The Ordway new era., 1921-04-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

! ulent II appruNai i inNue ~
Engineer J. s Bright. One and three
tsnths miles IF concrete road between
Fort Collins and Loveland constitutes
one of the projects. 10 cost SSi1eS2l-
One and one-tenths miles in Boulder
county, running south from Longmont.
viii cost SI7.SS1-o7. the r,oad also TO
be of concrete: while : third concrete
road proSect embraces four and four
Z tenths miles between Brighton and
I Denver. in Adams county. the estimar-
ed c,ssr of which is Sl51,o5as2-
Pahaske repee. the building which
e TO house the Buffalo Bill museum
on Lookout mountain near Colonel
i Cedy's grave. IS rapidly nearing .com-
pletion and it is expected il will be
thrown open TO tourists by June l. The
I city OF Denver is erecting the building
in conjunction with Buffalo Bil's fos-
ter son. Johnny Baker. who has been
granted the concession, and will con-
duct first-class restaurant and pa
viliOn in the building for the oonven-
ience Of tourists
Permission to continue the tri-week-
/ IN Messenger service on the Denver X
Salt Lake railroad till May has been
granted by the Colorado Utilities Serv-
Z ice The order was issued on applica-
tlon Of Receiver W. R Freeman. who
declared that the passenger traffic
was insufficient TO warrant the re-
sumption Of daily passenger service at
this time
Congressman Taylor and Vaile of
Colorado and thirty-siN other congress
men are home from trip TO Panama
While there they were special guests
Of American officials Of the canal zone,
and attended a reception given by
President Porras OF the republic of
I Panama En- route home they stopped
al Jamaica. and also touched At Cuba,
where they visited the Atlantic fleet.
Plans are on foot for 4 Tri-County
{ fair TO be held in Overland park, Den
yer. from Aug. II TO Aug ii; regu-
/ lar old county fair. a gold week with
sports Of all kindS-harneSs and run
ming races, ball games, tugs Of war,
pitching horseShoeS. cowboy riding,
roping of cattle and Indians from the
reservations showing their mode of
living
The Standard Chemical Company
has resumed operations at its big car
notite plant in the west end of Mont
rose county. according TO announce
ment by General Manager John l. Null
len. More than 80 men will be re- en-
ployed at the various plants OF this
mining company This company is the
largest producer of radium in the
world
Historically accusing them of break
ing up her home, Mrs. John Haner, SO
years old. wife of a homesreader and
mother of seven children. residing four
miles south of Center. Colo. shot and
instantly killed y. h. Relaford and
Frank F. Schmid She fired five shots
at Relaford and three at Schmid, all
taking effect.
Fred Maddocks, son of C. E Mad
docks. former Colorado Springs con-
tractor, and Frank Peterson, both Sim
| la high school students, have confessed
to rifling postoffice mail sacks of reg
| flee itself at Simla of sums which to-
tai 5000 police say at Colorado
| Springs.
Model reservoir has yielded up the
bodies of two of four Berwind youths
who were drowned while boating on
] the lake March 49, Search which has
gone on unremittingly. was rewarded
when drag, hooks lowered from a raft
brought up the bodies.
George ". Taylor, receiver for the
| Cripple Creek Short Line railroad, has
announced that the line will not oper
ate during the tourist season of 1921
The line operated to halfway poin,
last summer. but the plan was not a
| financial success.
The Stevens-Barr Lumber Company
at Frazier, Colo, suffered S5O,OOt
loss from q fire which broke out In
the planning mill of the plant. The
planning mill and 10000 feet of lumber
were completely destroyed. The othel
buildings of the company were saved
from loss by the prompt arrival of fir,
fighters and equipment on specia
engine dispatched from Tabernash. TIL,
cause of the fire is unknown
George C. Willard, recently sen
fenced TO serve eighteen to nineteeI
months in the penitentiary, after bein;
! convicted of bribery, will not have I,
serve this sentence unless the appea
which will be taken to the Suprem
Court reverses Judge T. ]. Black, VIII,
ruled that Willard had been erroneous
, ly convicted. The peculiar quirk o
the law has caused CONSERVATION il
Grand Junction
The work of the convict road gan
t which was recently sent to Montros
, county from the state penitentiary ha
, | nrnred 81 safisfacfory that tho o1np.