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


Western Newspaper usaen News Service.
The average wages of school teach
srs per month In Colorado vary from
S6S.84 In one-teacher schools to $1O645
In high schools.
The school board for the city Of En-
Elewood has tentatively sold bonds for
sS0, 900 for construction of new high
school building during the coming
months.
The total receipts Of the 1850 school
districts In Colorado for the school
year ending July l, 1918. were $11,-
572, 155O5. Expenditures for the same
period were $780,, ,809.13.
To Perry Majors, Montezuma
county rancher, belongs the honor for
raising the biggest pig in the San
Juan basin. The porker dressed 496
pounds and was sold for $94.24.
]. C. Cessna, 2S, local manager of
the Gilpin County Light, Heat and
Power Company, was electrOcuted at
Central City on a pole when his hand
slipped and came in contact with
high-powered wire.
Colorado Springs and the Pixies
Peak region will spend $4,000 in ad-
vertising during the coming year. In
addition the hotels and amusement
owners will spend an additional $1,000
as part of the publicity advertising
campaign.
A prairie fire that started in the
Thomas Ord pasture near Falcon and
about ten miles east of Colorado
Springs caused damage to 5000 acres
Of pasture land and completely de-
stroyed 300 tons Of hay before 1t could
be checked.
Agreements for the s4,0O0,00O col
Onizing corporation announced recent
ly as being in the process of forming
to develop 100000 acres of land ada
cent to Denver have been signed by
all the Henry l.. Doherty interests and
other land owners, and articles Of In
corporation will be filed in a few days.
The Greeley Home Building Com
pany, syndicate, will build sixty
houses In Greeley this summer. Con-
tracts for lumber and other material
for the first group of six houses have
been let to lumber company and
agents are buying every available lot
In the residence district south of State
Teachers College.
Fire, which threatened the whole
business district Of Windsor, destroyed
the Shand Demont building on Water
III. nl- 49, tan
rant, photographers studio and four
apartments. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. Several firemen were In
jured. The explosion OF a kerosene
lamp started the fire.
Lumber production in the United
States during 1918 showed decrease
of more than 5000, 100000 feet under
the 1917 production, the Forest Serv-
ice of the Department Of Agriculture
announced. Reports received by the
bureau from 731 sawmills placed the
estimated 1918 cut at 32,76O.00O 600
feet. In 1917 the total production was
5000. 100000 feet.
mated on the Citizens' ticket, which
will be the only one In the field. Last
year was prosperous one for Hud-
son, Colo, with the new Farmers CO.
operative grain elevator, general
store, Libby, McNelll & Libby pickle
factory and the plant of the Boulder
Creamery Company. The town cOun-
ell has passed an ordinance for a
bond issue of $4,000. $1,000 to be
used in extending water mains and the
rest on electric lighting, the town hav-
ing contract with the Fort LuptOn
Light and Power Company. nine miles
away. Land is changing hands at
from 500 to $50 an acre, and beet
and wheat prospects are excellent
Colorado has more than 1900. 600
acres of agricultural land that has
port farm population more than
twice rs great as the state now has.
Approximately 10000 acres of sugar
beets have been contracted In Weld
county by the Great Western Sugar
Company. This is almost double the
normal acreage which Is about 10000
| acres.
Two La Junta Boy Scouts were pub
licly presented with awards given by
the United States Treasury Depart
ment for their work during 1918 SELL
ing War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
Morey Goodman, 13 years old, received
n button for his efforts. Willford Bur
well received button and ace medal
for selling $500 worth of stamps
Strong opposition to the appropria.
tion clause of the colonization and SOL
der land settlement bill before the
Colorado Legislature has caused the
agricultural and livestock bureau of
the Denver Civic and Commercial As
ISOLATION to advocate the passage of