The Ordway new era., 1920-01-30
coLoRApo NEWS NOTES.

cuifuruI statistics for 1920 and will
have them ready for distribution TO
the assessors early in March, livery
effort will be made Ia make the work
of the assessors easy and simple. no
Information being asked for which
farmers cannot give readily without
reference 10 their books or accounts
The schedulc will also call for a con
siderable amount OF Information
which was not collected last year,
| principally regarding crops grown
only In restricted localities and the
number of fruit trees of bearing age
| An effort will he made TO distribute
| samples OF the schedules sometime IN
4 February. so that farmers may he IN
formed regarding what information
| will be sought and will be prepared
to give assessors and their deputies
the Information without delay.
W. Il. Murphy of The Las Animas
Leader was selected by The members
of the Colorado Editorial Association
as chairman Of the field department
committee. which is TO work out a
thorough organization OF the associa-
tion throughout The state. and to en-
courage the organization of local bod
| les to cooperate with The state asso-
ciation. The committee Is to consist
| of three members, one OF whom Is "a
be the field secretary. and will he paid
81 salary by the state association for
| his services.
The Ren,lle. Dow & Go. mercantile
store was completely destroyed by fire
at Cranky. The loss. according TO OF
| ficials of the company, Is estimated
between $4,000 and $4,000. part OF
which is covered by insurance. Glen
Dow, the manager. lives In the rear
Of The store, and when lie was
aroused AT I, O'Clock in the morning the
| flames. which are believed TO have
| started from the furnace in the base
| ment, had made such Roadway that
nothing could he saved.
Bodies of American soldiers who
died or were Killed In Europe during
the war either Will be brought to the
United States without charge or left
IN the honored military cemeteries rs
relatives may desire, according to n
letter received by Rex b. Yeager, sec
retary of the Colorado State Board OF
EmbalmIng Examiners, from Repre-
sentative Charles b. Timberlake, mem
her OF the ways and means committee
OF the House.
The first continuous oil shale re-
tort of commercial size ever operated
in Colorado was started last week on
the property of the Continental Oil
Shale Mining and Refining Company
| Oh Piceance creek. about two miler
| from Rio Blsnco The trial run was
made and the results were quite up 10
the expectations Of the management
and the Designing engineers who
carried it through.
AT least 1900 persons attended the
opening of the First National bank at
Windsor. The entire interior of the
building WAS decorated with flowers,
and officials of the bank gave out car
nations TO their women guests. Music
was furnished throughout the after
noon and evening by a local orchestra.
Refreshments were served during the
day to over 1000 people.
| Colorado In coming to be one of the
most important states In the prOduc-
tion of vegetable seed. The Seed Re-
porting Service OF The United States
Bureau OF Markets found total of
37,l31 acres devoted to vegetable
seeds, including sugar beet seed, In
| 1913 There was considerable falling
off In 1919, principally In seed beans,
which is the most important seed crop
grown IN the state.
| $165,O0O, is to be built In Colorado
Springs before the summer tourist sea
son in order 10 accommodate the ex-
pected crowds. The tents will be
equipped and furnislid and there will
he a garage and cafeteria in connec-
tion. The Chamber of Commerce is
backing the project, owing TO the com
plants of last season OF the lack of ac-
commodations.
A roundup of bOOtleggers and Illicit
| distlllers by Internal revenue collect
ors, In conjunction with the sheriff's
office and the local police at CafiOn
City, has resulted in gathering In the
| official net u number of Austrian and
| Italian residents of Prospect Heights
| and Lincoln Park, as well as fine col
lection of copper and galvanized iron
distilling outfits, several cases OF Cali
fornia raisins, several barrels of
mash ready for distillatioh and n
few gallons of the finished product
familiarity known as white mule"
| The manufacturing survey To be
conducted by the State Immigration
Department will he begun within II
few weeks, the schedules to be used
In gathering The information required
now being in process OF compilation.
Some of the information asked for by