The Raymer enterprise., 1920-05-27
Pithy News Notes
From Az Rarls Of
Colorado
western Nswaosyer unlon News Service.


Western Nsvpap~ uaioa News Service.
Isabel Gutierex, 10, died August /,
1919. at Pueblo. Her relatives wanted
the body shipped to old Mexico for
burial. An undertaking establishment
agreed to hold the body until the
troubles along the border became more
settled. After ten months and sixteen
days Of waiting. her parents decided
to hold burial there.
An unsolicited advance Of so cents
a day has been granted to the miners
In the Cripple Creek district. Under
the new scale the minimum wage paid
In that district win be N.25. Machine
men will receive g and the timber men
$475. The Increase also will apply to
contractors, men engaged In this line
Of work receiving more money per foot
Of ground broken and per ton Of rock
handled.
The Fort Collins Commercial Club
has definitely decided to make q CEN
sus recount of the city. The commit
tee appointed to make careful survey
Of the various records, which would In
dicate whether the official government
census, giving Fort Collins popula-
tion Of 8.7A only, was short Of the ac-
tual population, reported that II Is con.
vinced such Is the case and the club de.
cided to make q recount.
Nine hundred persons will take part
In the pageant to commemorate the
founding Of the Union colony at Gree
ley, which will be given on the cam
pus Of the State Teachers College on
Monday, June 14th. Two thousand
dollars is being raised by popular sub
scription to pay the cost Of staging the
pageant, which will picture the COM
Ing Of the immigrants, the development
OF irrigation and the growth Of Gree
ley.
Weld county 10 now upon = cash
basis, with. not . cent of bonded in-
debtedness and with no registered war
rants outstanding. By the calling In
Of $SS9,O00 worth Of registered war
rants, Of which S226, 800 worth was
paid, the last Of the outstanding debt
of the county was wiped out. This
makes $220.0O0 worth Of debts which
have been paid during the past two
years, Of which all but $4,000 was
registered warrants In the road fund
Tony Hanna, well known Fremont
county miner and popular catcher for
the Canon City baseball team, was run
over by q loaded car In the Wolf Park
coal mine, sustaining injuries that re-
suited In his death on the way to the
hospital. Hanna was accidentally
thrown from the loaded car on the
way to the shaft, the car passing over
his body and mangling him 10 badly
that he never regained consciousness
and died before he reached the hospital
in Cafon City.
The Pixies Peak auto road races,
suspended when the United States en-
tered the war, will be resumed this
year and will be rua during the latter
part of July. The Iaces this year will
be backed by the Colorado Springs
Chamber Of Commerce and have gen.
uine community character. Only stock
cars VIM be allowed entry. and large
number Of manufacturers have already
announced that they would send ma
chimes here to compete In the big
mountain event.
An assay return. from the Burling-
anne office In Denver attests the ex-
ceptional value Of the latest ore strike
In the Gold King Extension mines at
Snverton. The samples were taken
from the fifth level, At 1000 feet from
surface. The ore body Is five feet In
width and has been followed for twen-
ty.five feet without decrease In
strength. The assay return shows 90.9
ounces in gold and 1873 ounces in Sill
yer to the ton, calculated at $1,825.3i
per ton at the smelter.
ID. f. Evans, n Craig business man,
finished the preliminaries which will
result In the opening Of coal mine
at the southwest limits Of Craig and
bring, It Ia predicted. the expenditure
OF q quarter million dollars TO that
district in the coming year. Mr.. Eyana
has obtained options on two ranches,
q total Of $50 acres.
1t costs the taxpayers OF the state Of
Colorado only 75.7 cents a day to keep
a prisoner In the state penitentiary
The actual value Of the upkeep Of each
. Of the $50 prisoners in the custody Of
Warden Tom lyman Is o. cents day,
but the 17.3 cents In addition to the
taxpayers cost is represented BY the
farm and dairy products Of the prison
farms and gardens which are worked
by the prisoners.
Carlos w. Hall Of Jefferson county,
and one of Colorado's leading pure.
bred Holstein men. received word TINT
he had been named BY the Holstein.
Freisan Association one OF their twen.
ty-six judges In America and that he
had been selected to act as a Judge at
the Nebraska state fair this fall. The
Judges selected BY this association
hold the judgeshlp for the remainder
of their lives.