The Raymer enterprise., 1920-05-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

champion Of the University Of Colo
RADIO. She won the honors at Boulder
By defeating Miss Elizabeth Gamble
e. 6S. Miss Eaves il from Sterling,
Colo. She Is senior in the engineer
Ing department. In the seml-finals
played Miss Eaves qualified for the
championship BY defeating Bertha
Brown, 2-8. e-1, e3 Miss Gamble de-
feated MIss Harriet Shaw. 8-l, e2.
Golden probably enjoys the distinc-
tion Of possessing the first and only
women's civic league In Colorado. Mrs.
w. J. Hazard was elected chairman.
Mrs. r. L. Paddleford Of the State
Boys Industrial school, secretary, and
Mrs. Z. e. Steward, treasurer. The
chairman will appoint a captain In
each ward In Golden and the captain
win appoint her lieutenant.
The Pawnee County Club has been
organized at Keota by advocates Of
county division from the Keota. Sligo,
Grover. Hereford and New Raymer
districts. Resolutions are being pre-
pared which will be introduced be-
fore the Legislature. Both the Demo-
cratic and Republican county assem-
blies at Greeley pledged candidates
for the State Legislature to support
county division.
According to announcement Of off.
GERS Of the Farmers Electric and
Power Company Of Eaton, the Home
Gas and Electric Company Of Greeley
has decided to exercise an option up
on purchase Of the company, which
the Greeley concern has held for six
months. The deal will be completed
before June and the consideration is
said to be s750,0O0.
Lillian Markus, 6-year-old daughter
Of Henry Markus, beet farmer, died
instantly as the result of falling into
tub Of boiling water at the home Of
her parents at Greeley. The little
girls mother had just taken the tub
from the stove. when the youngster
tripped and fell into the water head
first. The mother witnessed the acci-
.dent.
Joe Byouk, q young mine employt,
was instantly killed at the c. F. 4 !.
Company mine at Crested Butte when
he was struck by a runaway car which
dashed down the incline from the tip
pie, at the foot Of which Byouk was
standing. The accident occurred, It
was declared. when the cable drawing
the car broke, releasing 1t when the
men were not expecting 1t.
Paul Mccormick, son Of George Nc
Cormick, publisher at Fort Collins, re-
ceived a telegram informing him that
he had passed the examination at the
Hall Coaching School. Columbia, NO..
which qualities him for entrance with
a class Of cadets at Annapolis Naval
Academy. He is now ordered to ap-
pear at Fort Lyons. Colo, for a ply
sical examination.
Two men drowned In Grand river
were L. F. Grace of Glenwood Springs,
commissioner Of Garfield county, and
Zenas Crawford of the same town, the
county road oyerseer. They met death
when their automobile, unbalanced BY
= caving river bank. plunged into the
Grand river one mile above Grizzly,
east Of Glenwood Springs.
The Colorado Aggies have recently
received a full sized silver football as
trophy for winning the Rocky Noun
tain Conference football championship
last year. The token Is a gift Of J. 4.
McKenna OF Boulder, Colo. 1t is . rep
|lica Of . regulation football even down
to the stitches and the lacing.
There will be no appeal from the
Official. figures made public In wash
ingtop showing the population Of Den
|ver to be 256360. gain Of 20.1 per
cent over the census Of 1910, although
there Is a general feeling that the to-
tai underestimates the actual popula-
tion Of the city.
The following figures show Denver's
growth from 1870 to the present time.
as shown by official government CEN
sus figures: 1870. 4.75D; 1880, 35,62D
1890. l08713; 1900, 13s,S50; 1910,
2l3,38l; 1920. 256,36o.
The State Highway Commission has
awarded to District No. 2, Of which
ri Paso county Is a part, $514,0OO for
road work during 1921. This Is an In
crease over the sum this year. The
entire appropriation for the five dis
tricts is $3,343,O0O.
Completion Of the interior Of Macky
auditorium at an expense Of $ll0,0OU
and the construction Of new Liberal
Arts building ut cost Of $500, 1000 were
authorized by the regents OF the Uni
versity Of Colorado ut meeting In
Boulder.
With q view Of developing one of
the best mines In Colorado and OF
making Moffat county the wealthiest
In the state, the Axial Basin Develop
ment Company is rapidly pushing the
work on the COLON coal vein ut Mt.
Streefer
A moderate measure Of protectioh''
20 onahla tho ts,t,usf as, tnslssot 50 "a ~.