The Ordway new era., 1921-04-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper uuioe Ne., striee.)

mately 100000.
Sixty thousand persons, firms ana
corporations of Colorado paid S6's46,-
27314 into Uncle Sans Golfers US fed
eral income tax in the first three
months of 1921.
Colorado Springs may issue at once
its 100000 paving bonds. voted at
special election ON Sept. 8, 1920, by
virtue of decision handed down by
the Colorado Supreme Court.
Most of the fed lambs in corn-belt
territory are believed to have been
| marketed. If this is true, Colorado
will be the main source of supply dur
ing the next forty to sixty days.
John C. Scott, 81 years old, pioneer
of Sterling former member of the Colo
RADIO Legislature, former postmaster,
booster, philanthropist and baseball
| fan. died mt New Orleans, where he
went for his health two months ago.
Rumors are rife that S10o0,0O0 ho-
tel is to be erected ut Filiius park, mid
way between Golden and Idaho
Springs. in the mountain parks system.
| The information received is that an
Eastern syndicate is behind the prof
ect.
| Four hundred pounds of poison was
mixed and distributed among the cat
tlemen around Montrose as the first
move in the most aggressive campaign
the United States Biological Survey
has ever made in that section against
preditory animals.
| The rights of an Indian to priority
on a homestead was proved in the To-
cal land office at Montrose when w.
| T. Evans, white man, was refused
entry on a homestead near Sapinero,
due to the fact that John A. Blair, an
Indian, had already squatted on the
land and made tie necessary improve
| ments.
\ timely visit to the Jail by Night
Marshal Mcdonald at Monte Vista pre-
vented the suicide of Walter Taylor,
convicted bootlegger, who was commit
ted to Jail in default of payment of
fine of 5000 and costs by Police Magis-
trate w. F. Batchelder. Taylor con-
Quoted lunch stand on the principal
street, and for months had been selling
liquor, police allege.
A new sewer district to drain the
entire east side of the city of Love
land and to cost about $4,000, will
be built this season, the council hav.
| ing passed the ordinance providing for
same and instructed the city clerk to
advertise for bids to be opened March
20, in order to get as early start as
nnSsihIa pp its con CT tJ ctipp
On the ground that it might be con-
sidered "unethical' for him to accept
fund raised by members Of the Den
yer bar to pay his $500 fine for con.
tempt of court, Judge Ben B. Lindsey
of the Juvenile Court requested the
committee that had undertaken the
work to return all subscriptions to the
donors. 1t is stated that Omar Gar.
wood, chairman of the committee, that
the $500 had been fully subscribed.
The contributions, he said, will be re-
turned.
Charles j. OHara of Denver, who
was recently convicted of holding up
and robbing the Littleton State bank
on January IA last, was sentered by
District Judge Johnson to serve from
|. twelve to fourteen years in the state
penitentiary at Canon City. The i'm
position of sentence followed the argu.
ments on motion for new trial.
which was denied. O'Hara was granted
forty-day stay of execution and sixty
days in which to file bill of excep-
ton.
Northern Colorado fair dates will
not conflict this year. as they fire.
quently have in the past Six fair
dates announced are Morgan county
at Fort Morgan, August 1926: Wash.
ington county at Akron, Aug 31-Sept
9; Phillips county at Holyoke, Sept.
7-10; Logan county at Sterling, Sept.
1916; Yuma county at Yuma, Sept.
2O-23; Weld county at Greeley, Sept
1915.
Attorney w. w. Platt of Alamosa
and Oscar Lord of Mosca, who were
appointed as committee by the Ala.
mosa county Chamber of Commerce to
ask the State Land Board to grant
right-of-way for the Mosca Pass high
way over the state lands in Alamosa
county, have been notified by the land
board that the right-of-way has been
granted. The surveys on this road
have been completed and now that the
land board has granted the right-of.
way, construction work will begin at
once. More than hundred farmers
along the route of the new highway
will donate labor and teams for the
construction. The road shortens the
distance from the valley to Denver
more than forty miles, and provides an
| all-year route.
One of the most picturesque high
ways in the state Of Colorado Is prom
ised alltorafatiIo foalxists ix,