The Ordway new era., 1921-07-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

over to the civil authorities hN '"i"he'
Newton. the military commander oi'!
authorities have put into effect All me
regulations made by the military or
der providing that no person shali ps
i'm the streets after 1890 D. M WITH
out a good excuse. No passes VIII ne
issued. as was the case under mnrilh,
law. The city has been under martial
law since the flood of June 3 ana our
ing that time not one house has beet
robbed or n single holdup reported
Only few cases OF looting occurred
hut they We're not important ones
Fifty Colorado rangers VIII remlaih
there Indefinitely and will he in com
mnnd of Colonel Newton.
Three hours after a suit for S2S,sfi
had been filed against him in The Dis
trict Court at Boulder. Col J. a
Owenby appeared before Judge Neh
f. Graham and confessed judgment
The suit was brought by John w. Gay
nor, wealthy farmer of the Ni-wot-
Iongmont district. who alleged that he
had loaned Colonel Owenby S2o,60o
which was the total of sixteen notes
issued in the years 1918, 1916 anG
1917. OF this Indebtedness $500 was
made good 10 the Farmers Natlonal
Bank of Longmont by Mr. Gnynor
who signed promiSsory notes TO thai
amount. jointly with Colonel Owenby'
The contract for the completion OF
the new 100000 high school at Ala
mosa has been let by the board of edu
cation, and it is expected that the
building can be completed before the
beginning of the next school term. This
school was authorized two years age
when the people voted a bond issue oi
$50 600, hut when the bids were opened
it was found that owing to the great
increase in costs of materials and Ia
bor the bond issue was several thous
and dollars short Of enough 10 finish
the building according TO the plans.
Pueblo county property owners, whc
suffered financial losses during the
flood early this month, Will receive i
reduction in their TAX for 1921, ac
cord.ng 10 an announcement made ir
Denver by c. Z. Link member of the
State Tax Commission. Mr. Link has
just completed a detailed survey OF
the actual damage done in the county
He places the total loss Mt S1l.OpO,OOO
y tax levy on this property will be re-
duced five-twelfths Of The original rs
sessment. the state official announced
Thirty-two cavalry horses to serve
as mounts for Troop b of the Colo
National esa,- Inv ho, al
rived in Denver from the government
remount station at Fort Robinson, Ne.
braska, according TO an announcement
by Capt. r. ii. Jancke, the command
ing officer of the troop. The horses
which are said to represent the finest
tspe of cavalry mount, are all of the
same color, n deep bay, and Troop Z
will be known henceforth as the "bay
horse troop" Captain Jancke said.
Officials of the Chamber of Com,
merce of st. Louis have announced
they would request a Carnegie hero
medal for Robert ]. Taylor of that
city. negro Pullman porter, who is
said to have saved twenty-siN lives
when Missouri Pacific train No Il
was III lIlt L utDlD llObtl IL
June.
The new Colorado Division of Mar
keting authorized by the last General
Assembly, has been established. w. NJ
Allewelt of Greeley was appointed di
rector of the division by the executive
committee of the State Board of Agri-
culture. He has established headquar
ters at the Agricultural College.
Pete Smith, a well-to-do bachelor
farmer, about 40 years old, was shot
by another farmer, George hammers
also well-to-dO, southeast of Sedg
wick near the Phillips county line
Smith is thought to be insane
Martin Gabrich, 40 years old, an
Austrian, alleged to be the murderer
of II. c. Baisch, has been captured at
Ophir Loop. twelve miles south OF
Telluride, by Sam Richards and .Jim
Penaluna, special deputies.
One man is believed to be dying will
four knife wounds in his side, another
is in n critical condition with several
sashes in his body and third man
is being held in the county Jail here
following stabbing affray, at Pros
pect heights, one mile south of Canon
City. The wounded men are Frank
Snyder and Louis Pierce, both Aus
trian smelter workers. Mike Anderson
Is in Jail accused of attacking the two
men.
FIFTY horses, ten trucks and five
tractors with sufficient labor to mar
the equipment, are hard at work put
ting Pueblo county highways into
shape. Three temporary bridges on the
Santa Fe trail were taken out and cul-
Nerts over wide area We're destroyed.
The three bridges have been restored
and the North Santa Fe trail opened