The Ordway new era., 1920-01-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union New. Service.


West 10 he placed on the Itinerary of
undertaken in February by members
OF the manufacturers and wholesale
merchants board of the Cleveland
Chamber Of Commerce.
The county commissioners of Routt
| county have selected the site for "A
new courthouse. The proposition will
| he put up to The public next election,
when un $4,000 bond issue will he
submitted. The location is on the
principal street of Steamboat Springs
and will b. Il whole block.
Unseasoned or green posts, ties and
poles in contact with the soil will
hast practically as long as seasoned
wood This is the conclusion OF expe-
riments and observations made by the
Forest Products laboratory AT Madi
son. Wis, and was given 10 this paper
by Professor Morrill,. head OF forestry
department at Colorado Agricultural
college
Five men. arrested las; summer on
Il charge of obtaining money under
fnlse prcienses, have been placed on
trial in the District Court Mt Brighton.
| Ii is charged that the men sold stock
Ia certain residents OF Adams county
Mt u price far In excess of the market
value. They are alleged 10 hnve Sc
cured $4,000 from local farmers in
this manner
The Lonsmont Stave Silo Company
has bought factory site at Ia Sale
with railroad loading facilities and
| will build cement staNe Silo factory
ther,. this winter. The company will
employ eighteen men and has con-
tracts Of SlunooO in 1870 business
/ The la Salle plant will he the second
>tave silo factory 10 be constructed in
Weld county this year
Work has been started at Brighton
Z on new ,he..ter building. TO be com
/ ul,.t,'d by MAY l. when It Will he
opened rs a picture show by Il W.
James, local capitalist J. y. Counter.
retired business man. is Interested
/ with James Ia erecting the structure
>The huiidiug is modelled after the
Wehher theater in Denver and will
co>t approximately SlsOo1 when com
plete.
King Spud viii reign supreme in
Denver from January ~ to ~, inclu-
Sive. \ western potato exposition OF
| seven states will be held in the Den
yer Auditorium. The annual meeting
of the Colorado Potato Growers As
Snciation, al which the reorganization
/ Of the association will be perfected
and important legislative action on
seed certifieagion laws aud shipping
point Inspection service will be dis
cussed
On shipment consisting of thirty
TWO carloAd lots of manganese ore
which sold at the end OF the line to
which they had been consigned for
only $500 the director general of
railroads. in suit filed in the Dis
trict Court at Denver. demands rail-
road charges OF s.sSs+-SS- The ae-
ton is directed against George p.
C,odier. who is stated To have shipped
the ore from l.eadville TO the Sea
hoard Steel and manganese Company
at Temple. Pa
An order authorizing the dISburse-
ment of ssi0o,s, annually in Colorado
and Wyoming WAS received by Lieu
| tenant Commander Thesis of the Den
Yer navy recruiting station l.ieu,en-
| ant Theis> received permission 10 en-
roll in class two Of the naval reserve
forse all men who have given salts
factory service in the navy, even
though they took advantage of S->cre-
tar, Daniels orNler permitting them
10 leave the service without couplet-
ing their enlistment
Denver Is one OF twenty-five cities
in the West and Far West which has
been plac,-i in the itinerary of e.
/ ocsLmile trade extension tonr To he
undertaken in February by members
/ of the manufacturers and wholesale
merchants h,,srd Of the Cleveland
| Chamber Of Cenme-re- The party will
spend saturday. March 6. in Denver,
meeting with the manufacturers bu-
reau of the Civic and Commercial As
>-ociStica and various other business
mems organizations
Reports of county assessors for
/ 1919. a. izhuiate,i by the State Immi-
/ graJion Department.. show that %
s2l.to+ 2cr,.s, or to-I3 per cent Of the
fetal srea Of lk- state. i assessed a.
agricultural hand This includes a
very larSe Snss, that has never been
/ Sr,sken and a.u.-h thar will never BE-
hrtSeR. being valuable culy Tor -r,az-
l iu- purposes Il includes mere than
/ l0cotsso acres els~>,ed a. dry farm
ing land. must Of which ultimately
Will - cultivated ReT,or1s % cpun-
/ IL a>>s>scrs made 70 the Immigration
Department in 1919 showed that there
Nss approximately S.5no0sa acres in
| cultivation last yesr. the largest ever
/ cultivated in on. YEAR.
| The correspondence OF the State
l iu,misr1fi,a Department Indicates