The Raymer enterprise., 1919-05-01
Pithy News Notes
From An Paris OF
Colorado

Western Newspaper rnIon News Service.
The miners strike has been settled
at Leadyille on the basis Of q mini
mum wage Of "a, q cut Of 80 cents q
day.
Fifty-one Seniors will be graduated
from Colorado college at the com
mencement exercises In June, accord
ing to the official list reported By the
registrar.
As result Of Z woodticks bite re
ceived about two weeks ago, Fred
Yale, farmer residing near Collbran
became Infected with blood poisoning
and died at Grand Junction.
James II. Chatfield, for many year,
justice Of the peace In Littleton and
widely known throughout that district
is dead In Hoquiam. Wash, according
10 information received from there.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
all Of the buildings Of the Hunnyside
mine at Eureka except the transform
er house, with loss estimated al
$4,000, that Is partly covered by In
surance.
A most ambitious project for the ex
termination Of 100000 prairie dogs
In a territory including about 5,0OC
square miles in Fremont. Teller, Park
and Chaffee counties has been organ
lied In Canon City.
In 1918 there were I4.12S,307 acres
Of patented land In Colorado assessed
as grazing area, Of which very small
amount is In cultivation. Much OF this
land, perhaps 40 per cent. will ulti
mately he farmed.
A veteran Of the Mexican war OF
1916, OF the Civil war Of 81, and oi
various Indians wars of more recent
years, Joseph Harris. colored, OF
Canon City, aged 81, is still able to dc
days work In field, street or garden
that would discount that Of many q
man younger by score of years.
State officials have estimated thai
the Inheritance tax from the Werner
T. Reed estate, which Is yariously
placed at from S1s.O00,000 to $4,000,
D00, will double the amount of any
previous single inheritance tax pait
into that department. The tax Is ex
pteted TO be In the neighborhood o.
ST50,0OO.
Delta is to have a new s85,000 fac
tory soon. II will be a mill for max
ing potato flour. The company hai
been Incorporated as the Farmers Pro
duce and Milling Company. A hal
block Of city lots on Kellogg avenu,
has been purchased for $4,000, am
ground Is to be broken inside of thre,
weeks.
Confessing to the shooting Of Jacol
Mellinger, proprietor Of a store a
Rusb, Earl and Tom Combs, cousins
are In the county jail at Colorado
Springs, where they will face charge
Of deliberate murder. The two men
attempting to rob the store, shot Mel
linger through the back and then trie,
10 escape.
The chimes OF the midnight bell
had not ceased their echoes In Duran
go Sunday night when Durango an
La Plata county went over the top
In subscribing their allotment Of $245
100. establishing a record for prompt
ness than can be equaled. but canno
be excelled, La Plata is the first coun
~ in Colorado. II not the first In an
state, to raise Its quota.
John ". Spencer, supervisor of tn
Battlement forest. with headquarter
Grand Junction, has made requis
tion upon the federal government 10
10000 black spotted trout which vii
be distributed in the streams of thi
section Of the state. Another requls
ton, about onc-fourth as large. will b
made upon the state government. Tn
hatcheries at Glenwood also will max
n volunteer contribution.
The town OF Byers. in Arapaho
county, is enjoying an unprecedente
building boom. Several new busines
structures are being built, ns well u
u number OF homes.
Charging his former partner in IN
automobile business not only wit
stealing his wife and breaking up hi
home, but also with attempting I
steal his youngest son, ". ]. Woods
3s, stepped out of his garage door Il
Sterling and shot George Dykes. 3.
five times. firing once. 1t is said, Will
Dykes lay on the ground Three o
the bullets took effect In the right lef
one In the body and one penetrated a
ear and grazed Dykes face. None,
Is said, will prove fatal.
Archibald Cowie. former manager O
the Beaver Park Land and Water CON
pany, editor and publisher of the Per
rose Press and the head of many othe
organizations and projects connecte
with the town Of penrose and the Bes
yer Park district. and who pleade
guilty to the charges Of embezxlemen
and Of padding the pay rolls Of hi
company, was sentenced by Judg
James l.. Cooper Of the Fremont cour
ty District court to term OF fror