The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-02

Inter- Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. sept 80 TO Oct. ..
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. ~.
Miss Flora Brown, 50 years old. who
weighed 525 pounds, is dead In Denver
Of heart trouble.
Half OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Companys coal mines In Trinidad dis
triet are closed and total Of over H.
800 men are OFT Of work as result.
The Installation Of u giant still al
the plant Of tile Colorado Packing
Company at Canon City insures an
abundance Of pure distilled water fOr
use at the plant. and also for the usc
OF the people Of Canon City.
Slxty-six school teaches OF Fort Col
lins will receive a bonus Of $50 each
on their years work. as result Of ac'
tion taken by the school board on a
petition asking for increases Of % per
cent.
The town Of Ault, Colo, has applied
to the State Utilities Commission for u
certificate Of convenience and neces.
sity authorizing Il TO proceed with the
construction and operation Of a mum.
cipal light and power plant.
Fort Collins Industries will receive
one new unit shortly thru the filing In
the secretary Of states office Of arti.
c!es Of incorporation for the Fort Col
lins Pressed Brick and Tile Company.
The organizers are II. q. Finley. g. II.
Dixon and II. A. Myer, residents Of
Iarimer county.
The Rabbit Ear Pass highway, Il
twenty-five mile strip sixteen feet wide
extending from Steamboat Springs Ia
connection with the highway 10 Den.
yer. has been completed after five
years Of work. according 10 an an
nouncement made nj the United States
bureau In Denver.
A reward of 81 800 has been offered
for information that will lead 10 the
arrest and conviction of the slayers OF
Erie Smith, Gus Danielson. Fred Sund
and Celeste Martiyi ut the Tomboy
mine on Sept. 10 The reward Is Of
fered by the Tomboy. Smuggler and
Liberty Bell companies and san Mig.
Gel county.
Increased traffic on Main avenue nj
Durango has made necessary the pass
Ing Of an ordinance by the City coun-
ell preventing the parking Of cars
along that lhoroughfare for longer
period than thirty minutes at any one
time. A special traffic officer has
leen added to the police force to en-
force the parking order.
The strike OF the steel workers ut
Pueblo has resulted In the closing Of
the canister quarries AT Canon City
and the throwing out of work Of a con-
siderable number Of n.en who are em-
ployed there. Canister IN used as II flux
iit tlit IiiuhlHS VI S't'i anu thi &c nuahti-
ties were furnished by the quarries
| ere To the Minnequa plant
Governor Oliver H. Shoup has an
nouneed the names of three women
appointees he has designated TO repre-
sent Colorado at the Farm Women's
National Congress at Hagerstown,
Md. on October 2S To 81. The APP
poiniees are Mrs. Harvey Van Horne
OF Dotsero, Mrs. Charles A. Lory OF
Fort Collins, and Mrs. Bell Harbert OF
ManzanoIa
That Salt Lake City business men
expect within eighteen months 10 In
wade Routt and Moffat counties In
Pullman ears over a newly built rail-
road to extend from Salt Lake 10
Craig. Colo, is the burden OF an article
appearing in the bulletin Of The Salt
Lake Commercial Club. Funds have
been assured and strong group Of
Utah financiers are determined TO see
the road through.
The budget for the city of Boulder
for next year. as submitted TO the City
Council by Manager Salter, calls for
expenditures In the amount Of SIN, ,239,
which Is the estimated total Of re-
ceipts.
There has heen sharp deterioration
In the condition OF potatoes since the
August report was issued and the in
licated production is now l0,59S,00C
bushels. The damage was most severe
the north-eentral and northeastern
parts of the state where irrigated po-
tatoes suffered heavily. Non-irrigated
potatoes are almost a failure The po-
tato crop last year was l3,0S3. 600 bush
els. according to lately revised figures.
President J. +. Welborn, of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at
Pueblo, has ordered the company
mines ut Sunrise. Wyo., where the
bulk Of the raw material used at the
local plants is mined. shut down for
an indefinite period. Five coal mines,
employing approximately 800 men In
The southern field, have also been or
icred closed These mines have sup
Piled the local plants with fuel. There
IL no Intention on the part Of the com
pany Of closing Its commercial mines
ut this time.
Failure on the part of former state
lreasurers to make good the states de-
Inand Of year ago for $4,000 al