The Ordway new era., 1922-11-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

deuth narrowly in an autoihopiss "Se'
liant of N most freakish nature NJ
Grand J,nction when IA large tuSicip'
driven nv Han Harris, encountered the
cable of n trumway where the roau
runs beneath a trestie near rais"ue
The cnble of the tram hau siucheh'"
until il lay across the road during
slight mishap 10 one of the cars i"o
stnpe driver drove over the heaNs s'ce'
rome lust us the car WAS reieaseu U"
,he steep incline and the automobile
with its four occupants was "iiteu en-
tirely off the ground and huried mo
an orchard near by. Although the auto
yns a complete wreck and landed up
side down. with three men beneath IL,
slight injuries only were suffered d!
them.
Wray.-The body of an unidentified
man was found in the sand mis- near
Wray few days ago by two boys VINO
were returning from an Inspection Oh
their wolf traps The body lay In an
isolated hollow in the hills, and eNl-
dently had been there for mt least
week. Near the body was bottle
Il
evidently been made to destroy all pos
sible chance of identification, for moth
ing was found to give clew to the
mans name or his relatives or his for
mer residence. a soft collar In one
pocket carried laundry mark of u
Il. A." and ON his belt buckle were the
initials Il. a.
Grand Junction. of size ana
uuality hitherto almost unhcurd ot IN
the Grand Lakes region are now or
binary catches in those popular ang-
ling waters, as the result of II discovery
made by Forest Ranger Basham.
Basham took an oyster from can in
his lunch pail when biting was poor,
and as an idle experience cast in his
line with the shell fish us bait The
first cast was followed by a dart, Il tug
and then tremendous battle with Il
seven-pound rainbow.
Canon City.-Two hundred boys Of
southern Colorado will meet at the y.
NJ. G. \. here, Dec. /, and 3, at which
time an older boys conference Will he
held. The purpose of the conference,
which is to be under the auspices of
the state Y. VI. G. \, is to inspire
greater enthusiasm in the boys. Prom
inent among the speakers will be
Frank CheIey of Denver. The POO lads
to attend will come from towns lying
south of Colorado Springs and east rs
far as La Junta.
Boulder.-Art Pettingill, secretary of
the State Firemen's Association, and
former captain of the University Hill
fire station, who disappeared from
Boulder recently, has returned. He had
been to Albuquerque, n. Nj. About ST.
400, of which lie was custodian, is said
to be missing. I've come home to face
the music" he said this afternoon.
I'm not denying there was some short
age, but my intentions are honest, and
I'm in Boulder to straighten things
out
Denyer-The necessity of all seeds
being labelled upon shipment into the
state WAS emphasized by DIR. Patter-
son, specialist of the Department of
Agriculture. working in connection
with the Colorado Agricultural College
in an address before the Seed Dealers
group of the association. DIR. Patter-
son spoke upon the state seed law of
Colorado, declaring it impartial and
one of the best in the United States.
Fort ColIins.-The floating of IL bond
issue for $1,000,000 by the North Pou-
DIRE Irrigation Company is the proposal
to be considered at II special meeting
of the stockholders called for Nov. 8 in
the Moose hall here. The purpose of
the million dollar issue is to take care
of the present bonded Indebtedness of
the company in the amount of S53S, 900
and floating Indebtedness of $4,000,
making II total of S6lS,o00.
Greeley.-Word was sent to the sher-
ifs office at Greeley recently that Il
band of gypsies, travelling in an auto
mobile, had held up IA filling station at
Dacona.
Leadville.-Shot down by q man,
who had been his friend and business
partner, Herbert j. Beadle, alias Ar
thur Lingo, 30 years old, proprietor of
the Pioneer saloon, and reputed by au-
thorities to be gambler, lies at the
| point of death here. William Upton,
| 80, owner of the Pioneer saloon build
| ing, and proprietor of another similar
establishment, is in Jail, charged with
the shooting.
| Loveland.-S. L. Ford. a LoveIand
farmer, hauled n load or cabbage to
the depot and left his team for mo-
ment. Becoming frightened, the team
ran away and collided with II small
car belonging to Cliff Launchbaugh
When the excitement subsidized one OF
the horses was sitting in the car and