The Raymer enterprise., 1920-04-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


16 are barred from working In Colo
RADIO factories and Industrial establish
ments later than p. m, US the re-
suit Of ruling by w. L. Morrissey,
state labor commissioner, from fed
eral labor officials In Washington.
The ruling holds that the federal Ia
Dor law supersedes the state law In so
far as working hours for children are
concerned. Under the state law, chill
dren between the ages of IA and IS
could work until 8 o'clock at night,
under permit.
James Glrardet and Fred s. Hotch-
kiss, two Delta county contractors,
have been given the contract for the
construction Of the Delta-Montrose
gravel highway, according to an
nouncement from the State Highway
Commission. This contract calls for
an expenditure Of from $4,000 to
100000 and the work will be completed
this summer. When finished, this will
make the longest stretch Of gravel
road In the Uncompahgre valley,
twenty-three miles.
Rlenzi Dickens Of Long Beach,
Calf, after an absence from Colorado
of four years. appeared in the District
Court at Boulder and was granted
further liberty under bond of $37, 800.
The bond was signed by himself, his
mother, Mrs. w. II. Dickens, and by
Walter G. Coulehan, cashier Of the
Farmers National bank of Longmont,
who Is his brother-in-law. Dickens Is
accused Of having killed his father, w.
H. Dickens, Longmont pioneer and
banker.
Denver restaurant keepers who be-
gan campaign to reduce the con-
sumption Of potatoes will not deprive
their patrons Of potatoes by removing
them from the menus, but instead will
suggest daily that their customers use
substitutes, such as sweet potatoes,
cabbage, macaroni and other food
stuffs, until the price Of potatoes Ia
forced down through lack Of demand.
Announcement has been made by
President c. A. Duniway Of Colorado
College that tuition at the college next
year will be $120 year, an Increase
Of $40 year. Increases In salaries
Of professors Ii responsible for the
boost, he said. 1t is estimated that
the increase will add $4,000 year to
the college funds.
The repeal Of the compulsory vac
cination law was advocated by a reso-
lutlon passed BY the Mothers Congress
and Parent-T Teacher Association at a
meeting held In Denver. The resolu.
ton stated that a committee appoint.
ed by the chair should seek to have
this law revoked at the next session
Of the State Legislature.
Twenty-four hours In Jail was the
sentence imposed at Golden in the Dis
trict Court upon G. w. Wilson, who
pleaded guilty to involuntary man
slaughter for the killing Of George
Turner as the result Of q gambling
quarrel at Gills, a Platte cahon fish
Ing resort, June %, 1918
4 coronsr's jury returned a verdict
Of not guilty In the case Of Hattie
L0wrance, who shot and killed her
husband. Arthur Lowrance. "A, former
soldier, at Pueblo. The jury found
that Mrs. Lowrance shot him In self.
defense and that she was justified In
the killing.
To honor the memory Of George
Duclo, Manitou marine killed In the
war, the town council Of Manitou has
changed the name Of Ute avenue to
Duclo avenue for all time. A bronze
monument to Duclo Is to be erected
also. Duclo was killed at Chateau
Thlerry.
Thieves sawed their way through the
roof of the Pelta Brothers Dry Goods
Company at Pueblo, making off with
5000 worth Of women's wearing up.
perel. The robbers loaded their loot
In an automobile and escaped. The po.
lice are without clews.
Colorado is working to establish q
state forest Of something over 100,0
acres to be conservatively managed
for the sustained yield Of timber and
forage.
Investigations by the Colorado Agri.
cultural College are beginning to show
that shrinkage Of live stock when
shipped to market can be greatly re-
duced. The most important thing IL q
comfortable car and not much crowd.
ing. The next thing Is to have the
animals well fed and contented when
they are loaded and until they are
sold at the terminal market. In other
words, plenty Of feed and wat.r and
comfortable quarters are most import.
ant.
Unless more substantial evidence ID
submitted to the government census
bureau by the Chamber of Commerce.
the city Of Colorado Springs will have
to accept as final and official the re-
cent census report Of slightly less than
$4,000 for that city. From the nature
Of the letter received from the census
hnrpau II anrleara that nnlx n conn.