The Raymer enterprise., 1919-12-18
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

ekteu I'D tue Hutiohii eiifnpdisu Which
has been undertaken 10 eradicate tu-
berculosis. Official support Of the
Christmas seal campaign by which
funds are being raised by the National
tuberculosis Association and Its state
branches for The fight against the
white plague Is announced by the
American Legion which adopted reso-
lutions to that effect at the national
convention held In Minneapolis. Army
men realize the need OF this work from
the fact that draft statistics show that
enough men 10 comprise nearly three
divisions were rejected as unfit for
military duty. The local work Is be-
Ing carried on by the Colorado Public
Health Association.
Dcnycr.--With returns received from
only Il few of the counties. II total Of
$4,000 has been raised up TO date IN
the campaign Of the Colorado Public
Health Association for funds TO carry
on It's work In 1870 Saguache county
holds the record rs being the first IN
the state to complete It's quota. Sum
NIT county Is close behind having re-
ported two-thirds Of It's quota collected
and the remainder In sight. Pueblo
county reported x5.0S2 ON December
sth while Weld, Boulder and Larimer
counties are just beginning their ae-
tive work. Denver has raised S25,V00
To date aud expects to continue the
sale of Christmas seals for some time.
Dne TO the SHOW and cold weather the
campaign has been delayed in many
sections of the state but all the coun-
ties report confidently that they ex-
pect TO raise their quota before Christ
mas
All commercial bodies In the state
will be asked 10 cooperate with the
state Immigration Department in max
Ing manufacturing survey Of the
state early In 1920. The Board OF
Immigration voted at its November
meeting Ia. have this survey conducted,
and an effort will be made TO get the
work under way sometime In January,
covering operations of manufacturing
establishments for the calendar year
1919. The federal census inquiry will
be made about the same time and
many OF the items OF information com
piled by manufacturers for this inquiry
may be used without change for the
state inquiry.
In one Of the first convictions re-
turned under the Colorado trus. law.
James NJ. Campbell. Frank Theobai1,
+. W. Patterson, r. s. Barnes and
Thomas McCarty. members Of tie Mas
ter Plumbers Association. were founl
guilty In the District Court at Colo
RADIO Springs OF the charge Of unliw-
ful combination In restraint OF trade.
II Is the first decision In the plumb
Ing trust cases which have been In the
courts since November, 1917.
The value OF all livestock on the
farms In Colorado in 1919 as estimat-
ed by the Bureau Of Crop Estimates
OF the United States Department Of
Agriculture, was Sl72,T51.0O0. Asses
sOrs' reports show increases this year
In practically all classes Of livestock.
so that indications are that the State
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
will find the value of livestock on
farms January ], 1870. TO be close 10
500. 100000.
A normal output of Ignite coal, L.
100 tons daily, is now being mined In
Colorado Springs, according To the
statement made by A. T.. Carlton,
president Of the Pixies Peak Consoli-
dated Fuel Company. Calls from other
cities are being received, and 400 tons
daily are being shipped to towns with
In a radius of 100 miles. Several cars
have been shipped to Kansas and Ne
braska TO relieve the suffering there.
A new Boulder beet sugar company.
capitalized at s2,000,0O0, has filed in.
corporation papers with the secretary
Of state. 1t is 10 be known as the
Farmers Independent Sugar Company.
Erection and operation Of sugar plaais,
growing, huying and selling of sugar
beets, acquisition OF livestock. and
other interests are stated rs among the
purposes Of the concern.
Both the first and second prizes Of
fered by Denver taxidermist for the
biggest and best set of antlcrs se-
cured during the last hunting season
were won by Routt county huntsmen.
First prize went to Harry X. Bird Of
iampa for a spread OF horns measur-
Ing forty-three inches, with six perfect
beams ON each side. A. l.. Pierce OF
Hayden took second prize for antlers
with a spread OF thirty.three inches
and seventeen points.
A verdict of acquittal was rendered
nj Pueblo in the case Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Haskett, charged with the murder Of
Charles Goldstrap. lI-year-old sultor
Of her daughter, on Dec. Is, 1918. The
jury was out twenty-threc hours and
fifty minutes. The defense claimed
that young Goldstrap was shot while
he was pounding upon a back door
Of the Haskett home late at night, Mrs.
liaskett firing to frighten the intruder.
Leland Solt Of Fort Morgan heard u
whimpering from his front porch. On