The Ordway new era., 1919-10-03

DegFI2s County Fair. Castle Rock.
The oldest man in Colorado. William
the age Of l02
Miss Flora Brown. 20 years old. who
weighed ~ pounds. i dead 10 Denver
Of heart trouble
Half Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Gompany-s coal mines In Trinidad dis
irfet arr closed and total Of over l.
go men are out of work as a result
The value Of all farm property in
Colorado at the present lime is close 10
si.D,o.1opp- In 1880 it was only
sI10.35sl04O. and In 1919 it was only
>isl l.Opo.Oo-
A long session Of eoroner's jury
failed utterly TO reveal the least clue
10 the identity OF the persons who
IyDched Gonzales and Ortez as the
ans at Pueblo.
Prof H. : Evans has been chosen
a. new dean of the school Of engineer
ing. University Of Colorado. to succeed
Prof. Milo :. keicbum, who has re-
signed TO accept a position with the
University of Pennsylvania
One soldier was 80 injured he died
in sbort time, two were badly hurt
and thirteen others were more or less
bruised when n large army automobile
from Fort Logan. bearing members OF
the post baseball team, turned over In
Denver
Fort Collins industries will receive
one new unit shortly thru the filing in
the secretary Of states office Of arti-
c.s-s Of incorporation for the Fort Col
iin- Pressed Brick and Tile Company.
The organizers are II 6. Finley, g. IL
Dixon and II. A. alyer, residents Of
I-arimer county.
J. Ailard Jeancon. Colorado Springs
arciiaeoi0gist. who has been exploring
the cliff dwellers' ruins In northwest
ern New Mexico for the last six
months. has opened up III rooms and
made discoveries Of great Importance,
according 10 experts who have ex-
amined his finds.
The federal census bureau reported
approximately 1000 acres devoted to
grain sorgbums in Colorado in 1909.
County assessors report approximately
...lO.co0 acres devoted to grain sorghum
this year. and an additional 100000
acres to sweet sorghums, grown prln-
eipaIiy for stock feed.
The Western Slope Pure Bred Stock
Association is the name of new or
~anizstion Of stockmen which was or
80
this organization is TO encourage the
production of pure bred stock among
The counties Of the western slope and
to cooperate among the members in
the growing and exhibiting Of pure
bred animals In the realm of live stock.
Governor Oliver II. Shoup has an
nounced the names Of three women
appointees he has designated 10 repre-
sent Colorado at the Farm Wolnen's
National Congress at Hagerstown,
Md. on October 2s TO 81. The APP
polntees are Mrs Harvey Van Horne
o. Dotsero, Mrs. Charles A. Lory Of
Fort Collins, and Mrs. Bell Harbert of
NaDzanoIa.
That Salt Lake City business men
! expect within eighteen months TO in
wade Routt and Moffat counties In
Pullman cars over Il newly built rail
road to extend from Salt Lake l.
| Craig. Colo, is the burden of an article
appearing In the bulletin of the Salt
Lake Commercial Club. Funds haze
been assured and strong group of
| Utah financiers are determined to sec
| the road through
More than 100 people, the largest
number in the history of the associ.;-
ton, attended the third day of the an
nulal Montrose county fair.
There has been n sharp deterioration
| In the condition of potatoes since the
| August report was issued and the in
dlcated production Is now 1O,59S,OO0
| bushels. The damage was most severe
| in the nortb-centra and northeastern
parts OF the state where irrigated pO-
iatoes suffered heavily Non-irrigated
potatoes are almost failure. The po-
iato crop last year was 13,0S3,0OO bush
els, according to lately revised figures.
| Failure on the part Of former state
| trensurers to make good the states de
| nand OF II year ago for $4,000 al
| legged shortage, discovered in the state
treasury after the suicide Of Julius II.
Clark, chief bookkeeper, will be fol-
lowed by suit against the treasurers
and their bondsmen, If payment is not
made shortly. Attorney General Vic
tor T.. Keyes Is contemplating such ac-
lion, following completion Of n check
ing up of the records three months ago
and the continued failure of the off
clals or their bOndsmen 10 heed the
states demand.
After seven days without food or wa
ter, Fred Burns, II years old, of Terrc