The Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-10
Rtlly News Notes
From All Paris Of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
The Colorado Editorial Association
meet In Denver. July IL, IL. 1913.
l.. A. Toothaker, peach grower Of
Palisade, has the distinction this year
Of sending the first shipment Of fruit
from that section. The shipment was
made to Denver.
A resolution urging Congress to pass
law prohibiting the transfer Of the
forest reserves to the department OF
the Interior was indorsed by the
Southern Colorado Stoekgrowers' AssO-
ciation at It's regular annual meeting
held at the Spring hotel in Ia veta.
Tentative plans for q 100000
building and loan association have
been accepted by leading business men
OF Montrose. This Is direct result
OF the unusual demand for houses In
this city. which at present greatly ex-
ceeds the supply.
Sixty thousand dollars In improve
ments will be made on the water sys-
TEN of the Modern Woodman sanato-
rum at Colorado Springs, according to
an announcement by Dr. ]. A. Rut-
ledge. The authorization was made by
the sanatorium committee Of the board
Of directors.
Only $500 will be available for
range Improvement in the national for
est district in which Colorado Is in
cluded under the federal agricultural
appropriation BILL, which passed by
congress. Is now awaiting President
Wilson's signature. A total Of $4,000
has been asked
Business at the Pueblo land office
during the month OF June was about
normal. There were 2l1 filings dur
ing the month and the volume of busi-
ness was S692T.2l. This is consider
ably lower than in the month of May,
when over $4,000 business was done,
put the month Of May was above nor
mai.
.6rty volunteers, including five prls-
oners from the county jail at Colorado
Springs, fought forest fire which
threatened for a time to sweep Engle-
mans canon Sheriff John ii. Weir
and Forest Ranger Patterson led the
fire fighters. The blaze was extin-
guished after five hours unremitting
labor.
The harvesting Of wheat and re
has started In Logan county, and II ID
estimated that the harvest In that sec
ton this year will far exceed the larg.
est that has ever been raised. The
report Of the corn crop Is very encour-
aging, as the recent rains and the
warm weather are considered ideal for
corn growing.
Thirty-six fiye-ton Packard army
trucks In addition to the 200 trucks
and passenger cars previously allotted
to Colorado by the War Department
for use on state and county roads
have been shipped. Elmer +. Som
mers, chairman Of the State Highway
Commission. was informed in tele-
gram from Washington.
After seventeen years Of expensive
litigation. the estate of Winfield Scott
Stratton is about TO be settled and re-
moved from the courts. Tke accounts
were presented TO the local Probate
Court at Colorado Springs and within
week or ten days 1t will be closed
up. The property has assets of sew
eral million dollars.
The Lafayette Farmers Elevator
Company has let to the Burchard Con-
struction Company of Lincoln, Neb,
the contract for the erection OF a new
elevator at this place The building
will be 40y1a feet In dimensions, and
will be located on a site recently pur-
chased from Frank Miller just south
Of town on the right of way of the
Colorado 4 Southern railway. The
cost of the building will be $4,000.
Judge W. T. Kinney WAS reelected
president of the Colorado Springs
Mining Stock Association at its annual
meeting held AT Colorado Springs
Irving Howbert was elected 10 succeed
the late ]. Addison Hayes as vice pres
ident and Fred Ii. Shantz succeeds
Charles d. Hopkins as secretary. 1t IL
the twenty-fifth year Of the exchange
Charles 4. Crockett, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. l.. Crockett Of Pueblo, was
awarded the highest honors obtanable
at Colorado College when he was grad
uated with sumrna cum laude. The
honor bestowed upon Crockett Is the
fourth of its kind In the history Of
the school, and II is the first time In
nine years that anyone has won the
honor.
Total collections by the inheritance
tax department for the last fifteen
days Of June amounted to Sl2,960 70,
bringing the total for the new bien-
nial period to S415,5l536, according to
figures given out by Attorney General
Victor f. Keyes. The largest tax
against any estate was that of Isaac
Berlin Of Denver, the amount being
$3.50 The estate OF Albert Hahen-
wald was given the second highest tax,
1t being s240.95.
Building operations In Denver for