The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-28

Seventeen men were arrested In
= Denver IN raids On two alleged boot
Logging headquarters.
Many Denver Elks attended tho
thirteenth annual state meeting of the
.B. P. o. f. at Trinidad.
The trade-making trip of the Den
yer Civic Association members TO the
San Luis Valley was started Sunday
Officials OF the coal miners union
report progress in the organization OF
the men of the southern Colorado
fields.
Denver was successful In spirited
contest in Cincinnati for the 1917 con.
vention for the American Institute OF
Banking.
Addison w. Rucker, former Demo.
cratic congressman, has declined the
candidacy for governor on a Liberal
Labor ticket.
Work will be started to widen the
mountain road running from Ever.
green to Bergen Park. The survey
has been completed.
The State Livestock Commission is
pushing its campaign against the so.
called herd law" which will come be.
fore:the voters this fall.
1t is reported that numerous min.
eral locations are being made at the
scene of the new gold strike near
Twin Lakes In the Leadville district.
The National Association of Life
Underwriters elected j. Stanley Ed.
wards OF Denver second vice presi.
dent at its annual convention at st
Louis.
Don P. 4Bfackwood, Denver attor
aey. on trial for his sanity in the
County Court in Denver, was de.
clared- sane by. the verdict Of jury
Of laymen.
Tungsten exists in the Leadville
district. Its presence has been proved
by the discoveries of scheelite and
hubnerite recently made In the. Gar.
butt and hex properties ON Breeze
hill
A bleached-out skeleton. beside a
s2.caliber rifle and an Ansonia watch,
were found about two and half
miles south Of Salida in a gulch by
Harry Livingston, is. son OF +. G.
Livingston.
A budget Of tS,2S2,O 900 was decided
upon at the conference in Denver be-
tween experts representing thirtytwo
Western irrigation projects and of
ficials Of the United States Renlama
tion Service.
The government warrant upon
which Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Kellar were
held in Denver awaiting deportation
TO Switzerland has been Cancelled and
the couple will be allowed to remain
in the United States.
At meeting of the Democratic
state central committee in Denver,
Raymond Miller OF Kiowa county was
elected chairman and Mrs Mary
Nichols of Englewood, vice chairman.
The chairman will name a secretary.
Plans of the Denver & Rio Grande
to develop a through broad gauge
line between Denver and Pennington,
N. NJ, will be presented by President
II. u. Nudge at the monthly meeting
of the directors of the company In
New York.
The recent gold strike at Capital
mine. on Griffith mountain, near
Georgetown, has developed into a
fourfoot vein Of ore that promises to
be bonanza The. ore is running at
value Of $23,s00 ton and assaying
1,190 ounces to the ton.
That the great Cresson ore "vug."
discovered in November, 1914. Is not
yet exhausted is indicated by a re-
port from Colorado Springs, stating
that q recent ton shipment from the
mine to the Golden Cycle plant at
Colorado, City was paid for on the
basis OF 81 per pound or $4,000 for the
lot
Romance, OF the sort fiction lovers
seek, burst into the full blossom OF
reality in Denver, when Mrs. AIDA
Hauk, one OF the Dexter twins"
wealthy widow and well known social
lyf was married to I. Francis Rankin.
said to be an educated, full b!ooded
Cherokee Indian. The wedding took
place at Colorado Springs.
!. High prices on potatoes are bring
ing wealth into Colorado this year
although unofficial estimates Indicate
that the crop will be 100000 bushels
lower than for last season The crop
for 1915 Appreciated 7.250,0O0 bush.
els al compared with 5,250OO0 bush.
els for this season. The prices last
year. however. ranged from As to so
cents per hundredweight. while this
year. they range from $3.50 to $l.6O
per hundredweight.