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

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far as receipts and attendance is con-
cerned.
| Lake City-Money. checks and val
liable papers were stolen from the
Henry Huffman Drug Company here
by burglars who blew open small
safe with dynamite.
Delta.-Nick Arsel, coal miner.
was instantly killed when the walls OF
| a stope in which he was working caved
| in Arsel was In the employ of the
Utah Fuel Company.
Hugo-It is estimated that crowd
| of more than 1000 saw the decorated
automobile parade at the Lincoln
| County Fair here The Maccabees'
float Won first, Tam White second.
Boulder.-Ground was broken re-
| Gently for $4,000 chapter house for
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity to be
| located three blocks from the univer-
sity of Colorado. The building is to
| be completed by the Christmas holi-
days.
Fort Colins-The Librarians of
Colorado were entertained here by the
Fort Collins Library Association and
lege. The convention was opened with
an informal reception at the College of
Agriculture.
Estes Park-Enos A. Mills, famed
Colorado naturalist and writer, who
died at his resort, Longs Peak Inn,
was buried in the surroundings he
loved best. The funeral was held mt
Longs Peak Inn and the body was laid
to rest near log cabin which he
built himself thirty-siX years ago. The
cabin is within stones throw of the
inn.
Pueblo.-A mob of 300 men. bent on
kidnapping T. Z. Garrett, II railroad
worker, who shot and killed Patrick
Flannery, 53 years old, striking shop
man, was outwitted by police and rail
road authorities here and Garrett was
smuggled out of town. Garrett sur
rendered after the shooting, which oc
Cured on c strteet, near the Clark
Mineral Springs hotel.
Canon City-James Gazaway, the
alleged leader of the Paradox valley
gang who murdered Lemuel Hecox,
mine watchman, last spring, has ar
gin life term. Gazaway is the ninth
and last member of the terrorist gang
to be placed behind the penitentiary
walls. Terms ranging from ten years
to life have been imposed on the other
eight men. The Hecox murder was
one of the most gruesome ever enact
ed in the region.
Westcliffe.-Custer county is being
secured for robbers who dynamited
the vault of the Westcliffe State Bank
here and carried away $1,000 worth of
jewery and $500 to S40O in Liberty
bonds The robbers fled in coupe
stolen from DR.. r. ]. Smith, which was
found eighteen miles north of here in
ditch. The men are believed to have
continued on foot into the hills. The
outer vault was entered by hammering
off the combination and blasting the
door, A dynamite-proof. door saved
$1,000 in cash in the inner vault.
Denver.-The 1922 season is proving
one of the best peachgrowers of the
| western slope ever have had, accord
ing to w. ii. Olin, supervisor of agri-
culture of the Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad. Shipment of car
lots is proceeding rapidly. and the
Colorado peach goes as far East as
Boston and as far North as Duluth.
Wonderful progress has been made
by the western slope peachgrower in
recent years, and he has learned not
only how to plant his trees. how to
keep the ground in the orchard, and
how to fertilize, but how to trim, pick
and pack" said Mr.. Olin.
Wray-Carl f. Hultquist, brother of
Postmaster Hultquist of Wray, was
killed a short distance east of Laird by
being run over by loaded truck
Young Hultquist was walking to his
work in Laird when a truck overlook
him and he was invited to ride. In
his attempt to get in the truck he fell
under the wheel. His body was crushed
| and his neck broken.
Walsenburg.-The annual Huerfano
County Fair closed here after three
days of large crowds and fine sport
The weather was good and the attend
ance was better than at any previous
fair. The premium list was made larger
| this year, and this was fully justified
| by the larger number of entries and
the greater interest shown by farmers,
| gardeners and stock raisers.
Fort Morgan-As the Morgan County
Fair was ushered in by music from the
Morgan county thirty-piece band, so
it passed into history with the singing
of more than 200 trained voices Sc
iected from all sections of the commu-
| nj
aided as the biggest event of the three
| dov festival and wos On nrncJaimad hy