The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-07-31
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts Of
Colorado

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COMING EVENTS.
Larimer County Fair. Loyeland. Aug.
2s-2s.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
2-5.
A5 Ia, =, Valley Fair Rocky Ford
Morsan County Fair. Fort Morgan,
Rouit County Fair, Hayden. Sept. as.
Lostn County Fair. Sterling. Sept =
IL.
Delta County Fair, Hotehkiss. Sept. g.
Adam. County Fair. Brighton. Sept s.
Moffat County Fair. MsybelI. Sept. IL
IL.
Plateau Valley state Fair. Cochran,
Bacs County Fair Springfield. Sept.
1914.
Trinidad-Las Animas County Fair,
Trinidad. Sept. 1918.
Conejos County Fair. Manassas. Sept.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. sept. II 90.
Phillips County Fair. Hoiyoke. Sept.
sasuaehe County Fair. saguache. Sept.
1920.
Colorado Mexico Fair. Durango.
Sept 1926.
Colombo State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. az
81
Grand County Fair. kremmling. Sept.
25-27.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar city. Aug.
21-2s
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct g.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. 10,
Plaeeryille. which has been practi-
cally destroyed twice by fire. is being
rebuilt Oh plan that will insure both
beauty and permanency.
Michigan. Colorado and Utah show
big increases In beet sugar prospects.
Forecasts show Colorado's crop as q
U2f.0O0 tons. an increase of sc, 900 +;
and Utah's l.20s,000 tons, an increase
OF 205000 tons.
Appropriations Of $4,000 for the
Rocky Mountain National park and
$1,000 for the Mesa Verde. for ex-
penses during the coming year. are in
clnded in the sundry civil bill signed
by President Wilson.
Charles Place Of Sawpit was instant
ly killed when an auto plunged over
Hairpin Tour curve and dropped thirty
feet to the bottom OF the canon. The
rear wheel rim broke and the sharp
spOkes pierced Places head and stom.
ach.
The federal bureau OF public roads
approved the plans submitted by the
state highway department and Costilla
county for building 5.S miles OF road
between Fort Garland and San Luis
under federal aid. The new road sec
tlon. beginning with the San Luis end,
viii cost approximately 10000.
| Louis Mantz, u years old. OF Colo.
RADIO Springs, was arrested at Mont
rose by Sheriff J. II. GIL and con.
fessed TO stealing the car he was driv.
Ing TO visit his sister, critically Ill In
Lewiston, Idaho. The youth showed a
telegram from his sister asking him to
| visit her. The sheriff took the car and
the boy back 10 Colorado Springs.
Denver will begin the construction
OF the south wing TO the Colorado MI.
scum of Natural History in City Park
shortly. as the result Of gift OF $780,.
900 for that purpose TO the city by q
Denver citizen whose name Is being
withheld for the present by Mayor
Dewey c. bailey. The name Of the
donor will he revealed at the formal
opening OF the Civic Center Aug. /.
Mesa County's share Of the state
school fund will total S9,0T33S. The
entire fund totals s3s5,s34, and the an
nouncement OF the various apporiion-
ments was issued from the state super
lntendent's office at Denver. Other
West Slope counties will receive the
following sums: Delta. x6,316.07 Do
lores, S42911; Gunnison. S2.l9O.24 ;
Hinsdale. Sl794s; Ouray, s907. SO; Pit
kin. sl,3io.24, and San Miguel, ST..
S59.12.
Better roads boosting received new
encouragement upon advices that the
State Highway Commission had aliot.
ted sl0o,0U TO Mesa county for road
construction. The amount, II is un.
derstood. will be equally divided he.
tween the Palisade concrete road and
the proposed concrete road between
Grand Junction and Frulta. The Pal.
isade road has been under construction
for some time. The Fruita road was
ordered surveyed by the county com.
missioners several weeks ago with a
view of asking for state and federal
aid. ..
"'rhe Good Slip Mlnnequa" is afloat
and taking cargo aboard for her first
cruise In the Pacific ocean as mem
her of the United States Merchant ma.
rlne The Minnequa is Pueblo's Vie
tory ship and her name would have
been Pueblo II It were not for the
fact that there is already d battleship
in the United States navy by that
name. The ship was christened by
1 Mrs ~ Drnoliug ~ Duahln AND al.
name "Minnequa" was given II because