The Ordway new era., 1919-10-17
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


of these is the need for an organlza-
tion. In order to be successful a Co
operative Organization must be founded
on definite, well-felt need. There
must be some real Service to perform {;
some economic saving or Improvement
TO result. The call for organized eff
fort should come from those desiring
to form and unitewit the association.
Local conditions must be such as to
make organized marketing advisable,
A Farmers Cooperative Exchange
should not be called into existence un-
less there is some real service to per-
form-either because of lack of local
marketing facilities, or of failure to
secure the full market value of their
produce, or for other vital reasons
or because it can perform that service
with greater efficiency and with less
wastefulness than existing agencies.
A total of $3.50 has now been al
lowed TO weak" school districts from
the special S1J0,OO0 fund created by
the Twenty-second General Assembly
since 1t became operative last May.
Bent county. apparently the weakest
of all counties in regard TO school rev.
enues and properly, has received ST.
40 of this total for twelve different.
districts Other recipients of this fin
ancial aid We're: Custer county, $3.50,
Sept. 21th Eagle, $500, Aug. 4th; Ei
Paso, SI20, Oct. 9th: jefferson, $500,
Oct. 9Th; Larimer, S42O. May 21th;
Washington, $500. in September, and
Yuma, $40, Sept. 18th. The special
fund is designed to aid districts In pay
ing teachers the salaries required by
law after they have exhausted all other
legal means of raising revenues for
school purposes.
Selling of patent medicines contain
ing 10 TO 20 per cent alcohol for use as
beverages Is contrary to the state pro-
hibitlon law and should he followed by
court convictions, Attorney General
Victor T.. Keyes said in replying to
queries from lawyers in Huerfano
county. at seems TO us that the mat
ter is solely one of evidence" Mr..
keyes wrote, "and if you can prove the
making of sales under circumstances
showing that the druggist knew, or
ought to have known, that the article
was purchased for use as a beverage
and that it was so used and produced
intoXlcation, you are entitled to n con-
viction." Mr.. Keyes also cited cases
in which 1t was held the sale of jana
lea ginger for beverage purposes was
Illegal.
Besides winning the sweepstakes in
the potato display for the fourth con-
secutive year. Colorado won two other
sweeps, seventeen first prizes, eleven
seconds and ten thirds ut the Four
teenth international Soil Products ex-
position ut Kansas City. Judging of
agricultural exhibits has just been
completed, apd though comparative
figures have not yet been compiled. 1t
is believed In the department that this
state carried off more hOnOrs than any
other, or any Canadian province
Business men of Boulder initiated
movement for state bond issue of
$25,0OO,O0O for good roads at lunch
con of the Boulder Commercial AssO.
clation, held at the BOulderadO hotel.
David II. Holmes, chairman of the
Highways Committee of the assOcia-
tion, and Harry Casaday, State Sena-
tor, We're appointed on committee to
spread publicity for the movement
thruout Colorado.
The permanent state school fund
was Increased by sol ,933.60 through
auction sale by the State Land Board
of 1858 acres of state school land
The sections sold are situated In Baca,
Washington, Douglas, Moffat, Logan,
Prowers, Rio Grande, Elbert, Lincoln,
Morgan and MOntezuma counties.
Fire causing $4,000 loss and the de-
struction of the Burlington hstel, a
butcher shop, garage and several
smaller buildings at Grover. A new
fire department recently installed is
believed TO have saved the town from
destruction. It is not known how the
fire started.
A $4,000 school building, to be
erected at Monument, Colo, for the new
ly consolidated school district, was au-
thorized ut bond election in which
citizens of the former Hustled, Monu-
ment Pring and Stout districts parti-
cipated. The building will be erected
this fall and VIII be occupied ut the
spring semester The structure will be
modern both in construction and equip
ment.
The National Wholesale Grocers' As
socintion, comprising brokers and man
ufacturers, will hold its 1920 conven-
tion In Colorado Springs, starting June
Z, according to an official announce
ment made by A. Fl. Beckinan, general
secretary of the association, who has
been in that city making arrangements.
Preparations will be made for handling
1000 delegates and their wives.
State Treasurer Mulnix has called in
S1T5,000 of the sS65,0O0 issue of ma
tional defense bonds put out by the
Gunter administration in 1917 to raise