The Ordway new era., 1919-08-29
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

capped with several cans of gold con
centrates said to be valued at SI,OoO
can from the Independence mill at
Victor. John Franklin, aged so, and
James Gurioux, aged 20, victims of the
robbery, are in the district hospital.
Franklin, the watchnan, is said to be
in serious condition. Gurioux is suf-
fering from shock The robbery was
discovered when the day shift went
ON duty. The watchman and night
clerk We're found locked in a closet.
The elder man was unconscious and
his companion almost strangled by the
gag.
Frank Gable, director of the Du-
range roundup, to be held from Sept.
23 to % inclusive, is arranging one OF
the classiest wild west programs ever
offered. There will he bull riding,
cowgirls' races, running races, goat
roping contests, trick roping contests,
steer bulldogging, Indian races, cow
boys relay races, bareback riding,
cowboys bucking contest, trick riding,
farmers wagon races, in all twenty
events day and 5000 to be distrib-
uted to the winning contestants during
the four-day celebration.
Marked success is being had Wy the
State FISH and Game Department in
the use of retaining ponds adjacent
to natural streams for the growing of
trout to n fingers length before plac-
ing them in the creeks and rivers, ac-
cOrding to Roland c. Parvin, state
fish and game commissioner. Already
ten such ponds in different parts of
the state have been established under
direction of Commissioner Parvin, who
is the first head of the department to
carry out the idea on statewide
scale.
Fifteen cars of potatoes will be
shipped daily from the Montrose,
Olathe and Delta spud district, when
the busiest part of the season will
start. This is the early potato harvest
and will continue at this rate for sew
eral weeks. The spuds are being
moved to the markets in refrigerator
cars, which, however. will not inter
fere with the regular shipments of
fruit from the western SLOPE about
which the growers were alarmed re-
Gently when ear shortage seemed
apparent.
William r. Myera, who was arrested
several weeks ago charged with high
grading" gold amalgam from the Pow
der River Gold Dredging COmpany's
dredge, and who was released on a
$500 bond, failed to appear either on
the day set for hearing by the jus
tice of the peace or before the Dis
trict Court, is now IA fugitive from
justice and his bondsmen have had to
pay over the $500 of the forfeited bond
to Sheriff ]. G. Detwler of Summit
county.
Greeley is TO have one mile of paved
county highways on both the north
and the south sides of the city limits
before winter sets in. Money for
these projects has been appropriated
by the State Highway Commission and
the location of the two miles deter
mined by the county commissioners.
Two of the worst stretches of the Lin
coin Highway between Denver and
Cheyenne will be eliminated by the
Improvement.
Frank F. Wood, SO years old, the
oldest man in point of service running
out of Denver in the railway mail
service, is dead. Mr.. Wood was known
as the most unlucky clerk in the serv-
ice so far as wrecks were concerned.
His associates say he had been in
more wrecks than any other railway
mail clerk in the country. He entered
the service in 1888, running between
Leadville and Aspen.
A survey of eastern Colorado that
will locate artesian basins as guide
to farmers in sinking wells for irriga-
tion is contemplated by bill intro
duced in the Senate by Senator L. G.
Phipps of Colorado. Underground cur
rents are to be charted and shallow
flows located by the geological survey.
An appropriation of $4,000 is asked
to carry out the worn.
Colorado farms have increased from
46,lT0 last year to 10000 in round
numbers, this year, according to re-
ports to the state immigration depart
ment by county assessors, and the to-
tai increase may be even larger be-
cause of the incompleteness of the as
SCISSORS reports. 1t is believed the
county assessors inventories are so
per cent complete.
Ticket business in the Union station
III Denver is averaging $4,000 a day.
which is taken by officials of the ter
minal company as n certain indication
of theimpOrtance of Denver. Ten years
ago the average days business was
$4,000 and $1,000 was business so
great for one day as to caHse comment
among the officials.
Governor Oliver II. ShOup has ac-
ccpted an invitation to speak at the
Western slope fair meeting at Mont
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