The Ordway new era., 1919-04-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Aepdif0 Will De completeu at tne OIL
well of the Lincoln County OIL Com
pany at Hugo, and drilling will be re-
sumed at once.
"A foot of snow fell on the level and
irifted in some places to depth Of
four and five feet covered all of Weld
eounty last week.
The latest word received in Denver
relative to the departure of the Eighty
ninth division for America sets the
date of embarkation as May 10th.
Fifteen acres of land near Ault,
known as the Johnson place WAS sold
for 81, 500, or $500 an acre, which is
almost a record price for land in this
section.
The Pueblo Knights of Columbus,
Council No. 557, will erect building
costing 100000 soon. The exact site
has not been chosen yet, but some of
the most centrally located building
sites In town are being considered.
The Moffat tunnel measure, the
S5.OOO,OOO highway bond resolution
and the bill for increased industrial
compensation benefits have been
signed by Gov. Oliver H. shoup, thus
completing the course of legislative
enactment
Drilling in the Round Buttes oil
| field, which has been in progress ut
Carr, Colo, by the Cactus OIL Com
pany for some weeks and which has
progressed to the depth of nearly 1000
feet without striking oil in paying
quantities, has ceased and the rig will
be taken to other fields.
Mrs. Nancy Bush, 20, was found
guilty of murder in the second degree
by jury which returned its verdict at
Montrose in the trial of the aged wom-
an for the killing of her son, John
Bush, on the night of Dec. IS, 1917.
The verdict carries penalty of from
ten years to life Imprisonment.
Dean II. Martyr Hart, after forty
years residence in the United States,
received his final naturalization pa
pers. He came to Denver from Eng
land in 1879 and has resided in Den
yer ever since. He filed his first papers
April %, 1915. He was admitted to
citizenship by Federal Judge Robert
Il. Lewis.
The first cut in railroad fare since
the war tax was added to the price of
railroad tickets has been announced
in reduction of 3 cents in the price
| of tickets from Walker to Longmont.
This takes off the war tax, and it is
said that the, Great Western road Is
going to announce more reductions in
a short time.
Sale of approximately ], 400 acres of
land four miles south of Longmont, for
100000 is recorded in a warranty
deed filed in the office of the county
clerk 1t is the largest realty deal
transacted since County Clerk Beck
with took office four years ago and is
one of the biggest made in Boulder
county for many years.
Sufficient pinto beans to give each
one of Weld county's $4,000 inhabitants
ration of forty pounds and potatoes
sufficient to give each inhabitant
sack will perish in that county this
| spring and summer because of unfav-
| orable road conditions and inadequacy
of railroad facilities for shipping the
spuds and lack of market for the
beans.
Additions which will give more than
an acre of new show space in cOnnec-
| tion with the stadium at the Denver
| Union Stockyards, and that will cost
between sl25.OOO and 100000. are be-
ing planned by heads of the Stock
yards Company. The addition will be
In the form of a new building, imme-
diately adjoining the present stadium.
L. will be ready for 1920 stock show.
The Steamboat Springs Commercial
Club has been organized. So anxious
| we're the business men to get the or
ganization perfected that a constitu-
tion was adopted and all preliminary
York done the first night.
Fire of unknown origin started in
the big grocery and meat market of
the Miners Association, Lafayette, de-
stroyed the building and its contents
as well as the grocery store of John
Gordon and the residence of William
Wehman, causing loss of $500. The
Miners Association estimates its loss
at $4,000, with $1,000 insurance. Cor
don's loss is 5000 with $1,000 insur-
ance. The Wehman residence was
worth S2.5OO.
Colonel Barney, recruiting officer in
charge of recruiting in Colorado and
Wyoming, has been definitely In
formed thaN he can promise service In
China, Hawaii, the Philippines or Pan
anna, and all enlistments are for three
years flat, with no reserve. Likewise
he il enlistlng men for duty in France
and on the Rhine in the American Ex-
peditionary' Forces. Colored men
without previous service can now en-
list ip the cavalry service in the Phil
ippines.