The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

uted July to the sIxty-three counties
Of the state on the basis Of school pep
ulation for use Of the county schools.
This Is the largest sum in the history
OF the state which has been produced
and distributed In this manner, the
previous high figure having been the
$S21, 600 distributed Jan. last. The
public school fund now amounts to S..
SS9,86O. that being the total June /.
The sum to be distributed next month
is made up Of the interest on the total
fund, rentals ON state lands and inter.
est on deferred payments paid into the
fund by buyers Of state land.
The Colorado Legislature will bs
called Int extraordinary session, pos
sibly in the fall, to consider the ratifi.
cation OF the national suffrage amend
ment. Gov. Oliver Fl. Shoup, In max
ing the announcement, said he would
issue the call as soon as he had fixed
upon a date, which leaders are dis
cussing. The governor did not give
positive statement that the suffrage
question alone would be considered,
saying that little else would be in
cluded In the call. II anything.
Five persons narrowly escaped
death near Colorado Springs, as the re-
suit of an automobile collision on the
Canon City road. Fred Il. Smith,
cashier Of the First National Bank, is
suffering from fractured hip and
Internal injuries; and his wife, two
daughters and son are more or less
injured about the face and hande. The
machine was driven by Miss Dorothy
Smith, aged 10, and after striking the
other car 1t rolled down q 200-foot
embankment.
Patients from forty-four states are
receiving treatment at Hospital No.
Il at Aurora, according to informa-
tion compiled from Red Cross records
by Miss Grace NJ. Smith, librarian at
the recuperatlon camp. There are also
patients from Finland, Canada,
Italy, Sweden, Ireland, England
and the Philippine Islands. I'LL
nois leads with 2J0. more than twice
as many as any other state. Wiscon-
sin and Missouri have ia each.
Grand Mesa may become one Of the
greatest OF Uncle Sans national
parks, II the proposals Of the Western
Slope boosters are acted upon by Con-
gress in the form of necessary legis-
lation and appropriations. One sug-
gestion was that the mesa, one of tho
most beautiful points In America,
through the aid Of returned soldiers,
could easily be converted into the
beauty land Of America, besides giving
employment to the soldiers.
The Rocky Mountain National park
will receive from Congress this year
only the $4,000 annual allowance for
maintenance heretofore granted, al
though a fight was made by Parks
Director Stephen 7. Mather to have
added to the regular appropriation
$4,000 for road building. The sundry
civil bin reported to the House Of Rep.
resentatiyes carries only the $4,000
for expenditure during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1920.
Unless 1t suffers further damage
from unfavorable weather or disease,
the wheat crop In Colorado this year
Will be approximately 10000. 900 bush
els. or about 100000 bushels more
than the reported production for 1917,
the states banner wheat year to date.
The Colorado cooperative crop report.
ing service In Its June report forecasts
the production Of winter wheat at r.
851, ,78O bushels and spring wheat at
1880, 600 bushels.
The Radium Ore Sampling Company
Of Montrose, the only commercial ra-
dium ore sampling plant In the world,
has already accounted for more than
100000 Of radlum ore during the few
months 1t has been located at that
point Despite the fact that only five
men are employed at this plant. 1t has
been Of great benefit to the local mer-
chants, since 1t has kept In operation
various nearby mines.
Placeryille, Colo, was practically
destroyed by fire that caused a loss
estimated at $175.000. The d. & X. q.
Railroad Company sustained a loss OF
almost $4,000 when the freight depot
and other outlying structures were
burned to the ground. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 worth of freight was con-
sumed. Traffic was delayed for a
short while, but is now normal. The
fire consumed the railroad warehouses
and outbuildIngs, garages. stables.
postoffice, general store and a three
story business block. 1t Is not known
whether the postoffice records were
saved.
There is nearly 100000 worth Of
buildings being erected in Greeley at
the present time, and contractors have
plans for at least twenty-five loore
residences ranging In price from $500
to 5000, which will be started az soon
as wOrkmen are available. These
buildings represent fIfty-one residences
from $500 to 5000 each. the new