The Ordway new era., 1920-10-29
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service.

gOsa branch, met horrible death
when he was crushed under the trucks
of coal car loaded with ties, near
Dyke. He lived a half hour.
Mrs. Carl White, wife of a farmer
who lives thirty miles east Of Hugo,
was instantly killed and their 2-year-
old son seriously injured when shot
gun was accidentally discharged while
going to town with a truck load of
wheat.
From Silverton word is received that
Fred Jacobs of Red mountain and les
see of the Maybell mine in Poughkeep-
sic gulch, has opened up n rich ore
shoot and last week loaded out a car
load that is estimated at better than
$500 a ton.
ColoraG9's tax levy for all state pur-
poses for this year is 3.47 mills, eN-
actly the same as the levy for 1919,
yet 1t will bring the state approximate
ly $500, ,T40.19, or $500, ,3S7.33 more in
revenues than did the levy last year,
because of the greatly increased as
sessed valuation of property.
The Craig Colony Association real
ized S12, ,294.O5 from the sale of tags
in Denver, according to the official
count. Although $4,000 is needed to
maintain Craig Colony for the coming
year, the amount raised exceeds for
mer donations and it is believed that
the balance will be raised within the
week.
DIR. Steven T. Egeness, well-known
local physician, and his wife, were pa
At To-, nj Mt
ride following very serious auto ac-
cident on the Rico road between Tel
luride and Rico. in which the doctor
and his wife and Miss Lena Gnchilini,
nurse, and Miss Florence Jackson of
Mancos were also badly hurt.
Thieves broke into the Roggen Mo-
tor Company at Roggen, Colo, re-
moved the office safe to the middle OF
the street, melted the door off with an
acetylene torch, and made away with
$3.50 in cash and papers valued at
$3.50. The money and papers belonged
to Henry ]. House, proprietor. No
trace of the robbers has been found.
The fifty-third annual meeting of
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Colorado, opened at LongmOnt with
approximately 1000 delegates present.
Degree work at the session of the
grand encampment at which Charles
Ankele of Salida, grand patriarch, pre-
sided, was the feature of the first
day.
Contracts have been let for the con-
struction of six and One-half miles of
gravel-surfaced road through Craig,
east and west. The road is known as
Colorado Federal aid project No. "a.
The road will be the first surfaced
highway in Moffat county and is the
first link of an improved road to
run through the entire county to the
Utah line.
Henry Adrian Schmitt died at his
home just west of Grand Junction at
the age of so years. He was. pioneer
who came to the Grand valley and To-
Gated when the Indians were still a
source of worry. In 1880, he came to
Grand valley and homesteaded on
tract of land few miles northwest of
Grand Junction. Mr.. Schmitt was iden-
titled with the early building of the
valley.
Little May Kelse, 21a years old, won
the better baby prize at the Colorado
State Fair, according to the announce
ment made public by the judges. May
scored 994 perfect, the only defect was
a slight discoloration of the teeth,
which physicians say, is characteristic
of all Colorado babies. The prize win
ming baby is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred II. Kelse, residing ten miles
north of Pueblo.
Robbers entered the North Fork
bank at Hotchkiss and stole about
81 900 in cash and Liberty bonds Aft
er the robbers "jimmied" the front
door they wrecked the door of the
vault and then blew the safe.
A movement headed by the Littleton
Commerce Club has been launched to
arrange for a tri-county fair between
jefferson, Arapahoe and Denver coun-
ties. 1t is expected to stage the fair
at Overland Park, Denver, next year.
Among the associated movements
during the mining convention week,
Denver, commencing Nov. 10, will be:
Conference of Gold Producers; Confer
ence of Coal Operators Conference on
Taxation, National and State; Confer
ence of Users of Oil Flotation; Con-
ference on Standardization of Mining
Machinery; Life and Labor-Saving
Devices; Conference on War Minerals;
Conference of Officers and Faculty
Members of Schools and Colleges de
voted to mining, etc. Men of nation
wide prominence will take part in the
discussions. Whatever is accomplished
means much for the country outside
mining. There will also be an educa-
tional exposition.
The State Highway Commission will