The Ordway new era., 1922-07-21
COLORADO NEWS NoTE3.

vears because of the fact that the in'li-
ter of a field secretary VIII come uP
and. il is hoped, decided. Besides, Wv
Pueblo Commerce Club and all Puepio
papers have united in biz prosr'i'"
for the entertainment of the visitors
Publishers should make arrangements
now to 60 Work ahead far enough w
leave the office in charge OF the help
fol- those two days. The meeting VIII
he worth your time.
penver.-The acreage under cultlNa-
tion in Colorado this year is the lnrs-
est in the history of the state. belhs
slightly more than 6,0oO,Ooo acres ! ne
acreage devoted to nearly All ''le
major crops grown in the stare Is
rrenter this year than last and large
increases are shown in acreages OF
such crops as potatoes, beans, canta-
loupes and certain market garden veg
etables. Reports to the State lmmigra-
zion Department from the county as
SCISSORS of thirty-five counties show -
5aT, ,356 acres devoted to all crops eN-
elusive of orchard fruits. compared
with 3.437,T ,T9S acres devoted TO crops
in the same counties last year.
Colorado Springs.-What is declared
the greatest gold strike Of recent years
in the Cripple Creek district once the
foremost gold camp in the world, was
revealed in two streakS of rich four
foot vein at the 2.60O-foot level of the
Portland mine at Victor. The ore in
the streaks, one and four inches in
width. will run from $4,000 to S2OOoO
a ton, according to Joseph w. Ady, Jrr
of this city. managing director of the
mine, while that in the vein, exclusive
of the streaks, will exceed $500 a ton
Greeley-A mother, her 12year-old
son and year-old baby were injured, but
escaped death miraculously when
twister completely wrecked their home
near Buckingham. John Biggs the IA
ther, was in barn milking when the
whirlwlnd blew up. The wind became
so Intense that he was prevented from
running to his family, and as he
watched. the housew as lifted from its
foundation. carried sixty feet and
dropped on the roadside.
Colorado Springs.-Re mar k a b e
presence of mind saved the life of
Mayor John b. Paulson Of Manitou. In
crossing the Colorado Midland termin-
al tracks near Manitou, Paulson OBJ
served a west-bound train only few
yards from him. He leaped to the COW
catcher of the engine as the train
struck his motor. Clinging to an iron
brace Paulson saw his car knocked to
splinters and strewn along the track.
He was only slightly shaken up.
Cisco-A vein of what is declared to
be the richest calaverite quartz discov-
cred in the Cripple Greek district was
found in the Portland mine at the O.
600-foot level, according TO a recent
report. The vein is thought to be a
continuation of the ore found at the p
450-foot level, but is declared richer
and stronger. 1t is said to be the most
important discovery that has been
made in the Cripple Creek district in a
number of years.
Boulder.-Another mountain climber
went to his death in an effort to scale
the treacherous third flatiron on Green
mountain. 1t is the first fatality in
three years and is one of long list of
victims claimed by the giant monolith
in its history. The body of John Z.
Fitzgerald, 10 years old, of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, was found crushed and
mangled at the base of the wall of
J rock.
Estes Park.-When he was thrown
from a frightened horse here, John
Copley, S years old, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Copley of Galveston. Texas,
: was killed instantly. The horse threw
the boy to the ground and dragged the
BODY quarter of a mile before being
halted. The boys skull was fractured
Canon ity.-Arrangements have
been perfected by the Agricultural Col
lege at Fort Collins, the Fremont
| County Poultry Association, the Can
on City Chamber of Commerce and the
| county commissioners of Fremont
, county, whereby poultry testing ant
: egg-laying station for the state OF
Colorado is to be established at Cafior
, City.
= Greeley.-The office of public trus
: tee, to which Governor Shoup recently
3 appointed A. NJ. McClenehan as head
is the object of a stormy fight. NJ. ]
Walsh, present incumbent, has refused
to relinquish the station and turn owe,
3 the records to McClenehan.
Longmont-Howard Roberts, stat,
ranger who shot and killed John Gas
par, alleged bootlegger, in prohibi
= ton raid at Gaspar's home here, wa.
, exonerated by coroner's jury. Gas
par was resisting arrest, the verdic
) said.
Denver.-Fire which deyeloped 1,