The Raymer enterprise., 1920-09-30
CENTENNIAL STATE 1rEl1s.

| II 10 e6timateQ, WILL cost more th10
$4,000. The first provides for the
grading, drainage Fad gravel surfac-
ing of a little more than three miles
on the BurifA<ssn highway between
Wray and Schramm In Yuma county.
The work will reduce grades and elm
mate a bad sandy stretch at an esti-
mated cost of $4,000. Nearly five
miles of the old Florence Cripple Greek
railroad grade between Victor and
Cripple Creek ID to be improved BY
putting wagon decks on the railroad
bridges and widening the grade at an
estimated cost of $4,000. Four miles
Of road between Norwood and Natu-
rita. In Montrose county. is to be con-
structed at an estimated cost of $780,
900. Grading and surfacing on re-
located road between Kremmling and
Muddy Pass. in Grand county-six
miles in length-wfll cost $24,8O0. It
Is estimated that $4,000 will be ex-
pended to grade, drain and surface
nearly four miles between Craig and
Maybell In Moffat county. Grading
and paving Of mile and quarter Of
the Denver-Arvada concrete road, be-
ginning at the Jefferson county line,
will require an expenditure Of $59, 500.
A mile and one-eighth Of the Rifle
Meeker road In Rio Blanco county In
to be drained and covered with ten
inches of shale surfacing ut an est.
mated cost Of $17,3
A picnic and celebration is being
planned for Oct. II, Columbus day,
up the Poudre cahon, when 1t Is
hoped the road will have been COM
pleted as far as Rustic. The Fort
Collins Commercial Club Is making
the picnic arrangements, feature Of
which will be a barbecue. The road,
1t is stated, will be completed within
two weeks, as there is only one more
place to blast out before the road will
be opened as far as Rustic.
La Junta is soon to be ranked a
one of Colorado's best improved cities.
At a recent meeting Of the city coun-
ell a resolution creating q paving dis
trlct, which includes all the down town
district was passed. Work on the
actual paving will start early next
spring. while great deal Of the pre-
liminary work will be started right
away. A new white way Is planned
on the main streets when the paving
is put In place.
The problem of the teacher shortage
has been solved at Oak Creek by en-
listing the services Of the citizens Of
the community. Half Of the faculty
Of the public school is composed Of
local married women who are ex-
teachers and possess first-grade GER
tificates. The experiment promises to
be very successful, due to the fact
that 1t also solves the boarding house
problem and insures permanent sys-
tenn.
Railroad men at Montrose declare
there never has been time In the
history Of railroading on the third d.
vision of the Denver 4 Rio Grande
that there has been such a business
rs is now flowing out Of Montrose,
Delta, Hotchkiss, Olathe and other
western slope towns. It Is almost i'm
possible now to procure sufficient
train crews to man the loaded trains
that are standing on the sidetracks.
Owen b. Hughes, driver Of Chalmers
car No. IS in The Denver Times
Pueblo Star-Journal 1920 road classic
for automobiles. died Of injuries re-
ceived when his car turned over six
miles south Of Englewood The acct
dent cost Hughes broken hip and
internal injuries, which, 1t was be-
lieved at first, would not prove crlti-
cal. Clarence Miller, his mechanician,
escaped without serious injury.
Samuel D. Nicholson is the nominee
Of the Republican party over Karl G.
Schuyler on the face Of returns as re-
ceived up to date. Mr.. Nicholson IN.
questionably win haze a plurality Of
not less than 700, and final count prob
ably will give him greater lead. It
is not believed possible to change the
result over his plurality.
Safe blowers dynamited the safe In
the f. s. Shade billiard parlor at
Carbondale, obtaining $176 In cur
rency and silver, $50 Of which was
nickels and dimes, and making their
escape on Encyclopaedia railroad
car to Glenwood Springs. thirteen
miles west of there. A bottle Of nitro
glycerin was found beside the safe,
and Nc authorities believe the Job
was done by experts.
A lone bandit, giving his name as
Clifford Riley, 10 years old, wearing
a mask and armed with q big nickel.
plated revolver. held up and robbed
a score of persons on westbound Santa
Fe passenger train No. 5. When ar
rested at La Junta, where he leaped
from the train into the arms Of Charles
Stewart, special agent for the Santa
Fe, Riley said his name was John
Morgan.
Known only BY the name Of Brown
ie," Mexican. said to be notorious
gambler and bootlegger, was shot and
killed at Fort Lupton, BY Michael