The Ordway new era., 1920-08-06
Pithy News Notes
From All Paris of
Colorado

8, when 1854, 600 in bonds for paving
are TO be voted on by taxpayers.
| The work of graveling the Burling-
ton highway through Washington
| county is being held up temporarily on
pected that work will be resumed soon.
making this highway one of the best
| in the state.
Fire believed to have been caused by
| the exploding of gasoline tank in the
b. x @. garage at La Junta, totally de-
stroyed the establishment, badly dam
| aged the Oldham garage adjoining it.
An estimate of the damage to both es-
adjustments was $4,000.
Weld county farmers will be paid
$13,41G,571 for their beet crop this fall,
according to estimates made after n
careful check of the sugar factories
within the county and those factories
in surrounding counties which have
contracted acreage in Weld. Weld
county thus faces one of the most
prosperous years in its history.
Exclusive of state and county pro-
jects, the state highway commission at
federal government, is engaged in
building approximately 220 miles of i'm
proved modern roads at cost of
S3,04S.9TO, according to figures com
piled by the highway engineer, ]. NJ.
Maloney.
]. f. Vallery, assistant general
freight agent, Denver, and Il. l..
Young, superintendent at McCooli. WIS.,
tied Akron and looked over the wheat
fields recently and expressed them
selves ms surprised at the vast area
and the quality of the grain. The crop,
which is the biggest and best In the
history of Washington county, is now
being harvested.
4 wind amounting to a small lorna
do picked up granary and turned it
Into n flying machine with two impris-
oned men, near Fleming The struc-
ture was lifted bodily from its foun-
dation and carried despite its great
weight for nearly a mile. Riding the
tornado were c. r. Mcdowell and w.
G.. Neigh and both We're badly hurt
when the building crashed to the earth.
One of the most disastrous fires in
the history of northern Colorado com
pletely destroyed the plant of the
Farmers Union Milling and Elevator
Company at Milliken. The fire broke
out during heavy thunderstorm. The
mill wns operated by electric power
and it is believed that lightning struck
the wires. The total loss is estimated
at S125,0O0, only S67 900 of which was
covered by insurance.
As the result OF hunting activities on
the part of the government biological
survey, the state and two county and
three wool growers associations, a to-
tai of 1871 predatory animals were
killed in Colorado during the fiscal
year of 1920, besides hundreds more
killed and poisoned by private indi-
viduals, according to an annual report
just compiled by l.. G. Crawford. pred
atory animal inspector.
Jesse ii. Newton of Lincoln, Nebr.,
was named superintendent of the Den
yer public schools at u salary of SS,OOO
| for the first year, $4,000 for the second
year, and $4,000 for the third year, at
| meeting of the board of education
| at Denver. His contract will be signed
| for n three-year term. Mr.. Newton at
present holds the position of city super
intendent of schools at Lincoln and
was chosen, according to Lucius F. Hal
| lett, president of the board of educa-
| ton, from among twelve of the rank
ing educators of America us the man
most fitted for the position as head OF
the Denver school system.
| Agnes Zimmerman was appointed
| postmaster ut Home, Larimer county
| Colorado; Samuel r. Jaeger at Ortiz
Conejos county, and Mary Crowner al
Paoli, Phillips county.
Colorado has had only four lorna
does in twenty-five years and has lit
| tie to fear from the gyrations of the
winds, declared Alfred Fl. Thiessen oi
the United States weather bureau ir
an address to the members of the Colo
RADIO Engineering Council.
Spotlight horse racing viii be one Of
the great novelty features at this
years Colorado State Fair. Night rae
ing on the great half-mile track, will
powerful searchlights following the
racers all the while, will be one of the
most exciting events imaginable. Be
sides the racing and the fireworks eacl
night. there will be number of othei
track events, particularly in front OF
the grandstand and bleachers and or
the infield. The fair commissioner.
are determined that the night show
will be just as Interesting as many at
fractions. brilliant illuminatlons ant
searchlights can make it. And this
means every night of the fair. A new
program each night.
When lightning struck the electric
wire with which he was preparing Q