The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-30
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts Of
Colorado
Western Ssvspsps Unios Non sssyics.

western Ssssu.ps unios Non Service.
The Boulder City Council plans to
expend s25OOOO on paving and storm
sewers
The Western Products Company
plans to erect q concrete manufactur-
ing plant In Delta costing approximate
ly $4,000.
The new state home and training
school for mental detectives. located
at Grand Junction, Colo, Is now ready
for occupancy.
The citizens Of Weldon Consolidated
School District No. 8 have voted n
vorably on the bond issue Of $4,000
for the erection Of school building.
The state Highway Commission
plans to build three concrete bridges
In Montrose county at q cost Of $45,.
900.
HIgh.grade ore In small quantities
has been encountered at the Rose Nlcol
mine Of the Reva Mining Company at
Cripple Creek. The ore Is valued ut
s25 to SIS per ton.
Motorists have been warned not to
try to make 1t over Tennessee pass
any more this year, as the recent
snow has piled up more than two fest
Of snow on level.
Up to the present time Olathe has
shipped $50 big carloads Of potatoes
this year. There are still 150 cars Of
spuds to be shipped. This will make
the total crop for 1920 1,OO6 cars.
The Blende plant Of the United
States Zinc Company at Pueblo is be-
Ing converted from smelter plant to
Il zinc oxide plant and already one
unit has been completed at an initial
cost of about $4,000.
The maturing pond for small trout
which has just been completed In the
Big Thompson canon near the Fork
hotel has been officially accepted by
the commission. The pond is not to be
filled with water until spring.
Weld county commissioners have
asked the Colorado highway commits
sion to spend $2S5,428 on the 317 miles
OF state road In the county during 1921.
The county agrees to put $l39. .395 with
this budget, making a total expenditure
Of $413,T25.
Fifty per cent federal aid has been
asked by the State Highway Commits.
sion In the construction of a 81 miles
Of improved mountain graded road be-
tween Buena Vista and the Continental
divide, in Chaffee county, at total
cost Of Sl10,I75.50.
1t has been decided by the American
Legion Post Of Fort Morgan to pre-.
pare at once for huge Fourth Of
July celebration to last the entire
week Of the Fourth, and to bring
many national celebrities to Fort Nor
gan for the festivities.
Contact Of water with red.hot
crown sheet exploded the boiler of a
big Santa Fe freight engine at Pring,
Colo, fifty.seven miles from Denver,
resulting in the death of one man and
the serious injury Of two others, all
residents Of Denver.
Washouts Of the Santa re tracks and
bridge over Sand Creek, south Of Colo
RADIO Springs, are to be checked In the
future through the erection Of an i'm
mense breakwater, 800 feet long, now
being constructed primarily to protect
the south end Of the Sand Creek bridge
where the rlprap has failed to halt
swerying Of the stream.
Holders Of mining or oil shale claims
who wish to take advantage Of the six
month extension Of time for doing 1920
assessment work will not be required
to file notice with their county clerks
Of their intention to do their work In
the first half Of 1921, according to N.
B. Tomblin, secretary Of the Colorado
Metal Mining Association.
Frank Lee Cantonwine, 8 years old,
was killed In front Of his home at Colo
RADIO Springs when he jumped from the
rear Of m ice wagon In the path Of an
automobile driven by G. A. Baldwin Of
the Broadmoor. Mr.. Baldwin, a mil
lionaire art collector, was absolved Of
blame by eyewitnesses.
One Of the biggest land deals re.
ported recently from eastern Colorado
was announced by E. E. Woodward Of
Brush, who has sold the 1,16O-acre
ranch Of W. E. Slower, twenty.four
miles south Of Brush, to r. B. Station
Of Powersvllle, Mo. Mr.. Station, who
has been breeder of Aberdeen Angus
cattle in Missouri, expects to stock the
Slower property with Angus cattle and
registered hogs.
Adoption by unanimous vote Of a
resolution favoring the protection Of
farmers and stockmen from competl.
ton with imported hides, pelts and
frozen meats, by suitable protective
tariff" was taken In the first days
session In Denver Of the annual con.
vention Of the Colorado Stock Grow.
ers' Association, composed Of more
than 100 delegates from Colorado, wy.
oming and New Mexico.
Although the aggregate production