The Raymer enterprise., 1920-06-17
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts Of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union New. service.

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ing to clean q eesspo0l near a drug
store opposite the main gate to United
States Army Hospital No. q. at Aur
ra, and two others were so badly over
come by the gas that their condition Is
critical.
The Colorado State Highway Com
mission has submitted plans for five
new roads to the district engineer Of
the federal bureau OF roads, for consid-
eration under the federal aid allow
ance. The total cost for the five roads
amounts to x302, ,J03. Federal aid is
asked TO the amount Of $i50,955.
The proposed new highway over Bef-
tlloud Pass, between Empire and Fra
izer, Colo, a distance OF twenty-seven
miles. will cost about 100000, accord
ing to the survey made by crews work
ing under the direction Of A. 4. Palen.
senior highway engineer OF the United
States Bureau OF Public Roads.
Carlos NJ. Cole, superintendent o.
Denver's public schools since 1915.
died at st. Luke's hospital In that city,
His death, which came Unexpectedly,
was due to Influenza, his attending
physicians declared. contracted while
he was In a weakened condition fol.
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
The Colorado Funeral Directors and
Embalmers' Association will hold It's
twenty-third annual convention ut Es-
tes Park, June 23 to 70. W. ID. Nash
Of Denver will be the toastmaster al
the opening banquet. Glen iore will
give an official speech of welcome and
Mayor A. l.. Cobb OF Estes will speak
the following morning. A dance and
picnic will be AMONG the entertain
ment features.
More than ssi,0O0,00O Of life insur-
ance was written In Colorado during
.9l9, compared 10 S49,0o0,0OO during
he preceding year, according to the
annual report OF State Commissioner
Of Insurance Claude w. Fairchild,
which has been submitted to the gov
ernor. The people Of the state paid
so, I0T, 600 In life insurance premiums
during the year, an increase Of almost
S2,000,000 over 1918. the report stated.
In 1919, s52I. 100000 Of fire insurance
was written as against Si05,OOO-U0
during the previous year. During the
year, the State Insurance Department
collected S3TS.53l.32. The operating
expenses were $3l. 1920.
Statistics gathered through county
assessors aud complied by the State
Immigration Department Indicate that
Colorado's rural population has in
creased very materially in the past ten
years, and In the principal agricultural
districts has increased more rapidly
iban the urban population. This Is
just the opposite to what has occurred
In the principal agricultural states fur
lher east, where census reports now
being made public show that rural
population has not increased nearly 50
rapidly MS that of the cities, and In
many districts has actually decreased
since 1910. In the non-irrigated dis
trlets OF eastern Colorado the rural
population has increased very rapidly
since 1910. and In some cases the mum
ber Of farms under cultivation Mt pres
rnt, as shown by assessors reports,
IL more than double that OF ten years
ago. This is also true In many dis.
tricts on the western slope, particu-
larly In Moffat. Rio Blanco. San Miguel
and Dolores counties. The records of
the immigration department show that
several thousand people from other
states have come to Colorado In the
past two years and have purchased or
rented farms, while an almost equally
large number OF persons from other
states have filed upon homesteads In
this state.
A. Power, a farmer Of Youghal, was
drowned In the Yampa river while
wading to the stake fastening OF the
boat used for a crossing. The river Is
higher than usual and the boat moor.
ing Is a considerable distance from the
shore. II Is thought the swift current
In the new channel swept Mr.. Power
off his feet.
Alex Dummy Miller was found
guilty OF first degree murder at Gree
ley for the slaughter Of Adam Shank,
his wife and four young children at the
Brecken ranch house near Glcrest.
Colo, on the morning of Dec. 20. The
Jury was out on the case only fifteen
minutes and established record by
reaching n verdict after celebrating
only five 7-l0 minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Pughley Of Wich-
ita, Kan. who formerly lived on II
ranch near Tobe, In Las Animas coun-
ty, positively identified clothing found
in a ravine near Tobe as that worn by
their 4-year-old son. Donald, when he
disappeared from their ranch home
April 10. 1919 Donald was playing
about the ranch near Tobe late In the
afternoon Of April 10. 1919. but that
was the last glimpse his parents had
OF him.
Pharmacy has almost ceased to be a
mans profession II the prepondernnce
Of women enrolled In the school Of
pharmacy may be taken as criterion.
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