The Ordway new era., 1918-04-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

1
Ssntina, March IS. was presented for
probate in the Denver County Court.
The will names but three legatees.
Cicily Banner Cooke Daniels. wife Of
Major Daniels. now residing in Swift
Ierland. receives one-half of the es-
tate: Florence Martin, daughter of the
late Sir James Martin. chief justice OF
New South Wales, who has lived in
his family and been his wife's friend
for many years, being now with Mrs.
Daniels In Switzerland, receives one
fourth, and Charles MacAllister Will
COX, manager Of the Daniels & Fisher
Stores Company In Denver, who also
receives one-fourth. The estate 10
valued at $765.o0o.
With federal supervision and war
needs exacting rigid economy. railroad
improvements are being made only
when absolutely essential. Ordway,
however. is to have q new passenger
depot. an improvement for which 1t
has been petitioning the Missouri Pa
cific for years. Its old depot was par
TALLY destroyed by fire the night of
February 10.
Two brothers lost their lives when
overcome by gas in well they were
digging at Goodpasture, q community
about twenty-five miles southwest OF
Pueblo. John Wilford was working at
the bottom of the well. when he struck
a gas pocket" which overcame him.
His brother, Lowell, went down to res
cue and also was overcome.
Excellent showing of the Homer
mine at Georgetown. Ore getting bet
ter with every foot down. Twelve TO
sixteen per cent copper besides 1 to
2Ia ounces gold. Equal TO Cripple
Creeks average with the copper
added,
Ed Krier son of Pete Krier
of Walsenburg, has an advan-
tage over other Sammy soldiers.
Letter announces his safe arrival some
where in France and says he is quar-
tered with the familys relatives over
Officials of the Denver & Interurb-
an railway appeared before the Colo
rado Utilities Commission to ask an
increase in rates equal to those in ef-
feet on the Colorado 4 Southern be-
tween Denver and Boulder.
One of the biggest strikes made any
where In the Cripple Creek district
by leasers for more than a year, min
ing men say. now is being developed
by Hayes & Cartee on the Vindicator
mine at the 1,200-foot level
| Imposing the maximum sentence
under the laws of the state, Judge E.
]. Ingram In the County Court at
Boulder fined four confessed bootleg
gers $500 each and sentenced them to
serve six months in jail
Congressman Edward T. Taylor of
Colorado declared during his stay in
Denver en- route to his home At Glen
wood Springs that there is a shortage
of 50.0o0,0o0 barrels OF oil expected
this year.
The Denver tourist and publicity bu-
reau received telegram from the Chi
cago headquarters stating that Mrs.
Emma Tollman East il In q hospital
at Sheboygan, Wis.
| Miss Marion Crandall. sister OF Mrs
Richard NJ. Greene of Pueblo. was
killed In France by the explosion of
q German shell near Red Cross field
hospital camp.
The sun shone in Denver rs per cent
Of the possible sunshine time during
the month of March. There were $50
hours of real sunshine out of the 81
| possible hours.
A mountain parks system similar
to that of Denver is being urged for
Boulder by the Lions Club, composed
of fifty citizens.
Tho nurax- Consolidated paSuc,;or
| Company has closed deal which adds
a third reduction mill to the machin-
cry that will be manned and started
this spring in the campaign to work
the rich dumps in that mining camp.
Plans for a proposed s25,00o munich
pal auditorium have been drawn for
fhe approval of City Engineer Getty of
Montrose.
Two weeks work by the Denver
Y. N. c. A. netted more than 500, 900
worth of signed War Savings Stamp
pledges.
Ten thousand dollars has been sub
scribed towards the erection of an
alfalfa mill and mixing plant al Platte
vile,
Arrangements are being made for a
convention of Sunday school workers
10 be held in Salida, Sunday, April
21st.
With suitable and impressive cere-
monies, at Sugar City, the cornerstone
for a new Lutheran church was laid,
II is reported that Grand Junction
has twenty-six cases of smallpox, but
all are in light form and none serious.
Frank H. Mulligan, former Denver
I oi,r a.,ae,ira and philin C0bar both