The Ordway new era., 1921-06-17
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


laughed at such n question ut the itn-
pllcation 1t contained that anything I'M
nortant could be produced on farms IN
colorado. Twenty years ago all the
crops grown In the state annually were
worth less than the mineral output OF
Teller county, and thirty years ago all
crops grown In the state were worth
less annually than the output Of a sin
| gle mine in Lake county. NOW the
value of the annual output Of each OF
three important crops grown In the
state is greater than the combined out
put of gold and silver for the entire
state. These crops are wheat, corn
and alfalfa, while in 1920 the value OF
the sugar beet crop was greater than
| TINT of either corn or alfalfa.
Denver and surrounding territory
will have plenty OF water for all pur-
poses through the summer, according
to predictions by J. NJ. Sherier, district
weather forecaster, and w. f. IL. Mills,
manager of the city board of water
commissioners. In spite of the fact
| that there has been a deficiency of %
inches below the normal precipitation
| in Denver since Jan. l, the heavy
SHOWS of April loaded the high peaks
and forests with snow that Will supply
practically all Colorado with ample
water for irrigation and other uses
during the hot months.
Bandits robbed the State Bank of
Austin of negotiable securities and
bonds totaling between $50 and $40
and $50 in cash. Tools stolen from
blacksmith shop had been used by the
| intruders, who broke open the front
door of the bank, knocked off the COM
bination of the first door of the vault
and blew open the second with nitro
glycerin. Safety deposit boxes In the
| interior of the vault had been looted
| of their contents and smashed. A steel
safe containing $4,000 in cash was un-
touched by the bandits.
w. l.. Burnett, in charge of rodent
control of the state, and his assistant,
| c. L. Corliins, with the local county
agent, Waldo Kidder, have completed
a check of the work done in pest eradi-
cation in Adams county. County farm
ers have been saved from $4,000 to
| 100000, Mr.. Burnett says, by the eX
| termination work thus far completed.
More than 125,000 acres have been
baited to date, and, with the territory
now under poisoning 100000 will have
been treated.
Joseph Nitchen, T3 years old, q piO-
neer resident of Canon City and Colo
RADIO, is dead after an illness of several
weeks. Nitchen was a pioneer railroad
builder. He had charge of the gang of
men that laid the first rails for the
| Denver & Rio Grande in the Royal
Gorge in the early sos, during the time
of the bitter contest for the possession
of the Grand Canon of the Arkansas
between the Rio Grande and Santa Fe
Railroad companies.
William A. Ketcham of Indianapolis,
commander-in-chefo of the Grand Army
of the Republic, has informed the Den
yer American Legion and other organ
iZations supporting the plan the first
\ definite statement that the Union vet
Grams of the Civil war are eager to
come to Denver for the proposed Joint
reunion of the G.. A. r. and the United
| l<f-
gion week, beginning Oct. "a.
Colorado and the West will have the
greatest tourist travel in the history
OF railroad transportation this sum
mer, according to statement made
by II. L. Cornell, division passenger
agent of the American Express Com
pany travel department for the terri
| hntx
coast, with headquarters in San Fran
cisco
Curtis Haupt, senior in the Colorado
Springs High School, was awarded n
four-year scholarship in Colorado Col
lege by the local Kiwanis Club. The
scholarship goes to Haupt as the most
proficient student in physics In class
of 1872.
Several hundred Indian arrowheads
nave been stolen from the Agricultural
College museum at Fort Collins. M
value has been placed on the collection
IN the report to the sheriff, as the rel
les cannot be replaced, and nre of
great value as collection, but have
little intrinsic value. No trace of them
has as yet been found
AFTER dragging huge bear trap at
tached to heavy log toggle three
miles through heavy brush and under
growth one of the largest mountain
mons ever seen in that part of the
state was captured near Montrose NV
george Nj. Trickle, western slope rem.
resentative of the United States bio
logical survey.
Edward Timmon, 4s years old. pro-
prietor OF the Manhattan cafe of Fort
Morgan, was seriouslv in,rroa ..,,,