The Ordway new era., 1920-04-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

I
Of exposure suffered during the un-
usually violent April storm which
swept across Colorado recently.
One of the best lead and copper
| strikes made in the Ouray district in
years is reported by the White Cloud
Mining and Milling Company, operat-
ing the Monus Queen. owned by Cor
don Kimball, under bond and lense.
Five prominent Longmont business
men and bankers have purchased the
controlling interest in the Empson
Canning Goods Company from J. IL.
Empson. pea king. for s1.O0O.OOO. Mr..
Empson will retire from active busi-
ness.
The United States general land Of
flee has announced that 3O,634.23 acres
of homestead. land in Moffat county,
formerly In the Carey act segregation
known as the Great Northern project,
has been opened for entry by order OF
Clay Tullman, commissioner of the
general land office, under date of
April /.
Three growing towns of eastern
Colorado are TO have municipal water
systems. The Colorado Public Utilities
Commission granted the applications
of the towns of Seibert and Vona in
Kit Carson county, and of Eads in Hi
owa county for certificates of public
convenience and necessity, authorizing
them to proceed with the installation
of plants.
The famous peak to peak" tour, n
prospect to connect Longs peak and
Pixies peak with fine roads and ade-
quate housing facilities, thereby al
lowing tourists 10 visit Platte canon,
one of the most attractive play
grounds in the Rocky mountains, may
soon be possible as the result or an
enthusiastic meeting held in Kiowa
lodge ut Bailey.
Four airplnnes appear on the Den
yer assessment rolls this year, as
ngainst only one last year, according
to William j. Hamilton, deputy county
assessor under NJ. ]. Mccarthy, man
ager OF revenue. Approximately d.
600 automobiles will be found upon the
tax schedule for 1920 The tax sched-
ules are coming in at the unusually
rapid rate of more than 1000 day.
Peter G. Mcnamara and Charles Te
revich, cagemen at the Tomboy mine,
were instantly killed at Telluride
when they were caught between the
cage and timbers in the shaft. They
were riding up in an empty car on
the cage platform when the car tipped
as the weight shifted, throwing both
into the timbers, breaking their necks
and crushing their heads. Terevich-
leaves a family and Mcnamara was
unmarried.
William Henry Bennett, who en-
listed at Denver, Colo, on September
2, 1919 won the gold medal for prof.
cheney in the Machinist Mate class OF
the Aviation Mechanics School which
graduated on April 3rd at the Great
Lakes Training Station. He was also
the recipient of letter of commenda-
tion from the commandant of the Nav
al Training Station, Great Lakes. for
his good work. His home address is
LOngmont
Five thousand people attended Hol-
ly's fourth annual dairy celebration,
which, for magnitude and general ex-
cellence, eclipsed any of the shows
given in previous years. There were
more than 100 entries In the pure bred
,Holstein. cattle show and more than
sixty entries in the horse show. A fine
poultry show was added to this years
exhibition for the purpose Of stimulat-
ing the poultry industry in the Holly
district of the lower Arkansas valley.
Five mountain lions are included in
a list of 14S predatory animals which
were killed during February and
March by state employees under the d.
rection of Logan Crawford, predatory
| animal inspector of the United States
Biological Survey. Altogether thirty
| five hunters and trappers were en-
gaged in the hunt for predatory ami
mails, according to Roland G. Parvin,
| state game and fish commissioner.
Their expenses are paid jointly by the
state and federal governments.
Charles C. Gates, president of the
Gates Rubber Company of Denver, has
announced that the company has put
in group insurance for Its employees.
Each of the 1,G0O employees Will be
given life insurance policy, the COM
pany paying the premiums, according
to Mr.. Gates. The principal amount
of each policy will be based on length
Of service, and will be increased at in
tervals of six months. More than
S5OOO00 were required to initiate the
plan. The insurance will be written
by the Capitol Life Insurance Com
pany of Denver. The plan to adopt
group insurance was recommended by
the Industrial Congress, composed of
employees of the plant
District Forester Allen S. Peck has
announced that fifty-four men passed