The Ordway new era., 1920-11-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


ty-five senators. The Republicans
have twenty-four members. or exactly
the two-thirds needed whenever it is
found expedlent to make use of the
safety clutch or emergency clause. The
program will most likely call for some
changes in the constitution and two
thirds majority is needed TO submit
constitutional amendments TO the vote
Of the people. In the House the Re-
publican majority is even greater than
in the Senate. With two districts yet
TO be heard from, the Republicans have
fifty-five seats and the Democrats only
eight. Even should the two unreport-
ed districts 20 Democratic the Repub-
licans have eleven more than two
thirds majority. OF the siXty-three
members whose election is sure, twen-
ty were members of the Twenty-sccond
General Assembly.
Two gifts, totaling S1,15O.000. from
the general educational board of New
York to Colorado educational institu-
tions. have been announced The sum
Of Ss50,O00 from the Rockefeller Fom-
dation for the advancement of medical
sclelte IL iNHrueu ule university vi
Colorado at Boulder for a new medi-
cal school and state hospital, on con
dition that the university and state
raise SSU0,O0O for that purpose. Colo
RADIO College. Colorado Springs, Is
given 100000 for its endowment fund,
ON condition that ii raise S600,O00
The Carnegie Corporation Of New
York recently added $4,000 to Colo.
RADIO Colleges endowment, making the
total S1,60i,0O0.
The trial OF Mrs. Louise Peete,
charged with the murder of Jacob G.
Denton, was continued from Nov. %
to Jan. 10. The continuance was
granted ut Il special session of Judge
Craig's division of the superior court
ut Los Angeles, only the attorneys in
the case and court attaches being
present This was at the request of
the accused woman, who wanted to
avoid the stares of large crowd OF
curious women. Mrs. Peetc is being
represented by Public Defender Wood.
He was unable to secure all the evil
dence he desired by the time originally
set for the beginning of the trial and
finally overcame the objections of Mrs.
Peete to seek delay.
The Board of County Commission
ers, after thoroughly investigating the
proposed route of the new auto high
way up the west side of Grand Mesa,
the 10,S0Ufoot tableland east of Grand
Junction, have declared themselves in
favor of the road being built at the
earliest possible time, as it will mean
one of the greatest drawing cards for
tourists in the west. The climb would
be nearly as great as the climb from
Colorado Springs to the summit of
Pixies Peak. t4t
Just two years after the Eighty
Ninth Division, which included hun
dreds of Colorado men, halted its adj
vance through the Argonne forest on
the banks of the Meuse river, the
work of gathering material for writ
ten record of the famous fighting
unit has been completed, and print
ing of the history of the division has
Eeen started in Denver.
Sixteen persons were injured, none
seriously, when three cars of west
bound Denver & Rio Grande train
No. Is overturned near Grand Val
ley, forty-four miles from Grand
Valley. The injured were taken in
charge by Miss Helen Baylis. Red
Cross nurse of Palisade, Colo, a
passenger.
In common with prices in general.
the useful metals are quoted lower
at the Atlantic seacoast. with very
conservative demand. Zinc in Colo
RADIO ores has dropped to S6.S6 per
100 pounds. decline of $2.40 per
ton.
A rich discovery of gold ore has
been made in large mass at Bo-
nanza, an old mining camp in the low
lands Of the San Luis valley.
Plans and specifications for the i'm
provement of four and one-tenth miles
of earth graded road in La Plata
county, at an estimated cost of $780,
24S.91, have been approved by the
United States Bureau Of Public Roads,
for 80 per cent federal aid. The COM
plete plans, together with recommen-
dations have been forwarded to Wash
ington for final action. The road
stretch lies between Bayfield, and
Archuleta, Colo.
The City Council of Colorado
Springs has adopted n budget for
1921 which will require tax levy
of 10.7 mills, or three-tenths of a
mill less than that of this year. The
levy will yield s407.932. The re-
mainder of the $7O5.75S needed to
operate the municipal government
will come from the receipts of va
rlous departments.
The Bank of North Fork at Hotch-