The Ordway new era., 1917-08-03

meeting at Boulder. =
Grand Lodge, including Uniform
Rank. Pythian Sisters and knights
of Khorassan. at Colorado Springs.
Sept. 4-1.-.Frontisr Days celebration
Sept. 4-7..Arkansas Valley Fair At
Rocky Ford.
Sept. S-S.-Firemen's state Convention
at Colorado Springs
sept f-22-Coiorado state Fair ~ fa'
At Greeley 23l teachers received
college diplomas.
The strike at the Denver stock
yards has been settled.
Several Leadville mines will close
pending settlement of the wage strike.
The George Richardson residence
near Brookside was destroyed by fire.
City council of Trinidad will spend
about $4,000 for sewerage disposal
plants.
During the first twelve days of July
sc cars of ore were shipped from
Silverton.
Fed yearling steers were sold on
| the Denver market by a Longmont
rancher at s12.4o per cwt.
! The contract for the construction OF
the new Methodist Church building at
Snyder has been awarded
The Louisville Town Council voted
500 to help forward the movement
for the formation of band.
The Mountain Top Mining Company
of Ouray has shipped the first 100 tons
of concentrates from its new mill.
The forest supervisor at Saguache
reports the road over Cochetopa pass
on his forest, in excellent condition.
All the alfalfa mills in Bent county
are running full force and are fast
making away with the bumper alfalfa
crops.
The Federal Forest Service is put
ting up distance signs at two-mile in
tervals on the Big Thompson canon
road to Estes Park
AS a result Of recent survey made
by the Weld County Commercial Club,
there is evidence a farm labor short
age there of 5000.
The ]. L. Johnson ranch of 100
acres. seven miles northeast Of Love
land. was sold to John Rausler at 4
price averaging $50 per acre.
The club women of Fort Morgan
have fitted up a rest room in the
Fort Morgan city hall building foF
the benefit of farmers wives.
Work has been started in Fort Col
Inns on the construction of two storm
sewers, which are being built in con.
Na-ifh vii ~
Frank B. Agee. deputy supervisor of
the Pike National forest, has been
summoned to Washington to make
preparations to leave Immediately for
France for forestry work.
With the discovery of a new body of
ore that is shipping around $50 q
ton at the Queen Bess mine. it is pre-.
dicted that the mine will soon climb
into the million dollar class of pro-
ducers.
A. H. Martin, formerly connected
with the adjutant generals office Of
the Colorado National Guard, who has
been in training at Fort Riley, Kan,
was commissioner a second lieuten-
ant.
in 1916 from the oil fields of Colorado
was 1925 barrels of forty-two gal
Ions each, decrease of 11,24O bar
rels, or per cent, from the output
in 1915.
Upon DR.. E. B. Pratt of Colorado
Springs has been conferred the honor
| OF being religious supervisor for the
10000 young men who mobilize at Fort
Riley and from Americas first great
select conscription army.
Governor Gunter has received infor-
nation of the confirmation of the ap-
pointment of DR.. Beverly Tucker Of
Colorado Springs as member of the
draft exemption board Of the first
district, vice DR.. w. F. Hoagland.
Operations began in the big white
mill at the mouth of Boulder canon
recently. owned by the Boulder Tung.
stem Production Company, which
means that tungsten in Boulder
county is one more big step nearer a
permanent industry.
Ferberite, better known as Eagle
Rock, is one of those thriving little
Boulder county camps which grew up
and prospered last summer. and which
still manages to thrive and prosper
from the new developments which the
big rush" brought to 1t.
The banks Of Colorado have agreed
to advance $325.oOO to pay off all
members of the Colorado National
Guard and other expenses OF the guard
up to Aug. s. without discount and
accept certificates Of indebtedness In
stead of waiting. for bond issue.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
W. B. Fraser is now issuing permits to
the farmers Of Colorado to dispose Of