The Raymer enterprise., 1919-05-22
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Capt. Harold Shoup, eldest son of
Governor and Mrs Shoup. who has
been In service overseas for two and
one-half years, has sailed from France
for New York.
The third trail to the summit OF
Pixies Peak, said to excel both the
present trails In scenic attractions. will
be completed In time for the summer
tourist season.
Advance reports indicate that the
cultivated acreage in Colorado In 1919
will be the largest on record for the
state, the most substantial Increase be-
ing In acreage devoted to sugar beets
and wheat.
Denver schools will close for the
summer vacation on June 9th. A de-
lay Of several weeks was caused In the
closing OF the schools because Of the
enforced vacation of two months last
fall on account OF the influenza epi-
demic.
c. C. Lamb, acting president Of the
Western Slope Livestock and Fair As
ISOLATION, has called meeting Of tho
board OF directors of that organization
to meet In Grand Junction May 23rd.
The fair will be held September 23rd
10 10Th.
Clifford s. Davis, the only Fremont
county man as far as known who has
been awarded the French Croix de
Guerre for extraordinary valor In ac-
ton, has arrived at his Canon City
home after twenty-three months Of ac-
tive service attached TO both the
French and American armies.
The Brighton Farmers Union is clos
Ing deal for the Brighton elevator
which they are buying from the Null
lin interests. The new owners will
take possession June 18th. Mr.. Wilson
Of Fort Lupton, former Kansas ell
eyator man, will take charge of the
Brighton elevator for the farmers.
There are now more than $50 op-
portunlties for the establishment Of
factories, business enterprises and for
professional people, In the smaller cit
les and towns Of the state, according
to the annual opportunity survey con-
Quoted by the State Board of Immi-
grafton. which Is now nearly complete.
Prof. Roosevelt p. Walker, for the
last three months field organizer for
the extension department of the Uni
versity OF Colorado, has resigned and
will go to Athens, Ca. to become pro-
fessor of English at the University of
Georgia. He Is returning to position
he held for several years before COM
ing to Colorado.
One-half OF the buildings In Fraser,
Colo. We're destroyed by fire. Only
four buildings were left on the north
side OF Main street, and the saving of
these was due to quick trip by a
Moffat road train from Tabernash,
bringing fire fighters. How the fire
started Is not known, for il was under
good headway In small building when
| discovered.
Jay Lynch, arrested for the murder
OF the sheriff and deputy at Lamar,
Mo-, confessed the killing to the sheriff
al La Junta. During the confession
he said he was member OF the Dale
Jones gang, which shot several off.
GERS at Colorado Springs and Denver
some months ago, but said he WAS not
with the gang at the time Of their
visit to Colorado.
A state convention OF World War
Veterans will meet In Pueblo during
State Fair week, September 22nd to
9th. This will be the largest con-
yention of soldiers, sailors, and ma,
rincs that has ever been held in Colo
rado. More than 800 delegates will at
tend. The present plans are for the
| convention TO be In session two DAYS
and then to have soldiers day" at
the fair following the convention.
The State Highway Commission has
declared three roads to be part of
state highways. These are the Lin
coin road, running through Lafayette,
as part of state route No. .; Green
street, running through Sllverton. as a
part Of state route Nos. 4S and l3, and
the road through Green Mountain
Falls us Il part Of state route No. Is.
The commission also approved the bids
rs recommended by the subcommittee
for the Walsenburg. Trinidad contract.
Sixty-nine men from the Colorado
colleges and universities died In the
war, according to figures complied for
all the colleges in the country. The
figures include alumni, students and
teachers who went TO war. The deaths
among Colorado men so far tabuated
follows: University Of Colorado
Died Of wounds, seven; died of dis
ease. eleven died Of other causes, two.
Colorado college-Wounds. eight dis
ease, eleven; other causes, one. Sa-
cred Heart College-Wounds, eight
disease. three. Agricultural College
Wounds. three; disease, five. Univer-
sity Of Denver-Wounds, five: disease.
five. Figures for the Colorado School
of Mines do not appear in the sum.
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