The Ordway new era., 1922-07-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


bushels for the combined winter anu
sprine wheat crops; .S,49oOoO hnshel>
nj corn. I1S OOo bushels Of oats, o.
ff.; onl bushels Of barley, l.loi'uN'
bushels of rye. lS.7O5,OOo bushels OF po-
tatoes. 1.57I.OOO tons of sugar oeets'
. 7o3. 900 tons of hay, 4.o9l.ooo ousheis
of apples, 10000 bushels OF peaches
.02. 600 bushels Of pears, aceorulhs "
the report just released by the oni'eu
States bureau of agricultural econoth-
les division of crop and live stock es-
timates), in cooperation with the STATE
Ro,rd Of Immigration The Colorado
winter wheat crop will amount oo
about 22.05S,0OO bushels If conditions
remain exceptionally favorable. ana an
average WELD of nearly nineteen bush-
els to the acre Is finally produced ON
the 1.173OoO acres left for harvest
Last wear the average was only tweiEe
bushels To the acre when the crop
amounted TO l6,I52. 900 bushels
Denver.-Four of the eight National
Guard units mobilized two weeks ago
10 preserve law and order during the
coal strike were relieved from active
duty by order OF Col. Patrick j. ham
rock, adjutant general The three
units now in the field in the Freder-
lex district will be withdrawn soon, II
is understood. Colonel Hamroch de-
cided danger of trouble IS past ana
that the Ranger force NOW is adequate
to cope with the situation. The units
ordered demoblllzed are: Companies
r of Boulder, II of Fort Collins, OF
Longmont and the Howltzer company
Of Canon City. These have been held
in their armories. The company at
Brighton still is on duty at its armory.
Troop B, the tank company and med
icaI detachment, all of Denver, are IN
the field. After their withdrawal. II
is understood, an emergency force Will
still be held for time in tho armory,
Sterling.-Forty county commission
ers from district o OF Colorado, com
posed of Adams, Logan, Phillips, Sedg-
wick. Yuma, Morgan, Washington,
Weld and Arapahoe counties, met here
for an annual conference on road ana
other public matters. Commissioner
Tiffany of Adams county was chair
man. The address of welcome was
given by Mayor Sauter Of Sterling.
Charles B. Timberlake, congressman
from this district, and Z. K. Harper,
secretary TO the governor, were among
the speakers at the dinner given the
commissioners by the citizens of Ster-
ling. \ special road TAX on heavy We
hicles was advocated by some of those
present The talks generally favored
the S6,OOO,0oO bond issue proposed for
road building.
Cripple Creek.-The spirit of gold
holds the district in its grip, following
a strike at the Portland mine of the
richest vein of ore found in the last
twenty-five years Nothing since the
days of Stratton's ''jewelry shop" in
his old Independence, or the "Cresson
vug" of 1917 can even approach it, ex-
perienced miners say. The "Cresson
vug'' was a rich find, but the new
strike is of vastly more Importance
since ii is real vein. The Portland
strike is also significant in that it was
made at 2,6o0-foot Level, a new rec
ord for mining in the state, and seems
to indicate that deep level mining in
the Cripple Creek district has a future
that even dreams might underestimate.
Pueblo.-Extensive plans are being
made in Pueblo for July 81 and %
when members of the Colorado Editor
ial Association will be guests of the
Pueblo Commerce Club at the regular
midsummer meeting of the editors
The program for the two days includes
brief talks by Mrs. Lois Allen on THE
Franklin Price List" George Lewis on
advertising Newspaper Advertising
and Arthur A. Parkhurst on 1.-The Re-
vision of the State Constitution" and
short business meeting. Headquar-
ters for the editors in Pueblo will be
in the Hotel Vale and at the Com
merce Club. The first session of the
convention will be held in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Boulder, Colo.-Judge S. s. Downer,
well-known attorney and for twelve
years judge of the Eighth judicial dis
trict, comprising counties of northern
Colorado, died at his home here. He
had been In poor health for year and
became seriously Ill week ago. Judge
Downer was brother of Frank NJ.
Downer, Denver manager of safety,
and was 6S years old
Durango.-Floyd Combs, % years
odl, was perhaps fatally injured when
the road gave way beneath his auto.
mobile and caused it to plunge fifty
feet into ravine. William Noland
passenger with Combs, was injured
but will live. The accident occurred
between Durango and Hesperus on the
state highway.
Leadville.-Lieut. Halsey L. Bing
ham of Fort Bliss. Texas, was killed
ixac II