The Raymer enterprise., 1918-01-10

Jan. B-1s-colorado Farmers ana
Farm owners Congress at Agrieul-
Jan, z223-conference Of food off
cials at Denver.
Jan. tg-7s--Livs stock show at Denver
Jan. ss-Kansas Club banquet In Den
Feb. a2-ss-Annuai Winter sports Car
nivai At Steamboat Springs.
A. J. Stark Of La -Junta celebrated
his ninetieth birthday.
Edna NJ Fulton Is now clerk for
the Industrial Commission.
German insurance companies Will
quit business in Colorado Feb. !.
A flock Of Angora goats, 400 In
number. is being quartered at Palisade
for the winter.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
announced number OF changes in
train schedules. effective Jan. 13
A check on the returns made by the
workers In the Red Cross membership
campaign gives Denver 6l,S79 mem.
bers.
The Pythlan lodge room in the Cen
troll block al Las Animas. will be re
modelled into a dance hall and club
rooms.
Alam0sa Mining and Leasing Com
pany has been organized by residents
OF Alamosa 10 develop rich gold mines
at Idaho Springs.
De Witt Harrison OF Goldfield, a
former Canon City boy, has been com.
missioned a captain In the United
States national army.
The Mesa flour mill at Grand juno.
tion is now grinding kiln dried mill.
Ing corn. in order to relieve the local
shortage OF corn meal.
John pantle OF Ordway states tina,
during the past season he threJhed a
total OF 1880 bushels Of beans for
the farmers OF that district.
Lieut.. John NJ. Stratton OF Fort Nor.
gan. who was commissioned In the OF.
ficers' reserve corps at Fort Riley. has
sailed for the European war zone.
II Is reported at Loveland that a
well for the possible discovery Of Pc
troleum will be drilled on the II. r.
Chalfant property just outside the city
limits.
A campaign TO enroll 10000 men In
Sunday school within three months
was launched by the Protestant
churches OF Denver at banquet at
III Jebel temple.
Ed Autry. living ten miles south
west of Springfield. has harvested 800
bushels OF corn. 1000 OF maize, s tons
of broom corn and 1900 pounds OF
Mexican beans.
An oil shale boom is noted at Gun
nison, On Razor creek 5000 acres OF
oil shale land have been filed on by
Gunnison people and $50 acres by
Denver company.
The oil shale boom is approaching
Gunnison. On Razor creek 1900 acres
OF oil shale land have been filed on by
Gunnison people and $50 acres by
Denver company.
Announcement that land law SUP
posed to have been passed by the last
Legislature and under which the State
Land Board has been operating. In
fact was not passed, was made in Den.
yer.
In the Aspen district work on the
houses, blacksmith shop and
building at the portal OF
the Park tunnel Is being pushed with
all possible speed in order TO complete
them before bad weather sets in.
Judge Dunn OF the Arapahoe County
Court, presiding in the Denver Juve.
nile Court. sentenced Henry Mund-
hcnk TO the county Jail for term Of
ten months and twenty days for his
failure TO support his 3.year-old child
The sugar factory at Las Animas
has closed It's grind after run of 73
days. Over 10000 tons OF beets were
converted into sugar. The payroll OF
the factory was in excess OF $4,000.
employment being given 10 more than
$50 men
In the Cripple Creek district, Supt.
Carl Evans Of the United Gold Mines
Company has opened up a new body
OF milling grade ore at the 500-foot
level Of the Wild Horse mine near
Midway. on Bun hill, and has com
menced hoiating,
G. II. Weaver Of Toledo. Ohio, who
for some time was associated with the
late w u. Anderson In operating the
Anderson adit near Birdseye. ihs or.
ganized company OF Eastern chpital.
lists for the purpose of developiIk sew
eral properties In the Leadvile dis.
'rict.
For the quarter ending Aug. Sd 1917,
the Tonopah placers Company oper-
atlng dredgcs In the Swan rived near
breckenridge. report an increase OF
siG,G3s, which Ia n favorable showing
when contrastcd with the earni1gs re
ported for the preceding qtarter
which were given as s13.615.
Pitkin. Gunnison county. teports
that the Morning Glory grobp OF
thirteen claims. located on the north
fork Of Quarts creek In the Gold Hill
district, will be worked this winter