The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-12
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

cas- citizens who expect to spend
their vacation In the Estes Rocky
Mountain National Park this year are
numbered some Of her most noted lit
,rary men. Chief OF those who have
90 far expressed their intentions OF
visiting Estes for more or less lengthy
periods are Irwin $. Cobb. humor;st.
Karl Hartman, editor OF the Red
Book magazine. Robert W. Seryiss,
Jack Lalt and Opie Read. These have
made reservations at the Big Thomp-
son hotel. operated by Glen c. Yore,
an old newspaper man. Walt Mason,
the prose-poet. and William Allen
White. newspaper man and novelist,
each have summer homes in the park
and are expected TO spend their sum
mers there with their families.
Efforts Of Charlie Gardner Of Sau
Diego. blind newsie. 10 save the life
OF John ID. Kennedy, rancher, from
Gunnison, Colo. has been repaid by
$4,000 legacy. Hearing that Kennedy.
casual acquaintance, was dying.
Gardner went TO his physician and In
sisted that he be allowed to submit
To blood TRANSMISSION. Gardner lost
quart Of blood In the operation, but
Kennedy died He left his entire -
tate, valued at $4,000, to Gardner.
All Of northern and eastern Weld
county will be represented at the
Northern fair, which Is to he held in
Grover Sept. L. Products from all
townships within ffty-mile radius OF
Grover will be on exhibition, making
the largest non-irrlgated farming ex-
hibition In the state this year Grover
people are planning TO buy and i'm
prove permanent fair grounds near
town this summer.
The Supreme Court has handed
Gown decisions under which the tele-
phone rates of 1918 must continue to
be paid while the case is refOught;
Win X. Murphy is given office as en-
gineer of the State Land Board;
Judge Ben B. Lindsey must pay
500 fine for contempt of court, and
A. f. Enyart, Ordway. Colo. bank
president, gets new trial on the
charge OF murder.
Denver will receive six pieces OF
German artillery and two machine
guns with shells for display purposes,
II bill introduced in the federal
House Of Representatives by Con
gresham William ~ Vale is passed.
The bill provides that the guns shall
be from the captures made by the
American expeditionary forces and de-
liyered TO the United States under the
terms OF the peace treaty.
The school board OF Denver is pre-
pairing to submit TO the taxpayers at
a special election TO be held some time
In the coming fall the proposition OF
issuing Ss,00O.000 for new school build
ings which has been in preparation for
several months. or the issue S6,345,.
900 is to go to building and the re-
mainder for furnishing three new
high, six new junior high and twenty
three new elementary schoolhouses.
The 1919 year book OF the state i'm
migration department will show that
the total assets of all banks In Colo
RADIO at the beginning of 1919 were
S305, 1s2. .264.4 compared with $685.
SS5,059.52 at the beginning of 1918
There were In the state at the begin
ming OF the year 126 national banks
and 240 state banks and trust COM
panies, or IA total OF 366 banks for the
state.
Charles ii. Wright, %, n lIneman en-
ployed by the Western Union Tele-
crap Company, was electrocuted and
burned almost to crisp at Colorado
Springs when his body accidentally
came in contact with high power line
while at work. |, was necessary to
shut off the entire electric system Of
the city and summon the fire depart
ment before the body could be re-
moved from the pole.
The average yield Of hay per acre
In Colorado is 2.23 tons, compared
with an average for the entire United
States of 1.45 tons and minimum av-
erage OF Lib for New Hampshire and
Missouri.
The crops In the Montrose section
and most of the great Uncompahgre
valley are two to three weeks ahead OF
the five-year average. The alfalfa
crop is over 100 per cent average and
Is ready for the first cutting now.
Some potato patches are showing re-
markable development and the farm
ers are declaring II is one of the most
advanced springs in the history OF
Montrose county.
Denver nj its tractor show June Q
to l. is going to be given practical
demonstration Of the meaning Of
treat 'em rough,'' The boys who did
ii and the things they did 1t with will
be there. They came from the govern
ment arsenal at Rock Island, ILL.,, and
the Aberdeen proving grounds in Mary
land. and every part that the tank and
the tractor played In the war In France
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