The Ordway new era., 1922-01-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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1nory. The building, according TO CON
tract, will be finished Feb. 1. 1t is be
ing constructed of hydro-stone, local
product
The dwindling ranks of Denver's pio-
neer women recorded another loss
with the death of Mrs. Louise n How
ard. widow OF Charles Sidney Howard
oneo f the founders of the HaIlack X
| Howard Lumber Company and Il resi-
dent of Denver since 1871.
Edward Chase. Denver pioneer and
capitalist left net estate of Si52.-
6421l. 1t was upon this amount that
the state collected Inheritance tax ac-
! cording TO the bi-monthly report oi
Ray H. Blackman, state Inheritance
tax appraiser The tax amounted TO
S22. .54O20.
John c. McShane. pioneer miner and
business man of Gilpin county and
member of the last territorial Legis-
lature, died at tis farm three miles
from Arvada. Though he had an
nounced his retirement from active ar
! fairs about fifteen years ago. he re
tanned his interests ana conducted his
! business up to the time of his last i'll
ness.
Members of the Public Utilities
Commission denied the application OF
the Colorado & Southern railroad to
| institute tri-weekly mixed train serv-
Ice on the ComoFairplay and Alma
| branch. This branch is Il part of the
| South Park division extending from
| Denver To Leadville. Application TO
reduce the service was heard by the
| commission last month.
All previous records for the number
| of papers handled in the county re-
| corder's office in Denver were broken
during 1921. The receipts of the office
also were greater by 25 per cent than
/ ever before, according to figures com
piled. There were III ,o44 papers han
| hled during the year, as against less
| than 100000 in 1920. The receipts
were S100.3T2Ts, rs compared with
/ sT6,1s3l7 in 1920.
In May, 1921, the Women's Club OF
/ Estes Park village rendered to the ma
| tional park service 4 tract of land in
| the village to be used as n site for an
administration building. Referring to
| this in his annual report, Stephen 7.
| Mather director, at Washington, says:
This was Il most generous act and in
dicates the depth and sincerity of in
terest that the club women Of the gate
way village have in Rocky Mountain
| National Park
Peter Loose of Fort Morgan was SEN
fenced in that town to two years in the
| penitentiary for operating q still in his
| home. Loose's undoing came about
| through his attempt TO purchase an
auto from the sheriff of the county.
who, becoming suspicious that it was
wanted to haul liquor, invaded the
Loose home Mrs. Loose was found
making whisky in a cave dug into one
side of the cellar. Loose, according TO
word received in Denver, readily ad-
mitted his guilt and accepted sentence.
Charles W. Loving, the man who is
| said TO have named Denver, died
Christmas day at Santa Monica, Calf,
according to word received in Denver
by F. W. Adams. Mr.. Loving was 80
years old. He came West with party
Of gold seekers in 1853 and with 9TH
ers IN his party is said to have sur
! NtNtu llit oIlslHdl lOMHsItt VI DeHNeE.
1t is said that Colonel Denver, a regu
lar army officer, visited the camp and
inquired what name had been given to
the new townsite. Mr.. Loving is quot
ed as having said, 1--WE hadn't thought
of any name colonel; but as you ask
us, we might as well name it after
you"
A busy lot OF young men and boys
with pencils and score cards will ush-
er in what is called the greatest Ma
tional Western Stock Show ever held
in Denver, Jan. IA to 81. Stock judg-
ing teams from colleges, secondary
schools giving agricultural work and
the champion boys judging teams from
their respective states, will be on hand
early Saturday morning, Jan. IA.
Colorado will be required to expend
approximately 81 100000 to replace the
bridges and crossings destroyed dur
ing the serious floods in June, accord
ing TO estimates compiled by L. D.
Blauvelt, head of the State Highway
Department. The bulk of this money
will be spent in bridge construction
this year, some having been paid out
for bridges already completed.
The application of Receiver W. R.
Freeman of the Moffat road to aban-
don Rollinsvllle station. as one of sew
eral measures calculated to reduce the
expenses of the road, is being opposed
by residents of that village. The mat
ter came before the State Utilities
Commission. A compromise may be
affected whereby arrangements can be
made TO open the station before train
time, especially during the winter
months.
Ben Meyers, held here in connection
with the killing Of Lemuel Hecox, who
was found with his head cut off at his