The Ordway new era., 1919-01-31
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

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shooters OF this vicinity succeed IN
carrying out their plans az per sched-
uie =
A trayedy which saddened the
hearts OF all occurred. az Hoiyoke whe',
the life Of year-old babe was snuffed
out by flames, burned to death While
asleep
The contract for the erection of Cen
ter's new $4,000 school building. has
been LET and the plans and drawings
of the proposed building are now on
display at the Library building.
Damage estimated at several hun
dred dollars was csused by frozen
pipes in Denton Hotel at Salids after
gency Hospital A big boiler burst
and toppled over
Ninety seven men Of the 5,579 reg
istered by the Colorado Springs Ey-
emption Board have died since theft
registration, according 70 the tnbu-
lation made by the city board in Ei
Paso county.
An oYerneated stoye in the Thomas
Olsen houie near Meeker caused the
death Of the three Olsen children,
who were alone at home, the parents
having gone to a neighbor's after put
ting the children to bed. The house
WIS totally destroyed and the charred
bodies found in the ruins
Not until he began tumblirg about
the house, striking every object in the
room, and finally walked deliberately
into a hot stove, did Mrs Bydin Early
wine of Mum realize that there was
anything the matter with her 4-year
old son. When physicians we're called
II was discovered that the child was
stone Blind
T Denver may obtain the annual con-
vsntior Of the American Medical As-
sociatior, which viii be held in June,
1920 The Civic and Commercial. As
sociation has received an inquiry from
the medical body asking about accom-
r1odatiors for delegates to the con-
vention and for the convention itself
that can be provided by Denver.
Tho Boa-d 81 County Comnission-
err Of Grand county have gent to the
State Highway Coinniission protest
against the Construction Of wiiat is
known az The Hi4f Zinc" section Of
the Fail RiYer road between Estes
Park and Grand county and urging
the cofnriission to reconsider the roit-
irg Of the highway at that point.
It is the opinion Of the acting quar-
terinaster general in Washington that
der existing law and without addi-
tional legisiatior, to establish mill
tary purchasirig headquarters and a
quartcrmaster's depot in Denver sc-
cording to a telegram to the Denver
Civic and CoririerciaI Association
from Senator Charles s. Thornas.
An INQUIRY concerning Colorado pro-
duction Of steel, IRON and. small. tools
for markets IN France, Italy, Spain,
the Balkan states and North Africa
was received by the Colorado Manu-
lecturers Associatiori from a 6rnt in
Paris distributing .supplies to the
French army An Colorado concerns
turning out such products were notj-
fed at once by Executive Secretary IL
r. Lewis Of the association.
isaac shrfvery married, employed ct
the Longnont sugar factory was m,
around 75-f3ot snnokestack collapsed,
allowing the huge steel cylinder TO
fan to the ground. Shriver, who was
standing in direct line Of the falling
sinokestack, was caught and crashed
almost 70 pulp. He was 40 years
ofd and was Formerly captain OF the
Longmont FIRE department
Proposed salary increases before the
State Legislature received setback
when ii became knownsttat the short
Appropriation bin, as tentatively
drawn by the House Committee, con-
tains sfatp cuts from the short period
appropriations 6f two years aeo, with
d total allowance 70 the. various de
s2o,6s7 II less than the preceding
Legislature authorized for the same
petiba
Miss Mildred Morris aud Dt. Caro-
line Spencer of Colorado Springs we're
an,6ne the twenty-five militant suffrn-
eettes 81 the National Woran'5 party
who wete released from Jail after =
fout-dns hunger strike IN washing
t6t
Reclining IN n sitting position, with
r6pe made 6f torn bed sheets about
bis thrbat, the lifeless body bf Richard
n Bnueh blind cbfiviet was found
IN HIS cell IN the state Peiitentiats at
Canott Cits. where he was committed
Inst Sertet,ibet for life for the murder
81 Saiiha Habtfi bf Denver inofe than
yenr ng6 The itiiptoyiseH rope was
tied TO nf' upper crbsspiece IN The ce'l
dbor, and In ofdet, 10 sttangle himself
Ba,iph was c6irpelied t6 tssuine n sit
ting posttite.
Mrs; s0il rnd Daughter, Mrs.
Roundtree Who have been living pii
homestead thirty miles iiotth 81 Ord
tny, wete eatrht 10 the ferpfit Biz
zafh and suffered ftptn exposure y
and Mrs Rutndttee is IN ttitieal
cbnditioil The wbiiirn were bn the
prnitie FOR forty eipht hours befufe
| they were found BY cattleimen. wh6
6btained nn autpmobiie and with The
MD Of sh6vels 70 REV through the
snowtffts succeeded II, getting them
to.swhefe medical mid could be su,ti-
ii6hed.
fhe tetai feeeints 81 eash fees N