The Ordway new era., 1919-08-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
ws.,.rn Newspaper Union News Service.

|
ers of Grand Junction. died at his home
sages received.
A team composed of seventeen men
of ColorndO's National Guard will rep
resent the State ut the national rifle
matches to be held at Caldwell, n. j.,
the week of August 25.
Appropriations Of $4,000 for the
Rocky Mountain National park and
$1,000 for the Mesa Verde, for ex-
penses during the coming year, are in
cluded in the sundry civil bill signed
by President Wilson.
Former Governor James Bradley Or
man, receiver of the United States
land office in Pueblo. and dominant
figure In the history of Colorado since
the early SOS, succumbed to a stroke
of paralysis at the family residence in
that city.
The contractors for the 5OO-foot
Hyle cement bridge across the Platte
| river, which was condemned as I'M
safe and payment for same refused by
Weld county, has agreed to make such
reinforcements and repairs of the
structure as Will make 1t safe.
Thes chool directors of district No.
l of Summit county have advertised a
special school election, for the purIGEe
of voting bonds to amount of $35, 900
for new school building to be used
as school auditorium, community
center, etc, with swimming pool and
gymnasium.
A rich streak of silver ore has just
been uncovered in the old Prince AL
bert mine, on Columbia mountain, op-
posite Lawson. The strike was made
in the east drift, 275 feet from the
crosse cut, at depth of about $50 feet
The pay streak is said to be eighteen
inches wide.
The acreage cultivated without ir-
rigation in Colorado has increased
close TO $50 per cent since 1909, while
there has been a comparatively slight
Increase in the acreage cultivated un-
der irrigation. The result has been
a sharp decrease in the yields per
acre of almost all crops.
The federal bureau of public roads
approved the plans submitted by the
state highway department and Costilla
county for building So miles of road
between Fort Garland and San Luis
under federal aid. The new road Sec
tion, beginning with the San Luis end,
will cost approximately $4,000.
What is believed to be the first case
of typhus fever ever recorded in Den
yer caused the death of Harley Will
son, n decorator. Wilson, who was 81
years of age and has been employed
by the Denver Omnibus and Cab Com
pany, became Ill June %. The attend
ing physicians recognized the disease,
but were unable to stop Its progress.
Denver will begin the construction
Of the south wing to the Colorado Mu-
scum of Natural History In City Park
shortly, as the result of gift of $780,
600 for that purpose to the city by
Denver citizen whose name is being
withheld for the present by Mayor
Dewey G. Bailey. The name of the
donor will he revealed at the formal
opening of the Civic Center Aug. 1.
James Luttrell, a negro, who for
years was employed as wire drawer
at the steel plant at Pueblo, who died
| recently, had diamonds In his teeth.
| Luttrell had a passion for diamonds,
1t is said, and this passion led him
to have his front teeth set with dia-
monds by a local dentist, and they
were valued at several hundred dol
lars. Whenever he smiled, the effect
was particularly brilliant, and 1t is
said that he rarely had his lips closed.
Better roads boosting received new
encouragement upon advices that the
State Highway Commission had allot-
ted 100000 to Mesa county for road
construction. The amount, 1t is un-
derstood, Will be equally divided be-
tween the Palisade concrete road and
the proposed concrete road between
Grand Junction and Fruita. The Pal
isnde road has been under construction
for some time. The Fruita road was
ordered surveyed by the county COM
missioners several weeks ago with a
view of asking for state and federal
aid.
''The Good Ship Minnequa" is afloat
and taking cargo aboard for her first
cruise in the Pacific ocean as a mem.
her of the United States Merchant ma
rine. The Minnequa is Pueblo's Vic
tory ship and her name would have
been Pueblo" If 1t were not for the
fact that there is already battleship
in the United States navy by that
name. The ship was christened by
Mrs. ]. c. Brooking of Pueblo and the
name "Minnequa" was given it because
of the beautiful Lake MinneQua at
Pueblo. a bottle of water from Lake
Minnequa was broken over the bow of
the ship in the christening exercises.
Greeley business men will furnish
funds TO DrOyide n life pua rd and sn fe.