The Ordway new era., 1921-09-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| Jrnited States forest service Ill '"'P
arntjon with the National I.uiilpc'
Manufacturers Association Ne>''i
yellow pine made up about ~ per '''',
of the output spruce, IL per cent anu
lodge pole. IL per cent the Ieli'u'''''''
belng Douglas fir, white fir ana very
small quantity of cottonwood anu "'N'
The output is uu increase "t =" per
cent over 1918. when the last figures
wore gathered II is stated thai there
were eirthy-threc idle mills in me
tbr.. states and Tint ~ per cent of the
output was cut by twenty-five mus
A grievance Of long standing Is said
TO have been the cause OF tie sh"ollh-
at Trlnidnd of Roy Stowe. eNNlIe"
ruler of the Trinidad lodge Of ElkS, b!
Walter Hail of Pueblo, who Is III Jai-
stowe was shot through the abdomen
during II quarrel following a part! al
a roadhouse at which Stowe. liall ana
three women were present, lhe SHOOT
ing took place ou the highway east "l
the city when Hall. il is said. renewed
AN alteration with Stove. who WAS
driving the car, and shot Hun
Weld county viii produce 50oO,ep
bushels of wheat this year, Judging
from present Indications. Figures com
piled by the field men "f the county as
SCISSOR show that there are l6''no
acres planted to wheat in the county
This wear. Because of the large amount
nf moisture the yield Will be from ihir-
~ TO fifty bushels ON HE n"n-jrrigated
land as well as the irrigated districts
| There are 5000 acres of wheat on the
irrigated farms and about 100000 on
The dry land.
Optimism was the dominant note In
the nineteenth annual convention in
Denver of the Colorado Bankers Asso-
"lation. 1t was The basis Of the vari-
ous addresses. and il WAS The tone OF
he 80 individuals attending the CON
vention. out of the recent gloom of
| The street corner conversations came
ihis optimism. and So far as the bank
pr is concerned, times not only are
showing better, but the outlook Is real
ly bright.
Evening programs for three days of
the fair is the greatest innovation Of
the Western Slope Fair Association
for the meeting at Montrose Sept 10
TO II. This is the first time that even
ing programs have ever been held. The
main feature of the evening programs
will be the fireworks displays In adj
dltion to the fireworks, many special
acrobatic and other free attractions
will he given.
A fine for pedestrians who permit
| themselves to be struck by automobiles
is solution of the traffic problem in
| Colorado Springs. Two-thirds of the
auto accidents that occur on the streets
are the fault of the pedestrians them
selves who wilfully disregard the traf-
| fic rules in iay-walking, cutting across
| the corners and not observing the sig
mails of the traffic policeman, the en-
gineers say.
| Irrigation season is closing around
Lovelund, with more water stored in
the reservoirs and lakes than ever
known in this section. Practically all
the irrigation systems have ceased
| running water for the season. anC
many are preparing to make improve
ments in their bitches and reservoirs
Another late run for fruit trees vii
be made some time in October.
During the month of August IL. .jOS
| automobiles entered the Rocky Noun
tain National Park. according to fig
ures just compiled from the report o
IL. LII,
These autos carried 59,S93 passengers
The total for the season to Sept. l Il
36,350 machines and 13T ,S93 persons
The Girls Canning Club defeate,
the women in the canned fruit and veg
etnble department at the Larime
County Fair at BerthOud. The girl
took six of the nine first prizes in TIN
canned fruit department.
j. b. MadrilI has been arrested an,
charged with attempting to defraud tn
United States government through tn
cashing Of war savings stamps not be
longing to him. Madrill, it is said re
moved the name of the owner from tn
certificate, substituting his own, an,
also removed all identifying number
on the stamps. The officers say h
has served two terms at Canon City
one for burglary and one for arson
having been sent to prison from Der
yer.
Sale of the entire Post Farms Pre-
ject was ordered in a decree handle
down in Tucson, Ariz., by Judge Wi
liam II. Sawtelle of the United State
District Court. A total of 10000 acre
Of lana is involved in the decree. Th
1ecision established the liens of labor
ers and material men, it being the opir
ion of the court that in this way alon
can the project be kept together an
made a success, with economical mar
agement. 1t further provides that
the property should be sold for n