The Ordway new era., 1921-05-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

agricultural census lor i'-', 'sN''
completed. afford statistical evidence
of the wonderfully rapid development.
of agriculture in Colorado in the past
thirty years and emphasize the IN
crease in agricultural production Tor
the state in the past ten wears Com
pilations from this report anu from
previous reports, now being eompiieu
hy the State Immigration Department
for publication in the Colorado Year
Book. show that the value OF Iarih
property in the stale at the beginning
of 1920 was about nine times rs great
rs in 1890 and 1191 per cent greater
than in 1910. The value of all farm
property in the state in 1920 was ST.
O76. .a+.14a. compared with Si91.4f1 .So6
in 1910 and S1l7 7.439,55S in 1890, The
actual Increase for the past decade
was greater than for any preceding
dssade. and the percentage of increase
wSs greater than for any decade in the
rersOi except that from 1900 to l9lo'
NCxril f. Sterling, an electrician at
the Akron Light and Power Company
was killed ten miles south of Akron
when his auto turned over, pinnins
him beneath it. He was found ny
Charles McLaggert, passing farmer
who notified n physician, but Sterling
was dead before aid arrived. Sterling,
who worked from midnight To noon,
started late at night for Hugo. Colo,
TO bring home his wife and baby who
had been living at that place. The
road was smooth hut it is believed
that on account of the darkness he
missed the culvert, thereby upsetting
the car
Sam Hand. farmer living twenty
five miles south of Walsenburs, fired
the shot which caused the death. dur
ing a dispute over a fence line, of Gar
Callhan. another farmer living on an
adjoining farm, according TO the ver-
dict returned by Il coroner's jury.
Three witnesses were called during
the hearing. The physician who at
tended the dying man. and Callhans
wife and mother-in-law. testified con-
cerning the shooting The jury held
the shot was fired with felonious in
tent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph DEMO of Long
mont have left for France. where they
will hunt for the grave of Lieut.. Eddie
Evans, who was killed in action in
France, and whose burial place is un-
known. Mr.. Evans was a prominent
University of Colorado athlete. The
university chapter of the American
Legion bears his name. Previous eff
forts TO locate the burial place of
Lieutenant Evans were unsuccessful.
Mrs. DEMO is sister of Lieutenant
Evans.
Henry F. Jordan, so, resident of
the San Luis Valley for forty years,
and one of the most prominent sheep
growers in Colorado, committed sui
eide at his ranch near Antonito by
himself thru the head with
heavy bore rifle. He died instantly.
Jordan last fall was reputed to be
worth s1,OOO.OOO but he is said to have
lost most of his money thru recent re-
verses in the wool market.
Miss Maude Sheridan, leader of
boys and birls' clubs conducted by the
State Agricultural College, is one of
three club leaders in the United States
TO be called to Washington, D. c.,
where she will assist in work con-
cerned with reports from clubs all over
the country. Miss Sheridan will he in
the capital during the month of June.
The 2-year-Old son of Charles Carl
son, who resides south of Fort Nor
gan, was bitten by a rattlesnake. He
died shortly after being bitten. The
child was playing in the farmyard, and
seeing the snake coiled nearby, ap-
preached it, not knowing the danger
He was rushed to hospital but doc
tors were unable to save his life.
Scott Jaynes, a brakeman of the
Great Western railroad, who was badly
injured by being knocked from the top
of car by the caves of a warehouse
at Loveland, and who it was thought
was fatally hurt, will recover, accord.
ing to SHIPMENTS of his physicians.
1t wasSdefinitely determined by the
city council of Colorado Springs that
the Stratton estate is to get the con.
tract for paving the four main thor.
oughfares in Colorado Springs at a
maximum of 1896 600, exclusive of the
street car company's right of way
Work will start Immediately after May
Fl. All four streets are to be paved
with asphaltic concrete on concrete
basis.
The Woman's General Missionary
Society of the United Presbyterian
church will hold its thirty-eightb na
tional convention in Fort Morgan
June Bird to 7th. Between 25O and 3Ot
delegates from all over the United
States will gather, besides a score ol
more Of missionaries from Egypt, In
dia and the Sudan, who will tell Of
their work In the Far and Near East
contract was ma de with tho nixo,