The Raymer enterprise., 1920-09-02
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


will be discontinued at midnight.
August 3lst, due to change In
contract terms between the railroad
and the American Railway Express
Company, according to an announce
ment BY Manager W. W. Cowen. "The
directors Of the Midland Terminal road
have refused to sign further contract
with US on the former basis" Mr..
Cowen said This morning. This means
that We will be able to make connec-
tons to Manitou over the Denver 4
Rio Grunde Road. Further than that
they have the complete right Of way"
sunday. Sept. 10, will be very In.
teresting day ut the Colorado state
fair There will be big events both
day and evening. II will not be get.
ready day. The getting ready will be
completed Saturday evening and the
exhibits will be In place Sunday when
the great gates open to visitors. There
will be races In the afternoon and In
the evening. Spotlight races will begin
at 8 O'Clock. A special feature Of the
evening events will be the Roman
standing races-each man will stand
on two race horses There will be at
least three entries with SIX race
horses. II will be q half.mile run for
the prize on each race. Huge search.
lights of the most powerful made will
follow the racers every foot Of the
way around the track.
Huerfano Post No. 16, American L.
gion, Walsenburg, has started move
whereby they hope to interest, first,
the American legion posts Of Southern
Colorado. and then Of the entire State.
In a plan to have the January session
Of the Legislature consider a law
which will require that all juries In
the State be composed Of English.
speaking citizens. n is aimed to have
the same law contain measure which
will require that all court judges and
officials speak the English language.
Baca county. Colorado, containing
the city Of Springfield, rates second OF
all counties in the United States OF
which population thus far has been an.
nounced, In its rate OF growth during
the Inst ten years. II has nearly three
and one-half times the population II
had In 1910, Its percentage Of increase
having been 2486 Dade county,
Florida, which contains the city OF
Miami, leads with percentage OF
1851.
For the first time In Its history, the
Colorado State fair will be officially
opened this year on Sunday, that will
he Sept. 49, Heretofore entries Of cx.
hbits dragged along until Monday be.
cause that was the opening day This
year all entries must he In not later
than Saturday evening. Sept. IS. Spe.
cial attention IL called to this fact, az
entries not In by Saturday evening will
he barred OF necessity.
Frank Norman, who was helping
tear down the old coal breaker at the
Ruby mine near Floresia, met death
when throwing a big beam to the
ground, 80 feet below, and a spike on
the falling beam caught his arm. He
was hurled violently to the ground. His
neck and both OF his arms were
broken. hut he lived fifteen hours.
Large coal mine operators, CONNER.
cial clubs and prominent individuals
have presented joint and individual
petitions to the Colorado state util.
tiles commission, asking that the Den.
yer 4 Salt Lake Railroad Company be
given IS per cent increase In Its
freight rates. The increase granted
the road by the commission Is only -
per cent on freight shipments.
II. Litzo, representing himself to be
an agent Of New York magazine pub
fishing house and who gives Denver
as his place OF residence, was seri.
ousIy injured when he jumped from II
third-stOry window Of Trinidad hotel
to the paved court below, falling In
such manner as to sustain a fracture
Of the skull.
Contracts carrying salary increases
Of 30 per cent have been insufficient
to obtain signatures Of enough teach
crs for the rural schools In Boulder
county. The new figures range from
sS5 to Sl35, the highest amounts be-
ing for the schools In the mountain
districts.
Air battles soon will be fought at
10000 feet altitude with blunt-nose
nll-metal armored planes speeding at
more than 200 miles an hour, accord
ing to information obtained at the war
department. They will carry ut least
one large caliber machine gun firing
heavy arrnor-piercing explosive shells,
In addition TO smaller guns. Such
planes are forecast for the United
States service They will climb 10000
feet In ten minutes and stay there
seven hours.
Clerin T. Woods, pioneer Of lari-
mer county, died at his home near
Fort Collins at the age Of sixty-seven
years, after q years illness. Woods.
who was born In Ohio, Dec. l, 1852,
"roughed It" across the plains in 1871.
He went to I.arimer county in 1873
and moved to Cherokee park, then
known as St. Cloud, where he served
as postmaster for eighteen years.
Automobile bandits entered the mine
atore Mt Puritan. coal camp near