The Ordway new era., 1920-09-10

Oct. 1-2.
A falling tree crushed out the life
OF Wilbert A. Gardner, an employe of
the Rocky Mountain Lumber Company,
ut Diamond Park
Census returns made public include
Pueblo, Colo. whose population is
given as 42,909, decrease of 1,4S1, or
3,3 per cent
The condition of alfalfa in Colorado
on July 1st was the same as on June
LIST and there is no change in the es
timated output. The condition of all
hay In the state is also the same as on
June 1st, and the estimate of total pro-
ductlon is unchanged.
w f. Stoltz. alias William Brown,
who was seriously injured August 2Sth
when he was crushed between two
tram cars at the central car barns.
where he was working, died as the re-
suit of his injuries at st. Luke's hos
pital in Denver.
James Tuckerman, 80 years old, a
resident of Greeley for forty-three
years and one of the wealthiest live
stock men In Weld county, died of
heart disease while reading newspa-
per. He had been in apparently good
health until his death.
Miss Anna Laura Force, president of
the State Teachers Association of
Colorado and principal of the Lincoln
school in Denver has been appointed
chairman of the executive committee
of the National Council of Education.
Miss Force is doing graduate work at
the State Teachers College this sum
mer at Greeley.
As the night jailer at the county Jail
at Leadville entered the cell house to
replensh the fire in the stove there,
three prisoners who were in the corri-
dor made rush for the open door and
escaped. At late hour tonight they
had not been captured. The three men
were awaiting trial in the District
Court on minor charges.
Two bears were killed within n few
yards of each other by J. F. Naylor in
North Park while on camping and
fishing expedition. He found the ami
mails early in the morning within 100
yards of the camp and dropped one at
the first shot. The second one started
to run away and it took four shots to
bring 1t down, after it had run about
$50 yards.
The condition of barley in Colorado
on July LIST was 81 per cent of normal
compared with 90 per cent on June 1st
Partial reports of county assessors in
dicate that the area devoted to the
crop is about 10000 acres. Based on
this acreage and the condition of the
crop on July 1st, the estimated produc-
tion is 5,943, 200 bushels, compared with
100000 last year.
Remarkable yields of both wheat and
barley are reported from fields of
grain just threshed in Larimer county.
Fred Schmer has just harvested twelve
acres of wheat and six acres of barley
on the w. A. Drake farm two and a
half miles south of Fort Collins, which,
while they have broken no records, are
unusually fine crops. The wheat
threshed 74.16 bushels to the acre, and
the barley S5 bushels to the acre.
Partial reports of county assessors
indicate that about $4,000 acres of po-
tatoes were planted in Colorado this
year, compared with $500 acres last
July 1st was 95 per cent of normal, an
exceptionally high condition for this
season Of the year. The estimated pro
duction, based upon this condition and
the acreage given above. is 13,0T2, ,OOO
bushels compared with final esti-
mate of II, ,O4O, 600 bushels last year.
Approximately Is per cent of the
$4,000 men employed In Colorado coal
mines will ask for an increase of S1.5G
Il day. 1t has been announced. These
compose class of men known as in
side and outside day labor and do not
include men who dig coal
Baca county, Colorado, containing
the city of Springfield, rates second OF
all counties in tie United States OF
which population thus far has been an.
nounced, in its rate of growth during
the last ten years. 1t has nearly three
and one-half times the population IL
had in 1910, ITS percentage of increase
having been 2486. Dade county
Florida, which contains the city OF
Miami, leads with a percentage OF
25S1.
Forrest Wood, 10 years old, was
thrown off his bicycle at Boulder and
run over by touring car, receiving in
juries which may prove fatal. In dodg
ing two automobiles at busy street
corner he turned his bicycle too far,
striking the hub of one of the cars
and being hurled directly in the path
of the other. His right arm was broken
and he suffered severe wound on
the head.
The big firemen's convention held at
Englewood and Littleton was well-at-