The Ordway new era., 1919-11-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
rhe Red Cross Christmas Seal sale will
take place all over the United States
from December l to 10. 1919.

Inc Stnte Immigration toiuitlisSioh
predicts an unusually heavy influx OF
settlers into Colorado from other
states next spring, due to present con-
ditions in other parts of the country.
The total assessed valuation of
property in Colorado. as returned by
the state tax commission. is S1.493.-
2OO.659. an increase of about S1OOOO,-
600 over that for last year. Final re-
ports from county treasurers are ex-
pected to increase this to approx
mately S1,5O0.OOO,O00
The laundry mark on collar he
was wearing led to the detection or
w. l.. Hnzelwood. 26, waiter, who
confessed. according to Deputy Chief
of Detectives Washington A. Rinker,
at Denver, that he broke into jew
elry store at Sterling. Colo, and stole
So. 500 worth of jewelry.
An oil siiaie laboratory with an in
itial expenditure of at least 10000 is
to be established Mt the University OF
Colorado Immediately by the United
States Bureau of Mines and the state
was made by Governor Oliver ii.
Shoup In Colorado Springs.
The largest harvest of trout
spawn gathered by the State Fish and
Game Department for years is under
way at three different groups of Colo
RADIO lakes, r. G. Parvin, state game
and fish commissioner, said. I'VE eN-
pect the total to reach 100000
spawn"
John Sachs of Denver pleaded guilty
at Golden to charges of breaking in
to and stealing valuable property from
the summer home of e. L. Scholtz,
Denver druggist, in Bear Creek canon
last spring. and was sentenced to from
fifteen months to three years in the
state penitentiary.
Only one county in Colorado outside
of Denver county has an assessed val
uation in excess of S100,O00,000. This
is Weld county. which has ranged sec
ond in assessed valuation for some
time. Pueblo ranks third with ST.
100000 and El Paso county fourth
with about S6T,O00,0O0.
Residents and the town govern
ment of Haxtun. Phillips county, filed
L
mission a petition which asks that
the burlington railroad be ordered to
erect n new railroad station at IIny-
tun. Growth of the town and the in
crease of business at the station make
ii new depot imperative, the petition
declared.
One hundred and fifteen separate
road projects, of which the United
States government will bear half the
cost, will be carried out in Colorado
during the coming year. These roads
total -ST9 miles and will cost, it is esti-
mated. S5,342 ,3i915. Work on num-
ber of them has already been com
menced and quite n number are near
ing completion. according to reports
made by the stnte highway commits
sion's engineers in charge. This is the
greatest roadbuilding program ever
undertaken in the states history.
Colorado will be represented at the
annual meeting of the National
League of Compulsory Education Of
ficials, 10 be held at Philadelphia,
Dec 3 to 6, by Alfred c. Hoel, direct
or vocational training. Denver
schools; George Norln, president of
the University of Colorado; Elmore
Floyd, Las Animas county school su-
perintendent Emma Full, Montrose
county school superintendent Emma
wilkins. Larimer county school super
intendent. and Mrs. Inez Lewis, FL
Paso county school superintendent
One thousand of Denver's poor and
helpless will eat Thanksgiving dinner
this year as the guests of Superin-
tendent A B. Boiler of the Denver Res
cue Mission, and of the charitable
business men who are TO donate to
the dinner fund, according to an an
nouncement made by Mr.. Boiler. Last
year the mission gave out 400 tickets
and this year the number is to be ill.,
creased by six hundred. a thousand
Denver business men have been asked
to aid in the work.
BY proclamation of Governor Shoup,
November 30th will be observed
throughout the state as Health Sun
day Ministers of every denomina-
ton who realize that the health of
the people is the greatest asset OF the
state will urge upon their congrega
tons the need of public health work
in Colorado. The program of the
Colorado Public Health Association,
which is asking for S150.000 for anti
tuberculosis work in 1920, will he out
lined and support for the campaign
asked. People will be told the start
ling facts that tuberculosis is claim
ing 10000 lives annually. 1900 of
these being little children.
Construction of 5,000-ton coal
storage reservoir ut Greeley 10 safe
guard the city against coal famine