The Ordway new era., 1919-07-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

franchise By the new city council ar
Oursy. The vote vas unanimous
William Wise. years old son Of
Roserr Wise. rsneher living four
miles from Psonia- was Instantly killed
as q result OF being accidentally shot
By his sister, Mary. I years old
G. s. Kelch. superintendent Of the
American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany IS In Grand Junction making ar
rsnseuents Tor handling Approximate
iy s-50o cars Of fruit and 500 cars Of
potatoes.
The per capita assessed valuation Of
property in Colorado for 1918 was ST.
3s4e4. compared with sl.21639 for
1917. Jackson county leads in this re-
spect- with s4.7oe.79. and Huerfano
county has the lowest, s1ss-33.
The total acreage of wheat and corn
planted for the 1919 harvest in Colo
redo Is slightly greater than the entire
acreage under cultivation In the state
in 1863. The wheat acreage Is In ex-
cess of 10000 acres and that Of corn
is very close TO the million mark.
When Mrs. Hannah II. walpole, Wild
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one Of the most prominent Of Kansas
Cfty's pioneer business men. died In
Denver es the result Of burns inflicted
when defective electric warmer set
fire to her bed in hotel, premoni-
ton Of her son, Herbert A. Walpole.
became a realized sorrow
Mrs Guy L. Hardy. wife Of Repre-
sentative Hardy Of the Third Congress
sionaI district of Colorado, has accept
steel steamer. which Is to be launched
In Seattle Aug 16. Mrs Hardy will go
10 Seattle with her husband to attend
the convention Of the National Edi-
tOrial Association, Of which her hus-
band Is president.
The superintendent Of transportation
OF the Cashln mines, which recently
opened In the Paradox section after
three years OF ldlsness, has offered TO
contribute $4,000 toward the construc-
rlon Of road from their mines 10
Moufrose II the county will contribute
a Ike amount. 50 that they can locate
their offices In this city instead of at
the mines as now situated.
Colorado Will produce this year 49,
S2I go bushels Of wheat, compared
with a production Of 13,335 600 bushels
last year. according to estimates just
completed by the Colorado Co-opera-
tive Crop Reporting service. The pro-
duetion Of corn, II conditions remain
favorable until harvest, will be approx
iinafely q. 1850 bushels, compared
with 23,5s5,0oC bushels for 1918.
The real estate bureau of the Civic
and Commercial Association of Den
yer has been asked to present recon-
nendations to the board Of directors
with regard to the proposed ''Presi-
dents summer home" on Mount FaI-
con. This action was taken after re-
quest Was made by John Brfsben
Walker for consideration of further ac-
ton This project has been before
Denyers business men for several
years
The public school fund for the first
six months Of 1919 amounts to $685.
S9s.55. according to figures given out
at the office of Mrs. Mary c. c. Brad
ford, superintendent of public instruc-
ton. The amount represents the larg-
est income fund ever received by the
educational department. the highest
amount previously being last January.
when 1923. 900 was received. The fund
is to be apportioned to the stxty-three
counties In the state, according to the
school population. The income repre-
sents interest from bonds. warrants,
farm loans and leases on lands owned
by the department.
The returned United States service
men Of Summit county have laid plans
known as the post Of the American
Legion Of Honor. The members will
elect officers the middle of this month,
or as soon as their comrades In the
115th engineers reach Breckenridge.
An auto accident which resulted in
the death Of Emil Hedstrom, widely
known rancher. and caused injury to
three others. occurred when the auto
in which the four were riding turned
over. The car was travelling at high
rate Of speed, when one Of the tires
burst and flew off. The car turned a
complete somersault. This is the sec
ond fatal accident that has occurred
near Hartun recently.
The old car barn on CoIfax avenue,
near Aurora, which thes tate highway
commission recently purchased from
the Trhmway company In Denver, Is
being repaired for the storing of some
of the army trucks now being received
from the War Department. Forty-sev-
EN- trucks have been received thus far
and will be sent to the counties for
use on county roads as soon as they can
be replaced with the dump bodies.
Work has started on clearing away
the ruins Of the Ice plant owned by B.
r. Stauffer. which wns burned Mt