The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-07-24
Pithy News Notes
From An Paris or
Colorado

western NswuUapsr uaiss Hsvs Services.
James W. Buckli1, lawyer, state leg
islator. capitalist and one Of the found
ers Of Grand Junction. died at his HON,
10 Palo Alto, Calif., according to mes
sages received.
A team composed Of seventeen mel
Of Colorado's National Guard will rep
resent the State at the national riff,
matches to be held at Caldwell, N. J.
the week Of August Is.
William Wise. 4 years Old, son O
Robert Wise, a rancher living foul
miles from Paonia, was instantly killet
as = result Of being accidentally sho
BY his sister, Mary, Z years old.
Washington County Is harvesting
the largest wheat crop In it, history
The yield Is going from ten bushels
to thirty bushels per acre and 1t Il
testing as high a. "a per csnt. to thu
bushel.
9. 5. Kelch, superintendent Of the
American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany is in Grand Junction making ar
rangements for handling approximate
ly $500 ears Of fruit and 500 cars Of
potatoes.
All the Jefferson county men who
served In Uncle Sans military or nav.
nj forces during the war were guests
Of the city Of Golden and people came
from oil section Of the county to at.
tend the Welcome Home" day cele.
bration held there.
When Mrs. Hannah T. Walpole, wild.
ow Of the late Richard c. Walpole
one of the most prominent Of Kansas
City's pioneer business men, died In
Denver as the result Of burns inflicted
when a defective electric warmer sci
fire to her bed In hotel, q Fremont.
tion Of her son, Herbert 4. Walpols,
became realized sorrow.
What is believed to be the first case
Of typhus fever ever recorded In Den
yer caused the death Of Harley VII
son, decorator. Wilson, who was 81
years Of age and has been employed
by the Denver Omnibus and Cab Com.
pany, became Ill June g. The attend.
ing physicians recognized the disease
but were unable to stop Its progress
Mrs. Guy U. Hardy, wife Of Repre-.
sentative Hardy Of the Third Congress.
sional district of Colorado, has accept.
ed an invitation to sponsor a 9,600-ton
steel steamer, which 10 to be launched
In Seattle Aug. 16. Mrs. Hardy will 60
10 Seattle with her husband to attend
the convention Of the National Ed.
torial Association, Of which her hus-
band is president.
Colorado will produce this year 49,.
ST. 900 bushels Of wheat, compared
with a production of 1885, 900 bushels
last year, according to estimates just
completed by the Colorado Co-opera-
tive Crop Reporting service. The pro
duction Of corn. If conditions remain
favorable until harvest, will be approx
imately 23.l4S,000 bushels, compared
with 23.5S5, 600 bushels for 1918.
An auto accident which resulted In
the death Of Emil Hedstrom, widely
known rancher, and caused injury to
three others, occurred when the auto
in which the four were riding turned
over. The car was travelling at a high
rate Of speed, when one Of the tires
burst and flew off. The car turned a
complete somersault This is the sec
Ond fatal accident that has occurred
near Haxtun recently.
The old car barn on Colfax avenue,
near Aurora, which thes tate highway
commission recently purchased from
the Tramway company In Denver, ID
being repaired for the storing Of some
Of the army trucks now being received
from the War Department. Forty-sev-
IN trucks have been received thus far,
and will be sent to the counties for
use on county roads as soon as they can
I've replaced with the dump bodies.
The Western Colorado Power Com.
pany was granted a twenty-one-year
franchise by the new city council al
Ouray. The vote was unanimous.
The real estate bureau Of the Civic
and Commercial Association of Den.
yer has been asked to present recon-
mendations to the board Of directors
with regard to the proposed "Presi.
dents summer home" on Mount Fal-
con. This action was taken after re.
quest was made by John Brisben
Walker for consideration Of further &C.
zion.
The public school fund for the first
six months of 1919 amounts to $685.
s9S55, according to figures given out
ut the office OF Mrs. Mary Gre. Brad
ford, superintendent OF public instruc-
ton. The amount represents the larg.
est income fund ever received by the
educational department, the highest
amount previously being last January,
when $323 900 was received. The fund
Is to be apportioned to the sIxty-three
counties In the state. according to the
..chool population. The income repre-
sents interest from bonds, warrants
farm loans and leases on lands owned