The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-30
oENTEHN1AI STATE rrElas.


The state Of Colorado can have the
finest medical school In the West II II
will take advantage Of the offer ~
Gently made to the State University By
the Rockefeller Foundation. This Of
fer Is 100000, and d the only one ever
made by Rockefeller trustees to state
school. but Is contingent upon the state
Of Colorado providing $4,000 to 30
with It. 1t Is understood that the re-
gents Of the State University will ask
the next State Assembly for $000. 900,
and then 80 before the public for the
remaining 100000 on popular sub
scriptlon. Thus $1.500,000 can be
ralsed, and It is planned to construct
a state hospital Of at least 150-bed ca
pacity for INDECENT sick, nurses
home, medical laboratory, q central
heating plant, etc. equipped with the
most up-to-date appliances known to
medical science. This would be q Col
orado institution, built for the entire
state, and President George Norlin of
the State University, together with va
rious medical societies. physicians and
friends Of the movement are backing
the plan to the utmost. The Colorado
State Medical Society will give the
proposition Its hearty support, because
II would mean the best medical plant"
between the Missouri River and Pacific
Coast. A considerable amount Of In
terest has been raised. and those in .
position to know something about the
matter feel quite sure that the Rookie
feller offer will be accepted.
Charged with picking up his two
year-old daughter and throwing her
across the floor at his wife after the
couple had quarreled over his alleged
previous inhumane treatment Of the
child, Arthur Christensen. formerly a
Denver photographer, was taken into
custody by Undersheriff Robert Nc
Namara Of Littleton. He was later
transferred to the Denver city jail by
State Humane Officer Harry Richter
and is being held pending the outcome
Of the injuries alleged to have been In.
fllcted upon his daughter.
Nearly q score Of deputy sheriffs,
heavily armed with machine guns,
have been placed on the Colorado Utah
line to be In readiness for an emer-
gency that may arise In the sheep war
that Is menacing the western slope.
Cattlemen all over the White river
district are said to be up in arms be-
cause Of the strict quarantine that has
been placed. holding nearly 10000
head Of sheep near the line pending
investigations by the authorities.
Examination of the 1921 state high.
way budget dlscloses that the budget,
as prepared by T. J. Ehrhart, state
highway commissioner, provides for
the use Of $4,000. which will not be
available until 1922, for federal aid
projects. This $4,000 is part Of the
highway commissions share Of the
proceeds from the sale of highway
bonds to be issued In 1922.
With evidence said to have been OBJ
talned through the sensitive transmit.
ter Of telephone device the Denver
police declare that they have proof In
their possession which will succeed in
exposing John Dramm, alias John
Lame, suspected train robber. as being
one Of the most cunning and shrewd-
est prisoners who has ever been con-
fined In the Denver jail.
Inquiries received by the State
Board of immigration during the past
twelve months showed some decrease
in the interest Of people from other
states in Colorado lands and business
opportunities, as compared with the
preceding two years, though the inter.
est is still considerable and indications
point to a reasonably good movement
to the state In 1921.
A big project which will furnish cleo
tricity for five Eastern Colorado towns
adjacent to Colorado Springs has been
set going by new corporation known
as the Farmers Electric Light, Power
and Coal Company. The company ex-
poets to build power plant at Mathe-
son large enough to generate power for
the towns Of Matheson. Slmla, Ramah
and Calhan.
Another industry has been added to
the long list Of new factories which
have been started In Delta during
1920. This will be a concrete products
factory, being a combination Of the
Uncompahgre Valley Cement State
Silo Company and other interests. The
company expects to spend $4,000 In
the erection Of a suitable plant In
Delta similar to the one they recently
orocfod NJ Rockv Uord