The Ordway new era., 1921-07-29


nv mistake poured some carboiic aciu
into his eye, thinking II was ah eye
lotion. The sight of the eye is peheNeu
destroyed
Whn,. he is alleged to hove been
breaking into rhe tire and Nulcahlzihs
shop of j. c. Richmond at LoVeiahu'
Henry Sarles, - years old, of Denver
md Boulder, was shot and killed Dy
Richmond.
schools are to start in l.ongmont
Senfember G. a week earlier than usual
due. to change in dates of the county
fnlr. The latter is not to be held IN
September 1916 Longmont boys ana
girls will be given day off TO attend
The fair.
Joseph =. Flanagan, an eN-sailor'
was arrested at South Platte by Sher-
If G c. Kerr, following two attempts
To commit suicide. He is in the JET
ferson county jail. His sanity Is 10
he tested, authorities say. flanhigah
is said to have been gassed in France
and was recently patient ut the Fitz-
slmons hospital,
The third annual stampede, an event
That now brings people from all over
the intermountu!n region, will be held
this wear on August 3, ! and . at Monte
Vista. The committee in charge report
that in the matter of attractions ana
general features the stampede this year
will be the best so far held. and there
is every reason To believe that rec
ord-breaking crowd Will attend.
Capt Arthur Talbot Of Battery a,
Colorado National Guard Artillery, has
been notified that siXty-four horses are
now en- route to Pueblo for the use of
the battery. There are also en- route
eight 75-mm guns. With the horses
now coming, the military organizations
in Pueblo, Troop c of the cavalry and
Battery A, Will have nincty-SiN horses,
nll to be stabbed at the state fair
grounds.
The count mt the Colorado state
penitentiary shows Il prison population
of Ts2, which is the highest for several
yenrs. and which is nearing the high
water mark of ante-prohibiton days.
Following the adoption of statewide
prohibition. the prison population grad
ually decreased from more than 500 to
something like 800, the count on No
vember 80, 1918, being 5Gl, or 22l less
than that of to-day.
4 total of 112,364 automobiles have
been registered with Secretary of
State Milliken the first six months of
1921 according TO report Just issued.
License fees paid into the automobile
department total $3.50. 1910. OF this
sum, SIG l52.G6 was paid by Denver
owners on 81, jas machines. This is an
increase of over 1000 cars registered
last year. Collections of the state
for the first five months of the year
total 34,242.44.
A state highway, to he known as the
North Star highway. will be con
structed from Bristol to Scdgwick, ac-
cording to articles of incorporation
filed by the North Star Highway As.
sociation with Secretary of State Mill.
ken. Under the provisions of the ar
ticles the highway will traverse seven
counties, Prowers, kiowa, Cheyenne
Kit Carson, Yuma, Phillips and Sedg
wick, and will pass through Sheridan
Lake, Beaverton, Cheyenne Wells
Stratton, Kirk. Jones' Yuma, Bryant
and Haxtun. Directors named to man
age the affairs of the association for
the first year are f. r. Kiegass, f. L
Shelters, George Hudson, ]. Z. Holtz
NJ. Higgins, b. Weinsheim and L. Mary
berry.
There are twentyfour county agent.
at work in Colorado, devoting theil
entire time TO the advancement of tn,
farmers interests. Ask your agen
to help you. If he cannot he will ge
into communication with someone VIII,
can.
The rapid increase In agriculture
activity in non-irrigated sections O
Colorado is especially emphasized b.
the statistics on irrigation for tn
state, just made public by the fedora
census bureau and partially intern
reted by the State Immigration DE
, partment by comparison with stats
, tics furnished that department h
, county assessors. The report of th
census bureau shows that 1,923,95
: acres OF crops, exclusive of orchards
were harvested from irrigated land il
the state in 1919, compared with l.
osi,394 acres In 1909. or an increase q
Il per cent. The total area harveste
in 1919. exclusive of orchards, was <
oo2,9o5 acres, compared with 2,Gl3.91
acres. the increase being 93 per cen
This leaves the area OF non-irrigate
, crops harvested In 1919 at 3.129.OO
acres, compared with 1902, ,523 acre
IN 1909, the Increase being about 20
per cent.
Victor, Colo, must raise S3s. s.OOO h
September nv means nf nm t,,,,.,,