The Ordway new era., 1920-06-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


announced by Clay Tallman, commits
Washington, ID. C. From June 10 to
and including Aug. IL. officers. SOL
diers and sailors and marines who
served in the war with Germany will
have preference right to enter this
land. all of which has been designated
rs subject to entry under the 320-acre
enlarged homestead act
The National Guard Club, an organ
izatiOn of local business men to coop
erate with the National Guard unit
which is to be formed, has been organ
lied In Montrose. This club will spon-
sor the formation Of the local guard
unit, ind after 1t Is organized will as
sist the guards In the way of better
club rooms and ns an advisory board,
to which the members of the guard will
always be free to appeal for assist
ance.
Tint Ivan De Wald. public school
teacher at Eads, Colo, who died in
hospital Mt Greeley, was not assaulted
by unknown persons. as ut first be-
lieved, but was n victim Of a hemor-
rhage caused by rupture of blood ves-
sells while he was working on his auto
mobile Is the theory advanced by w.
II. Jones, head of the public schools at
Eads and secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Mt Canon City, after an autopsy had
been held.
| Miss Elsie Eaves is the new tennis
champion of the University of Colo.
| RADIO. She won the hOnOrs nt Boulder
by defeating Miss Elizabeth Gamble
81, SO. Miss Enves is from Sterling,
Colo. She Is senior in the engineer
ing department. In the semi.flnais
played Miss Eaves qualified for the
championship by defeating Bertha
Brown, &c. 81, 8-3. Miss Gamble de-
feated Miss Harriet Shaw. 81, 60.
Citizens of Fort Morgan have con-
tributed more than $1,000 for the up.
keep of n municipal and county band
for 1920. The band will give an open
| air concert Friday evening OF eadsh
! week for fifteen successive weeks. In
addition to this they have agreed to
render their musical charms for any
special occnsion nsked for by either the
city or county.
Joe Byouk, n young mine employee,
was instantly killed mt the G. f. & ]. |
Company mine at Crested Butte when
he was struck by runaway car which
dashed down the incline from the tip
pie, mt the foot of which Byouk wns
standing. The accident occurred, II
was declared, when the cable drawing
the car broke. releasing 1t when the
men were not expecting It,
Pati Mccormick, son OF George Nc.
COrmick. publisher at Fort Collins, re-
ceived telegram informing him that
he had passed the examination Mt the
Hall Coaching School. Columbia. No..
which qualities him for entrance with
n class of cadets Mt Annapolis Naval
Academy. He is now ordered to ap-
pear ut Fort Lyons. Colo, for ply.
sical examination.
Lillian Aiarkus, 6-year-old daughter
of Henry Markus, beet farmer. died
instantly as the result Of falling Into
tub of boiling water at the home oi
her parents ut Greeley. The little
girls mother had just taken the tub
from the stove, when the yOungster
trIpped md fell into the water head
first. The mother witnessed the ncci-
dent.
Two men drowned in Grand river
were l.. +. Grace of Glenwood Springs.
commissioner of Garfield county, and
Zenas Crawford of the same town, the
county road overseer. They met death
when their automobile, unbalanced by
caving river bank. plunged into the
Grand river one mile above Grizzly,
east of Glenwood Springs
The following figures show Denver's
growth from 1870 to the present time.
MS shown by official government CEN
sus figures: 1870. 4,759; 1880. 35,629;
1890, 1O6,713; 1900. 133.S59; 1910.
213,3s1; 1920, 256,3a9.
The Pawnee County Club has been
organized Mt Keota by advocates OF
county division from the KeOta, Sligo,
Grover, Hereford and New Taymer
districts. Resolutions are being pre-
pared which will be introduced be-
fore the Legislature. Both the Demo-
cratic and Republican county assem-
blies at Greeley pledged candidates
for the State Legislature to support
county division.
Henry Crnsant, ten years old. was
shot und seriously wounded by a Mex
lean near the .Crasant home at Johns
town, according to story told to the
Greeley authorities by two younger
brothers who were playing with the In
jured lad when the shooting occurred.
Two Mexicnns are in jail at Greeley A
third Mexican and former farm hand
at the Crasant home is being sought.
According to announcement of Off.
GERS of the Farmers Electric and
Power Company of Eaton. the Home
Gas and Electric Companv of Greelev