The Ordway new era., 1921-07-08
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
lu..,ern Ner,p.p.r unIou Nsss servloe.l

The name and fame of the ReV. Den
Zersen. Fort Morgan's wres'iihs
preacher" have filtered into the camps
of the movie stars with the result tii"'
he has left Fort Morgan for Caiifor-
mia to play the leading part IN u pic
ture.
Because his parents were unable 10
find a physician and were ignorant oi
home remedy methods, Clyde Schmee-
exile. 2-year-oId son of William
SchmeeckIe, farmer living three
miles east of New Raymer, died OF rat
tlesnake bite.
Farmers residing in the vicinity OF
the eastern edge of FL Paso county
were compelled to work in shifts III
the fight which was waged to eradi-
cate the hordes of srasshoppers which
laid, waste farm land and threatened
destruction of many acres of valuable
crops. Trenches, twenty miles long,
were dug in many places by the farm
erS.
The separate maintenance suit OF
Mrs. Mabel Grinnell against Leslie NJ
Maupin of Boulder was dismissed by
Judge Neil f. Graham in the District
Court upon presentation OF stpula-
ton that n satisfactory adjustment
had been made. This action was taken
several hours after Judge Graham had
granted Mrs. Grinnell So month all
mony and $75 attorney fees.
Joe Innocence, 1S years old, is dead,
and Fransco Ochinpinto, 33 years old,
GUY Applegate, 80 years old, and Joe
Innocence, 81 years old, the latter
brother-in-law of the dead youth, are
in Jail in Greeley as the result of
pitched battle with county and federal
officers for possession of an Illicit
whisky still, in operation near the
Colorado, Wyoming dividing line in
northern Weld county.
Another link has been added TO the
Durango highway, which, al
though completed last year, has never
officially been declared open. The
highway will be known as the Duran
-Silverton- Ouray highway, it being
decided to include the former famous
toll road between Silverton and Ouray
as part of the highway. This route
will permit tourists to travel through
the most scenic part of the United
States.
On representations made by William
e. Passmore, in charge of the public
sampiing works at Idaho Springs,
which handles ores from the Gilpin and
Clear Creek county mines, reduction
in freight rates from Idaho Springs to
Leadville has been granted. On ores
up to $50 per ton the rate is SO per
ton, while ores worth 500 or over
that figure pay s.. Rates of $3.50. 81
and $3.50 cover ores between $50 and
500 per ton in value.
The sheepmen of southwestern Colo
RADIO who use San Juan forest service
range, have agreed through their rep
resentative, ii. d. Abrams, to pay
three cents per head for all sheep
driven over the Durango -Silverton
highway in reaching their range. ac-
cording to statement made at Dur
ango by Supervisor II. F.. French of
the forest service. Heretofore there
has been some controversy from driy-
ing stock over the highway
Weld county will produce 100000
bushels of wheat this year, judging
from present indications. Figures
compiled by the field men of the coun-
ty assessor show that there are 165,-
900 acres planted to wheat in the
county this year. Because of the large
amount of moisture the yield will be
from thirty TO fifty bushels on the non
irrigated land as well as in the irri.
gated districts. There are $4,000 acres
of wheat on the irrigated farms and
about 100000 on the dry land.
Registration at the University of
Colorado closed with 1878 students en-
rolled for the first term, which will
close July 90. The second term will
open the following day and continues
for period of six weeks. Many of the
present students are expected to stop
at the end of the first term, and new
ones will undoubtedly enter us many
Inquiries have been received. 20
The dam at Marshall lake will moi
be rebuilt for the present ut least. ac-
cordinS to A. J. Shaw, receiver of the
Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation
Company, owners of the structure. s'In.
asmuch as the dam is safe for the
present." said Mr.. Shaw, "and because
we believe it TO be to the interests of
the farmers whose lands we irrigate
the water will not be drawn out"
Melvin Hill Smith, % years old, the
grandson and heir of Eben Smith, pio
heer mining man of Colorado, was
Killed recently when machine he was
driving crashed into n stone pillar on
Los Angeles street. Jack II. Abbott
a Los Angeles patrolman, riding with
smith, also met death in the accident
and a girl COInpaniOn Of Abbott Iao,