The Ordway new era., 1920-05-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

ened ana disappeared without tnkihe
anything. Entrance was gained
through a window.
The 1920 annual convention of the
Colorado Retail Coal Dealers Associ-
alton is to be held in Colorado Springs
on June Sth and 9th More than $50
dealers will attend the meeting.
The general merchandise store of
Peter Schneider has been robbed at
Morrison of goods worth from $1,000
to $1,000, mostly In the latest expen-
sive shoes.
A program of weekend excursions
to the Arapahoe glacier, Lake Eldorn
and other mountain points HAS been
arranged for the students who attend
the summer school at the State Uni
versity this year ut Boulder.
Jack Ricci of Lafayette was sem
fenced to sixty days in the county Jail
and was fined $500 and costs at Boul-
der for bootlegging His home mt La-
fayette was raidcd and several gal
Ions OF dago red were confiscated.
A fund has been opened at Fort Col
lins to finance a recount If it can be
obtained. of Fort Collins population.
The Commercial Club telegraphed Con
gressman Charles Timberlako asking
him to endeavor to prevail upon the
Census Bureau to make n second count
for the city.
Mike Lee. laborer employed by the
Pueblo Bridge and Construction Com
pany, which is repairing the Denver
Colorado Springs road. was killed near
Hustled, twelve miles from Colorado
Springs, while unloading n carload of
stone. The lever which he was oDer-
ating slipped, inflicting fatal wound
on his head. No inquest will be held.
Boulder business men are subscrlb-
ing literally to fund that is being
raised for the construction of a tour
st hotel. j. o. Blllig, mayor of Boul-
der: Joe Mills, proprietor of the Crags
hotel in Estes Park; Hugh Mark, land
lord of the Bouiderado hotel of this
city, and w. S. Withers, prominent
business man, are the committee in
charge.
Pinned beneath the wreckage of an
automobile in seven feet of water in
Bear Creek canon, Stanley Mccall, %,
living at Denver. was drowned before
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whom was his brother, could save him.
The party was returning from dance
at Starbuck park, and as their car
reached point about Give miles above
the mouth of the cafon the creek
bank, softened by the recent heavy
rains, gave way beneath the weight OF
the car
Thousands of dollars worth of fur
niture seized by the police in Denver
during raids on alleged gambling
houses has been turned over to the
Salvation Army by Chief of Police
Hamilton Armstrong and will be used
In furnishing that organizations new
quarters in Denver. Such furniture
is usually destroyed, but realizing
that it would he put to good pur.
pose by giving 1t to the Salvation
Army, Chief Armstrong consented to
its being disposed of in that manner.
Alberto Madrid, railroad worker al
Trinchera, who was arrested Mt thni
place and lodged in the county Jail al
Trinidad, confessed to District AttOr-
ney ]. w. Hawley that he attacked
with an AK Valentine Anaya, u barber
at Trinchera, while the latter was
nsleep in his bed. infllcting injuries
which are expected to cause the death
of the victim. Madrid declared the
assault was committed with the mo.
tive of robbery and that he had taken
$50, all the money that Anaya had at
the time.
Citizens of Grand county and north.
western Colorado generally, holding q
mass meeting at Hot Sulphur Springs.
following the opening of the MOffat
road, adopted n resolution in which
they expressed their gratitude to res
idents of Denver, the operating force
of the Moffat road, the State Highway
Commission and others for their eff.
forts in breaking the recent serious
snow blockade on the Moffat system.
Revised figures compiled by the
State Immigration Department from
the records of the State Tax Commits
sion for use In the Colorado Yeai
Book show that the total assessed val
untion of property in Colorado on
which 1920 taxes are being paid Is
81, ,49S, ,663, 12S This is an increase of
about ST4,OOO.0OO over the assessed
valuation for the preceding year and
an increase of about S3,OO0.0OO over
the preliminary figures. Denver coun-
ty ranks first, with 1885,, 100000, and
Weld county second, with S1OS.000. 900.
These are the only two counties In the
state showing assessed valuations
above S1OO,0O0,0O0. There were in
,reases in the valuations for nearly nll
agricultural counties, while most of
the mining counties showed decreases.
NJ. B. Sloss of Basalt purchased the