The Raymer enterprise., 1920-11-18
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Denver & Salt Lake railroad (the Mof.
fat road), at Utah Junction, two miles
north Of Globeville. The total loss Is
estimated ut nearly S1,00O.0O0, accord.
ing tow. r. Freeman, receiver for the
road. Half OF the loss is covered by In.
surance. The roundhouse adjoining
the three buildings which were burned
was saved from destruction by the
prompt action of the night crew EN-.
ployed In the structure. Three loco
motives, valued at 100000. tools In.
ventoried recently for 100000, two
boxcars, dynamos, electric motors and
shop equipment formed the chief loss
In the blaze. The structures, which
were of frame construction, burned
like tinder. They were total loss.
Efforts to extinguish the flames
proved futile. and volunteer workers
on the scene confined their activities to
preventing the spread Of the flames to
adjoining structures. Gasoline and
acetylene tanks used for welding pur.
poses In the shops exploded when the
fire had reached Its height, throwing
flaming embers high into the sky and
sending hundreds Of curious onlookera
scurrying for shelter.
Growers Of sugar beets in northern
Colorado delivered upward of $14,-
100000 worth of beets In October to
factories OF the Great Western Sugar
Company. according to q statement
issued by the company. This is q
new record for the northern fields
and means that practically 80 per
cent Of the crop was harvested and
delivered last month. Checks for
payment OF the crop have been dis
tributed to beet growers as follows:
Fort Collins. 32,045,0o0; Loveland.
$1,125.00O: Longmont. $l.750,00O;
Fort Morgan, $1.400.000; Greeley.
s1,550.000; Windsor. 1850. 900;
Sterling. s2,505. 900: Eaton. $780,
900; total. $13,s35.O00.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pleticha, pros
porous Bohemian ranch couple living
In the Tampas district, are both dead
as the result Of being run down by
Santa Fes switch engine while they
were driving In their automobile four
miles west of La Junta. Mrs. Pleticha
was hurled 100 feet and instantly
killed. Her husband died few hours
later In a La Junta hospital.
W. X. Freeman, receiver for the
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad, an
nounced that the shops and buildings
at Utah Junction, burned at loss Of
S1,0OO,OO0. will be rebuilt at once The
work Of reconstruction will begin as
soon us the debris Of the fire Is cooled
enough to permit. There was no In
terruption Of passenger or freight
service because Of the fire.
The City Council of Colorado
Springs has adopted budget for
1921 which will require tax levy
Of 10.7 mills, or three-tenths Of a
mill less than that of this year. The
levy will yield $407.932. The re-
mainder of the $705.75S needed to
operate the municipal government
will come from the receipts Of va
rious departments.
Colorado Rangers from Denver were
called to Canon City to safeguard
against n mutiny Of prisoners In tie
state penitentiary which was threat
ened after u trio of convicts beat into
Inconsistencies Nick Bickaback, a
prisoner whom they feared would
"squeal," and Neal Robertson, bur-
glar, had sealed the high prison walls
and fled to freedom.
Sixteen persons were injured. none
seriously. when three cars Of west
bound Denver & Rio Grande train
No. Is overturned near Grand VAL
ley. forty-four miles from Grand
Valley. The injured were taken in
charge by Miss Helen Baylis. Red
Cross nurse OF Palisade, Colo, a
passenger.
The majority of the farmers Of Love-
land and Larimer counties have re-
fused to sell their spud crop at the pre-
vailing prices, and no shipments Of po-
tatOes have been made out Of Love
land for more than thirty days.
Due to the fact that eight Of the sew
entecn hold0vers are Democrats, the
Democrats will have eleven of the thir-
ty-five senators. The Republicans
have twenty-four members, or exactly
the two-thirds needed whenever 1t Is
found expedent to make use Of the
safety clutch or emergency clause. The
program will most likely call for some
changes in the constitution and two
thirds majority is needed to submit
constitutional amendments to the vote
of the people. In the House the Re-
publican majority Is even greater than
in the Senate. With two districts yet
to be heard from, the Republicans have
fifty-five seats and the Democrats only
eight. Even should the two unreport-
ed districts go Democratic the Repub-
licans have eleven more than two
thirds majority. OF the sixty-three
members whose election Is sure, twen-
ty were members Of the Twenty-second
General Assembly.
In common with prices in general.
the useful metals are quoted lower