The Ordway new era., 1921-11-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(wesiern Ns.sp.per unlou News seriael

q The places We're the Il. L. Jones Cloll-
| ing store. the Harry Dodge photo
/ graph gallery and the Gem pharmacy.
| In each case the men entered the
| buildings 'through the skyliShts and
| opened the cash registers
DIR. Thomas f. Howell was fined Sl1
| in Police Court at AlamOSa following
| the shooting of II valuable German po-
| lice dog. Dr. Howell is said to have
| fired twice at the dog when it ran into
| his yard. The fine was assessed un-
der the ordinance prohibiting the dis
/ charge of firearms inside the city
| limitS
A lighted lantern taken into the
| garage of the Weldon school hN Prof.
John Grewcll, the principal. caused an
| explosion that destroyed the $1,000
| school truck. @uttcd the building. and
buried part of Mrs Grewelrs house
/ hold goods The loss is estimated nj
| S4.5OO, with 5000 insurance on the
! truck and nothing on the building or
| goods.
Franz, Barber, former city alder
man of Greeley, secured the passage
| of atr affic ordinance during his term
of office which made it unlawful Ia
| drive AN automobile past Il standing
street car diScharCinC passengers. Bar
| ber was recently arrested for violation
of the ordinance and fined 81 by Police
| Judge George G. Briggs IFS Il good
ordinance and should he enforced"
lac said as he handed over the 80.
The congregation Of the United
Presbyterian church of Loycland voted
at congregational meeting at Love
land, 10 To IS, to ask the Colorado
Presbytery for permission to adopt the
rotary plan Of electing ruling elders,
in place of the present plan OF life
membership. The Rev. Rex Lawhead
Of Greeley presided ut the meeting,
and 1t was agreed that the new terms
should he not less than four years for
the elders
Major Williamson is suffering with
two fractured ribs and badly
| sprained wrist. the result of an auto
mobile accident on the paved highway
| south of Loveland when his car col
lided with that of an unidentified Den
yer driver, while both We're going at
rapid rate. The Denver ear was prac-
tically unchanged and continued on
| its way under its own power, while
| the Williamson car was put out of
commission. Williamson was thrown
| through the windshield.
The value of the annual output of
| ten Industries in Denver has been
estimated, among them the follow
ing: Packing, S14,O0OO0; auto tires,
| $1,000, 900; machinery, S3,0OOOOO;
chemicals, $3,OoO,00o; dairy products,
s2,OO0,oOO; food products, S2,500000;
| flour. S1,500OOO; candy, Sl,200,O00;
garments, SS00,OO0, and tents, awnings,
| etc, S750.0O0. These figures are not
to be considered authentic, but merely
as the estimate of conservative sto-
tistician.
| Adoption of United States potato
| grades in Colorado has increased the
| amount of the crop marketed on this
| basis by more than 12,0O0,OO0 bushels,
| according to a recent estimate of the
| Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti-
| mates, United States Department of
| Agriculture, and raises to eleven the
number of states that have made the
United States grades official, says the
|
| Although the use of the federal stand
ards has been optional since the days
of the United States food administra-
tion. they are now used officially for
grading 30 per cent of the total crop
| and unofficia1ly for 80 TO A. per cent
more.
Louis Pardue drove to Littleton in
his automobile, called for County
Judge George w. Dunn, and took him
to Denver. From the bench of the
Denver County Court, Judge Dunn
sentenced Pardue to the county jail
for three months. This is believed to
be the first instance of the man await
ing sentence calling for the judge in
his auto and bringing him to the court
room.
The State Highway Commission is
working on budget which calls for
the expenditure of approximately S6,-
100000 next year. The budget, which
will be. submitted in December, will
he patterned after plans TO be per-
fected by the advisory board. The
chief item Of revenue covered by the
budget are: One-half of bond issue
of S3,O00.OOO, S1,5OO.00O; L mill tax
levy, s1,500,OOO federal aid from
United States government, 81, 500, 900
automobile license fees, 100000; in
ternal improvement income fund, $780,
0O0 gasoline tax, 100000. The re.
manning half of the s3,OO0,OOO in high
way bonds will be extended by vadious
counties, under the direction of the
Highway Department, on basis of
mileage.
A $250,OO0 bond issue has been au-
thorized by the stockholders of the
| Beaver Land and Mater. (,omnanu for