The Ordway new era., 1921-11-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| thiS wear aS COMPARED with 1870 , ms
increase i due chiefly to the patent
| ing of government homestead lana ''"
of state land on which payments nave
| been completed. The reports Tor u'-''
aS compiled by the State Immigration
Department. show 30.S7T,233 acres -,
patented land. including town and city
lots and railroad rights "f way com
parcd with 9.462. I59 acres last wear.
Patented land now represents 1904
per cent of the total area OF the state
| compared with i4.il last wear NJ 'he
present rate OF increase ~ patented
land. one-hnlf of the states area
should be gu the TAX rolls by the end
of 1929. Non-patented land in Colo
RADIO is made ny principally ot hatioh-
al forests. homestead land ana stare
land There is about 11.uN,ooo acres
of land that is not classified as to
ownership. consisting chiefly "f home
stead land that has been filed upon
| hut not vet proved up and state land
that has been sold but not yet fully
paid for Such land is NOT included in
either state or homestead land and
neither is it included in patented land.
II is such land thar is being patented
each wear, accounting for the very
large annual increases IN the area OF
land ON the tax rolls.
The Burlington Railroad Company
had a wrecking crew raise the engine
which was submerged in the Platte
river on the night of June s, in which
wreck Elmer c. Snedeker, fireman.
/
used 10 dispace the sand in which the
engine is embedded some twenty feet
| A deep sea diver was on the job help
ing with the work beneath the surface.
While working about the tender OF the
| engine, The diver found n suitcase be
longing 10 Engineer George A Fouts
OF Denver, who was engineer OF This
| Inflated train that night. Among The
articles in the grip fas $40 in currency
which was in good condition and has
been returned to him.
Conrad Greenameir - years old,
rnncher, shot his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth
Greenameir, 50 years old. and then
killed himself, on their farm twelve
miles east of Brighton. Undersheriff
Virgil c. Clemmons and Deputy Sher-
lff Harry p. Mckinney Of Adams coun-
ty, who investigated the tragedy and
brought Greepameir's body TO the
Brighton ,norgue, attributed the shoot
ing to an incessant Querrel which is
said TO have ragged between the couple
for several months. They have four
grown children.
A platinum and gold medal set with
ruby measuring half an inch In dia
meter and carrying an insurance value
of $4,000, has just been sent by the
| japanese emperor to Capt. Jacob Ber-
ry, resident of Denver, for meritor-
ious service with the Twenty-seventh
infantry in Siberia. This honor, which
signifies the Order of the Rising Sun,
is believed TO be held by only three
other Americans, General Wood, who
received his emblem last week; Gen
eral Morrow, and Major Miller.
Denver must raise $113,996 during
the canvass to be made Nov. % 10 Dec.
3, If it contributes its share of the
100000 now being asked of the peo-
pie OF Colorado by the university for
the establishment of the new state
general hospital. This quota has been
assigned to Denver by the university
as its fair apportiOnment to be raised
in contributions of 81 or more. 1t is
hased upon the population figures as
shown in the 1921 Colorado year book.
John Phillips, 70 years old, shot him
self TO death in his store at Canon
City following an alleged fit of insan-
| ity during which he beat his wife Sc
| -erely. Mrs. Phillips returned from
church, quarrel arose and Phillips
started beating her. She appealed to
neighbors for help. They succeeded in
| quieting Phillips, but later in the night
he left the house and went to his store
where he shot himself in the right tenn
pie with a 3S-caliber revolver.
| Walter Osterick, Jr., the 2-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Osterick
living twenty-eight miles north of keo-
tn, while playing with his 6-yenr-old
sister, found a loaded shotgun in a
closet. The lad held the muzZle of the
| weapon with both hands and pressed
the trigger with his foot. His head
WAS nearly blown off and lie died in
stantly. Mrs. Osterick was seriously
i'll in bed at the time and it is feared
the shock Of her sons death might
prove fatal.
Imemdiate enlargement of Eitzsim-
ons General Hospital to capacity of
$500 beds, at an additional cost of
S1,500.000, is being considered by gov
crnment authorities. Lieut.. Col. II. G..
Hutton OF the surgeon generals of
flee at Washington, and Capt. Frank
G. Starr of ile quartermaster gener-
ais department. recently made sur
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