The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-27
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
w.st.,. Newspaper Union News Service.

graph Company, is dead at his Dem
yer home.
As soon as the frost is out of the
ground work will he started ON the
electric light plant which Is to be the
latest addition to Craig.
Government reports show that there
are now 100000 hogs In Colorado.
worth $8,Qs2. 900. a. compared with
1924 In 1910. worth $l.56s, ,15S.
Eaton's town board Is the first Of
the Weld county towns to grant the
Union Pacific railroad officials re.
quest for universal speed limit for
all towns in the country.
The acreage Of wheat harvested In
Colorado in 1918 was 742.O0O. an com.
pared with 340.729 acres for 1909. The
increase has been largely in the acre
age devoted to winter wheat.
Julio Chayon, n Mexican, pleaded
guilty to killing 4 mountain sheep In
Glen cahon near Glenwood Springs,
and was fined 500. This is the first
conviction of It's kind in 4 number
Of years.
At the city election April 1st the
taxpayers will vote on a bond issue
Of $4,000 for the building Of a new
city hall at Longmont, and an issue
Of $4,000 for the improvement Of
city parks.
Beavers are blamed for impurities
in Boulder.s drinking water and state
officials will be asked for permission
to slaughter colony of them at the
Lakewood intake to the water system
In the mountains.
Willford Burwell aud Morey Good
man Of La Junta have been awarded
buttons by the United States Treas.
ury Department for their work In war
savings and thrift stamp sales. They
will also each receive letter of com.
mendatlon from officials In Washing
ton.
Louis Rachofsky, past exalted ruler
Of the Loveland lodge OF Elks, re-
celved word from the state executive
committee Of the order that the an
nual state convention would be held
In Loveland this year, the last week
In August. during the Iarimer county
fair.
The mystery surrounding the disap'
pearance Of John Breuss, SO, wealthy
Garfield county rancher, last NOvem-
Der, was solved when his body was dis.
covered buried four feet beneath a
manure pile on his farm. Three Mex
leans OF the SILT district are in Jail at
Glenwood Springs charged with the
MINIS murder.
Corp. Henry Rendering of La Junta,
% years old, died In embarkation hos
pital No. at Hoboken, N. J. He ar
rived In Hoboken the first of Febru-
ary. and was taken from the trans
port suffering from influenza, which
developed into pneumonia. He Is sur.
vived by his father and mother. and a
brother and sister.
AT a countrywide meeting OF the
farmers and stockmen of I.arlmer
county. the Larimer county farm bu.
reau was organized with more than a
hundred members. Farmers and theii
wives from all sections Of the county
are joining this bureau daily, and II
promises to reach a membership OF
several hundred before summer.
The hundredth anniversary of the
founding Of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows will be celebrated by
Colorado members In Denver in Octo-
Der. The selection Of Denver for the
celebration and also the next conven.
tion to be held at that time, was the
main order OF business at the clos
ing session Of the Odd Fellows con.
veniion
The fossil remains of an antidelu.
yian monster, half fish and half reptile,
believed to have lived millions Of
years ago when the great Uintah ba.
sin was an ocean, has been discovered
In the elaterite deposits Of Indian can.
on. The snake fish fossil was found
completely embedded between two lay
ers Of elaterite. and had shiny, Jet.
black scales Of diamond shape.
Authorities OF the United States i'm.
migration service have started to In.
yestIgate the circulation In Denver of
pamphlets, said to PROFOUND B0lshe-
visit principles. The circulation OF the
pamphlets has been under way for sev.
eral days. Several Of the leaflets have
fallen into the hands Of the officials,
and they are now consulting with the
Washington office with reference 10
handling the situation.
Liquor interests In the hope Of re.
yerslng the stand Of the nation on the
prohibition issue are seeking referen-
dun elections In fourteen states, Of
which Colorado Is one. Announce
nent OF the movement was made by
the National Association Of DIstillers
and Wholesale Liquor Dealers in Gin.
cinnati. 1t is rumored that the cam.
paign In Colorado will be directed by
n local form Of attorneys.
Denver, the gateway to twelve ma.
tiannI In rig and fhlrt -l,..4a a4ianal