The Raymer enterprise., 1919-12-11

| tai resources OF the three banks OF
Montrose, according to the reports re-
Gently made in the government call.
Burglars looted the Cox Brewer
Mercantile Companys store at Fruitd
and obtained 800 worth Of merciian-
disc. besides $40 In money. They left
| no clcw.
The state highway commission has
included In Its 1870 program OF runi
Improvement an item of sl46,000 .HT
building six and one-half miles of 80.
ment road between Brighton and For:
Lupton.
Denver responded literally TO the APP
pcals Of the 800 "tag girls" who sollc-
tied funds for the Hospital Saturday
and Sunday Association. and Sl0,3l0.35
was collected, according to n report is
sued by @. W. Lawrence, secretary of
the association.
| Forty.four children We're born In Fl
Paso county during the month ~ No
vember. according 10 the report is
sued by the Colorado Springs health
department Boys were more hume
rous than girls. the count being TWEEN
ty-four TO twenty.
At a hearing on estimates for gov.
ernment reclamation projects held be-
fore II congressional committee, 800
900 was asked for the Grand Valley
reclamation project and 100000 To
continue work on the Uncompahgre
project In Colorado.
Denied the release Of coal shipped
in by rail, Manager W. W. Campbell Of
the Mesa flour mills Is. keeping the
mill In operation by hauling in coal
by auto truck. Mines of the upper
valley are operating with normal
forces of miners but coal loaded out
Is being confiscated for essential In
dustries and railroads
An unusual prcponderance Of youth
ful criminals Of quasi and semI-mis-
chief makers, ranging In ages from II
10 II years, was the outstanding fen
ture of the records and convictions IN
the West Side court In Denver during
November. Twenty-Five lads to the ro
formntory in Buena Vista was the
months toll. with automobile stealing
as the main avenue OF conviction.
Taxpayers in Denver's election voted
the issuance of s2.OO0.000 In bonds for
building program for public schools
that Includes the erection Of four Jun.
ior high schools and t,tu elementary
schools. The school levy will b. IN
creased approximately | mill 10 take
care OF the interest on bonds, as well
as to meet Increases In teachers sala-
ries. The regular school levy Is 8.S2,
mills.
| A prospecting course has been add.
ed to the Opportunity school curricu.
lum IN Denver when a class to last
twelve weeks was formed under the
direction Of 7. A. Weaver The Colo
rado Development and Manufacturers
Association are behind the course. Mr..
Weaver says that many business men
are ready 10 grubstake prospeet0rs
who have sufficient technical knowl-
edge 10 make the expense of a miner
alogist unnecessary.
That building Is still on the boom In
Pueblo is proven by the figures given
out by the city building inspectors Of.
flee. For eleven months So far this
year the value Of buildings constructed
or under construction is ID per cent
greater than that Of the first eleven
months of 1918. There were 55l bnIld-
Ing permits issued so far this year and
the value of these buildings approx
mates SGJ5,3,j0 compared to i32 permits
with valuation OF S3j7 .30T last year.
Twenty-Five days after she was bit
ten by rabid dog which terrorized
West Denver, Jessie Webster ; years
old. one Of twenty victims, died Of hy-
drophobla She was taken to the coun.
iy hospital and with each succeeding
hour her condition grew worse. The
child was treated with a quantity OF
Pasteur serum, brought from Chicago
after the score Of persons were bitten
Judge John Hough. for more thar
forty years the dean of mining In the
San Juan country and especially Hins
dale county, is dead Had he lived un.
: ill Christmas he would have been 81
years Of age. lie had been county
Judge at Lake City, the county seat oi
lIinsdale county, for many years and
was highly esteemed ant. respected by
the entire community.
Approximately G.0000oo feet of tim
Der has just been sold by the United
States forest service to the Galbreatl
Tie and Timber Company, which has
a sawmili on Hope creek about six
teen miles from South Fork. The tim
ber includes Engelman spruce ant
Douglas fir The lumber and ties ART
to be hauled from the sawmll 10 tn,
railroad at South Fork by motol
trucks.
]. c. Tooms. 40 years old, half owner
OF n barber shop in Pueblo, committed
suicide by shooting himself through tn,
heart. The bullet pierced his hear
and lodged In the wall. Toombs Is sait
10 have heen In good spirits all morn
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