The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-22
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western N. x.pap.r Union New, Service.

COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 21-z4-Colorado State Firemen's
Convention at Georgetown
Sept. mining Engineers meeting In
Sept Fifty sixth annual confer.
ence Of Colorado H. Z. Church al
Delta.
Sept. 4-5-Shoe Dealers Association
meeting In Denver.
Sept tt Arkansas VALLEY Fair 81
Rocky Ford.
Sept ls-Bsavsr Park fair At Penross.
sept. .s-:s-coiorado state Fair ~
Sept is-:s-Lncoln County Fair 81
Rocky Ford cantaloupes are now BE-
ing marketed. ID
A non-irrigated 160-acre farm east Of
Mead recently sold for 500 per acre.
The Fort Collins Agricultural Col
lege has qualified for q unit Of the
student army training corps.
Fire destroyed the Denver { Salt
Lake depot At Fraser. formerly the
Colorado terminal Of the road.
The Routt County Packing Com
pany plant at Oak Creek. recently de-
stroyed by fire. is being rebuilt.
Another rich strike OF silver ore is
reported TO have been made In the
Ward district, In Boulder county.
The grandstand at the Alamosa fair
grounds was destroyed by fire. The
blaze Is believed to have been incen.
diary. {n,
J.F. Welborn Of Denver has received
q federal appointment - production
manager OF the fuel administration for
Colorado. f.
The wage controversy between the
Denver Tramway and It's employees will
be referred to the War Labor Board
at Washington.
Three hundred and fifty employees
Of the Denver Gas and Electric Light
Company went on strike following dif.
fsre1ces over their demands for .
closed shop.
Ninety per cent Of the bumper 1917
potato crop had been marketed by
July / OF this year, according to sta
tistics compiled by the Colorado Coun-
ell of Defense.
Petitions were placed in Denver
business houses by citizens who wish
to express their approval OF 6-cent
fare during the emergency conditions
created BY the war.
A rate OF one and one-third fares
for the round trip to the state fair at
Pueblo Sept. % to Sept rs will be
granted by all railroads serving this
point that are under federal control.
Camp Lewis. Washington, Will re-
ceive eighty-siI Denver men, who
leave Denver August 26 in the last
draft that will be made from class
AL prior to some new draft order from
Congress.
An oil stock salesman was run out
Of Larimer county by the sheriff. The
salesman, 1t was alleged. was offering
oil stock OF doubtful value to Love
land people in exchange for Liberty
bonds. .-H...
A service flag OF 100 stars. repre-
senting the boys from Globeville who
are In the service, was presented TO
Manager OF Parks and Improvements
J. A. Burnett at dedication exercises at
Globeville park,
A dispatch from Rocky Ford says
that the Red Rock Oil Company Is hav.
ing hard luck. For the second time
tools are stuck In the hole and for The
last six weeks all efforts to dislodge
them have been without success.
Three hundred excursionists on
their way to the G. A. r. reunion at
Portland. Ore. stopped at Denver and
we're given motor ride about the CITY
and later were guests OF the Denver
Rcd Crors at luncheon In the station.
Lieut.. Leo P. Kelly of Pueblo il
among those reported - wounded in
action in France.
Nine yearling steers which had
been fed on beet pulp. cottonseed
cake. sugar beet molasses, and alfalfa
at the Colorado Experiment Station at
Fart Collins. sold for s17.25 per hun.
sned on the Denver market.
Ill male persons who have reached
their 2lst birthday since June s. 1918,
and on or before Aug "a. 1918. must
register on Aug. "a, 1918. These mhn
should consult with local draft boards
as to how and when they should regis.
ter.
Business men Of Lamar and Eads
have organized to drill test well at
point about midway between those
two towns on structure known as the
Nee-No-S She, and the drilling concern
carries the title Of the Nee-No-She OIL
Company. ~-E~
The grain corporation Of the United
States food administration has fixed
the price Of flour at Denver mills at
1929 a barrel. or $3.50 for two 9S-pound
sacks at the mill. and also has fixed
prices at the mills In towns thruout
Colorado.
Curtis Simpson, member of the