The Ordway new era., 1919-04-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

of Colorado Springs. IS dead from the
effects Of poison.
Harry G. Chapman, manager of
mercantile agency at Colorado Springs.
who was struck by an automobile while
crossing a street is dead
The source Of much of Telluride's
bootleg supply was discovered when
officers raided room in the business
section and discovered lively young
still In operation.
There are in Colorado 25I.ss4 chill
dren between the ages of and 20
years, according TO the latest school
census- This Includes 1924 boys
and 12s,641 girls.
What is believed to have been the
only possum at liberty in Colorado was
captured at the home Of I. a. Burr, su-
perintendent of Green Mountain Gem
etery at Boulder.
Alfred T. Bell was elected mayor
CT Englewood in the city election at
Engiewood He is head OF the Tax
payers ticket Bell won by vote
of approximately to l.
DIR. ]. A. Jeann0ttee, Democrat, was
elected mayor of Leadville, over Hyde
Heller. Republican, in one of the quiet
est elections ever held in that city.
The Republicans elected five of the
six city aldermen.
Approximately 100000 acres Of
excellent agricultural land in Colorado
would be irrigated, in addition to that
now being watered, If all partly con-
structed irrigation systems in the
state were completed.
The Republicans carrier the citJ
election In Trinidad by the heaviest
vote in recent years. z. d. Wright
was elected mayor by 1.10S majority.
The present city officials. with no pol
Itics, were all reelected at Sterling.
Benjamin Fowler, 13-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. f. Fowler, ran away
from home at Colorado Springs. He
was killed near Peabody, Kan, when
he fell from a passenger train on
which he was taking ride and pass
ing freight struck him.
With a majority of two to one, the
two Improvement bond issues carried
at the election in Longmont. One is
for S65.O0O for park work and the 9TH
er for s55,OO0 for new city hall. On
ly one city ticket was in the field and
Mayor Ray II. Kitely was reelected.
Thirty minutes after he had stolen
| motor car from in front of resi-
dence In Colorado Springs, Burtch Wy
lie, 1S, was killed when the car turned
over on the Pueblo road. His death
rounded out a days toll of motor acci-
dents in which two persons were killed
and four injured In that vicinity.
Promotion from the rank Of major
to that OF lieutenant colonel has been
awarded to Dr. Rae P. MCGEE OF Den
yer, who served through the st. Mihiel
and Argonne, fighting with Mobile
hospital No. 1, and was twice cited for
its record in caring for the wounded.
Colonel MCGEE Is still In France, but is
expected home soon.
Corp. Leroy F. Marshall of Simla,
Colo, who died Of disease on Feb. 8,
has been posthumously awarded a dis
tinguished service cross, according to
announcement made by the War De-
partment The citation accompanying
the service cross reads as follows:
"For extraordinary heroism in action
near verdun. France, Oct 8. 1918. Cor
pOral Marshall voluntarily went for
ward to silence SHIPPER who was pour
Ing dangerous fire into his position.
He crept through the brush for dis
tance Of 900 yards and then crossed
machine gun-swept area, killing the
sniper with his rifle"
Eihar Seastrand, a Greeley boy who
was cited for distinguished service
while private in the medical corps.
has returned home. On July 18, 1918,
young Seastrand was cited for aiding
wounded men under the most dis
tressing conditions and while subject
to heavy shell and machine gun fire"
In the Soissons sector.
A. c. Ridgway, vice president of the
Rock Island Railroad Company. with
b. X. Sellers of Albuquerque. have
made tour OF inspection throughout
the San Juan basin, securing data as
10 possible tonnage that could be fur
nished II there was a railroad con-
meeting the San Juan basin with trans
continental lines to the south or west.
Returns from the Colorado Springs
election show the first use of the re-
call In Colorado against n city official
has failed, and Mayor Charles E.
Thomas was reelected by about 500
majority over Charles Chapman, who
was the opposition candidate and
headed the recall ticket filed by the
labor factions of the city. who waged
g bitter campaign against the mayor.
A. G. Hamel, supervisor of the San
Isabel national forest reserve, has ad-