The Raymer enterprise., 1919-12-18
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts OF
Colorado
ern Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale will
take place all over the United States
from December to 10. 1918.
twenty-five Routt county men who
died In tile war with Germany Is 10
be erected In the high school building
at Steamboat Springs
Never In the history Of Walsenburg
have so many iiHestors visited there.
Men from several states have been In
town looking for business openings and
for land which they can purchase.
Possibility Of an early adjournment
Of the extra session Of the State Leg
islature until after the holidays al.
ready is being discussed by members
Of the Twenty-Seeond General Assem-
bly,.
Following a recent football game In
| Craig between the teams representing
the Snake River. Wyoming. section
and Craig. six Wyoming young folks
who came 10 root for their team were
| married.
The recent heavy snowfalls brought
| Joy TO the hearts Of the farmers Of
northwestern Colorado, for Ii means
plenty OF moisture for next year, and
with II bumper crops. The snow In
Routt county. In the valleys. Is about
three feet on the level.
Frank crosscn, well known farmer
and stockman living near karval, In
the southern part Of Lincoln county. Is
In Hugo hospital In serious condi.
| tion because OF fractured skull re.
ceiyed when II horse he WAS riding be-
came scared, throwing him to the
| ground and causing the injury.
William +. Munroe. about 4S years
old, miner In the Strong mine, was
Killed Instantly nj Victor by falling
about 100 feet down slope at the
7Oo,foot level The accident was the
result OF timbers giving way. He Is
survived by his wife and two children
who are now In Nova Scotia.
With throat cut from ear TO ear,
the body Of Dr. Woodford l.. Tilley.
43 years old. Denver dentist and
graduate Of the School Of Dentistry Of
the University of Denver, was dis
covered in a sleeping car berth by the
porter on AN castbound Santa re train
when II arrived ut Syracuse. Kan. II
Is claimed 10 be case OF suicide.
Harry IIatters. a japanese. proprie-
tor OF barber shop In Swink, Colo,
WAS shot through the body aud In
stantly killed by AN unknown assail-
ant believed TO he another Japanese
The shooting occurred In building
In the rear of the Saddle Rock restau-
rant IN Swink. No further particulars
OF the shooting have yet been obtain
ed. The only suspect arrested so far
Is japanese. who cannot speak Eng
lish, and has failed to shed any Hight
on the affair.
| A water system adequate for many
years has been founded by city Off.
cials of Fleming who will submit a
$4,000 bond proposal next month to
taxpayers. The village has closed a
deal for half acre of ground In The
west part of the town. for $4,000 1t
Is considered record price for land
In Logan county. On this plot Is To-
Gated fine well of water. and work
will commence Mt once on another
well. which will give the town three
municipal wells.
Inquiries are coming In daily from
Eastern capitalists who are anxious
for investments In Gilpln county mines
and the Indications are that 1920 will
show n much greater activity In the
mining industry than for many years
past The handicap that has been
placed on the mines which produce
only gold by the high cost Of labor and
mining supplies, with the staple and
one price for the yellow metal OF S2067
per ounce, has retarded operation and
production on those properties.
Federal aid for the construction OF
four stretches of road in Colorado to
cost an aggregate OF S27S,200 Is asked
| by the state highway commission In
plans just submitted TO the Denver
district office OF the United States
| bureau of roads. Chief among the
projects is the building OF n 2.16-mile
stretch over Battle mountain between
Red Cliff and Minturn ut an expense
OF $4,000. of which amount the fed.
eral government Is asked to pay So.
200, or the maximum allowed under
the law for project Of that length.
Incomplete estimates made by the
State Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service show that the value of all
crops In the state this year is In ex-
cess Of Sl70.0O0.00O. which is much the
largest on record. Twenty years ago
the value of all crops grown in the
state, as reported by Federal Census
Bureau. was little short of Sl7.OOO,.
600, or one-tenth Of The value of all
crops grown this year. Ten years ago
the Federal Census Bureau found the
value OF all crops grown In the state
to be a little short Of S5ls0O0,000, or
considerably less than onethirl of the
value Of this years output.
DIR. Ralph u. Mace. former practic-
Ing physician In Delta, and Mrs. Ella