The Ordway new era., 1919-06-20
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| FANNssNS "itloul ditqhhAC
says Prof. w. J. Morrill, of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College. 1T is q
common practice in most parts of the
United States, and one formerly used
to some extent by the Indians, yet a
careful investigation leads to the con
clusion that the benefits are mostly
Imaginary and the evils are very real
When the dead grass is removed by
| fire, the young sprouts of the grass
| are exposed to view in early spring
| when otherwise no new growth is evil
dent. This leads to the fallacy that
the burning has increased the forage
Occasionally drop in temperature or
drying wind will cause the exposed
shoots to be killed back; and the re-
currence of this misfortune in the
course of some years naturally results
In the elimination of the tenderest spe-
cies which give place TO the tougher
and less nutritious species"
Among the 100000 or more OF Amer
ica's citizens who expect to spend
their vacation in the Estes Rocky
Mountain National Park this year are
numbered some of her most noted lit
erary men. Chief of those who have
so far expressed their intentions of
visiting Estes for more or less lengthy
periods are Irwin S. Cobb, humorist
Karl Hartman, editor of the Red
Book magazine; Robert w. Serviss,
Jack Lait and Opie Read. These have
made reservations at the Big Thomp-
son hotel. operated by Glen G. Yore,
an old newspaper man. Walt Mason,
the prose-poet, and william Allen
White, newspaper man and novelist,
each have summer homes in the park
and are expected to spend their sum
mers there with their families.
The commissioners of the general
land office has set aside $4,000 acres
of land south of the Grand river, situ-
ated in the southern part of Garfield
county and northeastern Mesa county,
as mineral lands valuable as source
of petroleum and nitrogen. This is an
extension of the oil shale designation
of lands to the Grand mesa north of
Collbran and the plateau valley and
between these points and the Grand
river. Nearly all of this new land lies
to the east and southeast of De Beque
Colo. The classification is made with
out withdrawal, and the lands will be
subject to entry for the surface for
homesteads, desert land entries for
that area which is outside of the ma
tional forest boundaries.
More than 1000 persons attended
the commencement exercises at the
State Agriculture College at Fort Col
Inns. Company b, headed by Captain
Scott, captured the Whedbee trophy,
and Carl Harger, formerly of the West
Denver High School, won the gold
medal in the Sunset drill, which was
the feature event Of the program. This
was followed by the presentation of
a medal to Charles Davis for being
the leading musician. After this af-
fair the 1919 tribe held a conference
and presented to the class of 1920 the
from boy to girl and each of the stu
dents took n puff and passed it along
the line to instill good spirit among
the students.
One thousand additional Inhabitants
have been added to that part of east
ern Colorado tributary to the Rock
Island railroad, according to the state
ment of George w. Martin, general
agent of the Rock Island in Denver
"The coming of these men into that
section means decided growth and
added prosperity to that section. 1t
is estimated that a million bushels of
wheat will be the crop in eastern Colo
rado this season."
Although officials have been unable
to identify the body found in the
Grande river near Fruita, it is believed
that it is the body of James Peyton,
miner of Palisade, who disappeared
several weeks ago. The body was
found by Thomas Brown, a local stock
man. Nothing was in the pockets of
the clothing and the body was so bad
not be discerned.
John Russ, 81 years of age, was in
stantly killed near Leadville, when he
was struck by lightning. Russ went
fishing up Tennessee pass. Late in
the afternoon he started home, MS
rising storm put stop to fishing. He
was standing on the railway tracks of
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, and
under the high tension electric line
from Shoshone, when the bolt struck
him.
In lieu of the Fourth of July cele-
bration ut MOntrose, which was called
off in favor of the event which will
be held in Ouray that day, it is pro-
posed to give the soldiers, sailors and
marines monster celebration at
Montrose early in August, in which ev-
ary soldier in Montrose, Ouray and
Delta counties will be urged to parti-
clpate.
Auto polo, considered one of the