The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29

at Brush.
Jan; 11-i3-Poultry Show at Canon
Jan: so.-Athletic Club boxing contests
At Denver
Jan; 2o-27LAnnual western Stock
Feb. 2-4-Y. NJ. c. A. Annual Conyen-
tion at Colorado Springs,
Frederick is to have a new mill and
elevator
During the past year. Colorado bank
deposits have increased sl4,227,o2S,
The total tax levy for the city and
county of Denver in 1917 will be II
mills.
The business men OF Otis have
raised sufficient funds for the equip
ment OF brass band.
Building permits issued in the city
OF Denver during the last year amount
to over s4.oO0.OOO.
Sugarbeet growers, in Longmont,
are signing 1917 contracts. An in
crease in price OF 81 a ton is provided
The ninth annual poultry show OF
the Northeastern Colorado Poultry AS.
sociation will be held at Brush, Jan.
Sill.
The Burlington railroad has re
newed its 1916 subscription of $4,000
to the Denver tourist and publicity
bureau
With nearly 300 more fires to fight
in 1916 than during 1915, the Denver
fire department reduced the fire loss
s67,O55.6s.
Railroad officials report the biggest
Christmas holiday travel for several |
years on the reduced round trip rates |
in Colorado.
Two miles OF the 1S-foot concrete |
pavement on the South Golden road
have been completed and thrown open
for public use.
Christmas cheer in the form OF
cash was given to the employees of va.
rious corporations and business insti.
tutions in Denver.
]. F. Hay, As years old. farmer and
hotelkeeper of Bennett, threw himself
before Rock Island train at Byers
and was instantly killed.
The Oklahoma Normal basketball
team defeated the Colorado Agricul-
tural College quintet at Fort Collins,
Colo. by score of 80 to %.
Idledale. on Bear creek. has been
purchased by the Denver Motor Club
from NJ. l.. Baldwin for $4,000, ac.
cording to Charles F. Roehrig, secre-
tary OF the club.
The Rev. Irving P. Johnson. who be
comes bishop of the diocese OF Colo
-ado in the Protestant Episcopal
church on New Year day. spent
Christmas in Manitou.
Routt county bituminous coa'
-eacted the highest price in the his
.ory Of the state when it was ad,
'anced 10 81 ton. an increase in the
'ormer price of so cents.
Marked improvement in the condi.
ion of United States Senator John F
Shafroth. who has been seriously i'll
At Washington, was indicated in
telegram received in Denver.
There were thirty-five fewer deaths
in Denver during November, 1916,
than in the corresponding month in
1915, according to the monthly report
Of the Denver Bureau of Health.
The Silverton district shipped 173
cars Of ore per month on the average
during the year ending December !.
The net average monthly return on
the shipments are estimated at s152,-
600
Monsignor P. A. Phillips was Off.
cially named vicar general of the
Catholic diocese OF Denver by Bishop
y. c. MatZ. He succeeds Monsignor
Brady. who recently resigned from
the post
Chicago's Mining World, quoting its
New York correspondent, says the de.
mand for tungsten has been very ac-
tive, with sellers reporting consider
able business done for delivery over
all OF 1917 at prices ranging from |
$3.50 per unit for ordinary grades to |
s1S per unit for high grades.
The life Of a guardsman on the
Mexican border itsn't nearly so dis
agreeable as some would have II
seem, according to Sergt. Frank
Stark OF Denver, who is home on fur
Tough. THE climate is healthful and
hracing all along the border" he said
and one cannot fail to benefit BY the
military life and discipline"
The annual report of the United
Gold Mines Company of Cripple Creek,
which covers the work accomplished
| during the year, was sent to stock.
holders with their dividend checks. 1t
| shows that in the first eight months
OF 1916 10.7s3 tons Of ore OF a gross
value OF $219,215.75 were taken out by
the lessees with a net return of 1924,
s50.04 The royalties in that period
amounted to $30.853.41.
George Parker, 43, who underwent