The Ordway new era., 1921-12-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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to 10 mills for this coming year.
The Denver Country Club horse
show and wild west exhibit at the
stockyards stadium has been post
poned from Nov 26 10 Dec. Il, it was
announced by Frank Harris, who is in
charge of the show.
An extensive training program for
| Colorado National Guard cavalrymen,
| especially the selected troop and
squadron headquarters members who
will ride la the house show this win
ter started recently, according to Mai
| Christopher +. Cusack, commander ot
the guard cavalry.
| Colorado coal mines produced l,O3S,-
303 tons Of coal during October, sub
| stuntial increase over the September
production OF S62,244 tons although
only 1913, ,iGS tons have been mined in
the state up To Nov, l, this year, com
pared with 1O,I3l,T92 tons during the
same period last year.
News of the death of Herbert a.
Herricll, former managing editor OF
the Denver Times was received in
Denver from Louisville, Ky. ApoplexY
was the cause. Mr.. IIerricl was ~
years old and at the time of his death
was assistant city editor of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal
Sheriff Hall at Greeley was in
formed 10y the deputy of Frederick,
Colo. that band of five armed ban
dis had entered II pool hall in that
place and, lining the patrons up
against the wall, robbed them and the
proprietor OF 5000. They disappeared
in the direction Of Denver.
I.acI; of War Department funds has
delayed the shipment of number OF
75um. guns and howitzers rcqulsition.
ed for two units of the Colorado Ma
ttionnI guard. This equipment 10.
Sether with a number of ammunition
wagons and the Ike. Is to be furnished
guard units at Pueblo and Canon City
Colo, officials said.
Candidates for the position of post
master of Denver must have their ap'
pllcatious IN the hands of the Civil
Service Commission at Washington on
or before Dec. 20, according Ia an an
nouncement made by John G. Teicher, |
district secretary of the commission. |
I'll some time In January.
Fire of unknown origin did $4,000
damage TO DiXieland. $4,000 home OF
Mrs l.. Knlffen of Pueblo. The prop |
erty Is situated five miles from Colo |
rado Springs at the entrance Of North |
Cheyenne cafion, and Is one of the |
show places Of the Fikc'S peak region |
The fire spread to adjoining cottages |
Mrs G. f. Burkett. an invalid being |
rescued from one of the burning houses |
by neighbors.
Frank Fortuna, held in the Huer
fano county Jail mt Walsenburg on a
charge of burglary, escaped by dig
gtng hole through the ceiling over
the cell house and making his way to
the roof and dropping to the ground
Fortuna was arrested following the
robbery of the store of the Huerfano
Trading Company at Camp Shumway.
A shotgun, cigarettes and quantity
| of stamps were taken. The store also
is the camp postoffice.
The Colorado Supreme Court issued
| a stay of execution in the case of NJ
Stoltz, Denver real estate man, con.
vlcted by a jury in the West Side
| Court month ago on a charge of EN-
| heZZlement. StolZ'S attorney an
nounced he would furnish bond for his
| client, who has been confined in the
county jail since his conviction. Stoz
was found guilty Of embezzling 5000
from Mrs. J. Kennedy, who lives on
the Golden road, near Denver.
Lying sick in bed with half his beet
field harvested, Ray Dlnnibeck of
Waverly was worrying about the re.
mainder, when company of neigh
bors entered the field, pulled. topped
and hauled the beets to the dump for
him.
| The charred remains of William
Ross, 40 years old. were found by fire
| men who Were searching the debris
and wreckage caused by fire of un.
known origin in a pool hall in Pueblo.
Ross, who was employed by the Ham
lin Supply Company was evidently
asleep in Il room adjoining the offices
of the Clery Sign Painting Company
on the second floor of the building
when the fire burned through the floor
dropping him to the pool hall below.
Two hundred acres of land in five
and ten-acre plots In various parts OF
the Mesilla valley, in New Mexico Will
be planted to sugar beets next season
for the Holly Sugar Company of Colo
RADIO The farmers are to receive the
ruling market price f. o. b.. shipping
point. The freight charges of S2.3a
on the crop. estimated to reach 5000
tons, will be absorbed by the sugar
company and the Las Cruces Chamber
OF Commerce, on n basis of 40 and &C
per cent, respectively.
Three employers organizations have