The Ordway new era., 1921-01-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News sericeJ

Hamilton Armstrong, Denvers cniei
Of police, died at his residence ID Den
yer of heart failure.
The forty-seventh annual convention
Of the Colorado State Grange VIII De
in session in Denver Jan. 1870.
The new Methodist church at Mont
rose. built at a cost of S65,0oo. was
dedicated with Bishop Charles L. Mead
in the pulpit.
Senator Thomas has appointed Will
lam Day Preston, 315 South Seven
teenth street. Colorado Springs, to
Annapolis Naval Academy.
The students of the school of Mines
are soon TO organize themselves into
an associated students council for the
purpose of self-government-
The First Christian Church of Cliff
ton. recently dedicated, is said to he
the largest and finest church edifice in
a city under 1000 in population in the
state.
The legislative appropriation bill
which was reported out of COMMITTEE
in Washington, d. c., carries with it a
S244, 500 appropriation for the Denver
mint
The Stockmen's and Merchants
Bank of Pagosa Springs, Colo, has
ceased to function through dissolution,
according TO notice filed with the sec
rotary Of state.
William VI. Kincaid of La Veta, Colo.
will carry the vote of the Colorado
electors to Washington, d. C. The six
electors, meeting at the state house in
Denver, cast their ballots for Harding
and Coolidge.
The Roaring Fork Electric Light and
Power Company of Aspen has brought
suit in the District Court of Pitkin
county against the state Tax Commis-
sion to recover taxes paid on excess
valuation. The valuation was S11j.2S0
as against 500 ,766 which the company
claims is the actual valuation.
X. H Hildebrandt, an employe of
the Great Western Sugar Company at
Brush, was instantly killed when he
was knocked down and run over by
an automobile driven by Harry Razor,
IS years old. The accident occurred
in front of the sugar plant as Hide
brandt was going TO work.
A drive for membership in the Ere
mont County Farm Bureau began in
the Beaver Park district and will be
continued throughout the county dur.
ing January. There are at present
$50 members, and it is desired to make
the number at least 800. County
Agent A. j. Taylor is in charge.
Polo will feature the horse show
which opens on the evening of Jan. II
in the big stadium at the stockyards
in Denver. Denver's society folk will
ride the fastest of ponies and the
thousands of visitors to the National
Western Stock Show will be given the
opportunity of witnessing this fascin-
ating sport.
The board of commissioners of Doug
las county have filed an appeal to the
Supreme Court in an effort to collect
taxes from the city of Denver on the
Cheesman dam and adjacent property
District Judge Sheafor recently ruled
that the county was without authority
to levy taxes on the reservoir property
The suit involves about $4,000.
Despite falling prices, Weld county
crops will bring farmers of the county
approximately S20,O0O,OOO for 1920, ac
cording to the annual report of County
Agricultural Agent Mason +. Knapp
made to the county commissioners
The sugar beet crop brought nearly
S10,000,000, while the wheat crop a.
the average price at which it was solo
realized more than S6,OO0,0OO. The
bulk of the potato and hay crops are
yet to be marketed.
Litigation which has covered many
years was closed when the board OF
directors of the Uncompahgre Valley
Water Users Association accepted q
settlement of claims against bondsmeT
who We're sureties for the TAYLOR
Moore Construction Company, which
became insOlvent when they made thu
first attempt to construct the Gunni
son tunnel for the Water Users Asso
citation.
Twelve conventions will be held II
Denver within the next two weeks
The Stock Show, which opens on tn,
18th, will be the headliner, and will
consume the whole week. The list O
conventions, and the date of their re
spective openings are as follows: Colo
RADIO Lumberman's convention, Jan
13; the ii. /. p, a hardware mems as
sociatiOn, Jan. %; county commission
ers, Jan. II; Mountain States Ice Man
ufacturers, Jan. II Old-time Cowboys
convention, Jan. 10; the Colorad,
Creamery Butter Association, Jan. 10
Colorado Sherlffs' convention, Jan. 20
Colorado Auctioneers convention, Jan
20; Colorado State Editorial Associa
ton, Jan. 81; Colorado State Leagu,
Of Building and Loan Associations
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