The Raymer enterprise., 1920-02-12
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
-yestsrn Newspaper Union News Service.

1 III - ~
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
| In Denver, March to 6. at Stock
yards Stadium.
| Silver Cliff school district No. 13
has just paid the last OF Its Indebted
ness which had been running for thir-
ty years.
| Already 1900 sacks OF cement have
been ordered for use In erecting the
immense new canning plant to be built
at Delta this year by the Colorado
Packing Company. Machinery Ia to
be ordered at once
Weld county will be free from in
debtedness within few months. Dur
Ing the past year the county treasurer
has paid SiS6,000 in registered war
rants against the county and highway
funds, and at the present time the reg
istered Indebtedness Of Weld Is only
$4,000
Finding a glass containing power
full tonic prescribed by physician for
his father. mother and two sisters,
who were III from influenza, the 18-
months-old son Of Charles Wilcox Of
Burns drank the draught and died
from Its effects before q physician
could be found.
Early indications are that Greeley
will equal or outdo its building record
Of 1918 this year. Last year the city
issued building permits in excess Of
s750,000 The building inspectors es-
timated that the actual value OF build
Ing constructed during the year was In
excess Of s1.250,000.
Leon NJ. Hattenbach, member Of the
Senate OF the Colorado Assembly and
city Industrial commissioner, died at
the steering wheel OF his automobile
while he was driving on Wadsworth
street, jefferson county, coming to-
ward Denver. Mrs. Hattenbach and 8
year-old son, Leon, Jr., were the only
other occupants Of the car. Heart fall.
ure was said to be the cause.
The construction of the consolidated
school building at Monument will be-
gin with the coming Of spring weather,
according to an announcement made by
the school directors at the office Of
the county superintendent Of schools.
Plans for the building are now being
drawn and the school board is prepar.
ing TO advertise for bids on the build
ing contract In the near future.
After drawing up will providing
how his estate, amounting to several
thousand dollars. should be divided
ial, Alfred T. Norman, 45 years old, a
veterinary inspector attached to the
United States bureau OF animal indus
try, committed suicide by shooting him
self through the mouth In his room at
Denver hotel with .32-caliber revol-
yer. Death was instantaneous.
Transfer TO the permanent state
school fund OF S600,900 worth OF bonds
which have been held in the public
school income fund of Colorado for n
number OF years will make available,
under an agreement reached by Of
ficials OF the state land, school and
treasury departments, the sum of 500
yearly for distribution to the school
| districts of the state until the entire
s8O0,900 has been converted into in
come and apportloned to the counties.
During the year 1919 Coloradoans
enjoyed more days Of perfect sunshine
than the residents OF any other state in
the country. There were 1885 days on
which the sun shone brightly without
a cloud In the sky, according to the Of
ficial annual report issued by the Den.
yer branch OF the United States wealth
er bureau. Only on eIghty-four days
was the sun hidden from view for the
entire day. and on 148 days 1t was OBJ
scured only part of the time. accord
ing TO the report.
Greeley's municipal water works
earned I7,2S770 in 1919, according to
the annual report Of Milton Seaman,
superintendent OF the water works
system. In 1908, the first year the
mountain water system was used, 1t
earned only $43,12284. As rates have
remained stationary, the increase rep
resents the growth Of the citys popu-
lation. One hundred and forty-eight
new houses were connected with the
system this last year. The entire sys-
TEN represents an investment Of $685.
57143.
Owners of the famous Victoria mine
at Summerville have organized the -,
100000 Lincoln Silver Mining Com
pany In Boston and plan extensive de-
velopment OF this lode and of a tun-
mel site at Salina. The Lincoln Com
pany is planning development work on
the Victoria by an extension eastward
Of the 400-foot level, by an extension
Of the No. 2 incline to the 400-foot
level, and by raising from the 4OO-foot
level to the 100-foot level. 1t Is ex-
pected that this development will open
n large amount Of the silyer-bearip