The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
Hthy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Services.

N"iStsoaiut uVus " Uuttie tne Hsu cost
Of living will be recommended By At
torney General Victor f. Reyes us a
part OF the program TO be included In
the special session called by Governor
.. II. Shoup.
The Supreme Court has granted per-
mission To New Mexico TO file suit
against the state Of Colorado for the
| purpose OF determining the correctness
of the present boundary between the
states. The case was made returnable
next March LIST.
One Of the most important silver
strikes made In recent years was dis
covered In the famous old Champaign
mine, near Alma. In the Fairplay dis
trIet. when slx-lnch vein Of red car
Donate ore that averages SOL ounces OF
silver and five ounces Of gold. running
$1,000 TO the ton. was found.
Edward Skoog, Rio Grande Southern
freight conductor, suffered the loss Of
his left leg In an accident when his
train was entering the local yards III
Durango. As he was swinging off the
rear Of the caboose the hand grip
broke loose and he was thrown under
meath ear of ore attached to the rear
OF the eaboose.
The adyocation OF a tunnel through
Marshall pass and the delaying Of the
Lr..s.I ,s,t.. he. Sal
10 Montrose until after this tunnel l.
completed, which was opened ngain b.
A. Il. Reynolds, a prominent mining ex-
peri Of the San Juan country, has
aroused interest In this Improvement.
which has been under discussion for
years
Private Hubert Il. Johnson Of Com
pany h, 9th Machine Gun battalion, L.
). Marines. who showed exceptional
courage under fire during the engage
ment nj Belleau Wood In which the
Marines lost 80 many men, Is TO be
presented with the Croix DE Guerre
and citation from the French govern
ment. Private johnson is native OF
Fort Morgan, Colorado.
John A. Lolirey, farmer Of Gilcrest,
is the defendant In xil.950 damage
suit filed In District Court at Greeley
by Charlie Thomas. Thomas suit IS
brought as the result OF collision in
which he lost his left leg. Sept. II.
1919 Thomas WAS riding motorcycle
within the city Of Greeley when he
was struck by an automobile driven BY
Lohrey.
That the United States Ia at last To
have the privilege OF hearing real
Indian opera with real Indian girl
as principal IL now an assured fact. for
Denver's own Indian soprano, Tsia-
nina, has been engaged for coast.to-
coast tour to sing the title role In Cad
mans opera "Shanewis.' which has
had unusual success Mt the Metropoli-
tan Opera house, New York City.
Joe Geiger, for several years travel
Ing engineer for the Western Light
and Power Company in northern Colo
RADIO territory, has accepted commits,
sion from the Guggenhelm interests to
build biz electric power plant In Chi
hnahua, Mex. Geiger graduated from
the University Of Colorado engineer
ing college in 1914. He recently re-
turned from service with the A. T.. F.
In France.
The voters Of Grand Junction, Mt the
city election Tuesday, Nov. 4, will de-
eide whether or not To waive the bonus
of SlHn for the year, beginning Jan.
~, 1921. which sum, according to It's
acknowledgement franchise granted by
the city july IL, 1905, the Grand June
ton Street Railway 4 lnterurban Com
pany annually must pay after the fran
chise has been In operation for a per
iod OF twelve and a half years.
Twenty-nine Of the sixty.three coln-
ties In Colorado have areas of more
than 1.OO0,0O0 acres each and the aver
age size of Colorado counties Is larger
than the average size OF counties In
any state except Arizona. New Mexico,
Nevada, Wyoming and Montana.
Colorado wealth is increasing. ac-
eording to "A report issued by Daniel
| {. Roper. commissioner Of internal
revenue at Washington. based on the
income tax report for the year 1917.
According To the report, Colorado had
132 millionaires during the year 1917.
This report Is based on the income
tax report for that year. and shows
that 40,62T persons filed income tax
returns In Colorado In 1917, compared
to Abs In 1916.
Medical officers killed In action met
death accidentally within the meaning
If the Standard Accident Insurance
contracts, the Supreme Court In effect
held by declining TO review Federal
Court DEGREES awarding Edith A. Les
ter $500 from an accident insurance
csmpany for the death Of her husband,
Mai. Ifins l.. Tester ~ the Colorado
National Guard, killed while on nuty
during the coal miners strike In that
state In 1913.
The Greeley lee and Storage Com
pany is spending $4,000 to triple the
icp storage capacity of It's Mani The