The Ordway new era., 1921-08-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

frict No | work of aNlIE liiv t' '"N
covered drains will saon be reshiheu'
In This district. which lies Just S"h'n
NJ La Jars is some l0oo0 acres OF
land which was once VERY productive
but which became Secped through lhe
irrigation Of the higher surrounding
land. The open drainage canal apo",
eleven miles in length, WAS conple''u
last year and several VI the 'oNer'u
lateral drains We're Put I'm Then me
work was stopped until more inndS
wore available Now arrangements
are being completed for carrying ON
the work.
Two hundred cars Of apples will he
harvested in the MouuUSe district. ac-
cording To the estimate made 10y an eA-
pert apple buyer who made NOR
oush inspection Of rhe main orchards
His report stated tlHt there was very
little early fruit, due tu The heavy
Weld last year. iliat lhe apples were
now thin on the trees hut HAT they
should make good size before harvest
ing time.
Despite the fact that he drove his
closed automobile off the side OF
bridge between Colorado Springs aud
Manitou. pinning himself in tie wreck
age on his head. II g. REYNOLDS "t
Oklahoma City, Okla. escaped injury
The machine landed upside down IN II
creek bed. Campers in the vicinity
witnessed the accident and rushed Il"
the scene and extricrted Reynolds
from the wreckage.
A campaign has been launched IN
the state by Paul c. Jameson. new eN-
tension poultry specialist Of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College. who has
lust taken up his work nj Fort Col
lins, gradually to bring about an I'M
provement in the stock Of the poultry
focks by eliminating scrubs and non
producers and making the flockS 100
per cent profitable.
Robert Lee 30 years old, Of Pueblo
lost his speech when he fell from an
automobile in BeSSemrr Lee was
standing on the running nouri uf The
machine and when De stepped off he
fell to the ground iuiuriug his face
and neck His case Is regarded as
unique by the medical profession here,
An increase in attendance is re-
ported by the university summer
school at Boulder. The total for the
second term is 1246 as against ST4 Il
year ago. During The first term the
registration was 1851 compared with
1907 in 1920 The total fur the sum
mer is 3,19I as against 2,lS1 in 1920
Buried under pile Of furniture and
an old mattress, and with his head
crushed, the body OF Robert Hodges.
co years old, hermit who had resided
in Salida for years, was found IN his
tiny shack by a tourist from Denver.
The man had been dead for about three
weeks. Police are baffled by the case.
Richard Hart, ~ years old, son OF
prominent mining man of Red Cliff.
was killed and five others narrowly
escaped death when an automobile in
which the party was returning to Red
Cliff from Leadville. plunged down n
thirty-foot embankment four miles
west of Tennessee pass.
Mrs. S. ID. McCracken, GO years old
pioneer business woman and widow
If prominent Colorado Springs bank
er, died after long illness. Mr.. Nc
Cracken died year ago. Mrs. Nc
Gracken owned several hundred thou
sand dollars worth of downtown bust
ness property.
AT the closing session of the annua
convention of the Colorado Bar Asso
ciation, held at Colorado Springs. tn,
following officers were elected Geo
C. Manly of Denver, president; r. S
Cast of Pueblo, vice president; Rober
G. Bosworth of Denver, secretary an,
treasurer.
w. II. Shade, high line superintend
ent OF the Western Light and Powe
Company, who was frightfully burned
i''- coming in contact v.'th 10000
volt line Of the st. Nrain aubstation
uied ~ rne nreeiey hospi,ai.
Hereafter Montrose firemen will no
he in danger of being run over by auto
lists following them to a fire TIL,
| City Council has passed an ordinanc,
forbidding any automobile TO be with
in 200 feet Of fire apparatus going t,
fire. Complaint has been filed FIRE
quently with the council that when
ever the companies turn out they ar,
followed by ii stream of autos racln;
after them, and when the men sprln;
10 make a coupling they are in DANCE
of being run down.
The body of Daniel Cook, son o
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Cook, will b.
brought to Loveland from France fo
burial early in August, according t,
word received from the War Depart
ment. He was wounded in action IL
France and died of his wounds in
| hOSnita1 Tho Anariran In1;n,, Ill