The Ordway new era., 1919-11-21

take place ali over the United States
from December 1 to 10. 1919.
AS Governor of Colorado, I desire
to heartily approve of the work which
has been carried on by your organiza-
tion for several years." states the GO
ernor in "A letter to John NJ. Kennedy,
Jr., executive secretary of the Stat.
Health Association.
As result of the large increase In
acreage cultivated without irrigation
I'm Colorado, there has been a sharp
decrease in the per acre yields of near
ly all crops in the state in the past ten
creases is in the average yield of
wheat.
A 6-cent fare has gone into effect on
all local street car lines of the Trini.
dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for in
creased fare was granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission. No
increased fare is effective on the in
terurban coal camp lines.
The oil shale industry In Colorado
is about to come into its own, with the
erection of two S2,O00,OO0 refining
plants in Grand valley, according TO
NJ. ii. Callahan of De Beque, Colo,
pioneer in the oil shale industry in
this state, and the original locator of
the Callahan OIL Shale Company hold
ings In Grand valley.
Mrs. T. +. Rea of LOngmont, while
In Boulder, said that she was feeling
fine, despite the fact that no food has
passed her lips for twenty-siN days.
She was advised by her physician TO
fast for month in order to reduce her
flesh. She has lost at the rate of
pound a day. She is still able to do
part of her housework.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners sold Mt public auction in the
state house l0,S54O9 acres of land,
distributed over seventeen counties,
for S2I9,O7912 The average price
paid per acre was S20.11. The record
price realized from the sale was Sl26
an acre. paid by Mary j. Hauck of
In Junta for n parcel of land In Otero
county, containing 1857 acres.
A tremendous explosion awakened
lIt 1lllltlDltiIllS VI NfOlNltH iiNN'''
CATION showed that n great part of the
big M on Mt. Zion had been blown
away. students at the School of
Mines blame the explosion on men
from Denver University, believing 1t
done in revenge for the dynamite eN-
plosiops which broke many of the win
dows at the Denver University.
Every Colorado doughboy who has
been "over there" knows it as the lib
erty Cross The kaiser calls it the
double cross. To the Knights Templar
II is a mark of their readiness to fight
for the good and the true. And that Is
the reason why the double-barred Red
Cross has been adopted as the emblem
of the Colorado Public Health Associa-
tiOn which is fighting for hundred
per cent health record in this state.
Preliminary figures on the prOduc-
ton of winter wheat In Colorado this
year, now being compiled by the State
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service,
show that Logan county leads all other
counties In the state In the production
of this crop. with total output of
close to 100000 bushels. Only three
other counties, Washington, Weld and
Yuma, have produced more than 1,OOO,-
900 bushels of winter wheat this year
and ten counties in the state, Chaffee,
Clear Creek, Denver, Gilpin, Hinsdale,
Lake, Mineral, Rio Grnnde, San Juan
and Teller, report no production of this
crop. The total production is approSi-
mately 100000 bushels, the largest
on record.
The hpdy of an unknown Mexican
was foun1 partly concealed in a hay
stack on the farm of c. \. Johnson,
two miles northwest of Atwood, by Mr..
Johnson. when he went TO the stack to
repair II fence. The body of the un-
known Mexican with bruises about the
head and face indicated that his death
had been n violent one.
The first stretch of government
state concrete highway to he built in
Pueblo county is completed and will
he seasoned for travel not later than
December LIST. 1t is known as the
first leg ON the Santa Fe trail, is
5000 feet long, and extends from San
IN Fe avenue, to the main gateway of
he Roseawn Burial park. Cost of
one and three-fourths miles is approx
imntely S44.0O0.
Final estimates by the State Coop
erative Crop Reporting Service on the
total production of potatoes in Colo
RADIO this year apparently will show a
considerable increase in the output
over the S,O96, 600 bushels indicated by
the October estimate. Though it is yet
too early to give definite figures it now
appears that the production will be
above 1O.0OO,0O0 bushels and perhaps
rs high as 11,0O0 600 bushels.
Three scenic routes from the East
to the Pncific will touch Montrose