The Ordway new era., 1921-01-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Cwesistn NeyspApe, Union NeSs ser'ie-l


The Boulder City Council plans TO
expend $4,000 on paving and storm
sewers.
The Western Products Company
plans TO erect concrete manufactur-
ing plant in Delta costing approximate
ly 100000.
The citizens of Weldon Consolidated
School District No. 63 have voted IA
yorably on the bond issue of sls'ooV
for the erection of a school building
The State Highway Commission
plans to build three concrete bridges
in Montrose county at a cost OF S4o'-
600.
County commissioners of Gunnisoh
expect to spend $1,000 on the Black Me,
81 road and about S20,OoO on the road
from Gunnison to Somerset
The Great Valleys Sugar Company
plans TO start work on its factory in
Ault very soon. The new structure at
Lafayette is rapidly nearing compile
ton.
The Pitkin fish hatchery at Gunnison
purchased by the state from the Me
Knight estate. viii be improved ana
enlarged so that quadruple the fish
may be handled yearly.
High-grade ore in small quantities
has been encountered at the Rose Nicol
mine of the Reva Mining Company at
Cripple Creek. The ore is valued at
So TO SO per ton.
Thieves entering an army goods store
at Loveland robbed the establishment
of about $500 worth of merchandise
including sheepIined overcoats, sever
al blankets, shoes, shirts and other ar
ticleS of army clothing
Complete arrangements have been
made for the rwenty-first annual con-
vention Of the Retail Merchants As
sociation of Colorado, which is TO be
held at Colorado Springs January Il,
is and 10.
Austaking strychnine pills for Christ
mas candy, Marguerite Schneider, 3
years old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Schneider, living on a ranch
east of Colorado Springs, died after
size uIAl ~ ullhNti quantity VI ~
poison.
Weld county commissioners have
asked the Colorado highway commits
sion 10 spend S2sj,4 on the 31T miles
of state road in the county during 1921.
The county agrees 10 put S139,395 with
this budget, making a total expenditure
of SIl3.T25.
Assurance that the Fall River road
To Estes Park will he ready for the
summer tourist travel was given when
the state highway commission ap-
proved the appropriation of $4,000 to
cover the cost of improvements to be
made in the early spring.
Nine wildcats in two days is the
record kill made by Raymond Zinky,
D. Decker 5. II. Blethem and W. r.
Parnham, who returned TO Colorado
Springs with their trophies. The Wild
cats We're killed at Decker Springs, on
ly short distance from that city.
Nearly 100 entries were made at the
annual poultry show of the Colorado
Poultry Fanciers' Association in Dem
Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and Colo
rado We're on display at the show. D..
T. Heimlich, noted poultry expert from
Jacksonville, H., judged the entries
A company has been orgenlzed COM
posed of DeBeque business men, stock
growers and oil shale operators in
western Colorado to construct a mod
ern hotel at DeBeque at a cost of S75,-
900. The proposed hotel is to have
fifty rooms, all of which will be fur
nished in the most up-to-date manner
\ site for the building has already
| been secured and it is expected to start
building operations early in the spring
Two thousand dollars in travellers
checks which were being transported
from the Continental Bank and Trust
Company of Chicago to the Farmers
State Bank ut Sedgwick, and other val
liable mail 10 an undetermined amount
were stolen by unidentified thieves
from the station platform at Sedgwick,
Colo.
The frozen body of Severance Ben
ton, 60 years old, owner of a non-irri-
gated homestead fifteen miles SOUTH
west of Virgins, was found in his
shack by neighbors who visited the
place. Benton had been dead for sew
eral days and is presumed to have died
from exposure and lack of medical at
tention
\ unique plan to relieve the strin-
sency In money matters which is be-
ing felt by farmers has been proposed
and will likely be put into effect at
seibert 1t is proposed by local mer.
chants and other business people to
allow farmers credit on their wheat
and corn on hand 10 the extent of 81
a bushei on the former and % cents
on the latter. A mortgage and bond to
guarantee delivery of this grain in
May will be taken