The Ordway new era., 1921-09-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ION Wlll ne A'''N
Rocky Mountain region. III pehleN
for example, 10,I00 autos, cohta'iiins
36.So7 persons and representlns W.
,unlIy every state. had been Registered
aarly In Septemher The l92o t"ta's
were 1906 cars and 29.u3l persons
Rocky Mountain National fnrk ollr
risls reported registration OF So'''"
cars and 49, ,S93 persons ON sept J.
IL the cars registered so far thls SCI"
son at Overland park were placeu emu
TO end, allowing fifteen teet tor the
space occupied by each car, theN "ouiu
make an unbrokeu string lhlrtN tliles
In length Cars that were r'slstc''"
AT the Estes entrance to Rocky Noun,
tain park, II similarly placed, wonlu
form n line of more than 100 miles.
Forged checks to tie amount of ST.,
673.95 were passed on two banks an"
one merchant of Io,clnnd by a strah-
ger. Two of the checks were not oH'N
forgerlcs. but were written on stolen
checks from the printed check book
of johnson & LLOYD, coal dealers OF
I.ovelmd, written in the peculiar color
green lux used hy That firm. ana pro
tected" by the firms check protector
which had been stolen al the time OF
the checks,
The Nushaft coal mine on Coal
creek. near Florence, caught fire, fol
lowing the firing of shot in the work
lngs Monday night by an employe. 1t
is believed that The shot was ilrea
close TO an old oil well property, To-
Gated near the mine. Two hundred
miners and workmcn i'm the mine were
forced to leave on account of the dense
clouds of smoke which completely
filled the shafts and tunnels. No lives
We're lost.
The Rev. sumner T. Morgan, sc
years old, until last April pastor of the
Loveland Christian church, was
drowned in Mangum, Okla. Word was
received by his son, Wendell Morgan.
who Immediately departed for Man
gum. Miss Lois Morgan, daughter,
resides at Loveland. The Rev. Mr..
Morgan was prominent in church and
welfare circles while pastor at Love
land and well known throughout the
state.
More than 10000 attended the fair
at Hotchkiss, many of the nearby
towns declaring holidays to give busi-
ness men and others the opportunity
to view the exhibits and see the races
The fair just closed has been the most
successful ever held. A special fea-
ture has been the community exhibits
from seven little neighborhoods on the
higher mesas.
United States Senator Lawrence G..
Phipps will be absent from Congress
during the first three weeks OF the
coming session, ii has been announced.
Senator Phipps acted on the advice of
his physicians in notifying Senator
Curtis, Republican senatorial whip,
that due to his recent operation for
appendicitis he will be unable TO at
tend the session opening.
Dick Wrather, 5-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. II. Wrather of Dallas,
Texas, was struck by an automobile
just after the family had arrived at
Colorado Springs on the return from
Yellowstone park. The child ran out
from the Wrather car into the street
and was run down, receiving injuries
from which he died without regaining
consciousness.
A verdict, giving damages of $3.50 TO
Charles Jones for the injury to his
eyesight as the result of the explosion
of battery while he was working on
it in the shop of I. Rae Cowden, was
returned in the District Court at Fort
Collins after the jury had considered
the case for twenty-five hours Jones
asked damages from Cowden of St. 600
A reward of $500, offered by the
town board for the arrest of burg
lar in Akron, has been claimed by
Night Officer Van Yeseldyk, who ar
rested two young men charged witt
stealing narcotics from the office OF
DIR. Kaylor. The large number OF
burglaries in the past few weeks
caused the reward to be posted.
Opening of the new Monarch Pass
road, extending twenty-seven and one
half miles from Garfield, in Chaffee
Noui's' ~ '"i 5chts, III oasud'He cOuI
ty, was held on the crest of the divide
four miles above Monarch. The roac
was built by the federal bureau of pub
lie roads for use of the state and fed
eral forest service at total cost ol
S2O4, ,450. OF this amount, S15OOOO wa,
federal aid money. A large crowd from
Salida and other southern Colorado
towns attended the opening
Edward Kitto and James Berardi
members of helmet crew that at
tempted to penetrate the burning Nu
shaft coal mine, near Florence, wer,
overcome by the flames and gases anc
had to be carried out by rescuers. Aft
| er considerable work on the part O.
nfIrsicians thav wara rouirad opa L. L,