The Ordway new era., 1916-12-08

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Jan, !2O--A,hietic Club boxing contests
Jan. so'2S.Annuai wsstsrn s'0sf
Show at Denver. , ,-,,x.,-
| Feb. 2-t-Y. NJ c A Ahnual
| tion at Colorado Springs
A new alfalfa mill is 10 be opened
at Wilson.
MIX has been raised from ''-c 10
SIC per quart in Denver
one OF the most modern cement
manufacturing plants will b. ouAt -
a cost of s75O.OOJ near Morrison
c. E. waldron Of Monument rs
been elected president OF the Coiors2o
MIX Producers Association Hs s-S
ceeds j C. Dewan OF AOant MOTT
son
A gold brick was received ~ TIE |.
: mint in Denver valued i; S+-Ss2,
and representing the eleventh clean
IN OF the year Of the [ : Gold Cor
poration mine and mil Al sugar Loaf
/ One OF the richest mines il the 81
verton district. the Buffalo Bcg sToaP,
| Is lying practically idle through being
I tied up by litigation although s-1Sl!
] force o. miners = Carrying OF develop
usaL work
Fire in ihs JVO-sto-y sTick and
/ stone passenger station O. the Denver
Z Rio G7znte railroad al Grand JUNG
ton did serious damage 10 the office
room occupied BY TIE telegraph de-
{ Farrnent-
I The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
/ pzny declared second dividend Of 80
I per cent within three months on the
g. ce0. .eO0 Of the preferred stock Of the
{ company at meeting OF the directors
in D-uvsT-
Two little girls were drowned and
. their small brother brought pert!ous-
" near 10 death Thanksgiving, when
the ice on the Erie reservoir. near
! Lafayette, broke and dragged them 10
the bottom.
Gordon Smith. whose dual life was
revealed when 1t was discovered that
he vas IS. 800 short in his accounts
as cashier OF the Woods-Rueby Nation
al bank of Golden. was sentenced TO
a fiye-year term in Lcavenworth pris-
on by Judge Robert E. Lewis OF the
United States District Court in Den
! yer.
Eighty per cent of the copper to be
produced in the United States during
the first half OF 1917 is said to be sold
! in advance This would indicate that
900. 600 900 pounds Of copper has been
placed for delivery during the first
six months of the coming year. the
refinery yield being estimated at ls5,
900 pounds per month.
Fifteen Colorado soldiers, members
OF Troop C OF the National guard, now
, stationed at Brownsville. were severe
" injured in a practice charge recent
Iy, according to word brought to Den
yer by Donald Knowlton, who arrived
from the border. Knowlton has just
obtained his discharge as a corpora
in the hospital corps of the cavalry.
According to the budget estimate o.
, the election commission. Denver viii
Z need $54,47O.7l for elections in 1917
The estimate is based upon the e1
, penditures for the 1918 election, which
were 37.G23.43, the increase being due
| to greater cost of election materia
and 10 the creaticn of sixty new pre-
cincts over the eighty-five existing il
1915.
Another OF the sulphates of the
a | Colorado mountains has heard the cal
!. | Of the East and added itself to tn,
, mining products of the state-becaus,
. of the European war. Barytes. ALA
i barium sulphate, commonly known a
q heavy spar, found everywhere in Col
!. orado, is being demanded of the stat
q after years OF neglect due to the cheap
I ness OF the imported sulphate.
Cresson mine directors, at thei
monthly dividend meeting in Colorad
Springs, surprised and gratified stock
holders by declaring Is per cent es
ira dividend, in addition to the regr
ar monthly one OF 10 per cent. Tn
extra dividend amounts to $4,000
4 and the regular to 1922. 900. making
- total OF S305 200, or 25 per cent on tn
u outstanding 1,220,0OO shares. Bot
payments are to be made Dec. 10 +
T. stock OF record Nov 80.
y II there are any families dependen
g upon men of the Colorado Nationa
r guard now in need in any part OF tn
state. the condition can be remedic
II Immediately by writing to the man a
n the front" and asking him to presen
II his application for help to the seer,
n tary OF war. Congress has voted 81
100000 for this specific purpose an
Il the money due to each depender
. family is forwarded, with all arreari
u by the War Department Just as 500
A as the application of the nations
, guardsman previously responsible fc
:. the support Of that family Is receive
In Washington.
, Bessie Norton. II. and Josep