The Ordway new era., 1918-06-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

second with 81 ,sl1 acres taken up.
while Montana il third with 1852
acres designated. Wyoming furnished
eighty acres The total during the
month for the seven states Is iSf'SSs
acresHhence Colorado lands taken up
constitutes one-fourth OF the total In
classification work under the stock
raising act resulting in designation for
entry in tracts of $40 acres, Colorado
stood second in a group of four states.
In Colorado 447.620 acres were taken
up.
Every soldier expects to come back.
but Just the same they are not taking
any chances of leaving the family
without some sort Of protection, II the
insurance figures at Fort Logan are
any guide to the secret feelings The
men passing through Fort Logan have
taken out 1854 policies. totalins
sI2I,s2l, 500. The average amount is
ss.s42s3. The maximum amount al
lowed is $4,000.
Establishment OF cemetery on
Lookout mountain for all Colorado
men and women who give their lives
in the war is suggested by Joseph
Thornton Boyd of Denver in letter
to the governor. Mr. Boyd also sug-
gests the erection OF a special monu-
ment of all Coloradoans who die IN
the war, on the mountain
Important Developments in the pro
duction of amorphous graphite In the
United States in 1917 were made In
Colorado. Reports made to the United
States geological survey, Indicate that
two mines have been producing and
that third will be in operation during
1918. The Colorado mines are in Gun
nison county.
The outlook for oil development in
Colorado this summer is decidedly
good" said James Duce, state oil in
spector. There is much activity in
various sections and l believe there
will be a great deal of development. |
am sure that In several localities the
ground will be proved to contain OIL
John Melvin and II. B. Magrill. well
known Montezuma county farmers
living near ATriols. nine miles west OF
Dolores. are both In a critical condi-
iion as the result Of a duel fought with
heavy irrigating shovels. Neither is ex-
pected to recover The men quarreled
over Irrigation water
The Denver delegation of railroad
men and coal operators which went &c
Washington TO urge the building OF
tunnel through the main range for the
use of the Moffat railroad. had hear
ing and is reported as having made
favorable impression on the govern
ment administration of the railways
In Leadvilie district the Colonel
Bohn shaft, called after the former
postmaster, is showing large bodies OF
manganese ore. 1t Is now exposed
along a huge blanket vein that is esti
mated to be $50 feet long, 60 feet wide
and 80 feet thick. measuring approx
mately 1890 tons.
William A. Eckerly, one of the foun
ders of Montrose and acting mayor OF
that city in the early days as well as
clerk OF the District Court, has been
interned at San Francisco on the
charge OF being an alien enemy, &C
cording to information received al
Montrose
The employees OF the Great Western
Sugar Company at Fort Morgan gave
the Red Cross nearly seven times the
amount asked Of them. The allotment
was S27250. and the men subscribed
S1.e05.5o. The factory at this point
has eighteen stars on its service flag
The largest contingent OF men thai
has left Fort Morgan since the iepar
ture Of Company /. entrained Tor CamT
Cody, near Deming, N. NJ. There were
forty-five boys. and a large crowd as
sembled at the station to pay them
tribute.
The executive committee OF the
State Council of Defense will keep In
constant touch with the state manu-
facturers to aid them in transferring
their work from non-essential indus
tries to essential war work.
The excitement OF fight between
relatives which he witnessed in pool
hall at Longmont was too much for
Lon Herring. pioneer farmer, who fell
| dead while the two men were contend.
ing.
The miners on the Uncle Sam mine,
Bear creek. Ouray county. having all
responded to the draft call. the prop
erty has been forced to suspend oper-
ations for the time being
The State Board of Immigration
places the value OF poultry and eggs
produced in the state during 1917 at
$7.000.000.
The School of Mines at Golden re
sumes this summer the work OF the
summer school.
The Democratic state central com
mittee will meet in Denver June 8.
Memorial Day was more generally