The Ordway new era., 1919-05-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Colorado Springs Is finally assured
Of an airplane and flights will be
started shortly after June 1st- Ar
rangements are completed between
Ira b. Humphrey of Denver and the
management Of the Broadmoor hotel
for an airplane service at the Broad
moor and an 5000 Curriss machine,
with room for two passengers and the
pilot now is being completed at the
factories Engineers have made the
surveys for the landing field and work
has already been started on four han
| gars.
The biggest prairie dog poisoning
campaign ever inaugurated in the
West is on full force in Fremont,
Park. Teller and Chaffee counties. un-
der the auspices of the Fremont Coun-
~ Stockgrowers' Association and su-
pervised by F. W. Powers of East
Canon Tons of poisoned oats have
been distributed over the territory af-
fected and ranchers and cattlemen are
applying II on the open range and pri-
vate lands while in the forest reserves
the work is in charge of members of
One million dollars worth of tractors
TO take part in the Mountain States
National Tractor demonstration In
Denver. June 9th to 18th. are on the
railroads en- route. This aggregation
of machines represents only about one
third of the tractors and power ma
chinery that win be seen AT the dem
onstration. according to the executive
committee in charge of arrangements
for the demonstration, since 1t is es-
timated that at least 100000 worth
of machines will take part in the ex-
hibit
Vandalism, developed to the nth
power and believed TO have been of
the Juvenile species, asserted itself at
Hawthorne park, Grand Junction,
when the children's playground was
despoiled. Swings were torn down.
chutes scattered. sandpiles scattered
and other Hun conduct perpetrated.
Even the flowers in one of the less
frequented corners were trampled
down The park is devoted entirely to
the use of children for Fairgrounds.
Nick Damos, a Greek, was tried for
the third time at Walsenburg for the
killing of William Dick, president of
the Huerfano Trading Company, Feb.
13, 1915, while carrying the pay roll
to one of the camps The jury were
out day and reported to the court
their Inability TO agree, stating they
stood nine to three. The court sent
them back for further consideration,
and they brought in u verdict of ac-
quittaL
Greeley police are looking for man,
partly identified as the assailant of
16-year-old Greeley girl on the campus
of the Greeley high school. The girl
was attacked by two men, but escaped
and ran to the campus of the state
teachers college, where she tainted
from terror asdr exhaustion and was
found unconscious several hours later
beside a clump of bushes, with most
of her clothing torn away.
The spring wool clip from San Juan
basin sheep this year will exceed 5OO,-
600 pounds, according to flockmasters,
who, during the last week have en-
countered difficulties in securing
clip. Practically every warehouse in
Durango is filled to capacity and
majority of the buildings used for
such purposes at the other shipping
points also are filled.
The wild game In the Estes Rocky
Mountain National Park region is
quite tame this spring, affording many
chances for visitors to the park to get
closeup views OF them. The deer are
the most numerous of the bigger game,
followed next by the Rocky Mountain
Big Horn sheep. and these by the elk.
T. c. Jones burned up just exactly
81 600 In half hour near Monte Wis
ia, when a field of peas that he had
just sold to a sheepman caught fire
from weeds Mr.. Jones was burning
adjoining the pea field. Mr.. Jones
rode to town and handed back the
81 900 check.
The sheriffs office at La Junta cap
tured Ventura Antizeros while he was
trying to dispose of some silk goods,
and after an examination 1t was
learned that he had quantity of goods
in the east end of town. His premises
were searched and five silk dresses,
silk waists and two coats, valued at
S75 EACH besides number of trousers
and overalls, were found. The goods
were Identified as those belonging to
store that was robbed in Pueblo OF
81 800 worth of silk.
Two collie dogs, pets of the house
hold, saved the life of L. A. Jewel,
farmer living ten miles northeast Of