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

that surpasses all other regions In
yield per bushel and quality Of grain,
according to reports.
Travelling thieves, presumably the
same gang that has been terrorizing
Colorado towns In the last two weeks,
looted the general stores of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel Company at Lafayette.
Frank Thomas negro, 33 years old,
| said to he an ex-convict, is charged
by the corners jury with the murder
of Jennie Mosby, negress, II years
old, on the evening of Sept. 30, al
| Pueblo.
Even tho some of the most import
ant agricultural territory in Colorado
suffered from the most severe drought
in thirty-five years. the agricultural
output Of the state this year will be the
| greatest on record.
Wages In nineteen Denver mantlfac-
turing plants have Increased approx
mately SI63,00O for this year over 1918,
according TO figures secured by the
| City Industrial Bureau. Last year
these same industries paid in wages
S433, ,J96 This year their total, they
say, will be $597 7,465
Newspaper and magazine editors
representing circulation of more than
2O,OOO,OO0 readers have pledged their
support to the campaign and to aiding
| in the popularization of the knowledge
that tuberculosis kills 100000 persons
a year and costs S5OO,OOO,OOO yearly in
| life and labor
Insects do not cOnfine their depre-
dation to plants by simply sucking the
| juices from them or devouring the
| foliage, but are instrumental In the
| transmission of plant diseases which If
not properly treated Will spread to
other plants and cause no little dam
age.
In the construction and maintenance
Of the earth roads in the rural sections,
the most efficient equipment yet found
consists of IL road grader drawn by n
five ton truck This equipment will
do the common grading such ms is us
uully done on this type of road for
| about one-half the cost of doing the
same work with teams in the old way.
The body of Michael Heintz, father
of Congressman Victor HeintZ OF Ohio,
who died ut Montrose, was shipped to
| Cincinnati for burial, as his son was
unable to come west. Mr.. Heintz had
| been IL resident of the Montrose sec
| tion for seven years and was promi-
nent farmer of that county. He was
veteran OF the Civil war and partici-
pated in many of the most important
battles of the war. He was 16 years
| old.
| The State Inheritance Tax Depart
| ment received check for S44 400, the
| tax on the estate of Kenneth NJ. Dows,
late of Denver and New York. Pay
ment of the tax, which is one of the
largest received by the state in recent
months. followed final appraisal of the
estate by Il. l.. MacCullOch, one of the
| appraisers in the department., under
| Chief Appraiser IL. ii. Blackman, The
| appraisal was approved by Attorney
General Victor L. Keyes, ex-officio
head of the department.
| Plans for the enlargement and mod
ernizing the Greeley hospital, which is
operated Jointly by the city and coun-
~, have been prepared and will be
| presented to the county commissions
ers shortly. 1t is proposed to add two
large wings to the present building.
| The proposed new wings will provide
ia rooms. which, 1t is believed, will
be ample for all purposes for several
years to come. The wings will cost
$4,000, and will be fireproof. A larger
and thoroughly up-to-dnte operating
room will be provided.
| Funds for the work will he raised by
the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals
| in December.
| Lawrence Govreau was accidentally
shot and killed II few miles from Meek
er while hunting He was a son of
Charles Govreau of Rocky Ford,
runaway box car loaded with
| wheat rolled from. Ault, twelve miles
north of Greeley, to Evans hill, one
mill south of Greeley. Conductor II.
| T.. Stoner and a brakeman who rode
the car during Its trip, which was
ninde at II mile-a-mnute speed, es
capped without injury. An extra
| freight was switching at Ault when
| the box ear, which had been pushed
| out on the main line ahead of the en-
gine, failed to respond to the brakes
| and began to roll down the grade in
| the darkness. After notifying the OPP
orator at Ault to clear the line, the
engine crew started in pursuit. Pas
senger train No. 1O9, from Denver to
| Cheyenne, had just arrived in Ault
| ahead of the runaway. At Eaton II
northbound freight train was passed
in safety. The engine did not gain on
| the runaway car until the latter be-
gan TO climb the steep grade south of
Greeley.
Rienzi G. Dickens, Longmont ranch
man, who was convicted in May, 1916,
In the Boulder District Court of second