The Raymer enterprise., 1919-04-17
Rthy News Notes
From Al Pans q
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union s.vs Services.
Repairs viii be completed at the I'll
well Of the Lincoln County OIL Com
pany At Hugo, and drilling will be re-
sumed at once.
| A foot Of snow fell on the level and
driftsd In some places to q depth Of
four and five feet covered an Of Weld
county last week.
The latest word received In Denver
relative to the departure OF the Eighty
ninth division for America sets the
date Of eubarkation us May 10th.
Only one barberry bush, the kind
that causes wheat rust. was found In
Sterling by agents from the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, and destroyed
The Steamboat Springs Commercial
Club has been organized. So anxious
were the business men to get the or
ganizatlon perfected that a constitu-
tion was adopted and all preliminary
work done the first night.
The Moffat tunnel measure. the
&,0o0.000 highway bond resolution
and the bill for increased Industrial
compensation benefits have been
signed by GOV. Oliver II. Shoup, thus
completing the course of legislative
enactment.
Ouray county has announced its
plans for the extension OF the work
done last summer on the auto road
from Ouray to Silverton. This road is
gradually taking It's place as one Of the
leading scenic highways in the state,
cutting through the sheer canon Of the
Uncompahgre river for a distance Of
many miles.
The wage controversy between
Painters, Decorators and Paperhang-
ers' Union No. Ill and the Master
Painters Association at Colorado
Springs, has been settled on the basis
Of 75-cent wage scale. This settle
ment Is compromise. an 80-cent
scale having been asked, to end the
strike which has been In force since
March 1st.
Num- Is the first Weld county town
to set dates for Its fall fair. The Num-
festival will be held Friday and Satur-
day, Sept. 10 and 20. The fair commit
tee will offer 5000 In cash prizes to
keep up the reputation OF the festival
as the best exhibit Of dry-farming pro-
ducts In northern Colorado. The fair
Is Joint enterprise of the Commercial
Club and the Farmers Union.
Additions which will give more than
nm acre OF new show space In connec-
tion with the stadium at the Denver
Union Stockyards, and that will cost
between $l25,00O and sos, 900, are be.
Ing planned by heads OF the Stock
yards Company. The addition win be
in the form Of new building. imme.
dIately adjoining the present stadium.
IL will be ready for 1920 stock show.
Fire of unknown origin started In
the big grocery and meat market of
the Miners Association, Lafayette. de-
s,royed the building and its contents
as well as the grocery store OF John
Gordon and the residence of William
Wehman. causing a loss Of si3,J 200. The
Miners Association estimates its loss
al 5000. with $1,000 Insurance. Cor
don's loss is $1,000 with $1,000 insur.
ance. The Wehman residence was
worth $500
Colonel Barney, recruiting officer In
charge OF recruiting in Colorado and
Wyoming, has been definitely in
formed that he can promise service In
China, Hawaii, the Philippines or Pan
anna, and all enlistments are for three
years fiat, with no reserve. Likewise
he is enlisting men for duty in France
aud on the Rhine In the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. Colored men
without previous service can now en-
list In the cavalry service in the Phil
ippines.
1t cost the state s1,a0S.1T to carry
senators and representatives 10 and
from the State Legislature. according
TO figures compiled by State Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong. The most of this
amount was spent for railroad fare.
With an allotment OF 800 pounds In
the drive for used clothing for Europ-
can relief, the citizens Of Lafayette
contributed 1900 pounds. The Lafay-
ette chapter OF the Red Cross Is the
banner chapter of the Rocky Mountain
division. In every drive made during
the war II never failed to oyersub-
scribe its quota and Is the only chap
ter in the division which has never
failed to complete every allotment q
work assigned II.
A big business deal was closed at La
Junta when w. Il. Andrews and son,
Harold, took a ten-year lease on the
building now occupied by the Public
library, and Will put In another drug
store. in addition to the one they al
ready own. The new store will be one
Of the finest In the state, and will be
up -to-date In all details. The fixtures
will cost about $4,000, and when the
building is ready for occupancy it will
be one OF the show places Of the val-'
| ley.