The Raymer enterprise., 1919-04-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

sAuA uOcr. u tit buIniiit W Eiett
peak this month In the interest of the
Victory loan. according to the Union
Paeific press bureau. Railroad men
army officers. makers OF war muni
lions. automobile men. gasoline pro
ducers-all are interested. Men or
snow shoes will take water treated
with an anti-freeze solution to Glen
Cove inn. half way UP the peak, and
to the summit. and they will also carry
supplies. The highway Is usually
opened June IL and In April the tank
may encounter snow. billiards and
temperatures 70 below sero. though II
ID not believed there will be any snow
up to Glen Cove. The tank that will
tour Colorado after thee limb will BE-
transported by special train, with q
Pullman for the crew, fiat cars for
equipment and the tank will be I'm.
loaded Ut many towns for demonstra-
ton. There will also be machine
gun firing blank cartridges so that In
tank charges the people will zee just
how II worked over In France TO down
the Hun.
Employees OF the Downtown Mines
Company ut Leadvhle have posted a
notice saying that they would not &C.
cept the reduction IN wages announced
by the company several days ago. The
notice. dated April s. reads as follows !:
Notice to Downtown Mines Company I:
This IL to certify that we, the en-
ployes Of the Downtown Mines Com
pany, will not accept the reduction Of
wages posted by the said Downtown
Mines Company. 10 take effect May 8,
1919, on account OF the present condi.
tions. Committee" Just what will be
the outcome Of the condition here ID
unknown. but the miners say that they
will walk out II no agreement 10
Englewood voters adopted an $4,000
bond issue for the erection Of a new
high school building. The vote was ap-
proximately 3 10 In favor OF the
move. Work on the new school will be
started this spring, and II is expected
it will be ready for occupancy by the
opening Of the fall term. The struc-
ture will probably be two stories In
height, with a basement. 1t will be
one OF the most modern school houses
In the state, according TO present
plans.
Without knowing that his name was
being considered for the position, and
never making application for same.
Rev. c. W. Gray Of Mead. while not
even residing In the state and having
been gone for twenty months, was ap-
pointed by the governor OF Psnnsyl-
vania as chaplain Of the prison at Phil.
adelphia at salary Of $500 year.
He will continue his pastoral year at
Mead and return to the East In the
fall.
The Victory Loan campaign will h
formally launched in Denver at a pa.
trlotic rally and mass meeting to be
held In the auditorium the evening
of April End. which will be addressed
by Billy Sunday In the first OF Sc
ries OF speeches TO be delivered by
him over the United States under the
auspices and at the request of the
United States treasury officials hav.
ing the national campaign in charge.
The hunt for bootleggers in Colora.
do Is not TO be relaxed because Of the
action OF the Colorado Legislature In
the closing days OF the session, Colo
mel Allen. head OF the department. has
announced. Instead, the force along
the Wyoming Colorado line will be in
creased and the commander states that
the law evaders will find II more
difficult task to get liquor to Denver
than In the past.
Walter Melbourne, a farmer living
in northern Weld county, has been
placed under $1,000 bond In District
Court on the charge OF having liquor
In his possession. According to the Of
fIcers, who located the booze in Well
b0urne's barn, he says he stole forty
pints OF whisky from bootlegger's cal
which stalled in his neighborhood.
Under the vigorous drive for the Sal
walton Army home service, made by
Assessor William I. keogh and Mira
Edward Traylor, $475.70 was collected
at Breckenridge, and a draft for that
amount has been sent to the Salvation
Army at Denver The quota to be
raised in Summit county was $500. but
as usual, the county went lover tho
top"
The remarkable growth Of Bac.
county. Colorado. in the past two year,
is emphatieally proved by the Increase
In bank deposits. On Dec. q. 1915, de.
posits In all the banks of the county
were s27l. .6sl13 On Dec. 81, 1918 the
amount was $435, 5,S03S6
The City Council Of Lafayette has
granted the use Of the city park as o
playground and athletic field for the
use Of the schools. A baseball dia.
mond ami tennis courts have been laid
out, also quarter-mile running track
built.
There are at present 154 national