The Ordway new era., 1918-06-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

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COMING EVENTS.
July lS-Rspublican state Convention
July ss~D.%oen.tie Stat. Assembly in
Aug. s;.l.-co,orado stat. f1remsn''
Convention at 9sorgstown- =.
Sept. .S-ss-Coior.do State FAR ~
The Denver City Council passed
the work or fight" ordinance.
The northwest quarter OF section =.
unimproved land, near Otis, was 500
for se6 per acre.
W. p. Machlin has purchased the d.
A. Clark ranch, midway between Mesa
and Molina. At cost Of 3ls,soO.
The Roy ranch, three miles south
east Of Evergreen, embracing full
section of land, was sold for $4,000.
The annual convention Of the
Junior Order, United American Me-
chanics, will be held at Pueblo next
year.
The State Fair Commission VIII
stage an aeroplane exhibition at the
1918 State Fair Sept % TO 28 at Pu-
eblo.
The new school building in Otero
county, District No. near Fowler,
has been completed and formally
opened.
LIB Ranch No. /, National Order
Of Cowboy Rangers. netted neat
sum for the Red Cross at their dance
in Denver.
W. D. Wright Jr. was elected presi-
dent OF the Rotary Club at the annual
stag dinner held at the Denver Ath-
letic Club.
Elaborate plans for the celebration
of Colorado day on Aug. l are already
under preparation by the Colorado Pa
triotic League.
The Democratic state central COM
mittee has fixed the date for the State
Assembly at Denver on July 22. There
will be 932 delegates.
Albert W. McIntire. former gov
ernor of Colorado, is a patient in
Steele hospital. Denver. He is suffer
ing from a severe attack OF erysipelas.
John S. Stidger, SO. twelve years
special agent in the United States
Land Department, died at the home
Of his son, George Stidger. in Denver.
The State Highway Commission has
appropriated S63,255 for the mainten-
ance and Improvement of the Rabbit
Ear Pass road during the coming sea-
son
The government forestry service
has ten foresters at work on a survey
in the Dolores section to obtain an es-
innate of the amount of available tim
Der. 100 f.s.-7
The long-deiayed casing for the Red
Rock Oil Company's well at Aver.
south of La Junta, has arrived and
drilling operations are again In pro-
gress.
Mrs. Priscilla E. Boise hanged her
self in a barn in the rear OF her home
at Pueblo. She was 76 years old and
had been a resident of Pueblo for thir-
ty years.
W. H. NOOuW a. u " az OdotSA 10 kANS-
ident of the National Film Corpora
ton of Englewood. Irregularities and
mismanagement are charged by the
board Of directors
Sam Levine, Denver newsboy. is
the father of a prodigy. a three-pound
baby boy, perfectly formed. living.
healthy and happy. as far as can be
determined from the smile with which
he has greeted the world.
A verdict recommending that VIII
liam Truman be held for murder was
returned at the inquest over the body
of Fred l. Porter. killed at 20 South
Logan street, Denver. when a truck
driven by Truman passed over his
body.
Maj John A. Martin announced his
candidacy at Pueblo for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
representative from the Third con-
gressional district. He will oppose
Congressman Edward Heating.
Between June 21 and June rs big
campaign will be conducted in Denver
to add to the funds for war savings
stamps in order that Denver may full
fiji its promise to purchase within q
year $500 900 worth Of the securities.
As result of the refusal of the gov
ernor of Nevada to honor requisition
papers from Colorado for the arrest Of
Mrs. Miriam NJ. Pickrell, whose kid
naping of her son, Gordon Craig,
caused sensation in Denver, the boy
returned TO Denver accompanied only
by his father. Roy H. Craig, and Depu-
ty Sheriff j. W. Robinson.
Mrs. G. H. Farrell of. Muskogee
Okla. and Cecil Elliott. aged 10 years.
Of Pueblo were instantly killed at Pu-
chin Mhen a Santa E4 nassenRer train