The Raymer enterprise., 1920-04-08
CENTENNIAL STATE run


CENTENNIAL STATE T1K1R
Reports from Ill the haAks In the
stats. complied By he State Immisra-
Don Department, show that but ok Of
The axty-ons counties b the state hav-
~ banks within their borders showed
dsersasss in their hank dsposln dur.
Ing tie year 1919. In the remaining
counties ineFsasss were shown ranang
frem I pr cent b 10 PER cent The
largest percentages Of increass were
phown By the following counties: CAey-
ennA 166 pr esnt: Kit Carson county,
rs per cent: Baea county. 70 per esnt
Archulsta county. d per cent; Logan
county, - per esnt; yuma couaty. y
pr cent Tie increase In bank dspos-
~ for the state ~ q whole was In a.
csss o( ~ per csnt for the beginning
Il loa7. Increnses were shown In al
ths asEisultuEal eountiea while Soma
of tAs miniAg counties showed d.
usassA ~ hrssst being for Teller
county.
The .Ipaustsial Sugar Company u
Colorado = eonsiaerins thirteen -
more towns and best growing com
munittes q sites for IT. factories, Il
was aasounesd b. Secretary r. y
Jones. Although the company has not
definitsly selected any particular sitsa
thsss are 4 numbsr Of splendid loca-
tioos bsine considered such ~ Johns
tswn, Milliken. wiley, Berthoud, Tim
nath, Model Montross. Hillrose, scdg'
wick, Kerssy, Ia Eape and niff. These
towns are being canvasssd and It win
be some time before the best location
10 secured.
4 big sheep shearing camp has been
established west Of Grand Junction Q
few miles By r. A. Tawnsy, one Of
the biggest sheep men Of the commu-
nifty. He has been experimenting in
crossing the Cotswold sheep with the
black Karnkule sheep, the hardy wire
wool sheep from Europe, with aston
ishing results. He has secured larger,
healthier sheep with a finer and gloss.
Ter wool, but the black spots which
come in the wool makes his problem
one Of further breeding to eradicate
this feature.
Colorado's school fund has passed
the $4,000, 900 mark. On April l the
books Of the state treasurer show the
fund has reached 30017, 7,510ol. On
April /, 1915. the fund stood at 3D.
l80,770S5. In other words. the fund
has nearly doubled within five years
The fund u invested In bonds and
other securities which net little bet
ter than per cent, giving an income
Of about q quarter Of . million dol
lars annually. This income Is divided
among the counties for school pur
poses.
Nra Ora woolery. So mother ol
three young children, fell down Z
freight elevator shaft at the Acacia no
tel at Colorado Springs, where she wal
employed a. q domestic, and died
shortly afterward a. q result Of heI
injuries. The elevator ID automatic
As she stepped from the cage at thu
third floor, which she mistook for thu
fourth floor, the elevator continued up
ward and she fell backward into thu
shaft. She was badly crushed In thu
fall.
Five hundred pounds Of coal fell
from the roof Of a mine near Lafay
stts, pinning James Snow to tht
ground and 20 badly injuring him that
BE- may lose q leg. He was taken t.
the University hospital at Boulder
and surgeons stated that It was tht
worst injury Of the kind they hat
eveF seen.
The beet acreage for the Longmon'
section has passed the 10000 mark
and It ID expected that before plant
Ing season arrives total Of approx
mately 22,000 acres will have beer
reached. This will be one Of the larg
ct acreagss ever grown for the Long
mont factory.
Wholesale bituminous coal prices ID
Colorado have been advanced from *
cents to 90 cents at the mouth oI
the mines, compared to prices at thii
time last year, as result Of th<
n per cent wage increase granted thu
miners, II was announced by leading
coal companies.
Grand Junction will raise 1000, ant
Mesa, DeBequs and Pallsads will each
raise q like amount, to make the "a,
600 which the government says mus
be raised to pay for the building o.
the link road between Mesa, Colo, ant
the national forest. khs edge to con
meet Mesa, Colo, with the Mesa lakes
The government Ia to spend $4,000 OF
the roal, work on which will be start
Cd shortly.
Found guilty Of stealing 1910 from
. cache buried in a pigpen at Durango
Henry Lance was sentenced to an In
definite term In the rcformatory. vii
liam Lance, the boys step-father, wa