The Raymer enterprise., 1919-04-10
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

western Nswgpaper Union News Service.
The source Of much Of Tellurlde's
bootleg supply was discovered when
officers raided a room In the business
section and discovered q lively young
still In operation.
There are In Colorado 81, 1884 chill
dren between the ages Of 8 and 20
years, according to the latest school
census. This includes 129,234 boys
and l2S,84l girls.
There are forty-four railroad COM
panles represented In Colorado, opsr-
ating an aggregate of 5,5S808 miles Of
main line track. Every county except
Baca has some railroad mileage.
DR.. J. A. Jeannottes, Democrat. was
elected mayor Of Leadville. over Hyde
Heller. Republican, in one Of the quiet.
est elections ever held In that city.
The Republicans elected five Of the
SIX city aldermen.
Approximately 100000 acres Of
excellent agricultural land in Colorado
would be irrigated, In addition TO that
ucw being watered, II all partly con-
structed irrigation systems in the
state were completed.
A jury returned verdict Of not
guilty In fifteen minutes at Boulder
after an all-day hearing OF the case Of
Victor 3. Sinners, returned soldier,
who was accused Of killing an elk
near his cabin at Nederland.
The Republicans carrier the city
election in Trinidad by the heaviest
vote In recent years. f. D. Wright
was elected mayor by 1,l0S majority.
The present city officials, with no pol
ltics, were all reelected at Sterling.
Kenneth. the 2-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Corey. fell from his high
chair at the family table In Olathe and
struck on pairing knife lying on the
floor with such force that the blade
was driven four inches into his brain.
Benjamin Fowler. 13-yearold son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. f. Fowler, ran away
from home at Colorado Springs. He
Has killed near Peabody. Kan, when
be fell from q passenger train on
which he was taking q ride and pass
Ing freight struck him.
With a majority OF two to one, the
two Improvement bond issues carried
at the election In Longmont. One 10
for $4,000 for park work and the 9TH
er for $4,000 for new city hall. On
iy one city ticket was In the field and
Mayor Ray H. Kitely was reelected.
A. G. Hamel, supervisor Of the San
Isabel national forest reserve. has ad-
vised the Chamber Of Commerce OF
Florence that he has received the mon
ey appropriated for improvements on
the Florence municipal camping
grounds In the South Hardscrabble
cafion.
DR.. Abner J.. Cobb Of Denver, first
lieutenant In the American Red Cross
overseas service, has returned home
after seven months Of devotion to
work among Bulgarian refugees, wear
Ing the Grecian medal Of valor. the or
der of st. Thomas, conferred upon
him by the king Of Greece, and will
take up again the practice Of his pro
fession In his home city.
Corp. Leroy +. Marshall OF Simla,
Colo, who died Of disease on Feb. 8,
has been posthumously awarded dis.
tinguished service cross, according to
announcement made by the War De
partment. The citation accompanying
the service cross reads as follows:
For extraordinary herolsm In action
near verdun, France, Oct. 0, 1918. Cor.
.poral Marshall voluntarily went for
ward to silence n sniper who was pour
ing a dangerous fire Into his position.
He crept through the brush for dis.
tance OF 800 yards and then crossed
machine gun-swept area, killing the
sniper with his rifle"
Alfred T. Bell was elected mayor
Of 'Englewood in the city election at
Englewood. He Is head OF the Tax
payers ticket. Bell won by a vote
Of approximately 2 to l.
All the bodies of the thirteen miners
nave been taken from the Empire coal
mine at Aguilar, following the explo-
sion that ent0mbed them. Twenty-Five
years ago to the day a like explosion
occurred In this same mine, killing sew.
eral men.
Thirty minutes after he had stolen
a motor car from In front of resi-
dence In Colorado Springs, Burtch Wy
lie, 18, was killed when the car turned
over on the Pueblo road. His death
rounded out days toll Of motor acci-
dents In which two persons were killed
and four injured in that vicinity.
Returns from the Colorado Springs
election show the first use Of the re-
call In Colorado against city official
has failed, and Mayor Charles f.
Thomas was reelected by about 500
majority over Charles Chapman, who
was the opposition candidate and
headed the recall ticket filed by thu
labor factions Of the city, who waged
y bitter campaign against the mayor.