The Ordway new era., 1919-08-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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L4r1nser cszniy Y.lr. Lorsiasd. AaE-
gssie.T cezrry Ysir. LensneH,. s>St-
Asxsna.s VALLEY y.ir. Rocky FORD
Nefs.n. County F..r. Yort MerE.a-
Lezss cosHiy 7sir. sisriinz. SEPT 8
Dei.. coarty Pair. Hoiehki,s. SEPT s.
Ae.ns County Fair Brighten. SEPT >
sse:f.t County y.ir. 1,syteiL sept IL
f'i.ie.u VALLEY gts,> F.ir csisrsn-
Bsss County Pair. sSrinxn.,d- sept
r.lni1sd-I<. Asln.s County Psir.
con.les County Fssr. sianssss- sept
ws.tefn sIoD. Y.ir XoH,rose. sep.
cen,r.I Community Ysir. Greeley. sept
Yuma county Y.lr. Ysrn. sept 11-zs-
I':iIiigs County Fsir. Hoiyok@. Sept
s@sssshe County YsIr. sasusehe. SEP.
ces9rsss- ,se~ s,.1ses Y.ir. Durango.
cojeSsa6 stat. Pair. Pueblo. sept ~
Grand County Y.ir. KremrnlInz. s>Dt
cferlssy County Pair. sugar City. Aug
Grand Junction. s<pt- 40 70 Oct ,.
DDuxIas County Fsir. Castle Rock
Oct Is
Information has been received by z
]. Waters Of Clifton. that his son,
Corporal Fred Waters. captured the
championship Of the marines at Guam
iiep. Va. for crack rife marksman-
ship.
Practically 10000 acres Of land has
been broken for this years crops and
added 10 the cultivated area Few
states in the Union have showed
large an Increase In the raw land re-
claimed in one year.
The Lamar Elks Home Association
has commenced an active campaign for
selling stock ln the new home 70 BE-
erected AZ Lamar. The lodge at that
place j. planning on having one Of the
finest homes 10 the state.
Restoration Of the pinto bean indus
Try IN eastern Colorado By placing an
import duty on japanese beans, which
have demoralized the market for pin
tos. Is TO be asked Of Congress by bean
grower. Of Weld county.
Having sold /, ,235 acres Of irrigated
land west Of the Platte river for more
than $4,000, the Lupton Coal Ridge
Land Company Will put large part Of
this money back into the work Of de-
yeioping 1000 more acres OF raw land
The fifth Of q series Of mysterious
fires In three weeks has led to the
belief that "nrebug" may be at large
In Leadville. All Of these mysterious
L. h
Of the morning and In nearly every
case small building has burned.
The body Of Eva Bingham. 20 years
old, Of McGraw, Seb., WAS found In a
dry ditch one mile from Eaton. A
party with which the girl was last
| seen Is being sought by officers. Miss
Bingham had evidently been beaten to
death. her head being crushed.
Actual work on the Main street paw
ing at Montrose has begun. after many
delays which threatened to postpone
the construction until 1920. N. A.
Masters, contractor, has received con-
siderable new equipment to handle the
large concrete contract and will push
the work TO an early completion.
The net income of the Colorado 4
Southern railroad for the year ending
Dec. 81. 1918, was 81 .378,3711 16, with d
gross Income OF S3.S7s. .89I 90. The an
nual compensation for the road al.
lowed by the net that enabled the gov
ernment to take over the railroads is
$2,4S1. .SS. The net income of the
road for the year 1917 was S2,493,-
4582i. and Its gross income, $4,S5S,-
017sO.
The annual COW punchers' reunion
at Fruita Will be held this year on
Sept. % aud 20, according to dates de-
ternlned on at this time.
James Kramer, aged IL, was
drowned In Greenhorn creek, twenty
SIX miles south OF Pueblo, when he and
his brother We're swimming. The boy
WIS seized with cramps In the cold
mountain water and drowned before
his brother was able TO pull him out.
Some 200 pioneers and their families
gathered at the Playground at Rocky
| Ford and enjoyed an old d-fashiOned pic
ME, In which the basket Mt noon and
| the coffee and lemonade played mn
| important part II was the greatest
gathering of genuine "old settlers"
that has been held In Otero county for
yenrs. and the entire day was one of
| Joy to the old-timers.
Charles Ray, while making n blast
on the Gould reservoir, above Crnw-
ford, Delta county. was killed when n
large rock from the blast hit him on
the head Workmen were at long
distance from the scene OF the blast,
but the rock hit him squarely on the
head with such force that he died
two hours later. He is survived by a
wife and four children OF Rocky Ford