The Ordway new era., 1922-12-08
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

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by fire.
Castle Rock.-The dedication OF the
electric light system here was attend
er by general celebration.
Denver-Willlam S. Cochran. Jr.
was nominated recently by President
Harding to be postmaster at Del Norte
Colo. and John IL. O'Donnell at Sugar
City.
La Junta.-ln the game to decide the
southern Colorado high school football
championship, played between the Il
Junta Tigers and the Colorado Springs
Terrors here, Terrors won by u sco- =
of is to o.
Hugo.-John J. Huddart, Denver
architect, is drawing the plans for the
Lincoln county court house TO be
erected in Hugo. The structure was
authorized by $4,000 bond issue
passed recently.
Pueblo.-Armed with can opener,
the only weapon in the place, Miss
Louise Evans, waitress in u waffle
house, chased away robber when he
tried TO get away with the proprietor's
purse containing So.
Colorado Springs.-Petitlons asking
the forming of flood conservuncy
district on the Fountain creek. south
OF Colorado Springs, have been filed
by Interested property owners and ir-
rigution companies
Castle Rock.-A health conference
and exhibit was held at the court house
in Castle Rock recently which includ-
ed the free physical examination of
children under years of age and
practical program in health subjects.
Denver.-School children of Colo
rado, from one corner IF the state to
the other, are to be enlisted in the
caupaign against forest fire danger
IL the request OF William b. Greeley,
chief forester at Washington, u. q.
Fort Collins.-Fort Collins High
school won the northern Colorado in
terscholasTic football championship
here u a triangular plgskin tourna-
ment which proved one of the most
sensational football contests ever
staged here when it beat the Greeley
Wildcats I 10 U and the Loveland Lob
sters = to 0.
Greeley.-Dr. Charles B. Dyde, Gree |
leg physician who was called to treat |
the hands and face of Bert ]. Lowe, |
with the murder of Edna Fern |
skinner, his sister-in-law, testified that |
redneSs was the only indication of |
burns which he saw on Lowe on the
morning of July ., soon after the fire
IN the kitchen of the Lowe home.
Denver.-The Republican state CEN
trail committee spent S119. 9.533.42 dur
ing the recent campaign, according to
Il statement by George Ii. Shaw, Re |
publican state chairman, filed with |
Carl 5. Milliken, secretary of state. |
The report shows receipts of S119,- |
1870, of which S116,47570 was from |
contributions and S3,25O from assess
ments of candidates.
Denver-A drop of $4,000 a gram
n the wholesale price of radium was
made known with the closing, on ac-
count of the decrease of its carnotite |
properties in Paradox valley in west
ern Montrose county by the Standard
Chemical Company. Officials of the
company. which is said to be the larg-
30 men had been thrown out of work
ny the decline in price.
Pueblo.-A. L. Robertson, claiming
10 be the son of Alexander Robertson.
president of the Aero Manufacturing
Company, Nineteenth and Broadway,
St. Louis. Mo-, and wanted in Denver
on a charge of jumping" bill of
$3.50 at II hotel, was arrested in Pu-
eblo when he registered for one of the
most expensive rooms at the Vail no
tel. He had only cardboard suit
case as luggage.
Pueblo.-The will of the late Alva
Adams, banker, merchant and former
governor of Colorado, was filed In the
County Court here and II gives no es-
innate of the value of the estate.
Friends of the former governor say no
estimate can be made until appraisers
have checked up on the Items. The
will remembers relatives and friends
of the late governor.
Charles Martello, driver for the
Motor Trading and Transit Company
| of Denver. was instantly killed ut
Larkspur when the motor truck which
he was driving from Denver to Colo
rado Springs was struck by north
| bound Colorado & Southern train. The
| truck was demolished and Martello's
body badly mutilated. The accident
happened on the grade crossing on the
main street of the town.
| Denver.-Eight of the states lead
ing crops-corn, wheat, oats, barley,
rye, sorghums, alfalfa and sugar beets
| represent S5.19 per cent of the cult
waited area thi. year. The remainder
Is divided among large number of
less important crops, including wild
| La,: nd Sa,.eral 1ar iatia. Of ta..,c.