The Ordway new era., 1918-07-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

at Colorado Springs.
July 22-Democratic State Assembly In
Denver.
Aug. 22-24-Coiorado State Firemsn's
Convention at Georgetown
'@Rf Pueblo.
Sept. 2s-2s-Lincoln County Fair at
kugo.
Loveland is to have new $25. 600
hotel.
Basalt is to have an electric hght
plant.
Forty cases of smallpox in Pueblo
since January l.
No more slot machines in Puepio
says commissioner
Housewife can obtain plenty Of su
gar for canning purposes.
A community dinner was the Fourth
of July attraction at Manzanola.
improvements are being made on
the canning factory at Manzanola.
The Democratic County Assembly
will be held in Denver on July IL.
The Kersey school board is prepar-
ing plans for a $4,000 school building.
A new $4,000 school house is to be
built in District No. 98. In Adams
county.
Over on the west slope every man
able to fork hay is now worth his
weight in bacon.
Rifle and the vicinity surrounding
it are rapidly taking the lead in sheep
and wool growing.
First crop of alfalfa of this year has
practically all been cut, throughout
the Arkansas valley.
People OF San Luis valley agree that
the past month was the hottest June
ever known there.
Contract for erection Of the Boulder
county sanatorium at Boulder on bid
of $46,412 has been awarded.
Ernest j. Smith of La Porte, Colo,
is on the marine corps casualty list as
among the severely wounded.
Charles e. Condor, Breckenridge,
and William B. Mooney. Greeley, were
commissioned first lieutenants.
According to Washington reports,
Colorado has 1872 millionaires, and A.
$50 persons pay income tax-one on
$1,50O.000.
1t is stated that it has about
reached the point in Rocky Ford
where the only way to get domestic
help is to marry it.
Weld county's War Savings pledges
approximate $1.000,OOO. Greeley's
workers went over the top of the
cify's quota of S3O2 600
A conference of county agents OF
the state-thirty in number-will be
held at the State Agricultural College
at Fort Collins July to 13.
Announcement has been made from
Washington of the denomination by
President Wilson of Harry b. Tedrow.
United States attorney for the district
Of Colorado. for period of four years.
While Oscar Million and his 12-year-
old son were doing carpenter work on
their barn at South Fork. near Del
Norte. they were struck by lightning.
The boy was killed and the father
badly hurt.
Denver, Pueblo and Grand Junction
have been designated as headquarters
cities of a subregional districting OF
the federal reserve district No. IA, for
the purpose of organizing for intens.
i've war production.
E. M. Judd. 2s years old. chauffeur
for Denver omnibus and cab COM
pany, died at st. Joseph's hospital in
Denver of internal injuries suffered
when an automobile he was driving
was struck by tramway car
A $4,000 dormitory will be added to
the Holyoke high school.
Edwin e. Booth, Pueblo, Spanish
war veteran and national guardsman,
has been promoted from colonel in the
regular army to brigadier general. This
is the first appointment to high rank
to come to citizen of this state since
the present war.
Application Of the Tramway Com
pany for a 3-cent increase in the fare
to Golden on its line by way of Berke-
ley and Mount Olivet. to put that line
on an equal footing with the Denver &
Intermountain road, was denied by the
Public Utilities Commission.
David Warnock 4 Son of Loveland
shattered all livestock records of the
state for all breeds and the third best
record in prices west of the Mississip-
pi this year when their stock averaged
31,375 head at an auction at their
farm near Love1and, attended by 700
persons. The highest priced cow was
sold for $4,000 to c. A. Petrie Of Love
land. The entire sal. amounted to
34S.50o. 1t is declared the largest
amount ever received at public auc-
tiQn for any breed of cattle in Colo
RADIO.
Seventy sheep In the flocks of Isaac