The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


the attendance in 1918 and the assur-
ances already given for this years big
show. At low estimate there will lie
l.J00 exhibits. Think Of the ednca-
tional results to come from 10000 peo-
Pile studying l..O0 Interesting and in
srrucfiye object lessons. There will he
people from every state In the union
at this years fair, and they viii carry
home with them memories Of the Cen
rennial states greatness and wealth
which will do Colorado more perma-
nent good than would be possible in
any other way.
viii Akin, a retired farmer living at
Fort Collins. narrowly escaped death
when an automobile which he was
driving slipped from the highway at
the end of Fall River road. northwest
Of Estes Park. and fell TO fee, below,
crashing against trea entirely de-
molishing the machine. Akin and sew
eral members Of his family had gone
out for drive, but when they reached
the end Of the road Akin found IL dIf-
ficult 10 turn the machine around Aft
er the family had gotten out Of the
machine. Akin attempted TO turn IL
around, and when doing NO the cur slip
ped from the road and crashed down
the embankment.
II takes a whole year to make Z
state fair In fact II takes a number
Of whole years to make u state fair.
Before the gates closed on The l9l0
state fair, the officers of the Colorado
State Fair Commission were planning
and working for the fair which will
open ON September 10. 1:s20. Every day
since that time they have been work
ing and planning to make this years
fair so much better than last year )
big success, that there will he no com
| paris0n.
An abandoned Illicit still. one Of the
largest In the state, was seized by
Sheriff Burt Jones In log cabin built
especially for the purpose in seciud-
ed spot on Genesee mountain, within
few yards from the Lookout noun
tain road. A large quantity Of mash.
nearly decayed, was also seized. Sher-
IN Jones declared that the still was
abandoned several months ago and
that the last tenants have left the
county.
Crop conditions In the Poudre Val
ley are reported by farmers TO be
the best In many years, considering
the crops ns whole. Although there
has been a shortage Of moisture the
irrigation bitches are in use and the
crops are making good progress with
this aid. The first cutting Of alfalfa
Is all In the stack and the second
growth In the valley Is coming rapidly.
The first cutting was one OF the best
crops In years.
Residents are up IN arms over the
brutal murder Of Mrs. A. Torez the
wife Of a beet field worker and the
mother Of seven children, who was
killed at SwInk. Felicio Nuhez. a
Mexican laborer, who is known as
Smokey" is believed 10 have commit
| ted the deed, and after a search OF
hours by Deputy Sheriff c. l.. Miller
and posse Of citizens WIS captured
and Is now In the Jail at La Junia.
After sensational chase through
the business section Of Englewood. fol
lowed by pursuit over wheat fields
and irrigation bitches. Sheriff +. r.
Burden Of Arapahoe county, shot and
perhaps fatally wounded Hugh b.
Dobbs, %, an escaped convict. He was
shot in the left leg. Dobbs was given
first aid In farmhouse near Engle-
wood, and later removed TO the hospi-
tai at Littleton.
The body Of Joe Butcher. who was
drowned during the high water when
he tried to cross the Dolores river, was
found this week near the intake Of the
Dolores water system, where II had
lodged for several days. The old-time
rancher was drowned when the stream
was torrent. The body was searched
for TO no avail. II had drifted about
four miles.
Positive Identification OF r. NJ. Bal.
lard, self-styled Ohio farmer, us the
man who buncoed him and his father
out Of $4,000 in a fake oil stock mar
ket In Denver In June. 1919, was said
to have been completed In the county
Jail at Colorado Springs by DIR. =. w.
Nitsche Of Dallas, Tex. DIR. Nltsche,
son of Il. Ntsche. the Dallas florist,
whose money was lost. came here from
Dallas and declared that Ballard 10 the
man.
Colorado has begun the harvest OF
what Is estimated to be the greatest
grain crop In the history Of the state,
fairly well supplied with available Ia
Dor. according to Information given out
by the state labor commissioner.
According to figures compiled BY the
American Contractor. Denver IL one OF
thirty-one cities out Of a total Of 100
that showed a gain In building for
June over the same month last year.
Plans for q consolidated school dis
trict In Jefferson county have been ac-
cepted by Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford,