The Ordway new era., 1920-07-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

| rOIiinent at the Colorado Agricultural
College Will he greatly increased next
year. The call for the new catalog is
- per cent In excess of any previous
year.
| Marriage licenses issued in the
month OF June passed the 800 mark
II Denver. This breaks all records for
he month Of June, according 10 statis-
les prepared by Harry t. DOwd, mar
-iagc license clerk.
| J. q. Ingram, the superintendent of
he Laramie plant of the National Sup
| ,ly Company, whose district offices
,rc AT Casper, has been made man
iger of the Denver office of that com
| any, which has been opened in that
| ity.
C. n. Shepherdson, who has beei,
Connected with the University OF
| wyoming as animal husbandman, il,
| ne extension division, has rendered
| lis resignation 10 accept Il position
with the Colorado Agricultural College
1 Fort Collins.
| Petitions bearing more than 22,O0o
| iames have been returned OH the tri-
tunnel project, according TO n state
nent by W. g. Evans. chairman of the
State Highway Commission. The peti-
ions have been filed with the secre-
AIRY of state.
A modern, 15O-room hotel, and cot
tages with nearly as extensive accom-
inodations, are 10 be erected on the
Williams ranch at the junction OF the
Roaring Fork and the Cache Ia Poudre
liver, fifty miles from Fort Collins, in
the Poudre canon.
Colorado bought S270,oo0 worth of
| War Saving stamps in the five months
from Jan. 10 to May 81 of this year,
according Ia an announcement by the
Treasury Department. This is an av-
erage OF 20 cents for every man, wom-
AN and child in the state.
a very severe hailstorm visited the
western end of Grand Valley, doing
S2O0oOO worth of damage to the fruit
crop in the Fruitlale section. Young
fruit and leaves We're stripped from
thousands of trees. Some damage to
livestock and poultry was also done.
j. NJ. Cameron, age 81, a Greeley
clothing merchant. committed suicide
In the basement of the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Harold yesterday. He
left note saying lie had been
troubled by i'll health and business
Worries"
Tie Maxwell block, the largest Of
flee building in Steamboat Springs. has
been sold by Senator ]. =. Maxwell of
Boulder, TO ID. Chamberlain OF Des
MOines, Iowa. The purchaser is the
founder of the Chamberlain Medicine
Company. He purchased the building
us an Investment.
One hundred and thirty different
| varieties of wild flowers were found
by botanical party of seventeen
members of the Mountain Club, which
made an expedition to TOlland from
Denver under the leadership Of Mrs.
George A. Stahl and Miss Catherine
| Bruderlin.
The hearts of forty orphan children
and eight residents of the State Odd
Fellows Home Mt Canon City were
made happy when over 500 representa-
tives of the triple link from all parts
of the stnte assembled there to cele-
l
he order in Colorado.
| Colorado being the chief producer
| IF rndium in the world, and the only
producer while the war was In prog
| ess, 1t is of local interest to note
that the total supply of radium in
the world today is estimated to be four
ounces-an amount hardly sufficient
| n fiji n coffee Gun
| Clinging to their wagon as 1t was
washed down stream on the crest of
flood-waters near Hudson, Earl Leake,
Mrs. ii. U. Tucker and the latter's
| little child gained the bank and safety
n quarter of mile below where they
drove into deep hole while trying to
| ford a stream. The horses broke loose
from the wagon, but were drowned.
Heavy losses have been sustained
by the feeders this year. 1t Is partly
due to the high-priced feed, according
to Il. w. Clark of the Colorado Agri-
cultural College. Last winter hay sold
in most parts of the state at enormous
figures To win next winter the feed.
ers should begin to provide feed now
and keep the matter definitely in mind
all the time.
The Weld County Credit Mems As
sociatlon, which was originally COM
posed entirely of Greeley business men,
is rapidly extending its activities to
other counties. A branch office has
been established ut Brighton and an,
other office will he opened at Fort
/ A 3 ln ia
ISOLATION has more than 800 business
firms as members. Sixty towns are
served by the association.
| Contents of sealed letter sent by
| Mnrnt. DnNcr q RniInr In Sir IL Il