The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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reported to the bureau anu III '""
,ion. II is estimated that ~ per ce"'
more should be added 10 cover 'h'se
not reported. strictly preNeh'ap'e
fires representing 50 per cent OF the
whole. caused total loss OF N-'lif'ooo
Those partly preventnble' were re-
snonsihle for n total loss of 81, l9'-
1876 or 36.4 per cent OF the wh"ie' ""u
those originating from unknown
causes resulted in total loss OF 81
72a. a.G0s. or 2s.6 per cent.
Five passengers on the fue"'o
sleeper of westbound train No. 10 on
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
were burned to death near tuchhfa'
ten miles northeast of Wnlsenhurs. ac-
cording to reports, the blaze was
caused by the explosion of Il tank used
to supply gas to the Pintsch Ilgh'ils
system, which Is still in use ON ears
operating over the Denvcr-Alamosn
route. The explosion tore hole
through the middle OF the car ana
filled it with gas, rendering most OF
the victims unconscious before they
could make move to escape.
Newspaper men Of Oklahoma. Kan
Sns Missouri. Nebraska, Iowa, Wyo-
ming. Utah, New Mexico and Colorado
have been invited to hold their mid
summer convention on lookout noun
tain. west of Golden, by the Colorado
Editorial Association. The latter or
ganization expects TO make this event
one of the biggest in the history of the
organization. 1t is planned to form
Rocky Mountain Editorial Association
at this meeting. Plans have been
started 10 construct n temporary camp
so that the members may stay as long
as they wish.
b. A. McMurry and Conrad Floth,
sheep dealers, have filed suit in the
District Court at Fort Collins against
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
and the Colorado X Southern FOR 81.
SJ923 for damages alleged 10 have
been sustained in the failure of the
two roads to deliver 10 them 1,120
lambs which they were having shipped
to them at Black Hollow Station,
Colo, from Fountain Green, Utah.
\ mandatory order issued by the Su-
preme Court directs the State Public
Utilities Commission to compel The
operation of a railroad that doesn't
exist-the Denver, Boulder & Western,
which, until August, 1919, ran from
Boulder to Eldora, Ward and other
Boulder county mining camps. The
unique order, which cannot be com
piled with, was issued at the instance
Of several mining companies.
Albert Six, Cora Six and her IA
year-old son, all of Fowler, Colo, are
in Minnequa hospital in Pueblo as the
result of family quarrel. The boy
is said to have fired two charges from
shot gun at Six, the shot striking the
man in the chest and then turned the
gun on his mother, who was struck in
the chest and arms when she placed
her arms over her face for protection
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
at Pueblo has announced that owing
to improved conditions in the steel in
dustry, 1000 additional men will b,
employed. Four idle mills will reopen
running two eight-hour shifts. Order
/, for finished steel products have showl
n very large and gratifying increas
during the past month, officials of tn
company stated.
Colorado regained its rank as eight
among coal producing states in 1926
according to estimates officially an
nounced by the United States geolog
cal survey. Its production for tn
year almost equaled the record ou
puts of 1917 and 1918, and final fit
ures for 1920 may bring the year up t
figures of the former years.
A mass meeting was held in Ign,
clio to protest against the high cost G
gasoline. Consumers there are payin
AZ cents gallon, while in Denver ca
sells for 20 cents gallon.
} Governor Shoup has named Clyt
Dawson of Denver to represent him
the launching of the battleship Col
! RADIO at the shipyards of the New Yol
Shipbuilding Corporation in Camde
NJ. j., on March %. Mrs. Max Me
Vile, daughter of Senator Nicholso
was named about two weeks ago
1 christen the new dreadnought.
. Recovery of $3,S23.s2 damages
' sought by the First National Bank
: Greeley, Colo, in suit filed in Il
r United States District Court again
: the board of county commissioners
Y Weld county. The legal proceedin
n are result of alleged erroneous t,
n collections for the fiscal year 1914.
improvement of the Mount vern
or "Hogback" road between Morris
and the Golden paved highway will
, made as soon as weather conditio
. permit, according to the state highw
commission.
= Denver spOrtsmen at a meeting
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