The Ordway new era., 1920-08-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


United States Senator-Judge Tully
Scott, Teller county. and William C.
Danks, Arapahoe county; for Govern
or-Robert ii. Higgins. Pueblo, James
NJ. Collins, Weld county: for Lieuten-
ant Goyernor-Frank l.. -Carringer,
jefferson county: Ed Anderson, Den
yer; for Secretary of State-James IL.
holland, Denver; for Supreme Court
Judge-Fred q. Folsom, Boulder coun-
ty; for State Treasurer-E l.. Neelley,
Walsenburg, F. F. Gildea, Lake coun-
| ty; for State AUTHORIZATIONS Ar
dourel, Boulder county: for Attorney
| General, Morrison Shafroth, Denver;
George Hetheri1gton, Gunnison coun-
ty; for State Superintendent OF Public
nstruction-AIrs. Mary c. G. Brad
ford. Denver: for Regents for the
State Universiy-Mrs. Minnie L.
Harding, Edward c. Stlmson, (for six
year term), Edward H. Park and Fred
Stowe (four-year term), and Fred b.
| Anderson Qfor two-year term): P.esi-
Dental 'Electors-Frank l.. Bishop,
Denver; w. ID. Kelsey, Phillips county,
Mrs. $. II. Rhoads, Larimer county, IL.
y. Churchill. Weld county, Mrs. Carrie
ST. Clair. Garfield county, and l.. A
Duke of Pueblo; National Representa-
ii, es from the Third Congressional
District-Samuel J. Burris, Pueblo,
Guy II. Waybright, Otero county, and
Allan NJ. Lambrlght, Bent county.
Face to face with the alternative OF
closing the institution or making ad-
ditional funds available, Lieutenant
-. a
eral Keyes decided 10 issue certificates
of Indebtedness for the state soldiers
and sailors home at Monte Vista TO
the amount of $4,000. Sales of these
certificates will enable the board of
trustees to conduct the Institution until
November 30, the end of the present
biennial period.
George Moss, a well-known miner,
was severely injured in the mine of
the Victor American Fuel Company at
Pyrolit, near Canon City. Moss was
shot firer. a position he has held for
twelve years without accident, and
was badly hurt by delayed shot. He
will lose an eye, besides being other
wise disfigured by the accident. He
has been taken TO the company's hos
pital at Trinidad for treatment.
The military department of the state
government became the owner of the
section of school land upon which the
Golden rifle range is located. The state
military board paid to the state board
of land commissioners Sl1 sos for the
$40 acres, the board having been
awarded the section for that sum at the
regular monthly land sale of school
lands.
Daniel d. Thurston, an emplOy9 of
tho state hospital for insane, was ar
rested by Special Investigator james
| w. Melrose of the United States de-
partment Of Justice and City Detectives
Brady and Mcdonald, and is being
held in Jail at Pueblo, charged with
violating the Mann act. Thurston's
wife is also being held.
Fully 700 carloads of apples are ex-
pected to be shipped from the Olathe
and Montrose districts this year, the
crop at this time showing bumper ten
denotes. Help In marketing the crop
will be obtained from outside towns,
and pickers will be imported from
many neighboring high schools, as has
been the custom in years past.
All Sedgwick county looks with keen
interest to the harvesting and care of
the nearly 100000 bushel wheat crop
that is rapidly turning golden to the
harvester and thrasher. The chief
anxiety of the farmers has been the
harvesting and marketing of their
grain.
Stepping into pile of hot ashes
while playing near the banks Of the
Platte river, Denver, may cost Henry
McGraw his legs
Jack Bratton who re-enlisted in the
Navy for four years is now undergoing
training at Idaho Springs, Colo.
The Colorado State Fair is in no
sense an experiment. 1t Is solid
substantial, permanent state institu-
ton. The grounds, the buildings and
all belong to all the people of the
state. Every taxpayer, every citizen
is a part owner in the state fair; and
each person who says or does some
thing for the good of the fair, does 1t
for himself-his own individual inter
est. Last years was the first fair that
was really under complete state con-
troll and ownership, and the increased
interest in it was manifest TO Won
derful degree. The people in every
section of the commonwealth demon
strated their appreciation of it as n
state institution, and so pleased were
all with the great show, that many
persons from the remotest parts of
| COlOro flo bepon RIGHT then tO work for
the betterment Of the 1920 fair.
Petitions for vote on the creation
of Flagler and Limon counties were