The Ordway new era., 1921-09-16
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
,we,i.ru N..sp4psr Union N,., sris,J
COMING EVENTS.

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Wells. sept @o-e4: Carroll Brown.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept.
2o-27: George r. Smith. secretary.
! Weld County Fair. Greeley. sept -l--S'
J. +. Mccrety. manaEer ~.
| Rio Grande County Fair, Del Norte.
Pueblo County Fair. Goodp- sture. sept.
| 22-23; Fred LNtle. S"cr"ts'N. Fnrblo.
| Yuma County Fair. Yuma sept @i--4'
| w. W. Williams. sec ~tarN.
Farm Bureau Fair. Eyers colo. sept
| Crowley County Far. Suu"r Gity. Aug.
c. 35-:6. u; a hsmiit9m; on 81 srefelary' LAY as-
Uuerfano County Fair wsisenhurs.
Douelss County Fair. at Castle Rock
oct 4-s James E Tres.ler secretary.
| Kit Carson County Fair. Burlington.
oct. SIS: J. NJ. Hetmer; secFe etary.
| El Paso County Fair. Cslhsu, Oct. SIS;
d. L. Nance. secretary.
one hundred and fifty taxpayers nf
| Washington county met at Akron and
arranged for hig taxpayers mass
meeting 10 demand lower tax levies for
1922
Mrs. Gonzales Rominez, - years. is
lead aud her husband is held charged
with rhe >laying because ui 81 shooting
at n wedding celebration at Salt Creek,
near Pueblo.
Antonio Archuletta. a miner, is dead
Mt Walsenhurg of injuries he is al
legged Z" have received in 81 quarrel
with Anarate Martinez and Arvel
Martinez, also miners.
Charles dutch" Foster. Is years
old, of IIuleron. won thc hroncho
busting championship Of Arapahoe
county ut the big rodeo held Mt Little
ton. Harry Vundergrif Of Denver was
awarded second place and John Fleur
If Deer Trail was third.
Approximately S15oO0O in federal
and state funds is Ia he expended in
road and bridge construction directly
south of Greeley This winter. The
work includes the building and paving
Of two miles of trunk line highway
and 100 feet of steel and concrete
bridges.
When Undersheriff Harry Triplett
went to the cells of the county Jail at
Canon City To serve breakfast to the
prisoners lac found The body of :. +.
Taylor, who was incarcerated charged
with n murderous assault on Flagman
c. II. Edmunds of Denver. Taylor
committed suicide by twisting his two
shoe laces around his neck
A rush has started to the new gold
camp in the far western part of the
state, close to the Utah line, known
as Bull King. Reports of the finding
of exceptionally rich gold ore in the
section has infIamed the minds of pros
pectors as nothing else has in years
In the last twenty-four hours nearly
| 100 locations have been made by pros
bectors, and new outfits are rushing
| in as rapidly rs possible Pttsburg
capitalists are reported to be inter
ested in finds already made.
Weld county assessed valuation this
year is Sll7.36T .O60, according to an
abstract which County Assessor Rob
ert f. Hanna has prepared for the
State Tax Commission. The total is
s424,0 go more than last years. This
is the smallest Increase which Weld
county has made in valuation for many
years. Deflation of live stock values
| counteracted considerable increases
in town and city property. Irrigated
and nOn-irrigated land values remained
stationary, while bank deposits and
credit items fell off sharply.
Investigation by authorities have 50
far failed to produce any clew That
would aid them in learning The iden-
tity OF the slayer of Walter A. Shawl.
| -. ranchman whose dead body was
| found near a well on his homestead
near Branson. Shawl had been shot
through the neck and had been dead
about ten days, it is believed.
Authority was granted by the inter.
state commerce commission to West
ern and Southwestern railroads to re.
duce Jk cents a hundred pounds the
rates on grain and grain products for
export from Missouri and Mississippi
river points, and on grain from the
territory between the rivers and from
Illinois to gulf ports, Mobile to Gal
weston. inclusive.
f. A. Morassy OF Lincoln. Neb., has
| purchased the Russell Gates ranch,
| four miles north of Limon, consisting
| OF 2,100 acres. for u consideration of
sJS,000. This is the old ranch home
| of Russell Gates, the late president of
the Russell Gates Mercantile Company
| Of Denver. The purchaser will put in
| a large acreage OF wheat this fan and
conduct dairy business, running
| thoroughbred stock
Seventy-five school teachers and ten
directors attended the annual recep-
tion to teachers and school officials
| OF the county given by Miss Emma T.
wilkins, county superintendent, at the
court house in Fort Collins. A gen
| eral discussion of the plans for the
| year xxas led hv Mig Willing Suuar