The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


term In September and the work will
be compulsory q certain number Of
hours a week with all men except sen.
iors. This action Of the War Depart
ment follows conferences between
President Lory and A. A. Edwards.
president of the board, with Brigadier
General Ianforth and Col. Thomas
Sloan. and recent visit of inspection
TO the school by Colonel Sloan. The
battery equipment for the school will
consist Of five guns. including a how
itzer and French -. two tractors,
Two trucks and ninety-six horses, with
4 number OF noncomlnissioned officers
and instructors
Blue-sky legislation 10 he considered
by the Senate is confined to one meas
ure. II Is Senate bill No. Z and WAS
reported out Of the judiciary commit
tee by Senator Henry o. Andrew,
chairman. The bill bears the names
pf Senators knauss, Peterson, Dun.
klec, Tobin aud Andrew. The measure
Is "A composite bill representing what
the committee believes to lie the best
features contained In several submit
ted by Republicans and Demmrits II
is not designed m interfere with spec
ulatiye securities that have merit. but
does contain provisions that will drive
the ''wildeatier" from the state and
provide peniientiary terms for those
who misrepresent facts.
The Bieelow House bill regulating
the practice of dentistry In Colorado
was the subject of lively debate
when efforts were made TO amend Ger.
tain Of It's provisions Senator W. +.
OBrien, who introduced nm identical
bill IN The Senate. took the lead IN sup.
port OF the measure. He Is u dentist.
The bill amends In number Of re-
spects the present law regulating den
iistry, bringing under It's provisions
dental hygienists rs we'll as regularly
licensed dentists. and providing legal
machinery for procedure In cases
where licenses are revoked by the
State Board Of Dental Examiners.
Under the provisions OF q bill ny
Senator Barney Napier, passed on third
reading. cities and towns Of Colorado
may soon be fighting the packing com.
panies for control Of the meat busi
ness. The measure provides that cities
and towns may operate abatt0irs and
cold storage houses. Senator Napier
and fellow supporters Of the measure
declared that such municipal owner
ship and operation would be weapon
against the packing trust" and be .
far step toward bringing meats TO .
fair level of prices for the consumer.
A dozen snow slides have run In the
section around Ouray and played
strange pranks but with little damage.
The Guadalupe mine buildings. eight
miles south Of Ouray. were swept sew
eral hundred feet to the bottom of q
gulch, leaving Mine Manager Ackerson
marooned and partly buried In tun.
mel. The one thing left intact was the
telephone switchboard. which Acker.
son managed TO reach and summon
miners who dug him out.
The automobile races up Pixies Peak
probably will be resumed this year, %.
cording TO plans being made by Presi-
dent Spencer PeDrose Of the highway
company. Motor car manufacturer
In all parts of the country are being
interviewed relative 10 entries and II
they are able 10 catch up with their
war orders in order 10 give time to
thesrac the event will he staged in
August. Ii Is planned 10 make them
all stock car events.
Death has snatehed patient from q
hospital, a prisoner from the county
jail and a criminal case from the Dis.
trici Court in Pueblo when John Rene.
gar, reported well enough to be return.
ed from the hospital to the county Jail.
collapsed on the steps of the hospital
and died three minutes later
Five employees Of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande, Walter +. Robertson, Ira Da-
Wis, Harold Foster. Ray II. Bartlett
and Alya Brown. are prisoners in the
county jail at Grand Junction on a
charge of robbing merchandise car
Of large amount Of whisky December
18th. Robertson. II In said, confessed
his part in the robbery, duplicating the
others. The men are charged with bur.
glarizing a ear of whisky en- route to
California. According 10 the confes.
sion Of Robertson the car was entered
through an end door. the head was
Knocked out OF barrel Of whisky and
the men carried the whisky away in
milk cans. later botiling il.
Greeley claims the distinction Of hav.
Ing more kinds OF rats In the business
section than any place in the United
States According 10 the night police
who spend much Of their time patrol
ling the alleys. there are white rats
black rats, gray rats, calico rats and
brown rats now running at large. Ac'
cording TO oldtimers here the vari-col
ored rats are the result Of some per
forming white rats which escaped from
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