The Ordway new era., 1921-08-12


Framton Russell was cranking ms
machine at Ioveland when it kicked
nud he was hurled ten feet ana
/ through the window OF a barber SHOP
His right arm was broken
c. II. $. whipple, Colorado secre-
tary of state in 1875 prominent for
many wears in Colorado political c'r-
cles and widely known resident OF
Leadvlne. is dead in Los Angeles.
Houses are scarcer in Montrose now
than at any period for several years
/ despite the fact That so many rest
| denccs were recently made vacant
when many sheep and cattle raiserS
! took their families to the mountains
[ during the summer.
! More thnn 5000 cars will be needed
I TO handle the potato crop OF the west
( ern slope. according TO estimates
made by railroad freight officials, who
I have decided to give $50 cars for the
[ spuds nj Montrose. $50 for Olathe, 80
/ for Delta and 1000 for other points.
| During terrific thunder storm, the
I din of which drowned out the sound
: of their activities. an unknown mum
I her of bandits entered the Garfield
/ County State bank at Grand Valley,
| blew the safe and vnult doors Ia de
/ bris with dynamite. and escaped with
approximately 10000 worth of secur-
| tiles and cash
! six men were killed and six injured
/ Mt the schuyler DOYLE oil Shnle Com
pany's plant, six miles north of Grand
| Valley. when Ihe cable OF a tram line
down the momlauside slipped from
| It's swivel and let the cur crash down
| ward 1000 feet. The car literally was
smashed to pieces when it jumped The
| rack and hurtled over boulders.
| Colorado's wheat crop for 1921 will
exceed by 100000 bushels any prev
/ ious years production, according TO
estimates 10y the State immigration
/ Department from reports 10y county as
| SCISSORS. With this Increase, 1t is eX-
| pected that Colorado will step from
twelfth position Of last year to sixth or
seventh place among the leading wheat
| producing states of the country.
Guy McMurray, IL years old, with his
right arm severed AT the elbow and "a
deep cut in his right leg and With blood
pouring from the wounds, eXtricated
himself from moving machine sickle
and crawled and walked 100 yards to
his home where his mother gave him
first aid and summoned Il doctor. He
was removed 10 Greeley hospital.
| DaSt.fta int al,
will live
PresbyteranS of Colorado are to
build a fine manse near the campus
of the University of Colorado to serve
MS home for the student pastor and
as common meeting place for stu
dents of that denomination. The
church of Boulder has purchased lot.
and the Rev. NJ. S. Bush, student pas
tor, now is convassing The state for IL
$500 building fund. The national
board of the church has appropriated
$4,000 on condition that like amount
be raised in Colorado.
Bronco busting, horse racing and
baseball games will he the daily fea-
lures of the annual fair of the Deer
Trail Fair Association Aug. IS, 10 and
20. The ball games will be between
the Deer Trail team and those of
Strasburg, Byers and Hugo: and n
bucking mule, mule race and a buck.
ing steer will be specalties during
the fair. The general exhibit of agri
cultural products, cattle, hogs, sheer
and horses promises to be the best
ever shown at the fair.
Judge Robert II Bradfield has sci
= the month of September for the trial
of Rienzi Dickens, Longmont man
. who is charged with the murder ot
his father, w. II. Dickens, in Novem
} ber. 1915. The trial will be held in
Weld county, having been taken there
: on change of venue. Rienzi Dickens
, is now in California He Is out ar
, bond. AT his first trial, he was fouuf
guilty of second degree murder. TIL,
case was appealed to the Suprem,
Court, which remanded it back for re
+ trial.
. The annual fall exposition Will h,
+ held in Colorado Springs beginnin,
Nov. IA, according to present plan,
completed by the Chamber of Com
merce. The following committee,
,, , have been appointed to take charge n
the work: Luther Hunt, chairman. ]
q. Hale, county agricultural agent
JACK Carruthers, representing tb,
! Pixies Peak Poultry Association 4 I
1 Gauld, representing the El Paso conn
ty farm bureau and the El Paso Coun
: ty Purebred Livestock Breeders Asso
. citation; Mrs. Inez johnson Lewis
county superintendent of schools, an,
l.. ). ID. Griffin, representing the Rab
bit and Pet Stock Association.
|, Ned Hayden of Fraser was kille,
] and his wife sevarol,, L