The Raymer enterprise., 1920-02-19
Pithy News Notes
From, All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
In Denver. March to 6. at Stock
yards Stadium.
The Rio Grande railroad Is storing
1000 tons Of Ice in the big Ice houses
ct Delta. They have bought 500 tons
from Frank r. Bosler's private ice
ponds at Montrose.
The foundations Of big building
and loan association for Olathe have
been laid. A committee has been ap-
pointed to solicit for probable stock
buyers.
Delta Ii to have a new motion pic
ture theater. Denver parties are ne
gotiating for its erection and 1t Is to
cost between $50 and $4,000, 1t is
stated.
While playing tag with her sister
at Rockvale, Rose Bacerella, 2 years
old, fell down the cellar steps at her
home and was almost instantly killed,
her skull being fractured.
A big mountain hunt is being
planned for Gunnison county with de-
signs on the three mountain lions
which have been getting so much
stock this winter on Beaver creek.
L. H. Easterly of Gunnison has TAX
en- good portion of the census
enumeration on snowshoes. Upper
Ohio creek was SO deeply buried all
other modes Of locomotion are out Of
the question.
The miners Of Aspen are beginning
to prepare for the early spring work
and many prospectors are getting
lined up for earlier trips to the hills
than ever before In hopes Of finding
silver leads while silver Is high.
The Mutual Creamery Company Of
Grand Junction announced that 1t
would more than double the capacity
Of Its local plant this spring, bringing
the output from 10000 pounds per
month to 125,OOO to 10000 pounds.
Ten thousand pounds Of dynamite
stored In an underground magazine In
the Humboldt mine, owned by the
Smuggler- Union Mining Company at
Telluride. exploded, causing the death
Of one miner and the injury to two
others.
The Liberty Bell mine at Telluride
is dumping its ore In the bins now In
stead Of sending It TO the mill, as the
mill has been closed down temporarily.
The unreliability Of electric power is
given as the reason for the shutting
down of the big mill.
The Tomboy mine at Telluride has
installed large gasoline locomotive
for hauling and pushing trains Of ore
cars In the snowsheds and out OF the
mine. The locomotive has very pow
erful engine and will enable 1t to
reach parts of the mine not reached
by electric locomotives.
John Palmer, though 70 years old,
was husky enough to carry trunk
from the depot to his home alone at
Somerset. While standing by the
stove warming himself after the vig-
orous exercise, he toppled over and
fell to the floor. When those near
rushed to his side he was dead.
Hllda Munger, 11-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ]. Munger, former
ly residents of Great Divide, Colo,
was burned to death at Lamanda
Park, Calf, recently. Mr.. Munger
has homestead In the Great Divide
neighborhood and was at one time
postmaster there.
Mining activity at Matterhorn, Colo,
has so increased the population that
the people Of Matterhorn have asked
the Postoffice Department for post
office to be established there. At
present mail all comes to Ames. The
new Valley View mill is employing a
large number of men and their fam
lilies live there.
Twelve entire sections OF state
school land and eleven additional lots
made up Of parts of sections, COM
prising $500 acres altogether, will be
offered for sale by the State Board Of
Land Commissioners at public auction
in the House Of Representatives Cham
ber at the statehouse March 3.
Capt. Thomas Head, centenarian, is
dead. following brief Illness, at the
home Of his daughter In Crawford.
He was one Of the first citizens OF
the western slope and for many years
had been prominent merchant in
various towns. He was a mining king
In the early days and had owned a
large amount Of valuable property.
Within sixty days a referendum
vote among the 1000 locals OF the
Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks in the
United States and Canada will deter
mine whether or not home for con-
sumptive and superannuated clerks,
to cost $1,000,00O, is to be erected in
Colorado Springs. The Colorado
Springs local No. 845 is now in COM
munication with the executive COM
mittee of the order and has received
assurances which have caused them
to begin active campaigning for the
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