The Ordway new era., 1915-10-01
COLORADO
STATE NEW S

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMISG EVENTS.
Sept. :7-oct. s. s.-lnternational Dry
Oct; s-s.-Fair and Race Meeting at
Oct. is.-odd Fellows. Annual state
Convention at Colorado Springs,
Red Cliff will be lighted by cleo
trlcity.
An Adventist church is being built
at Klink.
The Greeley Tribune-Repubiican re-
ports an epidemic of hog cholera In
Weld county.
The Platteville waterworks bond
election carried for the proposition by
about 3h to 1.
Mrs. VIM. Bevar OF Fort Collins
was kicked by wild horse and seri-
ously injured.
Thirteen Denver boys, aged II to
%, were arrested on charge OF rob.
bling drug stores.
Twenty-one cars of grain and six
cars of potatoes were shipped from
Center last week.
The body of Harry Wilcox, aged 30,
drowned in Morton's lake, near Ster.
ling, was found by searchers.
Water was drained from the draw
west OF Crook in search for the
body Of Harry Wilcox of Sterling.
Secretary OF State Ramer has au.
thorized the opening of a state EN-.
ployment bureau in Grand Junction.
The State Land Board held spe-
cial sale OF public land at the State
Capitol. More than 5000 acres were
sold.
John Wolf. one of the Oldest OF
Mesa county pioneers. aged ss years
and month. died at his home near
Molina.
NiWot's ghost mystery has been
solved. Scientists find marsh gas is
cause Of lights that have scared the
villagers. .l
A. P. Smithers of Denver. who was
injured when pinned under an auto.
mobile on the Morrison road. died OF
his injuries.
oSoh DC IL. ihobCit5 90 opPoLAtGu
ceiyer OF the -Elitch-Long Gardens
Company by Judge Allen of the Den.
YER District Court
The state of Colorado. by the end OF
this month. will have paid off all in.
debtedness on the state capitol build.
ing and the state museum.
Representatives OF forty-five Bap-
tist churches attended the annual
convention Of the Rocky Mountain
Baptist Association at Denver.
George Hummell roped a young
porgupine on recent camping trip
In North Park, and 1t has attracted
plenty OF attention in Greeley.
Mrs. Isabella Wagner Of Denver,
who sued Fred Schumacher. demand.
ing 100000 for alleged slander, con.
te3ted herself with 81 damages.
the State w. c. T. U. convention.
sitting in Denver. has announced its
to fight the cigarette
to its determination in Colorado.
Sixty Italian reservists left Trini-
dad for the war front at home. This
Is the fourth detachment to answer
the call from southern Colorado.
Trains between Durango and Silver
ION have lately been compelled to
slow down on several occasions to
prevent killing deer on the track.
The 17-months-old child OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Ostermiller. near Fort Nor
gan, was drowned while trying to
cross the Morgan ditch on a plank.
With the addition OF nineteen more
from Canon City the Poudre
caiion road force now numbers sixty
Work will continue till cold weather.
Twenty-Five per cent Of the large
crop around Henderson is re-
ported to have spoiled by being left
In the fields on account Of low prices.
The Rocky Ford sugar factory Will
begin its campaign October 4th.
Beets in that section are reported un-
usually good in yield and sugar con-
tent
Yeggmen blew up the safe in the
Laird postoffice and got $1.5O, and
were scared away before they could
gather In the $1,000 that the safe con-
tained.
The three English-speaking churches
Of Wellington will combine as the
Western Federated church and will
supersede the present Methodist,
Congregational and Baptist congrega-
lions.
Rico Lodge No. 70, A. F. & A. NJ,
assisted by Rico Chapter No. 81, Or
der of the Eastern Star, celebrated the
twenty.fifth anniversary OF its charter
with appropriate exercises and fes-
tivities.
An electric interurban railway
throughout the entire Arkansas valley
was predicted for the near future by
II. M. Byllesby Of Chicago in an ad-
dress at banquet of officers of the
Arkansas Railway, Light and Power
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