The Raymer enterprise., 1919-08-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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tory building In Brighton to cost $780,
600 The company will manufacture a
breakfast food to be known as
whole Wheat Nuggets" The Brigh-
ton factory is one OF three owned by
the company. The others are at
Sioux Falls, s. d.. and Omaha, Neb.
The factory will use all the wheat
grown within hauling distance OF
Brighton and will pay the market
price.
Frank Gable. director Of the Du-
range roundup. to be held from Sept.
% 10 70 inclusive, is arranging one OF
the classiest wild west programs ever
offered. There will be bull riding,
eowgirls races, running races. goat
roping contests, trick roping contests,
steer bnlldogging. Indian races. cow
boys relay races. bareback riding,
cowboys bucking contest, trick riding,
farmers wagon races. In all twenty
events day and 5000 to be dlstrib-
At'u w INV NuIuiuk 1oihSstduts uuiiuk
the four-day celebration.
Marked success is being had by the
State Fish and Game Department in
the use Of retaining ponds adjacent
TO natural streams for the growing OF
trout TO a fingers length before plac-
ing them In the creeks and rivers, ac-
cordlng 10 Roland g. Paryin. state
fish and game commissioner. Already
len such ponds in different parts OF
the state have been established under
direction of Commissioner Paryin, who
II the first head Of the department to
carry out the idea on statewide
scale.
William I. Myera, who was arrested
several weeks ago charged with high
grading" gold amalgam from the Pow
der River Gold Dredging Company's
dredge, and who was released on a
$500 bond, failed TO appear either on
the day set for hearing by the jus
tice OF the peace or before the Dis
trict Court, Is now fugitive from
justice and his bondsmen have had to
pay over the $500 Of the forfeited bond
to Sheriff j. g. Detwiler Of Summit
county.
Frank F. Wood, 63 years old. the
oldest man In point Of service running
out OF Denver In the railway mail
service, is dead. Mr.. Wood was known
as the most unlucky clerk In the serv-
Ice so far as wrecks were concerned
His associates say he had been in
more wrecks than any other railway
mail clerk in the country. He entered
the service In 1883, running between
Leadvllle and Aspen.
Ticket business In the Union station
In Denver Is averaging $4,000 day,
which is taken by officials of the ter
minal company as certain indication
of theimportance Of Denver. Ten years
ago the average days business was
| $4,000 and 5000 was business so
| great for one day as to cause comment
among Inc Officials.
A paving project to cost 100000
and provide hard surfaced highways
through Colorado Spring from north to
south and from east to west has been
Endorsed by the Colorado Springs Au-
tomobile Club and doubtless will be
submitted to the voters at a special
election to be held next month.
Louis Sheldon. Navajo Indian, has
been sentenced by Judge w. n Searcy
Of the District Court TO serve SEN
| tence of from one to three years In
the state penitentiary at Canon City
for statutory offense committed up
on 16-year-old Indian girl, employed
as a domestic servant.
One of the most disastrous losses
In the dairy industry occurred at Hol-
ly when twenty-seven pure-bred Hol-
stein cows and pure-bred Holstein
bull died MS the result of eating cane
when they broke into field on the
farm of Jens Jensen. The loss will
total $1,000.
AT an election held at Breckenridge,
taxpayers voted on $4,000 bonds for
the erection of new scho0lhOuse. The
vote was A for the amendment and
% against
c. b. Akard and wife of Montrose
have announced the donation of full.
chime pipe organ to be installed In the
new Congregational church now under
construction In that city. The organ
will be a memorial to their daughter,
Mattye Shirley Akard, deceased. The
organ, which Is being constructed es-
| pecially for the space In the church,
will be one Of the finest In the state.
Six persons narrowly escaped death
when the auto In which they were rid
ing plunged off the road In Phantom
canon, near Victor. down fifty-foot
embankment, landing on Its right side.
The party, which was made up Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Butler and four child
rem, tourists, were rushed to the dis
trict hospital by passing motorists
and all are In serious condition.
A survey Of eastern Colorado that
| Will locate artesian basins as guide
to farmers In sinking wells for irriga-
tion is contemplated by bill intro
duced in the Senate by Senator l.. c..
Phipps of Colorado. Underground cur