The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ifuil anu NektlaDie crop ohc "a 80.
largest on record, this year, according
to figures compiled by the State Public
Utilities Commission on the basis OF
acquisitions received. The Palisade
peach crop Will require more cars for
shipment than ever before. $50 cars
being asked. Fifteen hundred cars for
apples will also be used in that district.
The San Luis district has asked for -
200 cars TO handle Its potato and vege-
table crops alone. OF the total cars
needed in the state from July to De
cenber, inclusive. 300 will be used in
Transporting peaches. 1900 for apples.
1895 for potatoes and vegetables. 42o
for pears and mixed fruit shipments
AT meeting of the city council at
La Junta the aldermen let the contract
for electrifying the pumping plant 10
the Patterson Engineering Co., OF
Pueblo. The contract calls for two mo-
tors and pumps, one 100 horsepower
and one 10 horsepower. The new ma
chinery calls for an outlay of $4,000
The council also formally accepted the
new 31z-ton Diamond 7 truck and
trailer. The truck has steel dump
equipment has capacity OF seven
ions.
The 1919 issue OF the Colorado Year
Book Is now in the hands Of the print
ers and will be issued early in August.
An effort was made 10 have the book
ready for publication about July LIST,
but the difficulties encountered by
county assessors In some counties in
completing their work Of collecting ag-
ricultural statistics delayed the work
materially. The volume will contain
for the first time set of tables show
ing by counties the acreage of all the
principal crops planted for the har-
vest of the current year
Miners Of Boulder county and repre-
sentatives of various civic organiza-
tlons have lately held a meeting and
decided to hold silver jubilee at
Chautauqua park on Labor day. The
jubilee will be to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the discovery of silver
at Caribou. Sam Conger, who pros
pected in Boulder county in the early
days will be in Boulder to take part in
the celegratlon. w VI. Martin, discov-
erer of Caribou mine, will also take
part In the jubilee.
With membership including men
who are leaders In their professions
from every part of the United States,
the Inter-Mountain Country Club, or
ganizing In Denver headquarters, Is
prepared to take over on Sept. i the
Mount Morrison hotel property in Bear
40 he Ittt has IN
resort buildings and an additional 200
acres, sufficient to give the organiza-
tion ample domain for Its prospective
extensive outdoor activities.
The Board of County Commissioners
has advertised for bids for the con-
struction of a concrete road from the
corporate limits of Grand Junction in
to Fruitvale. The estimated cost of
the construction will be $61 600. 1t
was stated that the contract probably
viii be let within the next thirty days
and that construction work will start
Immediately afterwards. The money,
1t Is reported. is available at this time.
A thorough examination of the wheat
fields of Montrose county revealed on
ly one place where the barberry rust
had attacked the grain. Walter j. Roth
and several assistants of the United
States Department of Agriculture un-
der the supervision of the Colorado
Experimental Station have completed
two-day inspection of the wheat
fields of the county and gives this en-
couraging report.
Joseph Koleski, rancher residing
at Eastlake, in Adams county. was in
stantly killed by lightning. Koleski left
his home during a severe storm for the
purpose of looking nfter some live
stock. whea he did not return,
searching party was organized and he
was found dead In n field. He Is sur
vived by his widow and several chill
dren.
Morgan county will shortly have
full-fledged country club near Fort
Morgan under articles of Incorporation
filed with the secretary of state by the
Morgan County Country Club. Organ
iZers, who are also part of the four
teen directors for the first term are
Charles II. Conlee, Ace Gillett, l.. v.
Rothrock, G. c. Wyatt. Walter s. CO.
en-, Ira C. Brown, Leigh Sanford and
II. b. Spencer.
About 10000 acres of land Will be
included in the new irrigation project
now being promoted in Huerfano cOun-
ty. This land was isolated under the
Carey act years ago. but has never
been opened, Messrs. LOwrey and VIII
liams. president and secretary of the
new company, respectively, have
opened offices in walsenburg and are
preparing to push the project.
Alfred L. Myers. former well
known resident of Ia Junta, was killed