The Ordway new era., 1917-02-16

| Col. Theo. Roosevelt is an honorary
vice president OF the William r. Cody
Memorial Association.
The United States navy recruiting
I station in Denver has received orders
TO increase its efforts to obtain men
A fund Of ss5.oOO is being raised at
MoatrUss TO rebuild the Congresa'
tionsl church recently destroyed by
fire
One hundred miners OF the HueT'
tano Coal Company. called out by the
union. have returned TO work, tol!o"-
ING : compromise in wages.
William smith. negro. was held by
: coroasr's jury at Pueblo for the
death O. William Burke, colored VINO
Sas shot in q revolver duel.
Five volunteers for active service in
the work OF the American Red cross
Society were registered al the head
quarters OF the Denver chapter Tues
day.
-Four soldiers from Fort Logan and
three young women from Denver were
caught in Z raid made BY Sheriff Bur
den of Arapahoe County in EngIe-
wood.
F. ]. Easley has been appointed gen
eral manager OF the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad system, according TO
an announcement of President II. U.
Nudge.
Echo Mischief a Hereford bull calf,
was sold by John D. Brunton OF Den
yer for $1,000 at Des Moines, la. This
is the highest price ever obtained for
a Colorado calf
Clara Palmer has brought two
suits in the Pueblo District Court for
the recovery OF $1,000 and interest,
the defendants in both cases being
fire insurance companies.
German citizens Of the state vhs
have been anxious concerning their
position in the event war is deciarea
were told by Governor Gunter that
they have nothing to fear
Dr. Kurt ZIegler. German consul at
Denver. his wife. and Max Martin. sec
retary, left for New York Friday TO
sail with the imperial diplomatic
corps leaving there on Feb. I3.
Robert J. Eberle. chancellor OF the
consulate OF Switzerland. formally
took over the offices Of the German
consulate in Denver. acting for Paul
Weiss. Swiss consul, who Is Oh his
way home from the East.
Miss Jennie Ewing and Miss Jennie
E. Williams, high school students in
Nederland, sent their names to the
headquarters Of the Denver chapter
of the American Red Cross Society, Of
fering themselves as nurses.
Besides keeping both concentrating
mills running steadily and maintain
ing regular and heavy shipments OF
crude zinc blende and concentrates,
the Wellington Mines Company has
both OF its shafts going down steadily.
After two days test from tower B
at Twentieth street, the Denver Union
Terminal Company announced the fu-
ture operation of all train movements
at the Union depot yards through it's
electrically operated interlocking sys-
TEN of switches.
Pensions have been granted by the
National Congress to the following
Coloradoans: Sada Gleason, 500:
John c. Mayer, $50; William F.
Wahl, 336; Harvey Sallade, sac, all OF
Denver, and John 8. Carlton, Colora
do City, s36, and William ]. Love.
Rocky Ford, $50.
The House passed the Horton bill,
backed by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. II the majority
in the Senate concurs in the changes
which the bill provides over the pres
ent prohibition law, no person will be
entitled to receive more than one
quart of liquor or twelve quarts OF
beer in one calendar month.
With but one or two under 30 years
of age, the majority grizzled miners,
and three women, enrolled, the 1917
class in prospecting at the State
School Of Mines organized at Golden
One enrolled from Pennsylvania, an.
other from Alabama, a third from
Wyoming, the others coming from
Colorado and intermountain mining
states.
While Denver society women were
volunteering their services to their
country in Denver at the home of
Mrs. ]. B. Grant by joining the Ma
tional League of Women's Service,
two Denver society girls. Miss Eva
Dutton and Miss Isabelle Wilkin,
were joining the New York branch Of
the organization at the home Of Mrs.
w. X. Vanderbilt
Articles Of Incorporation were filed
in the office Of the secretary of state
for the William F. Cody Memorial AS
sociation. which has been organized
to centralize a nationwide movement
for the erection Of suitable me.