The Raymer enterprise., 1920-04-15
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News ssrvies
The construction Of the Solandt Me-
mortal Hospital at Hayden viii begin
soon. A total Of $19,30O has been sub
scribed for the institution.
F. !. Hamman and 8. T. Currler are
planning $4,000 brick plant in Glen
vood SPRING.. 1t will be known as the
alenwood Brick Company.
Property owners. voting at Num- on
q bond issue, ballotIng 43 to IA In
favor Of floating $4,000 In bonds to
construct waterworks system and to
string an electric power line from
Pierce to Num-.
Four hundred dollars has been
raised BY twelve students at the Uni
versity Of Denver to aid In providing
for the balance Of the universtty's war
debt now aggregating $4,000, 1t was
announced BY Chancellor Henry A.
Buchtel.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com.
pany, through Dave Sloan Of Crested
Butte, has purchased 200 town lots on
the north side Of Crested Butte. As
soon as the weather permits the COM
pany plans to begin the erection Of
fifty new houses for its employees.
In the city election In Grand Valley
Elmer E. Wheatley, editor Of the
Grand Valley News, was elected may
or; w. P. Craven, William Ullery and
s. B. Wasson, councilmen for the two
year term, and W. J. Kerlee, council
man for the one-year term.
Ashley Murphy, former sheriff Of
Bent county. Colorado, died at Los An
geles after drinking poison at the home
Of woman who had declined to zee
him. The woman told the police she
had known Murphy in Colorado. and
that he had threatened to commit
suicide II she refused his attentions.
By the accidental discharge Of his
.36-caliber revolver when 1t slipped
from its holster at the police station
at Trinidad, Archie Mccoy. night cap
tain Of police, was shot through the
ankle, inflicting an injury which may
keep him out Of service for several
months. w. e. Waller will serve a.
night captain.
The State Highway Commission at
a recent meeting designated the road
materials laboratory of the Colorado
Agricultural College as their official
laboratory for the testing Of road ma
terials. This action came as a result
of the work done by the laboratory
for state highway officials throughout
the state during the year 1919.
Three growing towns Of eastern
Colorado are to have municipal water
systems. The Colorado Public Utilities
Commission granted the applications
Of the towns of Selbert and vona In
Kit Carson county, and Of Eads In Kl-
owa county for certificates OF public
convenience and necessity, authorizing
them to proceed with the installation
Of plants.
The board Of directors Of the new
Grand Mesa Resort Company have an
nounced that they are going to builn
a summer hotel on the Grand Mesa at
the lakes, under the southeast rim, this
summer. They plan to put up pre-
tentious building. The hotel will pro-
vide accommodation for hundreds Of
people who heretofore have been un.
willing to stay at the lake over night
because Of the lack Of accommodations.
Delta, lacking a city park, has put
a committee Of business men at work
regarding proposed park. The men,
bers are trying to raise money to buy
a site this spring and do the plowing
and grass seed planting before 1t is
too late to get q lawn started this
year. The seven-acre tract just east
Of the new high school site has been
selected as the most desirable and will
probably be purchased and improved.
By a vote Of 80 to II, property own.
ers at Kersey favored floating a bond
issue of $4,000 to $4,000 to construct
a modern waterworks system.
After forty-nine years Of married
life and raising family Of ten chill
dren, Mrs. Charity Enyart filed suit In
the District Court at Colorado Springs
for divorce from Albert +. Enyart,
multimillionaire banker, stock grower,
ranch and oil land owner Of Ordway,
Colo.
The biological report Of the United
States district forest service for 1919
lltas just been completed. and will be
submitted to the biological survey in
Washington by Allen s. Peck, district
forester. The estimates Of the num-
her of game animals In the state In
1918 and 1919 are as follows: 4,911
elk In 1918, 1884 in 1919; no moose in
either 1918 or 1919; 7,123 mountain
sheep In 1918. 8,772 In 1919; As ante
lope in 1918, 30 In 1919; no caribou In
either year; 22,717 mule deer In 1918,
23,797 In 1919; 43 white-taIled deer In
1918. 62 In 1919; 27 ,083 beavers in 1918,
33,777 in 1919; 2.190 black or brown
bears In 1915, 2,650 in 1910: II silver
tin bears In 1918. 81 in 1919.