The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
'stsrn Newspaper Union New. Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept Us.
Logan County Fair Sterling. Sept. 3
Delta County Fair. Hotchliss. Sept. =
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. g.
MGifat County Fair. Mayoell. Sept. IL
Plateau Valley State Fair. Cochran.
Baca County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
Trinidad-Las Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept 1919.
conejos County Fair. Manassas. Sept.
Western Slope Fair Montrose. Sept.
ce ,sa,d Community Fair Greeley. Sept.
Beaver Park Fair at Penrose. Colo.
Sept. 18th. 1919.
yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 1870.
rnsiili2s County Fair, Holyoke. Sept.
sagusehe County Fair. saguache. Sept.
Colorado. New Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 2s-
Grand County Fair. KremmlIng. Sept.
cr si.,sy County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter- Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. s..
douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. rs.
Soft water for Sterling about the
first of the year or very soon there
after Is now the bright prospect.
Miss Florence NJ. West of Pueblo,
has been nominated by President vii.
son to be receiver OF public moneys al
Pueblo, Colo.
Estimates received by the Colorado
Tax Commission indicate that the to-
tai value OF Colorado property for pur-
poses of taxation will reach $780,
100000. The valuation last year was
81, 422, 100000.
Frank Middleton, recently dis
charged New Jersey soldier, who fell
from a hayloft some two weeks ago
and broke his back, while working on
a ranch in the H0gback district, near
Dolores, Is dead.
School children to the number of
10000 In the state of Colorado, and
teachers to the number Of 5000, are to
be supplied by the State Fair Commits
sion with free admission tickets to the
fair grounds at Pueblo, Sept. 20.
There will be an abundance Of deer
for Colorado hunters during the four
day open season Of Oct. l to 4, inclu-
sive, this fall, In the opinion Of Roland
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missioner, who returned from an ex-
tensve trip through the game sections
Of the state.
About 10000 navy victory medals
will be issued by the Denver navy re-
cruiting station to men who saw serv-
ice during the war. These medals
should be ready for distribution about
Nov. l, according to Lieutenant Com
mander w. P. Brown In charge of this
station.
Charles William Reed, who would
have been 81 years Sept. /, died at
Longmont Of complication Of dis
eases. Mr.. Reed came to Colorado In
1859 and settled at Black Hawk. He
made and lost fortunes In mining and
was one Of the leading figures in Colo
RADIO mining for years.
The l.. Hertle clothing store at Gold
en-, the only exclusive mems store In
Golden, was robbed Of 5000 worth of
clothing by automobile bandits. The
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took eighty pairs Of trousers and 1870
suits, most Of which had just been re-
ceived for the fall trade.
Due to the large increase in the
acreage Of government land which has
been homesteaded during the previous
year and the increase In mining valua-
lions, the total assessment In Montrose
county exceeds the valuation of 1918
by $l,260,l20 according to the COM
pieted compilation made by Assessor
G. w. Clarke.
One hundred and twenty summer
students at State Teachers College at
Greeley received certificates or de-
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summer term OF the college.
The liberia peach season is on In
full blast at Palsade and the move
ment Of twenty-five carloads Of the
finest quality fruit ever grown In the
upper valley is evidence that this will
be good peach year. The demand
for the Palisade crop exceeds the sup
ply and the growers are confident Of
good prices and markets, although
prices prevailing this year are not as
high as they were for the same date
last year.
Screams Of the 2ls-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rosser brought
members Of the family to the rescue
Of the child. but not In time to save 1t
from being scalded to death In pan
Of soap suds, at Marshall, Colo The
mother, who was In bed III and unable
to rise. heard the boy screaming and
called for help. One Of the older chill
dren who had placed the pan of boiling
water on the floor preparatory to do
ing some scrubbing, but who had gone
outside the house, heard the call and
ran to the child.
The Oakdale Coal Company was
charged with negligence and held re-