The Ordway new era., 1922-10-27
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

are believed TO be leaving the trail of
fire through the forests west OF Fort
Collins.
Boulder.-George Richter of Denver
has been elected president of the Uni
versity of Colorado chapter of the As
ISOLATION of Collegiate Engineers. lie
is senior student this year.
Denver. - Contracts calling for the
expenditure of S1l6,26S in the CON
struction of four new bridge and road
projects in Colorado are 10 be let soon
by the state highway department.
| Boulder.-The PrussIan Mine group
| in the Rowena-Gold Hill section OF
] Boulder county has been purchased by
the Gold Mines corporation, which
| filed articles of Incorporation in Den
yer for 100000.
Fort Cullins.-W. y. Jacobs, conduc-
tor on the Colorado X southern train
No. %, was stricken with paralysis
shortly after leaving Denver recently
and is now in the Fort Collins hos
pltuL 1t is expected that lie Will re
cover
Durango.-At test run ut the Mid
west well in the new Navajo field, an
average of barrel OF oil minute
was piped from the well. The test was
IN progress for two hours, and during
the period 10 barrels OF oil were pro
duced.
Durango-After 1900 acres of gov
ernment timber land in the Montezuma
national forest and 1000 acres in the
san Juan national forest had been de
stroyed in a series of four fires, the
forest fire menace in southwestern
Colorado had passed.
Colorado Springs.-County commits
Slouers from an counties in Colorado
met in Colorado Springs for the an
nuu convention OF the state ussuci-
alton when the states road construc-
ton projects and the bond issue to be
voted on November : were the prin-
y.pul topics oC discussion.
Lmou.- Eddie Bell and George Jen- /
ulugs. state rangers, who are at the .
point OF death following the wrecking I.
Of their motorcycle near Limon, were !
the victims OF murder plot, in the
opinion of Adj. Gen. Patrick j. Ham /
rock. The two rangers were taken to |
Denver and are in a critical condition |
ut ST. Luke's hospital.
Eagle.-The discovery of a 24-foot
elm of carbon coal about one-half mile
from Red cuff, mining town thirty
live miles east of Eagle, has been re-
ported. The finder is Miss Elizabeth
Brown of Red Cliff, who recently dis
covered a six-seam OF Ignite near
Pando at an elevation of more than
1000 feet
Denver-O. D. Mckay, 40 years old,
prominent rancher of Palisade, Colo,
is lying at the point of death at the
county hospital with two bullets
through his lungs as the result of his
encounter with bandit. Mckay was
shot down when he pursued the ban
dit after the gunman had wrecked Nc
Kay's automobile.
Greeley.-That Americas beautiful
ideals which she SO proudly held out
before the world during the war and
Immediately following the great con
flict are fading away, is the belief of
Prof. Edwin b. Smith, professor of |
history at State Teachers College, ac- |
cording to statements made by him in |
an address before the students in the |
college chapel.
Trinidad.-Guilty of murder in the
first degree for which the death pen
atty by hanging was recommended,
was the verdict in the case against
Joe McGonlgle. McGonlgle was tried
in the District Court charged with
killing Ella Centers, who had discour.
aged his attentions, and Wilbur n. Fer
guson, School of Mines student
whom he believed the girl had favored
Denyar-An appeal from a Federal
Court decision upholding the Denver
Tramway Company in suit brought
by the city of Denver for the recovery
of more than 100000 in back fran.
chise taxes has been taken to the Cir.
/ cult Court of Appeals.
Silverton.-An unidentified man lost
| his life in a fire that destroyed the
| two-story frame rOomng house OF
| Frank Amesi at Silverton recently. II
was not known that the man had per
ished until his charred skull was
found in the ruins.
Denver.-Corn still Is the most pop
ular crop in Colorado, more farmers
raising corn than any other single crop
grown in the state. Reports of county
assessors to the state immigration de-
partment show 28,213 farmers growing
corn, compared with 2S,091 last year.
Denver-Officials of the Burlington
railroad and representatives of the
roads new employees who have been
organized recently into what Is known
as the Burlington Railroad Association
an employees representation plan