The Ordway new era., 1921-02-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

a total of S5bl-l4S-ls ~ INT
three counties OF the state ot this
sum. Denver receives Sa2-s5s'>S. me
largest single amount apPortioned-
Tbfs was the seuii-annual apportion-
mont of the state school fund Inc
amount distributed represents a tolal
of sI-3e for each pupil. as compareu
with SI.T3 given out last July MIS-
Craig announced the sum of Si-''Ss-'S
withheld from the State Teachers col
Iege BIZ mistake last July was alicttea
this time. El Paso and Weld counties
were the second and third largest
beneficlaries from the fund, receiving
S15Teo.is and So 396-1S, respectively
Howard C. Wade. chairman of the
Denver branch of the Military Tram
ing Association. has been advised. oy
telearaphic Communication from New
York that the Congressional committee
on. military affairs has assured the ap-
propriation IF adequate funds TO pro
vide for the establishment OF eighteen
summer training camps during 1911 \
iolnt committee Of the Training Camps
Association and the American Legion
appeared before the Congressional
bo,iy and outlined the needs, which in
clude the establishment of two camps
in the Ninth corps area, in which Den
yer is included. An effort is being
made to establish one of the camps
near Denver. Fort Logan having been
suggested as a suitable location.
Colorado's four congressman have
called on Secretary Of Interior Payne
in Washington. D. c., to inquire what
steps can be taken TO keep wOuld-be
settlers off Colorado school lands. The
state authorities have notified the con
gressional delegation that it is great
burden upon the state authorities 10
have to litigate all the cases In which
the states title to the lands in question
is involved. Legislative action by Con
gress may be necessary TO quiet the
states title.
Two thousand carloads Of choice
Greeley potatoes will be ruined in the
dugouts unless unexpected relief is OBJ
tanned for the farmers. Potatoes are
now selling at less than so per cent of
the cost of the crop and apparently
available markets will take only a
very small percentage of the 5000
carloads of sound potatoes in the
hands of dealers and farmers.
Pioneering in the placing of its
working men in the steel mills on an
actual eight-hour basis, the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company found the wis
dom of its course justified in a record
production at the big plant in Pueblo
last month. it was announced at the
general offices of the company at
Pueblo.
John Lovelace of Lamar, livestock
buyer, was instantly killed three miles
west of that city, when he lost control
of light car he was driving, which
headed into ditch and turned over.
Lovelace was pinned under the ma
chine, crushing his skull. A boy who
was in the car jumped to safety.
Hunters and fishermen of Boulder
county are to meet in Boulder TO or-
ganize fish and game club and TO dis
cuss protective legislation now before
the State Legislature. All of the local
clubs in the county are to be affiliated
in this organization, though they will
retain their identity.
r. B. McDermott, one of the best
known country newspaper men in the
state, has bought a half interest in the
Fort Lupton Booster from the presen,
publisher, F. NJ. Walling, and the firm
name will be Walling & McDermott
Mr.. McDermott will be the editor OF
the paper.
Notices of reductions in wages eff.
fective March l have been filed by fif.
teen Colorado concerns with the State
Industrial Commission. Included in the
number are the famous Carlton group
of mines in the Cripple Creek district
which announced a cut of 80 cents pei
day.
Roland G. Parvin, state game ant
fish commissioner, has announced tha,
500 quails of the Bob White variety
had been obtained from Brownville
Tex. The birds will be held at City
park, Denver, until they can be dis
tributed through the state. According
to Mr.. Parvin these quail are almost
extinct In the state and the 500 are be
ing brought in for propagation pur
poses.
Upward of 1,5OO shopmen and track
men living in Denver and nearly 20,
others on the Colorado division of tn,
Union Pacific are affected by a re
duction in working hours which ha
been announced. The shopmen are t,
have five-day week instead of a five
and one-half day week, while trackmeI
will work five days instead of six
This method is taken in preference t,
cutting the force.
New records for the collection O
automobile license taxes was estab
| lished during the month of January