The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-16
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western asuspapsr Union News Services.

In December.
Eastern Colorado has produced a
bumper crop OF wheat this year. a crop
that surpasses all other regions In
yield per bushel and quality OF grain,
according TO reports.
Coy. Oliver II. Shoup has not yet
definitely set the date calling the ex.
tra session Of the Legislature. II was
declared at his office. but 1t will be
mot later than Nov. TO-"
Gov. Oliver H. Shoup designated Fri.
day, Oct. "a, AS Roosevelt American.
ization day" and asked that 1t be OBJ
served In Colorado MS recommended by
the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Breeders OF live stock In Weld coun.
~ have organized the Weld County
Pure Breed Livestock Breeders Asso
eiallon with W. A. Purvis OF Johns.
town, breeder Of dairy stock, as pres.
ident.
Even tho some Of the most import.
ant agricultural territory In Colorado
suffered from the most severe drought
in thlriy-flve years, the agricultural
output Of the state this year will be the
greatest on record.
Wages In nineteen Denver manufac-
turing plants have increased approx
mately $4,000 for this year over 1918
according 10 figures secured by the
City Industrial Bureau Last year
these same industries paid In wages
s433,591. This year their total, they
say, will be sJ97 ,4G5.
Newspaper and magazine editors
representing a circulation OF more than
2OWn,opJ readers have pledged their
support to The campaign and TO hiding
n the popularization OF the knowledge
that tuberculosis kills 10000 persons
a year and costs SjOo,000,O0O yearly in
lsfe and labor.
Rienzi G. Dickens, Longmont ranch
man, who was convicted in May, 1916,
In the Boulder District Court Of second
degree murder, following the fatal
shooting of his aged father, William
III. Dickens, banker and farmer, on
Nov. ~, 1915, was granted a new trial
by the State Supreme Court.
Insects do not confine their depre-
dalton To plants by simply sucking the
juices from them or deyouring the
foliage, but are Instrumental In the
transmission OF plant diseases which If
not properly treated viii spread to
other plants and cause no little dam
age.
In the construction and maintenance
OF the earth roads In the rural sections,
the most efficient equipment yet found
consists OF a road grader drawn by a
five ton truck. This equipment will
Ito the common grading such as Is u.s.
nally done on this type Of road for
about one-half the cost OF doing the
same work with teams In the old way.
The sheepmen are facing heavy loss
es unless the scabies can be extermin-
ated Immediately, according to DIR.
Mitchell. government sheep inspector,
who addressed the Inst meeting Of the
Western Slope Wool Growers Associ-
ition AT Montrose after he had Qnaran-
lined several Of the largest herds OF
sheep In the county because Of the
presence of scabies.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart.
ment received n check for 81, 400, the
lax on the estate of Kenneth VI. Bows,
ate OF Denver and New York. Pay
ment Of the tax, which is one Of the
argest received by the state In recent
months, followed final appraisal Of the
estate by +. l.. MacCulloch, one OF the
appraisers In the department, under
Chief Appraiser X. H. Rlackman, The
lpprnlsal was approved by Attorney
General Victor u. Reyes, ex-officio
head of the department.
The body Of Michael Heintz. father
Il Congressman Victor Heintz Of Ohio.
who died at Montrose, was shipped to
Cincinnati for burial, as his son was
unable to come west. Mr.. He.ntz had
zen n resident Of the Montrose sec
ion for seven years and was promi-
1ent farmer of that county. He was
feteran of the Civil war and partiei-
nted In many OF the most important
atties Of the war. He was 70 years
I'D.
jefferson county formally welcomed
ome It's thirty-three returned sol
liers and paid tribute TO the three who
made the supreme sacrifice, at exer-
Uses and Qualification held at Morri-
;0n with nearly 1000 people attending
Speeches, athletic events. military and
iazz music by the Fort Logan post
and, dance and a sure-enough
western barbecue made up the pro-
gram, and the large crowd supplied
abundance OF enthusiasm. A large pro-
portion OF the thlrty-three returned
soldiers fell into line for the review,
under the direction of !. A. Van Cor
den, Jr, prominent citizen of Morri-
son. The whole thlrty-ihree were on
hand for the dance, which concluded
the festivities.
The Holly Sugar Corporation factory
started operations at Grand Junction
and expects TO handle the largest beet
crop In the history OF the plant. More
than 125 employees have signed up and