The Ordway new era., 1920-02-13

in Denver. March to 6. at Stock
yards Stadium.
Silver Cliff school district No. 12
has just paid the last of its Indebted
ness which had been running for thir-
ty years.
The school board of Golden is to he
nsked to call special election on the
question OF voting bonds to the amount
of Sl30,0O0 for building new high
school in Golden.
After deliberatlng twenty-five min
utes, the jury In the case of GiacOmo
Corriente at Trinidad found him not
guilty of the murder of his brother,
Sam Corriente. on Oct. 81, 1919.
Already 1900 sacks Of cement have
been ordered for use in erecting the
immense new canning plant to be built
at Delta this year by the Colorado
Packing Company. Machinery Is to
be ordered at once.
The Farmers Union has purchased
the warehouse, platform and all build
ngs of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association in Fruita. The
farmers are planning to take care of
their own business this year.
A report comes from Cripple Creek
that the Lincoln Mining and Milling
Company, which recently opened II
large gold ore reduction plant there, is
now negotiating for the purchase of
the Cripple Creek Short Line railroad.
c. ID. Jackson. station agent for the
Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern railroad
ut Walden, has figured that 400 cars
,,g
have been shipped from Walden, He
bron and I.aRand, Colo, between Aug.
9th and Dec. 31st.
The purchase of six locomotives from
the Colorado Midland railroad by the
Mexican government has been completed
for price reported TO be S150,00O. Tile
cDgiDcs are to be delivered as soon MS
possible for use ON the fedcrally oper-
uted roads IN Mexico.
Weld county will he free from in
dcbtedness within n few months. Dur
ing the past year the county treasurer
has paid S1S6.0O0 in registered war
rants against the county and highway
funds, and at the present time the reg
istered indebtedness of Weld Is only
$4,000.
Early Indications are that Greeley
will equal or outdo its building record
of 1918 this year. Last year the city
issued building permits in excess of
S75O,00O The building inspectors es-
timated that the actual value of build
ing constructed during the year was in
excess of S1,25O0OO.
Durbin Van Law, the engineer who
has been employed to draw the plans
and superintend the installation of HUI
go's electric light plant. is making an
estimate of the requirements neces-
sary for an up-tO-date system. Work
will start at an early date. The plant
should he ready for operation by May
1st.
The big poultry show of the Mesa
County Poultry Breeders Association,
held nj Grand Junction, was by far the
biggest event of its kind ever held on
the western slope. Fully 300 bloOded
birds were on exhibition and almost
every variety was represented and one
of the most interesting displays was n
pair of golden pheasants.
Leon NJ. IIattenbach, member of the
Senate of the Colorado Assembly and
city industrial commissioner, died at
the steering wheel of his automobile
while lie was driving ON Wadsworth
street, jefferson county, coming to-
ward Denver Mrs. Hattenbach and g.
year-old son, Leon, Jr, were the only
other occupants of the car. Heart fail
ure was said to be the cause.
The Farmers Union is considering
erecting IL flour mill at Rifle A big
meeting held there brought out eighty
two members and the determination to
build mill seemed almost universal.
The construction of the consolidated
school building at Monument will be-
gin with the coming of spring weather,
| according to an announcement made by
the school directors at the office of
the county superintendent of schools.
Plans for the building are now being
drawn and the school board Is prepar
ing to advertise for bids on the build
ing contract in the near future.
owners of the famous Victoria mine
at Summerville have organized the 81,
0Ou.O00 Lincoln Silver Mining Com
| pany In Boston and plan extensive de-
| vclopment of this lode and of II tun-
mel site NJ Salnu. The Lincoln Com
| pany is planning development work on
the Victoria by in extension eastward
| of the I0O-foot level, by an extension
Of the No. . incline to the 40O-foot
| level, and by raising from the 4OO-f0ot
level TO the lo0-foot level. 1t is ex-
pected that this development will open
ore for which the Victoria has been
| famous.
The State Cooperative Crop Report
ing Service, with the assistance of
county assessors, will endeavor to