The Ordway new era., 1918-11-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITESla


at Greeley. charged with wrecking a
/ Union Pacific train by .tampering with
switch. Officers were given a clew
leading to Martinez. who is an admir-.
er Of Mrs. Dufra, wife Of the section
boss at Peckham. When Martinez
was arrested he confessed to Sheriff
C. A. Finch OF Weld county. stating
that his object was to get Dufra away
from his home. Martinez had been
working on the section for about fit.
teen months and said he had fallen
in love with Mrs. Dufra. who Is OF
French extraction. He asked her for
agreed II Dufra could be decoyed from
home. The attempt to wreck the
train, he confessed, was an effort to
get Dufra away.
By peculiar coincidence Of name
with event. the first force of women
to be employed in a smelter in
rado is now on duty at the Golden
Cycle mill near Colorado Springs.
They juggle ore cars, trip the dumping
devices. watch the chutes. wheel ore,
oil machinery and do whatever else
there talents or experience fit them
for. and along with 1t all they sturdily
declare that they'd rather do it than
lots of the back-breaking, nervefray
ing tasks commonly classed as "wo-
mans work"
Enameled metal ware makers in
Colorado through the Colorado Manu-.
facturers' Association were given
nj. fr Vtnn nj
enamel ware for the government. The
order includes 10000 cups, 10000
basins. and also 50S.000 galvanized
iron tent slips. 6,764.000 jerkin but
tons, 252,S00 pairs of officers insignia
and 116.640 currycombs. These sup
plies are wanted for the field medical
supply depot and other branches OF
the military service.
The State Council of Defense re-
ceived word that the United States
would furnish 409, 9,320.00O bushels OF
foodstuffs for the allies during the
coming winter. This announcement
was made following conference be-
tween Federal Food Administrator
Herbert C. Hoover and food control
lers of the allied countries. Approx
imately 165.0O0,000 bushels of the esti-
mate may be cereals, the rest being
composed of wheat. rye, barley and
corn flour.
The Mountain Division of the Red
Cross, headquarters in Denver re-
Gently reported that Denver alone had
saved and delivered for shipment over
10000 pounds OF peach pits. These
are shipped to the gas mask factories
in New York. 1t is conservativeiy es-
tmated that Colorado has recently col
lected for shipment 250.000 pounds OF
peach seeds. or 125 tons. The West
ern slope probably furnished 100000
pounds of peach seeds. $3.50
gradual subsistence of the influ-
enza epidemic is noted throughout the
state except in two sections, the
southeast and southwest counties be-
ing still in a serious condition. Most
OF the correspondence and telephone
messages reaching the state board Of
health now relate to the problem of
fixing a date for lifting the restric-
tions imposed generally some weeks
ago.
Six Colorado boys are on the casual
ty lists made public by the war de-
partment Friday. They include Fred
Henderson, of Denver and Irven L.
Kennedy. Delta, who are dead of dis
ease. The other four are reported
missing in action. They are Clarence
E. Smothers, Denver; Ralph Jacober
Harness; Fred 8. Postel, Coleridge,
and Fred C. Spiers. Olathe.
Cannon captured at Sedan by Amo<~
leans, among them Colorado boys,
may at some time be in the parks of
Denver. With them may be cannon
captured by the Belgians. British.
French and Italians.
Seventy-one disabled American SOL
diers from the fighting front in
France have reported at the Colorado
recuperation hospital at Aurora. Sew
en- Of these boys are gas victims.
Probably the Oldest, person to cast
tion was Mrs. Mary A. Logan. Though
81 years old. Mrs. Logan is SO vitality
interested in the affairs of her state
and nation that she insisted on being
taken to the polling place OF her dis
trict, precinct BIG. and there, she de-
clared. she voted q straight Republi-
can ticket.
Denver City Chaplain Jim Good.
hearts call for $4,000 to carry ON
next years work Of his own Sunshine
Rescue Mission has been oversub.
scribed more than. $4,000 by several
hundred public-spirited Denver cit
iEens..
Women may now qualify for rail-
way mail clerks. according to a gov
ernment circular announcing an ex-
animation to be held in Denver Nov.
30.
Samuel w. Johnson of Arvada was