The Raymer enterprise., 1920-02-26
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
yards Stadium.
J. A. Robbins, one OF the early set
tiers who planted one Of Paonia's first
orchards, Is dead ut the age Of 81
years. He Is survived by his widow
and three daughters.
The Masonic lodges OF Steamboat
Springs have moved to theirnew quarters
especially constructed for them In the
new Jones building. 1t Is one OF the
most attractive lodge halls In the state
and has been completely refurnished.
Two youthful hlghwaymen. who fled
before they could be identified. held
up Miss Florence Clark In Denver as
she was walking east on East Sixteenth
avenue, near Sherman, and at the
points OF two leyeled revolvers forced
her to surrender her purse. The purse
contained only 90 cents.
Raymond C. Whitlock Of Pueblo,
Colo, was the successful bidder for
the contract Of building the big east
wing addition to the Grand Junction
high school building, work upon which
Is to start as soon as the weather per-
mlts and the details can be arranged
by the new contractor.
Mrs. W. T. Holbrook, 62 years old,
wife Of a prominent Palisade fruit
grower, was killed and her husband
was seriously injured when a touring
car In which they were riding was
struck by westbound Denver 4 Rio
Grande extra freight train at cross
Ing a mile west Of Palisade.
The oil shale laboratory being erect
ed at the University Of Colorado will
be ready for operation by March IL, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
William Garvln OF Washington, d. c.,
who is to have charge. A temporary
building has been completed and some
Of the equipment is to be installed.
Mrs. Josia l.. Woodbury.. 81, a resi-
dent Of Greeley for nearly fifty years,
died at her home there Of complIca-
tion OF diseases. She had been Ill for
several months. Mrs. Woodbury. went
to Greeley from Vermont In 1871 and
was one Of the first graduates from
the Greeley Normal school In 1880.
Theodore s. Smith, 81, a farmer,
committed suicide at the home OF
his mother, Mrs. Belle Harper, who
lives on Ralston avenue, just outside
of Aryada, by shooting himself In the
head with revolver. Harper had
been despondent for several days He
is survived by his widow and baby
and his mother.
Work on the Loveland-Estes Park
road Is progressing fast and one Of the
finest roads in the state will be open
to the public by June l, according to
Contractor Doollng. Five road gangs
are now at work and pushing the grade
from higher to a grade Of per cent
all the distance from Loveland into the
park
| A very rich vein Of silver ore has
been found In the Early Bird group OF
mines, located on the divide between
Anlmas Forks and 0uray. The owners,
| A. II. Mccormick, George Gardner. Clay
Ashley and James Bass. purchased the
mine from Pueblo company last fall
and they began to break the trail to
their mine In December
Carl Howelson, well known profes.
sional ski jumper, is directing crew
Of workmen in preparing the Steam
boat ski course for the midwinter
Sports Carnival to be held on March
and 5. Among those practicing on
the course are several amateurs not
over Is years old and some have sue,
ceeded In riding 1t well over 10C
feet
The Ford assembling plant In Den,
yer, closed during the war, will be re
opened on March Is, according to
Emory Alton, the Ford Manager. The
plant will give immediate employment
to 225 men.
| With disbursements Of SS413, ,9iS.3a
in 1919, Denver paid out more money
than in any other year in the history
Of the city, according to statistics com
piled on the cash balance and receipts
for the past year by City Auditor +. d
Stackhouse. Not only were the dis
bursements much larger than In other
years, but the receipts, totaling 81
718,71559. exceeded any previous
twelve months.
Forty stamps of the new Gold King
Extension mill at Gladstone have been
started TO pounding the accumulated
ores of the Gold King Company, and In
a short time will be running sixteen
hours out of every day Manager w. Y
Kinney states that the company will
now be shipping constant stream oi
high-grade concentrates. which will be
hauled TO the railroad cars for trans
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