The Ordway new era., 1916-10-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Longmont's paving project is hall
completed.
Ten new residences are under cree
tion at Wray.
Springfield has turned on its new
electric lights.
A state highway is proposed be
tween Paonia and Redstone.
The tenth annual Del Norte Fair
will be held Oct. ,, 8 and :.
Secretary Of Labor William b. VIII
son will speak in Denver Oct. y.
Adams county reports an increased
valuation in property OF sl9G,oOO.
The assessed valuation of Boulder
county has been raised s2,&S2, iSj over
that OF 1915,
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed by the Excelsior lrrigating Com
pany of Pueblo.
The Iron Mask mine at Belden is
building new ore house and install
l.g new machinery.
Edward a. Griggs, %, and Irene
William. IS. secured a marriage Ii
cense at Pueblo and elOped.
The Herald mine in Boulder county
viii be developed extensively with the
aid OF New York capitalists,
Ross Pattison. near Fowler, har-
vested four tons of honey during the
summer from l25 swarms OF bees.
4 special election will be held on
l,., n
Flagler shall become a corporation.
Otero county shows an increased
valuation Of $52.235. The county has
$50 automobiles, valued at $2&i,525.
The funeral OF AdoIph J. Zang was
held at his late residence in Denver,
and interment was in Fairmouut Gem
etery.
Chas W. Fairbanks. Republican
candidate for Vice President, address
ed a large audience at the Denver Au-
ditorium
The Pueblo Rifle Club of the Ma
tional Rifle Association has received
its consignment OF rifles from the War
Department
Nv 'ipAA'l Nl4bbt ~ al " VI lh'' W ''l
sale shortly by Jay ]. Bryan, admins
traitor of the estate OF J. w Arasmith,
the late publisher.
Go to Sunday School and Stay to
Church Sunday" was generally OBJ
served Oct |. as urged in Governor
Carlsons proclamation.
The school authorities at La lara
have received two large automobiles
for use in transporting pupils TO and
from the community school
a five years lease on the Last Dol
lar mine. on Bull Hill, has been Sc
cured by Charles Walden OF Victor,
former manager OF the property
Practically the entire line of the
Denver & Rio Grande railway from
Tennessee Pass west to Grand juno
ton is being relaid with new steel.
David F McFeeters. 81, fruit
grower OF Palisade. was found drown
ed in three feet of water in the Price
ditch, two miles northwest of Pals
afe
Master bakers Of Denver decided to
increase the price Of all bakery goods
approximately so per cent These will
include bread. pies. rolls and every
other staple.
| Two hundred and forty-nine officers
! and men Of the Colorado National
Guard, the full complement Of Bat
teries B and c. were ordered to the
Mexican border for service.
Fremont county was awarded the
| first prize Of s75 for the best fruit ex.
/ hibit made at the Pueblo State Fair
/ Delta county was awarded second
and Pueblo county third prize.
Lessees engaged in working over
the dump at the main shaft Of the Elk
ton Consolidated Mining and Milling
! Company, Cripple Greek. are making
production Of from fifteen TO eighteen
cars q month. The ore, with close
sorting and screenings, is returning
values of from SC to 81 ton.
official orders dispatching Batteries
3 and Of artillery, Colorado Nation
al Guard, 10 the Mexican border were
received By Major Patrick Hamrock
commanding the state mobilization
camp at the rife range near Golden
and the guards entrained for the Dor
der.
DR.. Edward Augustus Floyd, per
sonal friend Of Abraham Lincoln, Iii
nois legislator during the Civil War
and pioneer physician Of the West
died At his home in Aurora from par
alytic stroke. He had been In faiiin,
health for -four years. DR.. Floyd wa
So years old
In the La Plata section the colum
bus Mines Company has adopted plan
for the construction Of aerial tram
ways. necessary new buildings AM
| general equipment for progressive an.