The Ordway new era., 1916-12-15

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Jan. ao-Athietic Club boxing contests
at Denver
Jan 2o-s7-AnnuaI western stocl
Show at Denver.
Feb. 2-I-Y. Nj c. A. Annual conven'
tion ut Colorado SprinGs
A new NJ. E. church is to be erected
in Stonington.
Several concrete bridges are being
built near Sugar City.
The town of Glen Eden. Rout, coun'
ty, will erect a large hall.
Several new residences will be
erected in Mead. Boulder county.
The Adobe Creek reservoir at Las
Animas is being stocked with catfish
A total coal tonnage OF l,0SS.263 was
mined in Colorado for the month OF
octcoer 1916
TIE Colorado Midland Railway Com
pany has discontinued four mail
carr ying trains for the winter
The Telluride Commercial league
! Is perfecting plans for the attraction
| of tourists 10 Telluride in 1917.
California melon raisers have buyers
in the Arkansas valley looking for
their 1917 supply of cantaloupe seed,
A 50 800 contract covering the fur
nisb!ngs OF the auditorium of the new
Lcveland High school building has
been awarded
Prices and market facilities of s,a-
pie. perishable and other foodstuffs
sIe 10 be made the subject OF a state
wide probe by the incoming legisla-
tlre.
Dan Cunningham. residing on the
Ravens ranch near Prospect Hill
Cheyenne county. raised ten tons of
broom corn this year which he sold at
$40 per ton.
II is estimated that more than
100000 will be be distributed this
year in Christmas bonuses to employees
in large firms and companies in
Denver.
With the establishment of federal
office Of grain standards another
United States headquarters has been
added TO the long list of Denver fed
eral offices.
in the West was on the Feather river,
near Oroville, in the summer of 1878.
1t was not paying investment nor 4
mechanical success.
Governor-elect Juliu; Gmter and
Mrs. Gunter. who were i'll for several
days with severe colds in Washing
ton, are improving perceptibly. accord
ing to word received in Denver.
AT the stockholders meeting OF the
st. Elmo Queen Mining Company, at
st. Elmo, Chaffee county. the entire
board of directors were re elected and
the same officers are in control.
Active operations have been re-
sumed on the property of the Black
Belle Gold Mining Company on the
southwestern slope of Beacon hill,
and production has commenced.
The contract for the erection of a
$4,000 dry and cold storage ware.
house and distributing plant in Pu-
eblo will be let in few days, accord
ing to information given out at Pu-
eblo
| bration of Christmas again this year.
the Women's Civic Federation taking
the initiative and all the churches, the
city council and commercial bodies
Joining.
J. J. Custick reports that the Elk
Mining and Milling Company, which
ia the owner of 1926 acres of heavy
rnineralized ground on Red mountain
have been developing their property
by tunnel for the last fifteen months
The Mountain Top Mining Company
in Ouray county. originators of the
underground mill idea. have purchased
burro pack train OF seventeen ami
mails to be used in the transportation
OF concentrates and supplies between
the mine and the tram. In this way
they propose to keep the tram in op
GRAFTON all winter
One unit of the Independence sam
pier of the Portland Gold Mininf
Company at Cripple Creek is practi
eally completed, according to an
nouncement made by company Off
cials. The sampler is being built II
two units of $50 tons daily capacit,
zach. and the entire plant will be able
to run through 1900 tons of ore ever,
twentyfour hours.
Gaining depth at rate of sevent,
feet month. the double-compartmen
shaft Of the War Eagle Consolidate,
Gold Mines Company, on the Happ,
Year lode mining claim, on the west
ern slope of Bull hill, Cripple Greek
has attained depth Of 29O feet an,
the work will continue until the poin
for the third level station 375 fee