The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
oLNEY SPRING NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. q. u. Norton were
in Pueblo last Thursday.
Miss Trainor spent last Saturday
and Sunday with her sister in Sugar
City.
| Mrs. Burdick and daughter, Ma
donna, returned to their home in
Denver last Friday after visiting Mrs.
Burdick's mother, Mrs. Edmonds and
her two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Curtis
and Mrs. Margaret Edmonds for five
days.
Miss Helga Isberg was the week
end guest of Mrs. A l.. Butcher.
VIM. Auckland. Sr.. was attending
business matters in and near Olney
the past week.
Mrs. Hill was in Ordway Tuesday
having some dental work begun.
L j. H. Cowden attended the county
Food Administrators convention in
Denver last week and brings back
the new regulation that each dealer
in wheat flour must take the name
address and number in family of ey-
cry customer purchasing flour.
Last Thursday night w. j. Cow
hick and son were the unknowing
hosts of number of friends who sur
prised them at their home east of
Olney. The evening was spent play
ing reads, Mrs. w. NJ. Thomas win
ming the greatest score; A. A. Ladd
the consolation.
Mrs. Claude Maxwell and daughter
Thelma. and Mrs. Guy Williams and
two daughters, Velma and Bernice,
started Saturday for Grand Junction
where Mrs. Maxwell will join her
husband in establishing their future
home, and Mrs. Williams will visit
in the hope of finding better health
Miss Jessie Auckland returned the
latter part of last week from Cali
fornia.
Miss Grace Conrad went to Dem
yer Saturday TO visit relatives and
friends and attend the State Sunday
School convention this week. She
i will return Friday.
Last Thursday night two auto
loads went to- the pie social at the
Bluff Springs school house given by
the members of the Red Cross club of
Bluff Springs and Antelope Mesa.
w. C. Bradbury was down from
Denver from Sunday to Tuesday
looking over his interests in this
neighborhood.
Mrs. Guy Curtis went to Rocky
Ford Monday to a..end the funeral
of Mrs. Hayes. a sister of Mrs. Cur
tis' brother-in-law, Frank Crowley.
Miss Gladys Johnson is suffering
with a severe case of measles. Dur
ing her absence from the Post Office
Mr. Butcher will serve the public.
Norma and Jimmie Curtis are quite
i'll at their grandmother's with meas
les.
Mrs. S. T. Husson, captain of the
A. r. C. drive in the Olney Springs
neighborhood, has selected her teams
and expects to show fine results from
the work next week,
VIM. Auckland has sold the beauti-
full home place east of Olney to Jas.
Roberts, secretary of Twin Lakes
Land and Water Co. The deal be-
ing closed this week.
Henry Roth is home from Pueblo
where he has been under his phy-
sician for some weeks, for a few days
when he will return to Pueblo.
News came last Saturday of the
death OF John Irwin. care-taker of
the Twin Lakes Reservoirs. Upon
investigation 1t was found Mr.. Irwin
had taken his own life, probably be-
cause he could not regain health af-
ter a very severe Illness in January
and February. John Irwin was born
and raised in Las Animas, lived for
number of years on his farm one
half mile north OF Olney and was an
upright. honorable man in all his
dealings. His first wife. the mother
of his four children, died in Olney
six years ago. One of his sons is
now serving the U. s. and the other
has Just gone to enlist. His two
daughters are in the family home.
A sad coincident is that one sister IS
now in hospital in Seattle and his
father, Uncle Reuben Irwin. as he
is known in Olney is in critical
- Ia NIA
Mrs. Mills and little daughter,
Sara Jane visited relatives, the Rock
wells, in Sugar City Saturday and
Sunday. Mrs. Mills has taught a sue
cessful term. finishing Mss Sadie
Taylor's year OF school. in Olney and
will leave next Sunday to make her
home in Denver.
Last Sunday evening Rex, the baby
son of F. E. Flynn, suffered a painful
accident from a base ball bat in the
hands of his older brother. 1t is
thought no serious results will fol-
low.
Athletic club met In the school house
President ----------M. V. Roberts
Vice-president -----W. ]. Cowhick
Sec treas. --------W. NJ. Thomas
judicial supervisor "A. l.. Butcher
Athletic supervisor -. E. Flynn
This club has forty-two members and
the promise of flourishing future
Mrs. Edith Gardner came home
from Denver. where she was attend
ing school, Tuesday evening. Bob
bic and Jack, her two small sons,
came back earlier in the week.
Tuesday afternoon twenty-three
members of the Olney branch A. r.
c. were busy in the gauze rooms. A
business meeting was held with Mrs
Roberts in the chair. A committee
of three, consisting of Mrs. H. T
Craig, Mrs. Oscar Griswold and Mrs.
J. H. Bishop were appointed to SUI
pervise the Junior Red Cross during