The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-25
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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COMING EVENT.

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COMING EVENTS.
Grand County Fair. Kremmling. Sept
crswisy sI..s County Fair Sugar City. Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept so to Oct :.
| Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. -.
The oldest man In Colorado, William
Earl Van Etten, is dead at Boulder at
the age Of l02.
Mining In the La Plata district shows
more activity at the present time tlia
at any other time OF the year and plans
are under way in many Of the proper
ties for an all-winter operation.
The mystery that has for several
months surrounded the robberies that
have taken place in Rocky Ford and
Crowley is thought to have been solved
by the arrest Of Syrian who has a
store In La Junta.
Prof II. s. Evans has been chosen
as new dean Of the school Of engineer
ing, University OF Colorado, to succeed
frof Milo s. ketchum. who has re-
signed 10 accept a position with the
University Of Pennsylvania.
The first step In the launching OF
big potato boom In Colorado will be
taken this winter when the first an
nual potato show, novelty In the in
termountain region, will be held In
Denver during the week Of Jan. 1924.
one soldier was So injured he died
In short time, two We're badly hurt
aud thirteen others were more or less
bruised when large army automobile
from Fort Logan, bearing members of
the post baseball team, turned over III
Denver
Gloyannia cndacio, an underground
engineer, was instantly killed and
Joseph Petschauer, trammer, was Sc
rlously burned and blinded by the ex-
ploslon Of twenty-five giant caps on
The seventh level OF the Ibey shaft at
Leadyille.
A drive for 20,OO0,OO0 members and
sl5,0o0,0oo TO carry out the peaeetlme
program OF the Red Cross will be held
throughout the country in the period
Of Nov. 10 II, according 10 announce
meut Of representatives of the noun
tain division.
Colorado held s9,736 99203 In Its
treasury on Aug 81, according TO the
report for the quarter ending on that
date, submitted to Gov. Oliver II.
Shoup by State Treasurer Harry 4.
Mulnix; the receipts during the quar-
ter were S2,slT,l53.i9, and disburse-
ments were s2,l30.6722i.
| The threatened street car strike In
Pueblo was ayerted after an all.night
session. when the employees Of the COM
pany voted TO accept the offer of the
company for half OF the 25 per cent
wage Increase now and the other half
Nov. 10, when the city ordinance grant.
ing the company the privilege OF
charging 0 cents ear fare In Pueblo be-
comes effective
The seventh annual San Juan Nav
ajo Indian fair Will be held at Ship
rock, y. NJ, for four days. commenc.
Ing Sept. 30 and lasting until Oct. 3.
This is the only fair scheduled for
the extreme northwestern county Of
New Mexico and is attracting more
than ordinary interest, inasmuch as
the Nayajos have had an exceedingly
prosperous season.
That Salt Lake City business men
expect within eighteen months to In.
wade Routt and Moffat counties In
Pullman cars over newly built rail.
road to extend from Salt Lake I,
Craig, Colo, is the burden of an article
appearing In the bulletin Of the Salt
| Lake Commercial Club. Funds have
been assured and strong group Of
| Utah finaneiers are determined TO see
the road through.
| A long session of eoroner's Jury
failed utterly 10 reveal the least clue
10 the Identity of the persons who
| lynched Gonzales and Ortez as the
murderers of Police Officer jeff Ev.
ans at Pueblo
Jose Gonzales and Santoz Ortez,
Mexicans, who shot and killed Police
man jefferson Evans In the pepper
sauce bottoms, Negro and Mexican
settlement of Pueblo, were taken from
| the city jail by mob and lynched at
the Fourth street bridge near the city
limits. None of the members Of the
mob was recognized, as all wore
| handkerchief masks and were garbed
IN blue overals and blue Jumpers or
plain blue oyeralls.
Two hundred representative citizens
Of Boulder indorsed city bond issue
for 100000 to build municipal swim
ming pool and city park with play
ground and equipment at a meeting In
Boulder. The matter was proposed by
returned service men. who said they
preferred that memorial Of some
practicable good be erected to them In
stead Of marble shaft. The PROPOSE
tion will be voted on at the election In
November.
Gold ore worth $4,000 per ton is re.