The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-23
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

at the Denver Audit0rium, duYln8
Stock Show week, a Cowboy Stam-
pede." Extensive preparation ID being
made for one Of the biggest times ever
pulled off in the West. Excellent vau-
devIlle acts for IN hour and half will
entertain the crowd. after which the
great Auditorium floor will be given
over to dancing. The Editorial Asso-
citation holds Its annual gathering In
Denver. Jan. q and %, and this splen-
did feature Is booked to close the ses-
sion. Held as 1t will be during the
week Of Denver's big stock Show, the
attendance will be large. It is expect.
ed that every publisher In Colorado
will attend.
Another chapter In the affairs Of
Mrs. Zoe Marksheffel added to the
maze Of legal documents In the Dis
trict Court at Colorado Springs, when
she filed suit for separate main.
tenance, asking $1,000 a month from
A. W. Marksheffel, prominent local
motor cur dealer. A year ago she filed
suit, asking a receIvership for her hus-
bands business, claiming she had In.
vested much money In It and asked
that she be appointed receiver. This
case still Is pending.
Grant McFers0n, state bank conim:s-
sioner, Sen. examiners to Timnath aud
Kirk to take charge Of the Farmer
Bank of Timnath and the State Bank
at Kirk, which have closed their doors.
The bank commissioners records show
that the Farmers Bank Of Tlmnath
had capitalization Of $4,000 surplus
Of $4,000, undivided profits Of sl0,-
900, and deposits Of sos, 900. The Kirk
State Bank had q capital Of $1,000.
surplus Of 5000. undivided profits Of
5000. and deposits Of $4,000.
Benjamin o. Cook, former Salida
roomlng house proprietor, convicted Of
the murder Of Charles Cope, business
rival, has been pardoned by Acting
Governor George Stephan. Cook was
sentenced to serve from twenty to
twenty.four years for the crime. he
would have served his maximum SEN
tence BY Jan. 9. 1922. Finding Of new
facts tending to show that Cook had
acted In selfdefense was given BY Gov
ernor Stephan as his reason for grant.
Ing the prisoner his freedom.
The demoralized condition Of the %.
gar market has caused construction Of
three sugar factories in the mountain
states district to be discontinued. The
Great Western Sugar Company an
nounced that work on their new plants
at Johnstown, Colo, and at Minatare,
Neb., has been stopped. The Industrial
Sugar Company Is holding up building
at their new factory In La Sale.
Fire, Of unknown origin, In the Bon
Ton bakery. driven by a high wind,
endangered the entire northern part of
Colorado Springs. Firemen battling
the flames in the bakery were forced
to wade knee-deep In bread dough.
The bakery was damaged to the extent
of $1,000, and the roofs Of several
residences In the ncighborhood were
burned.
The Colorado Sheriffs' Association
will hold their annual convention Jan.
n and %, according to notices that
have been sent out over the state re-
Gently by Undersheriff Merle e. GIL
bert, secretary and treasurer Of the or
ganizatIon. The place Of the conven-
ton Is designated as the Albany hotel,
Denver.
Representatives from eighteen West
ern states, who are to have charge Of
the campaign for funds In the Europ-
can relief council drive, headed BY
Herbert Hoover, held an organization
conference at Colorado Springs.
Fifteen hundred farmers and stock
growers u the Uncompahgre VALLEY
are expected to attend the farmess'
conference to be held at Montrose III
Feb. 4.
Jesse Duree, charged with robbing
the bank at Parker, Colo. last March,
was acquitted by a jury at Castle
Rock.
Students Of the Agricultural College
at Fort Collins who are members Of
the R. O. T. C. will be obliged to at.
tend 4 four-day spring encampmsnt
next May, according to Major Harri.
son, commandant Of the college mill
tary. This includes all the men Of
the freshmen and sophomore classes.
Women hotel workers In the stats
Of Washington are taking steps to COL
lect back wages from June 2 follow
Ing decision Of the Supreme Court In
Olympia upholding the SIS minimum
wage schedule for such workers. The
court upheld the validity Of the ordsr
Of the state welfare commission, which
raised the pay from $3.50 to SIS q
week. The hotel workers. BY the d.
cision, also win 4 six-day weeh, with
the further provision that hotels en-.
ploying them shall not charge thsm
more than 81 day for board, or more