The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

controversy fefnilneti virtually un-
changed. The commission practicail,
.barges that the Denver city counci
and city officials are responsible fol
the present situation Oh account oi
their refusal to follow the commits
sion's recommendation In Its award ol
May 10, 1920, that proper fare b.
granted the tramway company so that
II could meet the wage award OF thu
arbitration board handed down lasi
March.
One hundred thousand people viii
pass through the turnstiles OF th.
Colorado State Fur this year. This
is a very conservative estimate based
on the attendance In 1919 and the as
surances already given for this years
big show. Al low estimate there
will be 1900 exhibits. Think Of the
educational results to come from l00,.
yOO people studying l,J0o interesting
and instructice object lessons. Fair
dates are September 10 TO 25 and all
railroads are making rates from all
over the state TO Pueblo.
Killed and buried by q snow slide
many years ago, unmissed, unidentl.
fled, is the story to be told by the
skeleton If man which was found
in the debris Of last years slide from
the Telescope mine near Chattanooga.
The bones were found By prospector
and the accident which befell the un-
known several years ago was only
revealed by another slide. Every ef.
fort is being made 10 connect the dis
eovery with some one missing for
years from the district, but - far none
has shed light on the mystery.
Two Western slope swimming pools
we're recently caught In the net which
local internal revenue collectors put
out for those who failed to pay proper
taxes to the government. The tax on
swimming pool sales became effective
in September, 1917. and up to the mid.
die Of this year the swimming pools
at both Ouray and Ridgway had not
made any payments Of taxes. The pool
At ouray was forced TO pay more than
$500 In taxes. Appeal has been taken.
The pool at Rldgeway had 10 pay more
than 500.
Apportionment OF the $50, ,lal 81
public school income fund which WAS
assigned for distribution July |, 1920,
is now ready. according TO "A state
meBt made from the offices Of the
state auditor. Mary c. &. Bradford.
superintendent Of public instruction.
will make the apportionment, basing
the various sums Oh the district school
populations. The money will be turned
over TO the counties for actual ex-
pendlture.
Work has started on 20.000-bushel
grain elevator at Agate for the Scott
George Grain Company Of Denver,
Colo This will place the total value
Of buildings under construction there
at more than $4,000 This building
BON is the result of the bumper crop
Of wheat and corn crops raised there
last year. The prospects are for a
much larger yield of wheat this year,
and the corn acreage will exceed l5,-
300 acres.
Wheat and corn crops will be
greater In the state this year than ever
before. according TO a forecast by the
Colorado crop reporting seryi,e made
public. The report is based upon crop
conditions on July !. II is estimated
that 4,49S.000 bushels Of wheat will he
harvested. The yield Of corn is placed
NJ l5,0o0,O00 bushels. The average in.
crease over any previous year is about
II per cent, according to the report.
Ray Riddle will fiji the vacancy In
the office Of sheriff Of Jackson county
made by the resignation Of G. y.
Mitchell. The appointment made by
the county commissioners will last un-
~ the November election.
Stanley II. Johnson. son Of Bishop
Irving p. johnson OF Denver, Is one
VI the prominent Harvard students
who have been designated for the
curse Of blood and iron by the no.
torious gang Of Black Handlers which
has aroused Massachusetts In recent
weeks with their famous blood let.
ters.
More than 500 trophies Of war Will
be received by the state Of Colorado
as It's share Of the articles which are
being distributed to various states
and territories, on the basis Of the
number Of men who were In service
during the conflict, according to a
bulletin received by Morton NJ. David.
state adjutant Of the American Legion.
from Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant
Of the organization.
Five fIremen were injured and tlQu-
sands Of dollars worth Of property
destroyed when q fire Of unknown
origin broke out In the storero0m of
the Pioneer garage In Pueblo, 10 the
Bessemer district. The garage was
completely destroyed and sparks flying
from the building set fire TO the homes
Of George G. Lutz. proprietor Of the
establishment. and r. c. Thompson,
who lives next door,
Mrs Jospph H. Foutch. the wife Of