The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-11
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado


| Trinidad. Sept 1918.
cone3os County Fair. Manassa. Sept.
ws.tssn Slope Fair Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
Beaver Park Fair at Penrose. Colo.
Sept. 18th. 1918.
1uma County Fair, Yuma, Sept. 1920,
pas's' lYEs. County Fair Ho'soks. Sept
saE s.,s County Fair. sasuachs. Sept
color.do-New Mexico Fair. Durango,
cG r. STATE Fair Pueblo Sept. n
Grand County Fair. Kremmling. Sept.
crow!sy County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter- Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Dov!las County Fair. Castle Rock.
Haxtun, In Phillips county, will
shortly possess new bank under arti-
Giles Of Incorporation filed in the secre.
tary of states office for the Haxtun
State Bank, with announced capital
stock Of $4,000.
One hundred tons of freshly stacked
alfalfa hay, valued ut $1,000, was
burned on the Lakeside Hereford ranch
Of John E. Painter near Roggen. Fire
Is believed to have started from spon-
taneous combustion.
The organization of the First Nation.
al Bank has been completed at Bur
lington with capital of $4,000 and a
surplus Of $1,000. The bank will open
for business some time during the
month Of September.
On behalf Of the people OF Colorado,
Gov. o. H. Shoup has sent Gen. John
J. Pershing letter welcoming him
back to the United States. The letter
Is to be delivered to General Pershing
upon his arrival in New York.
While timberlng dangerous place
In the Huffaker mine on Elk mountain,
Andrew johnson was injured severely
when he slipped and fell from a rock.
Both legs were crushed. This Is the
first mine accident In the Kremmllng
district.
Fire Of alleged lncendlary origin de.
stroyed the planning mill and 100000
feet Of lumber at the plant Of the Tab
ernash Lumber Company at the edge
Of Tabernash. The loss Is estimated
at about $4,000, fully covered by in
surance.
More than two-fifths Of the beans
raised in Colorado this year are being
grown In three counties, Weld, Ebert
and Ell Paso. Pintos are grown largely
In the last two counties named, while
Weld county produces large acreage
Of seed beans.
Street railway employees Of Boulder
have been granted an increase In
wages averaging 8 per cent. The men
have been receiving wage Of 80 cents
and 50 cents an hour. According to the
new scale the wages will be 80, 80 and
~ cents IN nOur.
A bill authorizing the city Of Boui-
der to acquire 400 acres Of United
States forestry land In the vicinity Of
Silver lake. has been passed by the
House, according to kilograms received
by City Manager Salter from Congress
men Timberlake and Vale. The city
will use the land In Its scheme for
improving the city water supply sys-
tenn.
During their four months of exist.
ence the four state employment offices
which are operating in conjunction
with the State Labor Department, have
placed 1850 discharged soldiers In po-
sltions, according to figures just made
public by w. L. Morrissey, state labor
commissioner. The two offices main.
tanned In Denver secured work for L.
go men, the one In Pueblo for GU
men, and for $40 men at Colorado
Springs. A total Of 3,776 applications
for jobs were received at the offices.
In the northeast counties Of Colora.
do, where wheat is grown more extern
sively than in any other section OF the
state, the average yield per acre this
year on non-irrigated land has been
larger than for good many years,
while In the north-central counties 1t
has been the lowest In twenty years.
An airplane will be on the tax rolls
in Colorado this year for the first
time in the states history. The plane.
owned by Z. ]. Johnson Of Denver.
was assessed by Assessor Mccarthy at
valuation Of $1,000. There are two
other air machines In Denver, but on
April LIST. when the assessment was
made. Johnson's was the only one In
the state.
william Brewer, AZ, well-known
rancher Of Platteville, Colo, was In
stantly killed, and William Roam, Fort
Lupton. attorney, and George Brew.
ster. also Of Fort Lupton, were slightly
injured In an automobile accident on
the East Lake road. Mr.. Brewer was
driving the car, and 1t was travelling at
a high rate Of speed, according to the
other occupants OF the car, when 1t
struck a chuckhole and upset on the
side of the road.
Assurance that the Colorado Springs
and Cripple Creek district railway