The Ordway new era., 1922-10-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ers on account of the very large ma
tional crop. On Sept. I, Colorado po-
tato crop showed condition or 20 per
cent compared with 81 per cent
month ago and 50 per cent year ago
and 50 per cent the ten-year average
for Sept. /. The crop will undouoted-
Iy to the largest ever produced In the
state. unless conditions decline unusu-
ally during the next sixty days Inc
state crop Is now estimated at 1871
OOO bushels (produced ON approximate
ly 10000 acres). compared TO u Ihai
estimate of 100000 bushels last
year produced upon about 9O.ooo acres.
Moisture has generally been deiic'en'
in the non-irrigated potato sections
and there has also been some shortage
of Irrigation water in the north-centrai
portion of the state. Usually about ~
to IS per cent of the state crop Is con
sidered as commercial.
Denver.-Due TO beneficial showers
in many sections of the state ana TO
excellent rains in the northeastern
counties and In some western slope
districts during August. corn improved
about per cent during the month and
had n condition of 50 compared with
73 last year and 20 the ten-year aver
age. The condition Indicates a crop
of 2l,792,0oO bushels, assuming that
/ entire corn acreage produces grain.
Usually, only about 10 to so per cent
of the acreage planted is harvested
for grain, the remainder being cut for
silage, fed in the field or abandoned
The state crop last year amounted TO
l5,979.000 bushels.
Fort Collins.-After the jury had
been out for twenty minutes In the
case in which Robert B. Nichols was
charged with killing his brother-in-law,
Sterling p. Bills, in quarrel over a
gravel pit privilege, a verdict of not
guilty was reached. Bills died March
"a on the way to the hospital after he
had been struck on the head in the
gravel pit. Nichols was charged with
striking him with his shovel. Nichols,
however, declared that he put up his
shovel TO ward off a blow of Bills
pick and ,he pick glanced back and
the point of 1t struck Bills on the
head, inflicting the wound which
proved tltal.
Trinidad-Two are dead as the re-
suit of a shooting which had its in
ception at the place formerly known
as the July Doth saloon, near Aguilar.
Charles Pratto, Il blacksmith, was shot
and killed by a man, so far unidenti-
fled, who in turn was shot and killed
by posse of state rangers and cit
zens of Aguilar. Both men are Ital-
ians. The cause of the shooting is not
known definitely.
Pueblo-John Arthur, 50, resident
of Pueblo county for forty-siX years
and Civil War veteran, was fatally
shot by man said to be Jim Vinci.
The shooting occurred near the divid-
ing line of the Arthur and Vinci
ranches, nine miles east of Pueblo on
the Santa Fe trail. Arthur died forty
five minutes later. vinci escaped.
Ordway.-The first bank to be
formed in Colorado in several months
was incorporated and chartered by
Secretary of State Milliken in Denver.
The new institution is to be known as
the Ordway State Bank at Ordway,
Colo, and capitalized for $4,000. The
incorporators are A. ]. Luneburg, NJ.
T. Galley and ]. r. Galley.
Aurora-One patient at the Fitzsim-
ons General Hospital was killed and
three others were severely injured
when an automobile in which they
overturned near Bennett, Colo, twen-
ty-five miles east of the hospital.
Leonard Smith, former service man,
was killed.
Boulder.-John ]. Callahan, farm
er residing in the South Boulder dis
trict, accidentally emptied the contents
of shotgun in his right side. He was
working in the field at the time. The
shot broke two ribs and lacerated the
flesh, but did not penetrate the lungs.
No serious results are expected by at
tending physicians.
Estes Park. -Enos A. Mills, natur-
alist, lecturer, author and proprietor
of Longs Peak Inn, at Estes Park,
died suddenly here. Death was attrlb.
uted to heart failure arising from a
number of complications, among them
overwork. Mr. Mills had not been i'll
the day before, as he walked about his
inn chatting with guests. He retired
apparently in usual health, and awoke
TO call his wife at 2:30 o'clock and
tell her that he felt badly. She sum
moned DR.. D. P. Abbott of Chicago, q
guest at the inn. Mr.. Mills lapsed into
uncOnsciousness shortly afterward
;nI ut nfp uo
old and had lived in Estes Park fol
thirty-six years.
Denver-The Colorado Education
Association will hold its 48th annua
sessions Nov. Z to II, inclusive. TIL,