The Raymer enterprise., 1920-09-16
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

OF the United Mine workers OF Amer.
lea who have voted to file notice with
the State Industrial Commission and
John McLennan, district president Of
the union, that they would stop work
at the end Of thirty days unless an
agreement Is reached on their de-
mands.
Two armed men held up and robbed
the crews Of Colfax avenue car and
trailer Of more than 500 rs the train
backed into the switch preparatory to
turning around at Colfax avenue and
Birch street in Denver. The robbers,
who are said to have been mere
youths. then ran to Fourteenth avenue
and Birch street, where they entered
large touring car and started toward
the city at a high rate Of speed
The 1920 crop Of wild raspberries
proved to be bumper one and the
service berries and choke cherries have
added great deal to the larders Of
Ouray folk. The high price Of sugar
Is not SO keeniy felt when the berries
are free for the picking. and many
have put up q great deal Of preserves,
jams and jells this summer, drawing
upon natures supply Of wild berries
almost exclusively.
Ray Kallas fell beneath q string Of
loaded coal cars In the GOrham mine
at Gorham and was so badly injured
that he died before he could be re-
moved to the surface of the mine.
Kallas had just whipped up his mules
with the intention Of uncouplIng the
cars and switching part Of the train
to another track. The trucks Of the
first car passed over his body.
Entries for the Better Babies con-
test at the Colorado State Fair are
coming in rapidly, but all these and
oil other entries must be In not later
than Saturday afternoon, Sept. is, as
the fair will open full blast. with
everything in place and with great
track and other events, on Sunday.
the nineteenth.
The people Of the new Consolidated
Bear Creek Valley School District
have voted bond issue OF $4,000 for
the erection of modern school build
Ing at Midway. The district consists
Of Midway, Montana and Lakevlew.
Work on the new building will begin
probably within the next month.
Frank Bertorello of Uncompahgre
lost two fingers in n machine at a
Montrose garage; Edward Schmidt cut
his hand badly with sickle, and
George Miller, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Miller, broke an arm-the most acct
dents that town has experienced In
such short time for months.
Cleveland Hunter. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James NJ Hunter Of the Hunter
section. ten miles northwest Of Grand
Junction, was shot by b. B. Goddard
while In the Goddard melon patch.
Young Hunter was with some other
boys getting watermelons. He Is now
in the Frulta hospital.
Ten thousand persons packed the
Logan county fair grounds at Sterling,
the biggest attendance in the history
OF the county fair. There were people
there from all parts Of northeast Colo
RADIO, as well as many visitors from
other parts Of the state.
Leadville's once famous gambling
row In State street was destroyed by
fire following an explosion Of an al
legged moonshine still In room above
the Arcade Pastime Club. The damage
Is estimated at about $4,000.
Six persons were injured at Colorado
Springs when a tourist car, driven by
william Irvine of Colorado Springs,
turned over twice at the Narrows, on
the Pixies Peak automobile highway,
after trip to the summit.
Seven miles Of concrete highway be-
tween Denver and Arvada have been
approved by the local office Of the
United States Bureau Of Public Roads
and will be submitted to Washington
for final action.
The sedalia copper mine north of
Salida a few miles Is to be reopened
soon and operated Indefinitely. A
force of men has been busy getting the
property in operating condition for
some time.
Bert Hughes, who was thrown fifty
feet when his motorcycle broke on the
quarter stretch in a race at the Logan
county fair, is dead. His Jaw and skull
were fractured. No inquest was held.
With an enrolment Of more than $40,
thel argest total in the history Of the
institution, the Colorado School Of
Mines opened for the 1020-2l year at
Golden.
Postmaster General Burleson has or
dered the removal Of eleven clerks in
the Chicago postoffice for soliciting
or causing to be solicited sums Of mon
ey from the public, and for publishing
or causing to be published false and
slanderous statements relative to the
postal service"
Census figures announced In Wash.
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