The Ordway new era., 1919-01-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS.
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Jan. 2O-Zl-Mfd-winte hcetih8
Colorado Editorial Association ~
Jan. aiMMeetins Colorado County Com
Jan. 22-Colorado Stock Growers AS
sociation meeting at Denver .,r,,
'.n asMsssiPE En,en anrmsIs p.nSe9
Jan. 21-23-Mountain States Lumper
| Dealers Association meeting IN len
Jan. 2s-2l-Hardware and Implement
Deaiers meeting at penver; Rrsed-
ers Association at Denver. ,.
Jan. 23-24-Meeting Oldtime Cowboys
Association at Denver.
Jan. 24-2b-Meeting Colorado morse
Breeders Association at Denver,
Jan. 26-Meeting Colorado Auctiohee's
| Association at Denver. s, n,
Jan. 2i-2s-Meeting American National
Live Stock Association at Denver
A big memorial service for Theo-
dore Roosevelt was held at the Con-
| gregational Church in Grand juno
tion. .t
o. M. James, D. B. Wright and +:
M. Stout have shipped carload OF
alfalfa seed worth nearly $4,000 from
| Whitewater.
About 400 Colorado wool growers
and stockmen attended the three days
session of the Wyoming Wool Grow
ers' Association held at Lander.
Because of the drop in lead and
copper, since the armistice, the mines
at Rico, heavy producers of those
minerals, have closed down.
The first pedigreed hog auction sale
ever to take place in this county was
held in Durango with great satisfac-
tion to the owners and purchasers.
General" Charles W.. Gordon, 81.
the Oldest resident in Colorado
Springs, is dead. Gordon was vet
eran of four wars-Punjab, Sepoy,
Crimean and Civil.
Under the direction of the City
Federation of Women's Clubs Wig
prous campaign will soon be started
for the establishment of a modern
hospital in Sterling.
Telluride is battling new wave of
influenza and a number of new cases
have been reported lately. The city
authorities have requested discontin-
uance of public funerals.
An organization, known as the
Monte Vista Stock Sales Committee,
is hot on the trail of stock-selling
concerns and agents who sell stock
under Misrepresentation.
Neglect is charged to the Portland
Gold Mining Company in coroner's
verdict returned on the death of Emil
Palmquist at the Victor crusher mill
of the company November 10.
| After seven years of successful op-
| Grafton Longmont today owns, free
from debt, its municipal electric light
plant, the last $4,000 bonds having
been paid by the city during the year
1918. ls !
The new issue Of War Savings
Stamps, costing $4.12 this month, are
on sale at the postoffices and other
agencies. The stamps are redeemable
january 1, 1924. Colorado's quota is
$20, 100000.
Colorado will be able to use 1880
unskilled soldiers and sailors on road
construction and repair work during
1919, according to reports received by
the department Of agriculture from
the highway department.
The state auditor has notified Mary
c. C. Bradford, state superintendent
Of public instruction, that there is
| available for apportionment among
the school districts Of the state out
sum of 1928 3,92s.92.
The Colorado School Of Mines will
.lose its first semester and. full credit
will be given in all courses. This is
the only college in the state where
the assigned time. Arrangements had
been made to have all courses end
December 81, according to the War
Departments plan to put three semes-
ters into two. When orders for de-
mobilization of the S. A. T. G. were
received the school year was replaced
on its pre-war schedule.
The resignation of Colonel Frank
Adams as superintendent Of the State
Department of Safety was accepted
bN Governor Gunter Monday morning.
Drilling on the property Of the Bed
Rock Oil and Gas Company will be
resumed this week. No drilling has
been done on this property since No,
vember is. The property is located
thirty-five miles south of La Junta
and the well is down to depth Of
970 feet, and the company expects to
20 about 1900 feet before pay sand
is struck The well had been cased
awaiting the arrival Of new cable.
Denver-Western stockmen have
contributed 5000 head of calves to
be auctioned during the Denver live
stock show, worth on an average Of
$50 apiece. The stock now is being
assembled to be shipped in carload
lots to Denver Union Stock Yards,
where it is to be housed in the great
sheep barn and pens, having a ca
pacity of $4,000 head. The auction
sale is to be held on Wednesday the
2Oth in the arena of the stock show.
Because of recent storms some Of the
calves contributed will never reach the
show grounds, but will be auctioned
locally in the region where raised and
the money sent in by the local chap
ters of the American Red Cross. 1t
now is believed that $150,O00 will be
secured by the sale.
The first train on the Denver &
Salt Lake railroad since the recent