The Raymer enterprise., 1919-11-27

hsScSsots tiitS year luuuu s,fsp,loV
acres Of irrigated land In Colorado. or
about 3.76 per cent of the total area
OF the state. This includes bearing
orchards and natural hay land.
The State immigration Commission
predicts an unusually heavy influx Of
settlers into Colorado from other
states next spring. due to present con-
ditions In other parts Of the country.
Without putting on drive" and
without the assistance Of helpers, one
woman, Mrs. Melissa Hayden, chair
man Of Summit county In the war saw
ings campaign, tripplcd its quota in
less than two weeks work.
The total assessed valuation Of
property In Colorado, ms returned by
the state tax commission, is $1,49,,-
2o0,6J9. an increase Of about $4,000
600 over that for last year Final re-
ports from county treasnrers are ex-
pected 10 increase this to approx
mately S1,5W,OO0,0O0.
An oil shale laboratory with an in
itial expenditure OF at least $4,000 is
to be established Mt the University Of
Colorado Immediately by the United
States Bureau of Mines and the state
Of Colorado Official announcement
was made by Governor Oliver ii.
Shoup In Colorado Springs.
The proposed new highway over
Berthoud pass, between Empire aud
Fraser. Colo, a distance of twenty
seven miles, viii cost about $500, 1000,
according to the survey just completed
by crews working under the direction
Of A. Il. Palem. senior highway en-
gineer of the Federal Bureau Of Pub
lie Roads.
County school and road funds in
Colorado will be swelled to the extent
of S115.0iS.9s within the next few
days when checks aggregating that
amount will he mailed to the various
counties by the state treasurer. under
an allotment of receipts from grazing
fees and timber sales on forest areas
In the state.
Sixteen Mexicans, including nine
arrested In Denver, have been
taken to FL Paso, Tex, In charge Of
William Il. Mansfield, federal immigra-
ton inspector, to be deported to Mex
leo as result of being arrested fire.
quently, officials say, on charges Of
petty crime. Four of the number
We're placed on the train at Colorado
Springs and three more at Pueblo. OF
those taken into custody at Colorado
Springs and Pueblo two were women
and three girls.
One hundred and fifteen separate
road projects, Of which the United
States government will bear half the
cost, will be carried out In Colorado
during the coming year. These roads
total $40 miles and will cost, 1t Is esti-
mated, S5,342,3i9.15. Work on num-
Der Of them has already been COM
menced and quite number are near
ing completion, according to reports
made by the state highway commits
sion's engineers in charge. This is the
greatest roadbuilding program ever
undertaken In the states history.
Colorado will be represented at the
annual meeting Of the National
League OF Compulsory Education OF
ficials, to be held at Philadelphia,
Dec. 3 to 8, by Alfred g. Hoel. direct
or vocational training, Denver
schools; George Norlin, president Of
the University Of Colorado; Elmore
Floyd, Las Animas county school SUI
perintendent; Emma Full, Montrose
county school superintendent; Emma
wilkins, Larimer county school super
iniendent, and Mrs. Inez Lewis, FL
Paso county school superintendent
John Sachs Of Denver pleaded guilty
at Golden to charges Of breaking In
to and stealing valuable property from
the summer home Of Il. J.. Scholtz,
Denver druggist, In Bear Creek cahOn
last spring. and was sentenced TO from
fifteen months TO three years In the
state penitentlary.
Il. l.. Stringer, j3 years old, pioneer
fruit grower, who was placed on trial
at Canon City on charge Of murder
Ing his stepson. A. II. Sutphen, 10
years old, was acquitted in the FIRE.
mont count District Court Sutphen
was killed on the evening Of July 4th.
Stringer shot Sutphen with a shotgun
pleading self-defense. Joseph II. Matt
pin, former attorney general Of Colo
RADIO, handled the case for the defense.
A bronze tablet has been presented
to the breckenridge school by Mrs
Mary &. G. Bradford, state superin.
iendent Of public instruction, in recog
milton Of the fact that the Brecken-
ridge school stood fourth among all
schools IN the United States In the
per capita sale Of war savings stamps
and certificates First prize was won
by the school at New Rochelle, N. Y,
second by Georgia school and third
by town In Wyoming.
Construction Of J,000ton coal
storage reservoir at Greeley to safe
guard the city against coal famine
and exorbitant prices, Is urged by Jo-
seph c. Ewing, attorney and real es-
tate operator, and his plan IL ap-
proved by several Of the largest fuel