The Raymer enterprise., 1919-11-20

from december ! 10 ~, 1919.
The nation expects from Colorado
$4,000 OF the sS,000,OO0 to be raised
In the United States In December to
combat tuberculosis In this country,
according to statements made AT the
opening dinner of the local campaign
committee In Denver.
The average yield Of potatoes In
Colorado this year 10 apparently
about 10 bushels per acre. This is
considerably below the normal aver
age, the low yields In some of the
principal producing districts being
due TO unfavorable weather condi-
lions.
A Scent fare has gone into effect on
all local street car lines Of the Trin-
dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for in
creased fare WAS granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission. No
increased fare Is effective OH the in.
terurban coal camp lines.
The body of an unknown Mexican
was founl partly concealed in hay
stack on the farm Of c. n. Johnson,
two miles northwest of Atwood, by Mr..
Johnson, when he went TO the stack 10
repair fence. The body Of the UNI
known Mexican with bruises about the
head and face Indicated that his death
had been violent one.
Mrs. T. +. Rea of Longmont, while
In Boulder, said that she was feeling
fine, despite the fact that no food has
passed her lips for twenty-six days.
She was advised by her physician to
fast for month In order to reduce her
flesh. She has lost at the rate Of u
pound a day. She is still able TO do
part OF her housework.
Residents and the town govern
ment of Haxtun, Phillips county, filed
before the State Public Utilities Com
mission a petition which asks that
the Burlington railroad be ordered to
erect a new railroad station ut Hax-
tun. Growth of the town and the in
crease Of business at the station make
a new depot imperative, the petition
declared.
A tremendous explosion awakened
the inhabitants Of Golden and investi-
CATION showed that a great part Of the
big M on Mt. Zion had been blown
away. Students at the School OF
Mines blame the explosion on men
from Denver University, believing 1t
done in revenge for the dynamite ex-
blossoms which broke many of the win
dows at the Denver University.
Every Colorado doughboy who has
been .over there knows II Ms the lib
erty Cross" The kaiser calls ii the
double cross. TO the knights Templar
| II Is n mark Of their readiness to fight
for the good and the true. And that Is
the reason why the double barred Red
Cross has been adopted as the emblem
Of the Colorado Public Health Associa-
ton which Is fighting for hundred
per cent health record In this state.
Preliminary figures on the produc-
ton of winter wheat IN Colorado this
year. now being complied by the stat
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service,
show that Logan county leads all other
counties in the state In the production
Of this crop. with a total output OF
close 10 100000 bushels. Only three
other counties, Washington. Weld and
Yuma. have produced more than 1,000,.
600 bushels Of winter wheat this year
and ten counties In the state, Chaffee,
Clear Creek, Denver. Gilpin, Ilinsdale,
Lake. Mineral, Rio Grandc, San Juan
and Teller. report no production of this
crop. The total production H. approx.
ma;ely 100000 bushels, the largest
| on record.
The State Board Of Capitol Man.
ayers have awarded the contract for
| building the states new xJDo,Oo0 Of.
| flee building at colfaX avenue and
| Sherman street, Denver The bid was
s457 900, the lowest Of four received.
Final estimates by the State Coop
srative Crop Reporting Service on the
total production of potatoes In Colo
RADIO this year apparently will show
considerable increase In the output
over the S.096,000 bushels indicated by
| the October estimate. Though il is yet
| too early TO give definite figures il now
appears that the production will be
above 10.H00O0 bushels and perhaps
as high AS 100000 bushels.
Three scenic routes from the East
| To the Pacific will touch Montrose
when The new scenic route between
| Silyerion and Durango is completed.
placing that city IN the direct route
| from the eastern slope ia Durango and
| the west. The Silyerton route will
probably be the most beautiful of thes.
three routes and the most travelled.
This ro,itr will go from Montrose 10
Ourny and Durango, thence into New
Mexico, through Arizona near the
Grand Canon Of the Colorado and Oh
into southern California.
| "As Governor of Colorado, desire
to heartily approve Of the work which
has been carried on by your organiza-
ton for several years" states the %