The Ordway new era., 1919-06-27
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
The Colorado Editorial Association
meet in Denver. July IL. IL, 1919.

meet in Denver. July II. 12. 1919.
Colorado Tesehers' college opened
Its summer term at Greeley with az
enrolment of ], 800 students, the iarg
est in the history of the college. Twen
ty-one states are represented in the
summer school student body.
After quarrel which lasted for sew
eral hours, C. NJ. ICY" Gibson, 40 years
old, a local horse trader, shot Leonard
Hadley, 81 years old, at Loveland
through the right shoulder and
through the head. Hadley was rushed
to the hospital where he is in n serious
condition.
The Fourth of July committee has
decided upon two-day celebration
and welcome to Summit county's re-
turning soldiers at breckenridge. The
usual mining camp program, with
possible barbecue, ball game, athletic
contests, public speaking and a ball
at the windup, is on the program so
far.
An important strike of good ore in
large ore shoot has been made ut a
depth of 1900 feet in the Vindicator
mine on Bull hill at Victor. The dis
covery Is in section of the mine
which has not been worked for several
years. II is believed that the discov-
cry is the Old Lille vein that yielded
so richly years ago.
Fred Burnett, farmer in Morgan
county, narrowly escaped death when
his car skidded in crossing the Platte
river near Snyder. He was thrown
into the river and, owing to the shall
lowness of the stream, escaped drown
ing The car wns upset in the river
and Burnett was pinned beneath the
car, but the river ut that place was
only few inches deep, owing to the
dry season.
Judge Henry G. Hersey of Denver
will hear the suit between the Lake
county and Summit county commits
sioners over the boundary between
those counties. The case is set for
hearing on September 10th at Lead
vile. Owing to the fact that District
Judge Francis E. Bouck is a resident
of Lake county, he decided that an
outside or nonresident judge be asked
to hear the case.
Cecil Roy, McAtee, 9-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McAtee, living four
miles north of Fort Collins, was IA
tally injured in Rist cafion, seventeen
miles west of that city, when he was
jolted from an automobile seat and
crushed between the machine and
tree. The McAtees had spent the day
visiting relatives at the head of the
canon and were on their way home
when the accident happened.
Pay-as-you-enter street cars now
cover all traction lines in Colorado
Springs, and the service has been i'm
proved from three to ten minutes on
all routes. The cars have been in the
local barns for several months, but
the conductors refused to take them
out until they received a wage in
crease. This became possible ten days
ago when by stipulation the public
utilities commission and the munich
pal council agreed on 6-cent fare.
Placerville, Colo, was practically
destroyed by fire that caused loss
estimated at $175,OOO. The d. & Il. G.
Railroad Company sustained loss of
and other outlying structures were
burned to the ground. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 worth of freight was con-
sumed Traffic was delayed for n
short while, but Is now normal. The
fire consumed the railrond warehouses
and outbuildings, garages. stables,
postoffice, general store and a three
story business block. 1t is not known
whether the postoffice records were
saved.
Compulsory voting and minimum
wage of S125 for state employees are
two additional matters that Gov. Oil
yer ii. Shoup will be asked to include
in the call for n special session of the
Legislature, to he assembled for the
primary purpose of ratifying the wom-
an suffrage amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States
ii. Il. Vorbeck, commissioner of fl
nance, estimates Grand functions
population nj 1900. He declares ev-
cry house is occupied and that the
habitabie capacity of the city is slight
ly less than 10000. The city's bonded
Indebtedness is S593,OOO, less the sink
ing fund, which reduces the indebted
ness to slightly more than S50O,000
The assessed valuation is ST,0S7,719.
Il would rather die than go to
Canon City, was the remark of Frank
DE West, who broke Jail ut La Junta
after being sentenced to the peniten
tiary to from eighteen months to two
years. De West was recaptured In
Pueblo, after making the trip by con
ceallng himself underneath the coal oil
the engine tender. The first sentence
was revoked, and he was resentencet
to serve from five to eight years fol
his brief liberty.
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