The Ordway new era., 1920-01-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| United States Forestry Department.
| Mr.. Clark desires to place eU,OOO each
In the North Fork of Middle Boulder,
South Fork of Middle Boulder, Jenny
creek. South Boulder creek. Thumb
lake, lakes AT the head of South Boul-
der and South Fork of Middle Boul-
der. Boulder creek, North Boulder
Creek. Caribou creek. Echo lake and
North Clear creek. Mr.. Erich would
place 10000 in the East Fork of James
creek. 200oO In Middle ST. Vrain. TO-
600 in South St Nr,iin and 5000 in Il
small lake near timber line northwest
of Stapp's.
DR. A. l.. Burnett of Silyerton per
formed most unusual operation
when he saved the arm of Hans Han
son, whose arm was caught in II mill
belt nj the Iowa Tiger mill. Mr.. Han
sons arm was caught near the shoul-
der and badly cut. In trying TO res
cut the arm. Mr. Hanson jerked 1t 50
that the skin and flesh We're pulled
from the bone from the elbow down,
and left hanging as IL he We're taking
off a long glove. DIR. Burnett carefully
pulled the flesh hack into place and
sewed the lower and upper arm I"
gether. After some weeks the wound
healed and forty-eight square inches
Of flesh were grated TO the arm.
The local land office at Monrrose re-
ports Il real land office" business dur
ing The past year, with $50 appllca-
lions having been filed for home
steads during that period This is one
az The largest number ever filed ut
this office during similar period.
The records show, However, that due
TO the holding up Of many grazing
claims during 1918, that more applica-
,i"ns We're allowed during 1919 than
We're filed, the total being 74T.
OF all the mountain counties in
Colorado. San Miguel seems 10 give
out the hest report in mining opera
tions for the past year. The mines
around Telluride. taken with those
dealing in vanadium ores out in the
west valley. make an admirable show
ing The Tomhoy mine alone is send
ing out fifty ears OF concentrates per
month. and the Liberty Bell produces
three or four hundred tons Of ore Il
day.
The rare operation OF TRANSMISSION OF
blood was performed upon Thomas
Weiss At local hospital in Aiamosa-
His brother. Peter Weiss. mining
man Of Creede. furnished the blood
and several ounces were transferred
10 the veins OF the patient Weiss
suffered breakdown from overwork
and his blood supply was 50 depleted
that physicians say it was only a per
cent of normal. The operation was
entirely successful.
Claiming that Palmer Lake has
failed to clearApSw from certain
parts of the DenyerIolorado Springs
highway and that autois;s stalled
there have been compelled to pay eS
orhitant prices in order TO get pulled
out of the snow hanks the Colorado
Springs Auto Trades Association has
submitted to the chamber OF Com
mere s resolution asking that Pal
mer Lake be cut off the intercity road
il the situation is not remedied
W. C Harris is rushing work on the
erection of the proposed new hotel for
Sterling Work has been started on
raxing the old buildings standing on
the site at the corner of Second and
Poplar streets, one block from the
Union station II is not yet deter
mined whether the new hotel will be
i've or six stories high II will cost
al lesst Sl5o,ouo, but more likely the
figure will go much higher.
Five hundred and sixty-one next of
kin OF Colorado Yanks who made the
supreme sacrifice in the great war
will take part in the most dramatic
Denver. when. on washington's birth
day. Feb. -. the representatives OF
the French high commission will con
fer on the fathers. mothers or wives
Of the slain Yankees honorary French
certificates.
With score OF 543 out of posi-
bic 80. DR.. ]. Il. ochSner OF Durango,
at the last meeting OF the Rife Club,
scored what is believed 10 he worlds
record when he made seventy-five con
secutive huliseyeS in shooting offhsud
from 3 distance of seventy-fiye feet at
a target with oiss-haif-lneh center. He
>coreti twenty consecutive tens and
during the seyenty-five shots made
sixty eight tens and seven mines He
used regulation - caiiber target
gun
The state OF Colorado and the eoun-
ties are paying sSs.e5e in benefits to
blind persons under the provisions of
the initiated law adopted at The last
general election The first annual re-
port of the state blind benefit com
mission shows that :cEs blind men and
women are receivin< aid FROM the
state and the counties one-haf of
the benefits are psId by the state and
The other half ny the counties OF