The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-02
Pithy News Notes
From Al Paris Of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Nine pardons granted by the Colo.
RADIO state board OF pardons became
effective Thanksgiving day.
Governor Shoup has left Colorado
for Harrisburg, Pa, where he will at
tend the annual convention Of state
governors on Dec. 4.
The Ralph W. Tenhaeff ranch OF
6.1GO acres, near Fort Morgan, has
been sold to Eugene c. Eaton Of Hax-
tun.
Frank Pcras, a Mexican, is In Jail
In Trinidad in connection with the kill
Ing Of Guadalupe Hernandez, rail
road section worker. which took place
ut Gallinas on the Santa Fe railroad.
Civic officials and business leaders
Of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexl-
co will convene the afternoon md
evening OF Dec. s and the morning OF
Dec. 0 In Denver to discuss matters
of education. The conference VIII be
held under the auspices Of the depart
ment Of the Interior.
The fur value OF 100 beavers trapped
In the Cochetopa National Forest last
month by State Trapper John Platz,
following extensive damage TO farm
lands In that section, yielded the stnte
game and fish department 5000. This
indicates that beaver may become
valuable crop. federal and state Of
ficials say.
william Moeller and Charles o.
Hutchinson. former Denver Tramway
employees, were found guilty by a jury
In LIttleton of robbery without danger
Gus weapons and assault to do bodily
injury. In connection with the r0bbiDg
and beating OF Conductor g. Il.
Thomas and MotOrman o. T. Price the
night Of Sept. IS near Fairmount
cemetery, Denver.
An Increase Of $50 year has
been granted the teachers In the Colo
RADIO Springs schools and the tax levy
for the school district has been set AT
1889 mills, an increase Of IL mills
over the 1920 figures. The Colorado
Springs teachers have requested an ad-
ditonal increase to bring the wage
standard up TO that recently awarded
In Denver. School operation here will
cost SGOO,0O0 in 1921.
From the state penitentinry at Canon
City comes the news that there Is a
deficit Of $4,000, and from the Sol
dlers' and Sailors Home ut Monte
Vista, n deficit Of $4,000. Harry l..
Mulnix, state treasurer, arranged for
the sale OF certificates covering this
Indebtedness and bearing 4 per cent
interest. This Will provide funds for
the maintenance Of the institutions
for the rest Of the year.
Contracts calling for the expendi.
ture Of $4,000 In the construction Of
a steel cable mule bridge across the
Grand canon of the Colorado, 5000
feet below the rim Of the canon. have
been awarded by the national park
service. The bridge will be con-
structed west OF Bright Angel trail,
according TO Arno b. Cammerer, rep
resenting the service Plans and gen.
eral specifications were furnished by
NJ. D. McEnry, chief OF the field
division OF the United States general
land office.
Workmen have begun erecting the
framework for the walls of the new
and larger machine shops at Utah
Junction for the Denver 4 Salt Lake
Railroad, the "Moffat road" The
building will occupy the site of the
shops destroyed In the fire Of Nov. y,
when the loss was S2j0,OO0 A third
Of a million dollars is being spent in
rebuilding and the purchase OF equip.
ment to take the place of that d.
stroyed, BY the first of the year the
construction and installations will b.
completed.
Colorado offers unlimited Opportun.
tiles for archaeological, biological and
geological investigations and research,
and the educational institutions are
not making the most Of the natural
advantages of the Rocky Mountain
region. according to speakers who ad-
dressed the second regular meeting Of
the State Historical and Natural His
tory Society Of Colorado in Denver.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande has been
placed under the hammer at the Den.
yer & Rio Grande freight house, Den.
yer, and sold for S5,000.000. The sale
was to satisfy judgment Of S36,515,-
03S1S In favor of the Equitable Trust
Company OF New York City, represent
ing the bondholdcrs Of the Western
Pacific. There was but one group of
bidders: J. +. Bowie. John B. Marsh
and Ralph NJ. Arjush, all Of New York
City. They represented the bondhold.
ers of the Western Pacific, who have
organized the new Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad Company. a
S35,OO00OO corporation, which Is to
operate both the Denver 4 Rio Grande
md the Western Pacific. Special Mas.
ter william A. jackson. appointed by
Federal Judge Robert +. Lewis. con-
Quoted the auction.