The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-13

"tld county VIII snip V,u0V cafiodua
81 potatoes this year.
The Las Animas county draft quota
,f 33l men is now complete.
Two l6year.old girls walked from
Dodge City. Kan. TO Pueblo.
The Apple Pie celebration at Rifle
was a big success in every way.
The Oak Creek base ball team has
won eight OF the nine games played.
The second big drive In Denyer's
smoke prevention campaign is under
way.
The engine room OF the Empson
Canning plant at Mead was destroyed
by fire.
Craig sent big box OF good things
to eat and smoke to the members Of
troop G, Camp Baldwin.
The largest acreage OF broom corn
and beans ever planted in Baca coun
ty will be harvested this fall.
The first carload of honey TO be
shipped by the Colorado Honey Pro-
ducers' Association left Ordway.
A new road will be built from the
south side OF the Yampa river at
Craig to the Wise hill on Williams
fork.
The wheat yield in Baca county has
gone beyond all expectations. In some
localities yields of twenty bushels are
reported.
Mrs. J. Ogden Armour, wife Of the
Chicago multimillionaire packer, IL
planning to erect summer home at
Glenwood Springs.
DR.. Victor C. Anderson was elected
president Of the Colorado School Of
Mines at a meeting OF the board OF
trustees held In the office Of the gov
ernor at a salary OF $4,000 year.
Twenty cooks. among them some of
the most expert chefs In Denver, de-
parted for Camp Funston. Fort Riley.
Kan. to serve the soldiers now In the
cantonment.
Nearly 200 more men from state
district No. were certified for SER
vice In the national army when the
appeal board at the state house sent
its latest list OF qualified men to the
adjutant general.
One hundred and seyenty-six acres
Of seed beets we're cut by hand In one
week in the Loveland sugar factory
district. There will be enough beet
seed raised in the state this year for
all the states needs.
With one day short because OF La.
Dor Day. the bank clearings In Den
yer reached new record for the year
in the week ending Sept 7th. with
total Of $17.059, ,Ss7.42, as against s11.-
5si,25o.30 for the corresponding week
last year
Edward 8. Roller, late vice presi.
dent and general manager OF the Col
orado & Southern railroad, left an
estate valued at approximately s40.-
600. according to petition presented
to the County Court In Denver by his
widow. Mrs. Abigail II. Roller.
In response to a call that a man
had tainted at the Union station in
Denver. Charles Peck, driver OF the
police ambulance, made record run
and found that the prostrated man
was dead and was his own father,
Frank L. Peck, 7e years old, Of EN-.
pire. Colo.
Stations for testing aeroplane en-.
gines at different attitudes are soon
to be established In Colorado, and an
aviation school and important base
can be secured for this state II the
business and commercial interests get
busy and submit proposals for a site,
according to word from Washington.
Women are to have an equal chance
with the men as guides in the Rocky
Mountain National park. Their recog.
milton has been evidenced by the Is.
suance Of licenses as nature guides
to four women by Supervisor L. C. |
Way. A quartet Of applicants were
examined and all passed the tests.
Thirty thousand people were on the
Fair Grounds at Rocky Ford on the
last day Of the Arkansas Valley Fair.
On melon day 10000 pounds of water
melons were consumed In less than an
hour. being 1000 pounds more than
used ut the last fair. The gate re-
ceipts were $4,000 greater on melon
day than any previous year In twenty.
six years.
The second annual garden exhibit
for adults and children under the
auspices Of the Mothers Congress and
Parent-Teachers' Association win be
held Sept 13. II and Is at Denver.