The Ordway new era., 1921-07-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Star Highway Association of Colorado
was adopted at convention heid III
Yuma, Colo, and attended by more
than 100 delegates from the towns
along the route. The present highway
runs from Cheyenne Wells, Colo" 10
Beaverton. Stratton, Joes, Kirk, YUMA
Bryant, Haxtun, Sedgwick. and then
to Chapel, Neb. From the enthusi-
asm shown and the prominent men oi
eastern Colorado present, the hghWas
is assured of wonderful success IL
will pass through the richest and best
of eastern Colorado agricultural coun-
try. and form real link TO the pro
posed Gulf Canadian highway.
Clifford Rust, n tourist from Mel
bourne, Texas, was rescued from TWO
feet of snow near the top of Pike
peak. Rust, in company with Otis
Gllispie, Il local youth, started 10
climb to the top of the mountain, but
they We're caught in a severe blizzard
and lost their way. After battling the
element for hours the Southerner gave
put only about 800 feet from the top.
Gillispie wrapped his helpless com
panion in his own coat and struggled
to the summit house, reaching there
ut midnight A rescue party was sent
out and succeeded in finding the
freezing boy.
A total of 1878 5,340.72 will be dstrib-
uted among the public schools of the
state of Colorado during the next three
or four weeks. This sum represents
the earnings of the state permanent
school fund, and the revenue of the
state land board during the last six
months from leases on public lands.
Distribution of the money will be made
through Katherine NJ. Craig, state su-
perintendent of public instruction, on
IL basis of school population. On Jan
unry l 1857, ,4TS.9T was divided among
the siXty-three counties in the state.
Colorado Springs,-A ]. Castor,
mule buyer from Beaumont, Texas,
was arrested here charged with as
sault with deadly weapon. He is
charged with having shot Jesse VIII
kins, Il local negro, following an all
day booze party. Ii is alleged, ac-
cording to information in the hands
of the police, that Castor fired at the
negro when wilkins is alleged to have
reached for his hip pocket, where the
police found bottle of whisky VIII
kinS will recover.
The Federal Farm Loan Bank viii
extend Il loan of at least 81 100000 to
Pueblo county and other Arkansas val
ley ranchers. The loan will come in.
directly as a loan to the irrigation
companies for repairs to bitches, reser,
voirs and intakes, but will be in re.
ality aid given to farmers whose land
must be assessed to meet the cost of
repairs to the irrigation systems. This
cost has been estimated at least ST..
100000.
Work has been begun on the tempo
rary bridge over the Arkansas river
east of Rocky Ford. one of the steel
spans of which was carried away in
the flood, is progressing satisfactorily,
and it is expected that travel over the
structure will be possible within IA
week, when that city will again be in
touch with Holbrook and Cheraw.
Gus Hampton, 26 years old, EN-.
ployed as n coal miner mt the Black.
hawk mine of the Triangle Coal Com,
pany, four miles below Durango, was
almost instantly killed when, upon
stepping from the room in which he
was working, falling rock, weighing
about 100 pounds, struck him on the
head. crushing his skull.
Automobile tax collections in Den
YER for the first six months of the cur.
rent year, aggregating S2iG152.G .GG, ex-
ceeded the collections in the same dis
trict for the entire year of 1920, ac
cording to the semi-annual report of
the state motor vehicle department
issued by Secretary of State MilIiken
The Western Light and Power Com.
pany have voluntarily put an order
into effect reducing street car rates
in Boulder from 10 cents to ~ cents
Il ride. Less than four months ago
they were granted permission to raise
company found that the higher rate
reduced the travel to such an extent
that instead of profiting, by the raise
the company lost.
Crawling into the shallow water of
an irrigation ditch lateral which runs
near his home, Allan Harrison, IA
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harrison, was drowned at
Evans. The infants body was found
by John Woolan, ditch boss. DR.. II.
w. Averill, who attended the child and
attempted resuscitation, said he evi.
IDENTIFY had been dead for more than an
hour when the body was found.
The Seibert Kanred Wheat Growers;
Association has been organized at Sci.
IN IN m nj. A.