The Ordway new era., 1921-12-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

IteKiStIuI CtVPhAA'
is located in nine counties and the
price averaged S12.11 an acre. Sixty
one thousand acres of lands Will be
auctioned to the highest bidders by
the commissioners Dec. 10. The sale
will be conducted on the county court
house steps at Las Animas. Colo. The
land will be sold in tracts varying
from forty to 100 acres. The minimum
price per acre has been set at $40 MT.
Stephan said.
Plans for the construction Of Slo,-
OOO, 900 electrical smelter on the site OF
the old Hardy ranch in Arapahoe coun-
ty, near the city limits of Denver, were
made public by Charles +. Harener'
president of the Utah-Colorado Mining
and Milling Company, and also presi-
dent of the Colorado-Utah Mines Hold
ing Company of Kansas City, which Is
backing the proposed smelter. Inc
plants daily production is estimated at
25, 900 to 10000 tons of ore daily, and
il is estimated that 1t will give employ
ment to about 5000 men.
Plans have been completed for the
second annual State Farm Bureau
Corn Show to be held in Denver in
connection with the National Western
Stock Show, Jan. IA 10 81. The an
nouncement is made by the show asso-
citation following The approval of the
State Farm Bureau members ut their
meeting in Fort Collins. Arrange
ments for the show under the direc-
ton of f. J. Chase of the farm man
,.tt Af tho 4 DrirIIlflr-
al College, and every farmer in the
state is invited to exhibit.
Superintendent Thomson of the Es-
tes Park fish hatchery, has pet wea-
sci that is the sole survivor of family
of one mother and three little ones,
the mother being shot several months
ago and the two other weasels being
killed by its companion. After shoot
ing the mother, he put the three little
ones in box and tried TO raise them.
1t was a survival of the fittest and the
other two were killed by the one he
now has, which has developed into
pet that he plays with as if it were a
little kitten.
James Yager Hamilton, who attained
the rank of major in the World War,
and who served in the Spanish-Amer-
lean War, has been elected commander
of the Spanish-American War Veter-
ans post in Pueblo. w. c. Porter was
chosen senior vice commander; Ber-
nard Greenwood, Junior vice command
err; H. J. Sparr, chaplain, and Walter
Rainey, officer of the day. Records of
the post were lost in the flood and re-
habilitation of the post is TO begin at
once
State Treasurer Stong has appealed
to the State Supreme Court for a re-
view of District Judge Charles c. But
ler's recent decision directing him to
abide by the Instructions of the Colo
RADIO Industrial Commission in the use
of state compensation insurance funds.
The dispute arose between the commits
sion and the state treasurer several
months ago over the investing of $780,
600 available funds in the insurance
department in government bonds.
The safety vault of the First Ma
tional Bank of Mead, Colo, was brok-
the value of which has not been de-
termined, were taken. Finger prints
on the door of the vault were positive
ly identified as those of Joe Clark,
convicted bank robber, and Reverto
Martinez, Mexican, who escaped
from the Weld county Jail after saving
their way through quarter inch
steel wall.
The Rocky Mountain National Park
inya6 tho lorUeSt traypl tbic nf
any of the national parks in the
United States, Stephen T. Mather, di-
rector of national park service, an
nounced. He gave the total number
of visitors to the Rocky Mounain park
as 273,737, against 240,966 in 1920.
Mesa Verde National Park had 3,003
visitors, as compared with 1880 in
1920
Three days on bread and water was
all that Cy Check of Loveland could
stand, and then he notified City Mar
shol Williamson that he was ready tc
| go to work ON the street. He had beer
| fined $50 and costs for disturbance ant
refused to pay the fine and went t.
jail. He then refused to eat unless the
marshal carried meals to him. His ac
ton brought about rule to work ev
erybody in the city Jail, for any caus'
whatever, on the streets of the city.
Two places on the Interstate Com
merce Commission now occupied b.
Commissioners Aitchison and Hall fal
vacant Dec. 81 by expiration of thei
terms and there are Indications tina
President Harding might send to tn
Senate at an early date reappointmen
for both. Commissioner Aitchison wa
appointed from Oregon and Commis
sioner Hall from Colorado.
Denver stands twentieth in list @
forty-four representative American eli
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