The Ordway new era., 1916-03-10

MafCh EU-apEIl S--S ANNs
Merchan,s' Assoeiation's Food and
Industrial Exposition at Denver.
April 13-Democratic State Convention
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colofaoo
Springs. ,
and Fourth Congressional Distriet
Convention ut Pueblo.
The Maccabees are reyiyins their
lodge at Frederick.
Fort Morgan's new public library
has been formally opened.
A stay OF execution was granted
James c. Bulger until May 81
The Laramie County MIX Conden
sary received an order for 5000
cases.
The sugar company has appropri-
ated $4,000 for improvement of roads
in Morgan county.
That better tungsten ore is being
mined is shown by the tests OF ore
being sampled daily.
The highway advisory board has
allotted s5SS.T to the various couu-
ties for road work.
The Farmers Days at Hotchklss
have been so successful that Dairy
Day is being planned for June.
The Western Tungsten Mines Com.
pany filed articles of incorporation in
the county clerks office at Boulder.
J. B. Kilian of Delta Is the new
secretary of the marketing board OF
the Colorado Stock Growers Associa-
ton
An election will be held at Fred
erick March 81, to determine whether
the several schools of District 20 shall
be merged.
Denver Ranch No. /. National Or.
| der OF Cowboy Rangers, celebrated
| the second anniversary of the order
/ with banquet and bali.
| The board of directorg of the Colo
rado Power Company has declared a
dividend of / per cent on its s11,ooO,.
600 common stock. payable on
April 13.
A method of certifying the Feb
| ruary payrolls of the state SO that
they were approved by both the old
and new State Civil Service Commits
sions was arranged.
} The annual banquet of Fort Col
lins pioneers, held at Pioneer Cabin
in commemoration of the date of the
gay and happy affair.
That Denver has an ideal climate
is found in the fact that February had
but one entirely cloudy day. thirteen
were absolutely clear and there were
fifteen partly cloudy days.
The death of Mrs. Ellen Ground
| sell, So. a pioneer OF the state and
for eleven years a resident of De
Beque, occurred one mile from De
Beque at the home of relatives.
Charles Gallagher. IS years old, en-
ployed on the ranch of J. L. Taylor,
near Aryada, who fell from a hay
wagon and suffered a broken back.
died in the Denver County Hospital.
Frank Peterson, who was convicted
of assault to kill his wife, Stella
Peterson, was sentenced by Judge
Wright in Denver to serve one year
in the county jail. the limit of the
law.
Denver is to be made the supply
headquarters for government equip
ment in fighting forest fires that
may arise in the territory embracing
100000 acres of United States for.
est reserves.
/ Except in two instances, statistics
gathered in Denver from the books
| of the district attorneys office fail
to show material reduction in
crimes since the prohibition law be-
came effective
Another new record was made in
the Denver sheep market when a
the feed lots of A. w. Durkee of
Greeley. sold at $3.50, the highest
price of the season.
For $4,000 w. L. Tanner and J, q.
Clark bought the Mary Nelson lode in
Grand Island mining district from G.
Leon Giggey and NJ. E. Giggey, ac-
cording to a warranty mining deed
which was filed at Boulder.
A total of S72 persons were ar
rested in the month of February by
the Denver police. OF these 759 were
males and 113 females. As usual the
single persons, numbering $40, out
numbered the married ones, tota,ling
323
John o. McWilliams, minor, filed
suit through his father, w. X. Nc
Williams as next friend, in the Dis
trict Court of Denver. to recover
s26.114 against the Denver Tramway
Company for damages sustained in