The Ordway new era., 1917-09-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
stern Newspaper Union Nsws Service
COMING EVENTS

County Fatrs-
Sept. cn-s.--Fiae River Valley Fair NJ
Sept :s-:s-Phnnps County at Hoi-
Sept sS-ss-coIorsdo New Mexico at
sept .S.sS-Meeting state womens
! Club Federation at Boulder. =,
seEt :s,:s-Las An'mas County -
sept ss-.S-ArnuAI Fair at Calhan.
Sept 26-:s-NumA County. at Yuma.
Sept .c-.S-Lneoln County at HUGO.
Sept :7-:s-Grand County at kFsmm-
osl s,s-Kis Carson County at Bur-
Nov s,s-L.v. stock Show At Grand
The work Of paving East Pearl
stree; in Boulder is progressing rap
S3ly.
NS;A2a Powitz. junk dealer, was
arrested ST Pueblo on a charge OF boot
lsesi2s
First special train of fruit from
E2lisade, twenty cars of peaches, has
been made.
\. c Nelson of Ault sold his 800
acre irrigated farm TO Marion Petit
for $4,000.
The shaft house Of the Good Hope
mine at Vulcan. Gunuison county,
burned. Loss $4,000.
The Third Field Hospital corps of
Colorado arrived at Camp Mills, Mine
oIa. Long Island, New York.
a federal market bureau will be con
Quoted in Greeley during the Weld
county potato shipping season.
A recent check of state lands shows
the value of lands of the public
schools to be about s2OO.OOO.00o.
Thieves and "yeggmen' in Denver
in one night burglarized home and
jewelry shop and blew safe.
A. G. Bimson of Berthoud has in
vented new beet puller which was
on exhibition at the Loveland Fair.
A railroad gang OF about thirty-fivc
men has been put to work relaying the
track on the Montrose-Ouray branch
OF the Rio Grande.
In order to supply the demand for
coins of the smaller denominations 1t
soon will be necessary for the Denver
mint to work overtime.
Cornerstone of the courthouse to
be built for Moffat county and which
is to cost $4,000 was laid at Craig
by Masonic officials.
Plans for new road from Soda
Creek to Idaho Springs were dis
cussed at a picnic of good roads en-
thusiasts at Bergen Park.
Officials of the Colorado Springs
Light, Heat and Power Company an
nounce an increase OF ten per cent in
the salaries OF all its employees.
Contracts have been given out by
the City Council OF Colorado Springs
for erection of an observation hospl.
tai, the building to cost sl9,770 and
the plumbing s4,776.
Five hundred Denver patrolmen and
city firemen were granted $50 bonuses
by action of the City Council. The
money is to be used to purchase uni
forms and equipment.
Five feet of good ore was opened in
the Copper Knob at Vulcan by o. A..
Wilt and Mike kelleher during recent
development work. They have taken
out carload of high grade.
Rudolph Johnson, secretary or the
Colorado State Grange Association, re-
signed to enter the officers training
camp at Fort Sheridan. Otis Scruggs
has been chosen to fill his place.
The Colorado State Conference OF
the Methodist Church voted to raise
the sum OF 100000 for Denver Uni
versity in order to gain similar sum
from the Rockefeller foundation.
Horace NJ Albright, acting director
I of all the national parks in the United
! States, placed Colorados Mesa Verde
park in the front rank of the worlds
most magnificent scenic wonders.
The Telescope Mining and Milling
Company, situated on the Silvertor
Northern railroad near Chattanooga
has been doing considerable develop
ment during the past few months.
Two sets of lessees-Frank Galley o
Littleton and the Cripple Creek DeeI
Leasing Company, Denver corpora
tion-are operating the Jerry johnson
mine on Ironclad hill and producing
steadily.
One thousand exhibits OF vegetable
and flowers grown in Denver war gal
dens, and of canned vegetables "pu
up" in Denver kitchens were in plac
when the Denver Parent-Teacher Al
sociation war garden exhibit wa
opened.
High hopes for the development, q
: paving oil fields in Colorado are heI
by Raymond Miller. president OF IN
: State Land Board. who returned frol
trip Of inspection to the fields nea
Pueblo, where four outfits are no
making bores.
Dry land in the famous wheat-groy