The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-25
Pithy News Notes
From Al Paris az
Colorado


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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The ore shipments from Telluride
In February were ITO cars, three cars
more than in the same month last
year.
Citizens Of Cedaredge win vote on
bond issue this spring for the In
stallatiOn Of cement sidewalks through
out the town.
Boulder has purchased 400 acres OF
land along the watershed Of North
Boulder creek to protect the city's wat.
er supply.
Denver's population is 283,973, ac-
cording to semi-official reports Of the
census recheck now being made In
Washington.
Pruning IL now In full swing at the
Grand Valley and In almost every
orchard men are being employed In
this necessary spring work. The trees
show little effect Of the severe winter.
Miss Lillian Brunstein, an accom-
plished 17-year-old viollnist, who was
born and raised In the city Of Fort COL
Inns, has been declared by critics Of
national reputation to be one Of the
most technically perfect musicians Of
the day.
Point 1t at your foot and pull the
trigger" said playmate Of Ed Reeves,
14-year-old son Of ]. F. Reeves, at
Longmont. They were playing with
an 'unloaded revolver A bullet
crashed through his right foot, badly
splintering the bones.
Prof. Alexander Enslie Of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College conservatory
Of music, at Fort Collins has an
nounced that the Ladies' Glee Club Of
that institution, one Of the finest mu-
steal organizations that has been de-
veloped In the college. viii make an
extended tour Of the state this spring.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., at his own
request, retired from the board Of di.
rectors Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at the twenty-eighth annual
stockholders' meeting, held in Denver.
John G. Mitchell. president Of the Den.
yer National Bank, was elected direc
tor to succeed the famous millionaire.
Miss Dorothy Smith, 16-year-old
daughter of Frederick r. Smith, cash
Ter Of the First National Bank Of Colo
RADIO Springs. ID near death at Welles
ley, Mass, AZ the result Of a skiing &C
cident In which she was impaled by q
broken skiing rod. Miss Smith fell on
the fragments Of the stick and her ab
domen was perforated in three places
Negotiations were completed in Den.
yer for the purchase Of $58.500 worth
Of radium by the Medical and Surgical
group OF Denver. The deal was made
with the Radium Company Of Colo
RADIO. One-half gram, or seven and
three-quarters grams Of the precious
mineral Is contained In the tube pur
chased.
Petitions are now being circulated In
the territory affected for the formas
tion Of drainage district that will
drain total area Of 0O,00O acres, ex
tending northward from the Rio
Grande to the vicinity Of Center, In the
San Luis valley. Thirty thousand acres
of this vast tract is not now under cul.
tivation. and this drainage district will
convert the greater part Of this acre
age into productive farms.
The growth Of saw timber in the
United States Is believed to be only
one-third Of the amount annually cut
Twenty-nIne Of our states import more
timber than IL cut within their bound.
aries, and every exporting state Is cut.
ting faster than their timber grows. "A
timber famine Is bound to come" says
w. J. Morrill, Of the Colorado Agricul
tural College; indeed. locally In many
parts Of the United States 1t has ar
rived already as reflected In the high
prices OF lumber"
Edward Ives, a mental defective
convict, sawed his way through steel
bars at window Of his cell In the
state penitentiary hospital at Canon
City and made his escape. After saw
Ing through two heavy steel bars, the
ends Of which he forced outward, Ives
crawled through the opening and
gained access to low stone wall. from
which he climbed to the high wall sur
rounding the prison enclosure.
Reports to the State Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service Indicate that
35 per cent OF the 1919 Colorado corn
crop, or 3.022, 600 bushels, was In the
hands of growers on March l, COM
pared with 30 per cent, or 100000
bushels on March / last year. The
amount Of the 1919 wheat crop on hand
March l Is estimated at Is per cent, OF
2,647, 600 bushels, compared with is
per cent, or 2,464,000 bushels on
March !, 1919. The amount Of oats on
hand is estimated at 81 per cent, or 2
0S8,OOO bushels, compared with "a per
cent, or 3,2S7 900 on March 1, 1919, and
the amount OF barley on hand is esti-
mated at 30 per cent, or 1,170,000 bush