The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

at the Denver AuultoTluln, uuI1ub
Stock Show week. n Cowboy Stam-
pede." Extensive preparation is being
made for one of the biggest times ever
pulled off in the West. Excellent vau-
deville acts for an hour and half will
entertain the crowd, after which the
great Auditorium floor will be given
over to dancing. The Editorial Asso-
citation holds its annual gathering In
Denver, Jan. II and %, and this splen-
did feature is booked to close the ses-
sion. Held as it will be during the
week of Denver's big stock Show, the
attendance will be large. 1t is expect
ed that every publisher in Colorado
will attend.
\ general order issued by the State
Public Utilities Commission, effective
Dec. 10, requires all electric, gas, wa
ter and telephone public utilities in
Colorado TO give direct notice to pa
irons before changes in rates or regu-
lations effecting service can legally be
made. Under the public utilities law
notice is deemed to have been given
the public when the public utility posts
a copy of the new rate schedule in its
state commission, at least thirty days
before the effective date of the pro-
posed new rates. The commission has,
however, decided that each consumer
or user of public utility service must
have direct notice of rate changes. The
order effects 332 public utilities in the
state
Grant McFerson. state bank commits
sioner, sen. examiners 10 Timnath and
Kirk to take charge of the Farmers
Bank of Timnath and the State Bank
at Kirk, which have closed their doors.
The bank commissioners records show
that the Farmers Bank of Timnath
had capitalization of $4,000, surplus
of $4,000, undivided profits of S1O,-
900, and deposits of S205,000. The Kirk
State Bank had a capital Of $4,000,
surplus of $1,000, undivided profits of
5000, and deposits of $4,000
Plans for big pageant to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of Colorado Springs, July 81, 1921,
are now being made by the Pioneer So
ciety and Chamber of Commerce COM
mittees. 1t is proposed to hold the af-
fair in the Garden of the Gods, with
scenes representing various points in
the development from the little log
shack town and Indian fighting days to
the present.
The Pueblo Commerce Club is to
have n new home. Already an option
has been secured on site of siXtysiX
feet frontage on Fourth street ard
- hnt lot
and Court streets, most central loca-
ton. A campaign has begun among
the members of the association to OBJ
tain funds to finance the building,
construction to begin as soon as pos
sible.
Beet growers of Colorado, Wyoming,
Nebraska and Montana in January will
present to the sugar manufacturers
contract calling for n fifty-fifty divi-
sion, the growers to be paid half of
whatever sugar may bring on the mar
ket This is the decision of the an
nual convention of the Mountain
States Beet Growers Association which
was held in Denver
Fire, of unknown origin, in the Bon
Ton bakery, driven by high wind,
endangered the entire northern part of
Colorado Springs. Firemen battling
the flames in the bakery were forced
to wade knee-deep in bread dough.
The bakery was damaged to the extent
of $1,000, and the roofs of several
residences in the neighborhood were
burned.
The razing of the old church edifice
at the corner of Santa Fe avenue and
Seventh street, is destroying another
of Pueblos land marks. The building
was put up in 1865, when st. Peters
Episcopal church was organized, the
first church of that denomination to
be established in the state south of
Denver.
Enlargement of operations Mt the
Loveland plant of the Empson Pack
ing Company to an extent which will
triple the annual payroll of the local
plant is planned by the management
of the company, according to state
ments of II. II. Oviatt, manager at
Loveland.
Students of the Agricultural College
at Fort Collins who are members of
the II. o. Il. c. will be obliged to at
tend four-day spring encampment
next May, according to Major Harri-
son, commandant of the college mill
tary. This includes all the men of
the freshmen and sophomore classes.
The bushel of red winter wheat ex-
hibited in Chicago's great grain ex-
hibit by ]. J. Skinner of Fruita took
second prize, being only fraction of
n score behind the first prize bushel
grown by John Howell of Montrose.
The city of Fort Collins is expending
100000 for tile work this winter and
the work has now reached stage