The Raymer enterprise., 1919-01-30
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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members of the Colorado Editorial
Association during the firrt day Of
heir convention in session at the Al
,any Hotel. c. F. Wadsworth Of the
Western Newspaper Union was elected
president Of the organization; s. A.
Crary Of the Lamar News. vice presi-
ient. and George Haubrick Of the
Greeley News, secretary and treas
arer. A resolution was passed ex-
pressing the "unbounded faith in the
loyalty, patriotism and integrity" Of
Alva Swain. Mr.. Swain has been a
member Of the Editorial Association
Tor twelve years, and for the last
seven years has served as its secre-
tary. Wright A. Patterson, editor-in-
chief Of the Western Newspaper
Union, was the principal speaker at a
luncheon given the members Of the
association at the Albany HJtel by
.he Brock-Haffner Press Company
Mr.. Patterson chose as his subject
The Responsibilities Of the Country
Press During the Reconstruction Pc
Rod"
Four hundred and two thousand.
five hundred and six dry tons OF
Colorado ore were treated in the
plants OF the American Smelling and
Refining Company during the last
year, according to a statement from
Manager X. p. Reynolds of the local
plant at Durango. This brought 1885,
921 ounces OF gold. 5.239.31s ounces
of silver. 54.131.0e3 pounds OF lead
and 5.350,o94 pounds of copper. This
brought a total OF s13.055.5Sl to
Colorado mining men.
The Seyenty-second and Seventy
first field artillery and the Twenty
fourth trench mortar battery are to
be mustered out at once and will
have completed the work OF demobil-
ization by Feb. 5, according to word
reaching Denver. The Seventy sec
ond was formerly the 3l5th cavalry.
and was stationed at Fort d. A. Rus
sell. Wyo. Many Colorado and Wy0-
ming men are members OF the organ
ization. The discharged men proba-
bly, will be home by Feb. 10,
Finding jobs for returned soldiers
is no problem in Denver, according to
George W. vallery, assistant state
director Of the United State Labor
Department. 'The business men Of
Denver are giving the soldier prefer
ence every time says Mr.. Vallery.
mot day passes but some firm calls
up and asks me to send over sol
dier-and | find the man for them.
The firms whose employees went to war
hear that their men have returned,
and they want them to know that their
old positions are waiting for them"
Colorado is a member Of a perma-
nent organization Of seven states, TO
be known as the Land Settlement Con-
gress for Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines. The organization was perfected
at a meeting of delegates from the
seven states held in Salt Lake City.
Its purpose is the development Of H.
900, 900 acres of land in the Colorado
river basin, in accordance with the
reclamation plan laid down by the
Secretary Of the Interior Franklin X.
Lane.
Fifteen teachers are needed at once
to fill vacancies in the rural and grade
schools Of Colorado. Positions have
been listed with the United States En-
ployment Bureau for several days, but
the bureau has been unable to find
candidates. The positions pay salaries
ranging from $50 to 500 a month and
include rural, grade and high schools.
The term Of employment will be for
the remainder of the year, in most
cases three months.
Officers of the constabulary under
Lieutenant F. G. Trosper and two
Denver men with an automobile load
of liquor raced for eighteen miles
over the prairie Of Weld and Morgan
counties. The mon were caught by
the officers, 3s5 bottles of liquor taken
from their car, and the alleged boot
leggers, who gave the names J. 4.
Anderson and William Jacobsen. taken
to Fort Morgan and turned over to
the sheriff.
Aliens in Colorado, Wyoming and
Idaho are taking a fast-lncreasing in
terest in becoming Americans, and in
getting an education, according to
Paul Armstrong, head Of the Denver
division Of the United States Natu-
ralization Service.
The general land office of the
Department of the Interior, with the
assistance of the federal geological
survey. during the month OF Decem.
ber classified 205,415 acres of Colo.
RADIO land as applicable under the
stock raising homestead law, which
provides for grazing and raising
stock on tracts Of $40 acres or less.
The first prosecution OF alleged
bootleggers under the Webb law
| which has recently been upheld BY
the United States Supreme Court
will take place in Denver In the neal
future. the offenders being two Den.
yer men who were captured by the
Colorado eonstabulary. fifteen mile.
south OF the state line.
Arapahoe eounty's valuation has
increased s53s.21O in the last year
according to figures OF the county as.
SCISSOR. Settlers proving up land H.
ties and general increase of the
county's prosperity are given as the
reasons. The 1919 valuation OF the
county is $19.72s,110.