The Ordway new era., 1920-12-17
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

tive stock exchange building. The ex-
hibits consisted OF a few head of cat
tie, horses, sheep and other farm ami.
mails. mostly drawn from the state ag-
ricultural school 1t now takes many
acres of ground and Iioor space on
that same plat of ground to house the
wonderful exhibits of pure bred ami
mails drIiwn- from every part of the
West and middle West, and sometimes
from the East 1t has been the aim,
and in fact a necessity, for the show
management to add an important new
building every year. For the show
4 that starts this winter ON Jan. 10 and
closes on Jan. % it is huge pavilion
for hogs. The hog comes into his own
this year at the Denver show, largely
because around the city has grown up
a considerable hog industry. In the ag
riculturai sections more attention is
being paid to hogs and more marketed
than old timers ever believed would be
possible. The coming exhibition may
prove to he The largest hog show held
| in the. United States this year.
Nearly 1o5a5O acres of land in the
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fled as being valuable for grazing anc
raising foraga crops, and hive beer
designated by the Department of the
Interior under the provisions of the
stock raisins homestead law. This
will become effective Dec. 10, ano
only entries of those persons who nj.
ready have made application for these
lands under the stock raising home.
stead laws Will be allowed, he said
These lands are only subject to entry
by citizens who have previously made
application for them. Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Payne approved
the classification of this huge tract OF
land.
Grand Junction and Grand valley
cattlemen returning from Collbrar re.
port one of the best meetings of the
Plateau Valley Stock Growers Asso.
ciatfon ever held in the history of the
organization, which, next TO the Tn.
compahgre Valley Horse and Cattle
Growers Association, is the largest in
Colorado. The names of over 200 cat
tie and stock men are on its rolls. The
meeting held at the close of the week
was attended by hundreds of people
from all over Plateau valley and the
auditorium at Collbran, in which the
sessions We're held, was taxed by the
crowd
New clews which may prove of in.
terest in the murder of Jacob C. Den
tnp
are being investigated. Finding of a
Cancelled check issued by Mrs. Louise
Peete, charged with Denton's Staying,
led to identification of woman EN-.
ployed by herps Mrs Katherine Nor
ris. Investigators for the prosecution
and the defense are searching for Mrs.
Morris, believing She may be able to
give additional information on points
which have not been cleared up.
Tax levies for various purposes in
FL PasO county for 1921 will yield a
tax of S1690,S1S.43, according to the
announcement made by II. A. Scholen,
chairman of the county commissioners.
The total levy, including city, county,
school and state, is 1888 mills, as com.
pared with 32.41 mills for 1920. The
only levy increase was for local school
purposes.
Larimer county will hold a poultry
show in Fort Collins, Dec. 20 to %
according to plans announced here by
County Agent Bascome. The show will
be the first to be held by local exhibi
tors in the county and is attracting
considerable attention
Antonio ManZanares, former post,
master at Walsenburg, Colo will moi
have to make good loss of approx
mately $1,000 to the Postoffice Depart
ment, by virtue of verdict returned
by jury in the United States District
Court.
A total of III miles of road, COSTING
S753,5OO. was constructed this year ir
and near the national forests of the
Rocky Mountain district by the forest
service and by the Bureau of Public
roads, with forest service appropria,
tions. In Colorado, sixty-seven miles
of road, distributed over eleven pro
jects, were built at a cost of S5OOOOO
Some of these roads form connecting
links between existing roads and open
up long desired circle trips.
A plea for legislation to accept the
gift of $S50,0OO offered to the Uni.
verslty of Colorado for the establish
ment of a great medical school and
state hospital In Denver was made by
Herbert S. Hadley, former governor
of Missouri and now professor of law
at the University of Colorado in an
address made TO the Optimists' Club,
Denver.
Plans are under consideration for
the complete remodeling of the Cedar