The Ordway new era., 1917-06-08


be compelled TO register for militar!
service.
Colorado stands fifteenth among
states in percentage OF men who have
enlisted.
There were thirty conversions last
week at the union revival meeting at
Ordway.
Denver building permits this year
have gained over 100000 over same
period in 1916.
F NJ Waggener OF Berthoud recent
ly purchased 2,OS0 acres OF land near
Hudson for s5i,l66
Weld county's Red Cross Society
now numbers 575 members. OF whom
275 belong in Greeley.
\ new postoffice called Bassick has
been established just across the Ere
mont Custer county line.
Harry G Miller of Pittsburg. Pa.
has purchased eighty acres OF land
near Brighton for slS.G50.
The permanent organization of the
Rou;t County Potato Growers Associ-
alton vii! take place on June %.
The Masons had charge OF the bur
ial OF Col ". F Cody Buffalo BID
on Lookout Mountain on Sunday.
Two carloads of high grade dairy
cows have been taken to La Junta by
the Industrial Association and are be.
ing sold to farmers.
a Bean Growers Association was
formed at Denver to disseminate in
formation so that members may sell
product at a fair profit
Over 100 members or Denver Com
mandery No. 81, knights Templar,
went TO Greeley and aided in initiating
a number of members.
The highest flagpole in the San
Luis Valley was raised at the Memor-
iaI services at Alamosa City Park.
The staff is 1l2 feet high.
The first report this year OF fatal
results from wood tick bites comes
from Glenwood Springs, where George
H. Schafer died of spotted fever.
Articles OF incorporation for the re-
organized Colorado Midland were filed
with the secretary of state. The new
company is capitalized for 10000, 900.
Wilfred J. Loeffler and Carl Wierum
OF Pueblo, and Walter G. Peak Of
Colorado Springs have been named as
alternates to the Annapolis Naval
Academy.
Convicts at work in Boulder canon
during April constructed 600 linear
feet of road and an equal footage of
12-foot wall. The cost of the camp
was sl,67s for the month.
Roy & Co.. the Boston Leasing Com
pany and the Wade lessees on the
Edgar mine at Idaho Springs shipped
eight cars OF ore that returned bet
ter than $500 to the car.
The Chamberlain sampler at George
town reports one OF the most pros
porous months in many years, having
shipped $50 tons of an average value
Of $50 per ton in the different metals.
Denver paid homage to soldiers of
the past and the present in Memorial
Day ceremonies that had added signi.
cance and solemnity because of Amer
icas participation in the greatest war
in all time.
Fort Logan, Uncle Sans great army
reserve near Denver, is one of the
country's many busy military spots
these days as the transforming pro-
cess whereby a citizen becomes a sol.
der goes on apace.
One hundred Veterans OF Foreign
Wars in Denver dedicated the recent
ly. erected monument TO the heroes OF
foreign wars at Paramount cemetery.
The monument, fifty feet high, repre-
sents soldier ready for action.
Word was received in Denver that
Roscoe G. Kincaid, a former Colorado
boy, has been selected by the govern
ment to accompany the first American
military expedition to France as sec
retary to Mai. Gen. J. j. Pershing.
John Bussehr of Frawley, few
miles from Leadville, has written a
letter to friend, using ink made
from molybdenum ore. Mr.. Bussehr
believes the ore is useful for many
purposes besides the hardening of
steel.
The Rico Consolidated mines on Sill.
yer creek has undergone steady and
consistent development during the
past year and is now in position to
ship regular tonnage as soon as the
wagon road is in shape to stand UP
under heavy haulage.
The Rico Mining Company have
worked several men at the Syndicate
mine all winter and have shipped sew.
eral cars Of high grade silver ore and
it is said that there is still small but
very rich streak on which present
energies are being expended.
Western members Of the national
war council Of the Red Cross Society
and delegates from nine states in this
region WIN attend conference in
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