The Raymer enterprise., 1919-04-10
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


Of sugar beets. The total crop will be
about 10000 acres or enough to fur
aish 10000 tons. The beet growers
won their $l0-a-ton price for all bests
delivered up to certain time, late In
the fall, and after that the market on
sugar is to determine the price. Every
thing has been satisfactorily arranged.
Success for the Victory loan for 9
large part Of Colorados Western slope
Is promised by lean workers at Mont.
rose, Delta. Grand Junction, Carbon,
dale, Glenwood Springs and Olathe,
Chairman :. d. Nicholson of the Colo.
RADIO State Liberty Loan committee,
said on his return from campaign
visit to those towns. Rallies were
held In the first three of these points
and conferences with local committees
In the other three.
Montrose 10 the third best banking
city on the Western slope at present,
and the bankers say to watch for one
year and see who's who on the West
ern slope Durango leads with. 70
sources OF $685. ,5i39S. Grand juno.
tion is next with $3,245,65218, and
Montrose third with $2,SS8, 1902. The
population Of the three cities at pres
ent Ia: Grand Junction, 10000: Duran
70, $500. and Montrose. $4,10O.
The Iron Silver Mining Company,
operating the Mikado and other prop
critics ut Leadville, has announced .
cut In wages Of dollar a day, due, II
IL stated, to decentralization In metal
markets, especially lead and zine. The
Yak mines, owned by the American
Smelling and Refining Company, also
have posted notices OF similar cut
and other lead-zinc mines of the dis
trict probably will follow suit
To be buried under a snow slide In
bed room isn't an experience to be
desired, but A. +. Chapman and Don
aid Stewart, miners OF Telluride, 70
Gently experienced 1t without injury,
A snowslide engulfed their boarding
house and filled their bedroom with
eight feet of snow. Rescuers were
forced to cut hole in the side oi
the house to dig the men out.
A moonshine still was raIded at thu
home Of Gus LIndstrum In Santa Rita
a suburb OF Victor, ,by Sheriff vor
Publ and Assistant District Attorney
Shaw. The still, made Of copper, wal
in operation when the officers ap
peared. 1t was located In an outbulld
Ing and several gallons of raw white
whisky were seized.
Parvlno Parmona, Pueblo Italian
was beheaded at Pueblo when he at
tempted to steal ride on Missour.
Pacific freight train in the yards. 4
brakeman saw him along the track
carrying an oyercoat. and. lookinl
back moment later saw him fall from
between two cars and the train past
over his neck.
Littleton voters approved two bond
issues In the town and school elections
An issue for 100000 to erect new
high school building carried by vote
Of 252 to 1S, and a proposal to bond
the city for $25,000 to construct a new
municipal building was approved, ~
to 68. But one municipal ticket wai
In the field.
Walter +. whitman, chauffeur fol
Mrs. A. v. Hunter, wife OF A. Y. Hun
ter, wealthy banker Of Denver, was In
stantly killed when the car he was
driving overturned a mile and hall
south of Sedalia. Whitman wai
pinned under the car and his head wa.
caught under the steering wheel,
breaking his neck.
Rnm0rs are current in Englewood
that the Denver 4 South Platte Rail
road Company, which operates the
street car line between Englew0o'
and Littleton, may discontinue bust
ness soon. This action, If brought
about, would be the result Of steadily
increasing cost Of operation, Officers
~ tba rofIron sov
That ut least nine Of the thirteen
piers already erected on Hyle bridge,
across the Platte river east Of Greeley
are defective and will have to be re-
placed or Mt least repaired at an enor'
nous expense Is the opinion OF the
county engineer, who has just made an
inspection Of the bridge, and taken
large quantities Of disintegrated gravel
and pebbles from the piers.
William Smiley, 10-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Smiley, bled ia
death when he fell from burr0 cart
he was driving and the wheels passed
over his head and neck. His 9-year
old brother, Richard, was with him
and summoned help.
A couple of boys have been cited in
to court on a charge OF vandalism
committed in the Sunnyside cemetery
where the dead Of Cripple Creek are