The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-22
Pithy News Notes
From All Pdrts of
Colorado
western Newspaper uniOn News Service.

severe cloudbursts, are said TO be re-
cedIng very rapidly.
Census figures announced give Trim.
Idad. Cole. l0,gO8; increase, 102. or
90 per cent. Glenwood Springs. Colo.
2.073; Increase. "a. or 81 per cent.
Henry Berry and Joseph Lee Armit-
age, both cattlemen OF cimarron. were
drowned In the Fitzpatrick irrigation
reservoir, n few miles from Cimarron.
Four persons from Colorado have
been made lIeutenants Of the Saliva.
iion Army at Chicago, according to
word received In this city Thursday
from the Chicago training college
where they were graduated. There
Was class Of thirty-six.
A conference Of governors and state
engineers Of western states will be
held In Denver, August 25 under
auspices OF the Southwest league, &C
cording to telegram Of acceptance
received by acting Governor George
Stephan this morning.
One hour parking In the congested
district Of Denver provided in amend
ments recently passed by the city
council. IL proving highly successful.
and has drawn favorable comment to
the safety and excise department. ac-
cording TO officials.
Employees at the state capitol living
in nearby towns and committing to
and from their work will not have
the expense Of their travel betrayed
by the state, according to ruling
made yesterday by State Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong.
Gano +. Senter, l547 Champa street.
a salesman for the Industrial Sugar
Company. flew to the company's big
ranch, sixfy-five miles east OF Den
yer. before breakfast In Curtiss-
Humphreys aeroplane and closed two
big sugar deals for the company. The
trip is said 10 have set precedent
for Colorado statesmen.
Leo Williams, alias Jack Smith,
wanted In connection with murder
IN Cripple Greek, Colo, has been ar
rested here. He was traced here
through his signature on the records
Of an employment office In Sacra-
mento. Ralph Gaffney, charged with
completely In the same crime was
taken into custody in Modesto, Cal
Protest against the submission Of
petitions for the creation Of two new
counties. Flagler and Limon. In east
ern Colorado were filed with Secretary
the eontentionshrdlu shrdlushrdlshrd
Of State James II. Noland Among the
contentious the most important Is that
they are unconstitutional. 1t being the
function OF the General Assembly to
create new counties.
Two young men, caught following
the robbery OF $3.50 from the Bank
Of Waterloo, at Waterloo. Neb., plead
ed guilty In the County Court at Oma-
la and were held under $1,000 bond
for action In District Court. After
their arrest they gave the names Of
Oscar Yoos Of Granada. Colo, and ].
". Grau of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A number Of new professors and In
struetors have just been appointed to
positions in the Colorado Agricultural
College at Fort Collins. Among the de-
pnrtmenis which have found II neces-
sary to Increase the size Of their
teaching staffs are the farm manage
ment. mathematics, horticulture. libra
ry. animal husbandry. agronomy and
chemistry.
Grand functions three banks, In
their statements Just issued, show to-
tai resources OF more than $4,000 600.
This Is the largest total ever known at
this time Of the year In that valley.
Severnl thousand Jewish people and
their friends attended mass meet
ing at the Denver Auditorium and
pledged more than $4,000 for the
Palestine restoration fund The gath
ering officially opened the drive to
raIse $5O.000 In the Denver district.
Because Of the omission OF six pres
idential electors from the list OF can
didates to be chosen by the Demo
cratic state convention. the call for
the assembly recently issued has been
declared invalid. according to infor-
nation received at the state capitol
this morning. A new call for an as.
sembly will be issued In the near fu-
ture.
Ward Paddock. 18-year-old stepson
Of l.. Z. Humphrey Of the Denver
Times editorial staff. was killed In
stantly Wednesday at Naturita, Colo.
when q runaway team threw him from
the wagon on q sharp turn In the
road and broke his neck. according to
word received here. Paddock was
employed In the commissary depart
ment OF the Standard Chemical Com
pany at Naturita and was Transporting
supplies from the warehouse to the
point when his death occurred.
The Colorado Springs city council
has granted the Light Heat and
Power Company an increase OF "
cents per 1000 feet for domestic gas.
The company has been charging $l.5