The Ordway new era., 1919-08-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


renters -ffh an srrszS- q 1oJsis r-1-
ure rot spe-ined Of e1zhtF-tares ~frA
an acreage Of 1890. Tie are-zzs ssze
Of those reporting Is 1900 se-ea
Ninety seven fzrIpeSx failed 10 r-torz
their total acreage. brf @s-iz.srssi o.
the general average gwen amounts 20
1892. ~. giving a total Of 1874 -
acres
S1spenslon Of ask-zssEBeni Eo-k dur
ing 1919 on unpateuied mining claims
has beeo granted By Congress- the
Senate adopting the Hozs@ resolution
which now goes TO the Preside1r for
signature There are 900 Gnp4iest-
ed ore claims In COLORADO which viii
be benefited by The resolution II
signed by the Presltent- This means
relief from assessment WORK amount
ing 10 10000. and will stimulate pro
ducrlon. according 10 M b Tcrnblin.
secretary Of the Colorado Metal Miis-
ing Association
Alfalfa. the great hay and feed crop
OF the irrigated districts Of the West,
Il being rapidly developed as dry
farming crop In Weld county In the
Grover district. fifty miles northeast Of
Greeley, farmers are putting up their
second crop Of 3ifaIfs- The crop Is
planted IN rows and j. cultivated until
II has gotten good start The Gro
yer Community Club Is urging every
new settler 10 put in from twenty to
forty acres Of alfalfa for hog posture
and for hay
The lives Of at least four stunned
passengers from a wrecked autoino-
bile were saved by Mr. Henry n
Jones. Jr., of Danvilie. Ill. on the Flor
ence-yictor highway when she dragged
them from the waters Of Phantom
creek Mrs. Tressie Wiggington OF
Brighton. Colo. a scnOol teacher, and
Hubert Stevens Of Jewell. Kan, were
killed and six others injured when the
car left the highway and plunged down
the seyenfy-fiye-foot ernbaDkment-
Bonifscio Basques wss killed and his
father-in-iaw, RufaciO Garcia, danger
Ously wounded following a quarrel AT a
dance hall with two men az Pueblo.
said to have been Juan Trajilla and
Joe sayas. The quarrel started in the
hall because the alleged murderers OBJ
jected TO criticism By Garcia as to their
actions. II was finished in the street
an hour or 30 isisr, when TrajilIa and
Sayas are said to have drawn revolyers
and fired upon Basques and Garcia
DIR. J. Walter Fewkes of the Smith
sonian Institute. Washington, ID. g., is
At the Mesa Verde national park,
where he will spend the next six weeks
to two months in e1cayating new ruins.
He expects to make many new discov-
cries In these ruins. leading. perhaps,
to more definite Information concern
ing the prehistoric dwellers Of the most
ma gnificent ruins on the American con-
tinent.
One Of the largest wholesale hard
ware organizations on the western
slope has been perfected by Montrose
md other western slope city business
Anen. This company will be known as
the CoIorad do Utah Hardware Company
and will have its headquarters and
main warehouse In Grand Junction,
with branch houses later In various
cities on the western slope.
A sheepherder, Leon Itispoud, was
killed near Lesdville when the mule
he was riding became frightened at an
approaching automobile and fell,
throwing Rispoud under him. Rispoud
was driving pack train Of four mules
when an automobile came down a hill
In back of them, throwing the train
into confusion.
DIR. G. X. OImsted of Denver was
chosen head physician of the Wood
men Of the World by the board Of
managers which held its regular quar-
terly meeting In Denver. He succeeds
DIR. J. c. Twitchell, formerly Of Port
land, Ore, who came to Denver three
years ago to take up the duties Of the
position.
Pueblo's police department is union
lied, receiving a charter from the
American Federation Of Labor, and ap-
pointing representatives In the city's
trades and labor assembly. I'VE are
not contemplating a strike said the
president OF the new organization, but
PueblO's policemen are underpaid and
unless We are given substantial In
crease by charter we will be forced to
ask the aid of organized labor"
Earl r. Bennett, residing northwest
of La Junta, is erecting what Is
thought 10 he the largest silo west OF
the Mississippi river. The silO will
have capacity OF 1000 tons, and is
being constructed of vitrified hollow
tile. In addition to this silo, Mr.. Ben
nett has two others, each of 200 tons
capacity. He is engaged In sheep and
cattle feeding.
Charles II. Bliss. prominent Greeley
farmer, has been elected president of
the Industrial Sugar Company, to sue
reed John A. Hicks OF Brighton. The
Industrial Sugar Company is $4,000