by the voters will
provide for the return of local option
in place of absolute prohibition, sup.
plemented by hisS license system
and otEer restrictions designed to
eliminate the evils which now attach
to the liquor traffic.
The Republican state central CON-
mittee VIII meet In Denver Feb. 12 to
| make ARRANGEMENTS for the holding OF