The Ordway new era., 1919-03-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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receive a salary of $4,000 year, his
deputies, other than special depu
ties, $1,000. slerks $500 and ste
nographer 1890. In the House was
adopted on third reading the Furrow
bin authorizing the purchase of site
and establishment of state fish
hatchery In either Mineral or Archu-
leta counties; the Lacy-Davis bill ap-
propriating 100000 to make up the
difference m teachers salaries pro
| vided In the bill passed several days
ago raising the general minimum for
teachers in schools below the first and
second grades throughout the en-
tire system and the Furrow-WilkIns
bin. allowing transportation COM
panies to issue transportation to news
papers and magazines within the state
in payment for advertising.
The snowslide season is on in the
San Juan country, but so far there has
not been much loss of property and
only one death has resulted. Seven
large tramway towers of the Sunny
side mine were swept away. One
tramway tower at the Iowa Tiger mine
was also wrecked. One miner was
caught in the slide near the Iowa
Tiger mine. The Sunnyside towers
will be replaced as quickly as pos
sible, and II Is expected the mill will
be running within week.
Influenza is causing much trouble
In the coal camps at Frederick. There
are more than fifty cases now under
the care of physicians. Five deaths
have occurred during the past few
days, three of them being prominent
men. The schools have been closed,
pool halls stopped playing, church and
all other public services stopped, and
not more than five people are allowed
in the postoffice at one time.
Residents of Pandora, little
hemmed-in mountain town, see the sun
only fifteen minutes a day now, and
little while ago thirtyfive minutes.
The rumor that Fort Logan, near
Denver, is to be abandoned as a de-
mobilization camp for Colorado sol
diers, was denied by telegraph by
Cass It. Harrington, president of the
Colorado Development Federation.
Capt. James II. Abbott, son of Mrs.
Eugene II. Abbott of Greeley, has been
appointed attache of the United States
to Japan with headquarters at Toxic.
For six months Capt. Abbott has been
stationed at Washington as military
intelligence officer and previous to
this had been sent to China, Japan
md the Far East to investigate CON
ditions there.
The Middle Park Stock Growers AS
ISOLATION, following similar action re-
Gently by the Blue River Stock Grow
ers' Association, has adopted resolu-
tions condemning the running of sheep
on the public range in the Middle
Park. During the past three years
sheep owners have brought in small
flocks, and this year big influx is
threatened.
Mrs. Dora Belle johnson, wife of
w. D. johnson, proprietor of hotel
mt Fountain, thirteen miles south of
Colorado Springs, was drowned when
she accidentally fell into an abandoned
well in the rear of the hotel. There
was only four feet of water in the
well and the woman fell head fore
most, burying her head In the mud.
Murl Edminston. discharged sail
or. has been sentenced at Grand June
tion to the state penitentiary for a
term of from twenty to twenty-five
years by District Judge Black. for the
murder of Vincent Corado, n wealthy
Telluride Italian. After numbering Co
RADIO, Edminston robbed the body, after
which he hid 1t under bridge on
road out of Telluride.
More than 5000 acres in the Del
NOrte land district have been desig-
mated as open to homesteading, and In
formation regarding the land may be
obtained from the register of the land
office at Del Norte, according to NJ. d.
McEniry, chief of the Denver field di-
vision of the General Land Office.
Finding little to do since the cessa-
ton of hostilities, the Women's Coun-
Gil of Defense of Trinidad has formed
itself into Community Welfare
League. The business men of the city
have set out to rnise $1,000 as a sink
ing fund necessary to equip the head
quarters of the organization. Late
reports show that considerably more
than the desired amount has been
raised.
J. A. Brookshire, residing near La
mar, shipped three carloads of hides
TO Eastern tanners. The hides were
obtained from cattle which died dur
ing the heavy snow storms in Decem-
Der and January. Another stockman
just across the line in Kansas also
shipped three carloads Of jackrabbits
to New York City, each CAR containing
1000 rabbits.
Denver. according to DR.. James II.
Hurley, chief of the medical staff of