The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-10-30
CENTENNIAL STATE Items.

| - AcSost Va INV SApSstcss~N Va S"sAS-
ty assessors this year In collecting az
ricultural statistics under the recently
enacted law the State immigration De-
partment. which prepares the blanks
on which statistics are gathered. has
decided TO make number Of changes
In the blanks for next year 1t has
been found that most Of the mistakes
made this year resulted from making
entries under the wrong heading. rs
the blanks are large and the lines that
must be followed are long A system
Of double line and colored line ruling
will be followed next year which will
make II easy for assessOrs and their
deputies TO follow the proper lines,
both across the blanks and from top 70
bottom. II has also been found this
yenr that with the blanks now In use
il Ii impossible TO obtain accurate In.
formation regarding the less import.
ant crops. such as tomatoes. garden
peas. flax. snap beans and others that
are grown only In restricted localities.
| Special blanks Will he furnished next
year for gathering information regard
ing these crops which are grown only
In restricted areas Reports from all
parts OF the United States Indicate that
no STATE has obtained better result In
the collection OF agricultural statistics
| upon the first attempt than Colorado
did this year and an effort will be
made next year TO bring the report as
near as possible TO perfection. All as
SCISSORS did excellent work this year
and few Of them obtained as com
plete reports as II will ever be possible
to obtain.
Payment Of s18j. 93l.3l ION account
OF the inheritance tax" due on the es-
tate Of Werner Y. Reed and prospect
that Sl5l,0OO ON other large estates
win be paid within two months Will
alone bring the total collections Of the
state inheritance tax department to
$4,000 In the first year OF the biennial
period which began Dec. last. This
total will exceed by Sl45.0O0 the estl.
mate made for the biennial period, or
S72J.WO The sum Of $Ji9. l23.4S had
been collected by the department
| Oct. Ii.
Plans were formulated at n meeting
~ citizens and university officials at
Boulder for the most comprehensive
social survey. according to DIR. I.ornn
y. Osborn. head Of the university ex-
tension department, that has ever been
made In the West. The survey will in
clude the collection and compilation Of
data concerning the vital statistics, H.
| nancial statistics. school statistics and.
In fact, every bit of Information tina.
can be used to aid in welfare work
A skull discovered accidentally by
| Charlie Wilson, a rancher on Goa,
creek in jefferson county. prompted a
search which revealed a clothed skele-
ton caught In fork Of a tree fifty feet
up the hillside, a short distance from
Plainview. The identity OF the man
whose bones were found could not be
established by Coroner William Woods
Of jefferson county, to whom Wilson
reported at Golden.
n. Lehman, well-known merchant.
was seriously Injured at Brighton when
his daughter, Sarah, accidentally drove
machine over him In front Of his gar
age. The clutch slipped as she was
putting the car into the garage. after
returning home from Denver, and the
car gave a sudden squirt and ran over
the merchant.
In raid on farm two and one-half
miles north Of Brighton in Weld eoun-
ty. Sheriff y. A. Gormley Of Brighton
arrested Mike kaxlowsky and two bro
Tiers, who were taken TO Greeley to
be charged with making liquor Six
gallons OF distilled alcohol and fifty
gallons Of raisin wine were seized by
the sheriff.
Arthur Taggart, aged prospector,
was found guilty at Boulder in the
first degree for the murder Of George
Spencer, who was found dead In his
cabin at Spring gulch on Aug. Q. The
jury was out forty-five minutes. He
was given life sentence.
Archuleta county has fallen short
this year In the production Of potatoes.
Ranchers are realizing that they have
once more made mistake In not
planting larger acreage for the coun-
~ produces fine spuds without Irriga-
tlon. Many car loads were shipped out
last year but fear Of not getting good
price and lack Of demand has ham
pered the crop this year.
A net decrease Of s20O,5sO in the
states total assessed valuation for the
next year was shown when the State
Tax Commission completed complla-
ton Of changes made by the board OF
equalization. which ended Its annual
work Reductions made were $10S.&
and increases were $685. $50. making
the approved valuation for the entire
state 81, iM, Si3.44
Greeley building contractors have re-
fused demands Of the union carpenters