The Raymer enterprise., 1920-01-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

composed OF 4,663 men In Colorado.
Colonel Spangier went to Washington
several days for the purpose of dis
cussing the formation Of a new guard
with the War Department The new
guard will be composedsof the follow
Ing units, all Of which will be equipped
BY the government: One regiment Of
infantry. one machine gun battalion,
one battalion Of engineers and head
quarters company, one ammunition
train. one battalion Of signal corps,
one squadron Of cavalry, one battalion
Of light horse artillery, and two ambu-
lance companies.
A roundup Of bootleggers and Illicit
distillers By internal revenue collect.
ors, In contunction with the sherifre
office and the local police at Cahon
City, has resulted In gathering In the
official net number of Austrian and
Italian residents Of Prospect Heights
and Lincoln PARK. a. well a. fine col
lsction Of copper and galvanized iron
distilling outfits, several cases Of Call
fornia raisins, several barrels Of
''mash" ready for distillation and Z
few SALONS Of the finished product
familiarly known a. white mule"
w. r. Murphy Of the Las Animas
Leader was selected by the members
Of the Colorado Editorial Association
- chairman Of the field department
committee, which ID to work out
thorough organization Of the associa-
tion throughout the state, and to en-
courage the organization of local bod
les to cooperate with the state asso-
citation. The committee is to consist
Of three members, one of whom is to
be the field secretary, and will be paid
salary by the state association for
bis services.
John Kodel, a miner who has been
,ersistently prospecting claims in the
Kodel cahon, three miles southwest Of
Fruita, reports that his efforts have
been rewarded by the finding Of some
very rich gold and silver ore. He says
that the ore ID In vein six feet wide.
Two three-foot veins came together
about seventy.fiye feet below the sur
face Of the ground and Sylvanite ore,
from formation much like the Cripple
Creek formation, yielded up the values.
He believes the ore will run over $780,
600 per ton.
Rule R. Johnson, alias Charles R.
Jewell, the alleged forger, who was
shot and dangerously wounded by
Turnkey Ed Coats when johnson, to-
gether with several other inmates of
the county jail, attempted to break out
Of that institution Dec. n, pleaded
guilty before Judge r. A. Park In Dis
trict Court at Pueblo to the charge of
passing bogus checks and received a
sentence Of from seven to ten years In
the state penitentiary.
Bodies OF American soldiers who
died or were killed In Europe during
the war either will be brought to the
United States without charge or left
In the honored military cemeteries as
relatives may desire, according to
letter received by Rex B. Yeager, Sec
retary Of the Colorado State Board Of
Embalming Examiners. from Repre-
sentative Charles B. Timberlake, men,
Der Of the ways and means committee
Of the House.
The first continuous oil shale re-
tort of commercial size ever operated
In Colorado was started last week on
the property Of the Continental OIL
Shale Mining and Refining Company
on Piceance creek, about two miles
from Rio Blanco. The trial run was
made and the results were quite up to
the expectations Of the management
and the designing engineers who
carried It through.
Coal production In Colorado de-
creased from 1206S,0 ,065 tons In 1918 to
0.S06. .56S tons In 1918. a total decrease
Of 2,282, ,402 tons, the report for Decem.
Der issued by State Coal Mine Inspec-
tor James Dalrymple showed, though
production In December alone was
greater than 100000 TONS
Colorado 10 coming to be one of the
most important states In the produc-
ton of vegetable seed. The Seed Re-
porting Service Of the United States
Bureau Of Markets found a total OF
87,1S1 acres devoted to vegetable
seeds, including sugar beet seed, In
1918. There was considerable falling
off in 1919. principally In seed beans,
which Is the most important seed crop
grown In the state.
A tent city Of 400 tents, to cost
$105,0O0, Is to be built In Colorado
Springs before the summer tourist sea-
son In order TO accommodate the ex-
pected crowds. The tents will be
equipped and furnishd and there will
be a garage and cafeteriasin connec-
tion. The Chamber Of Commerce Is
backing the project, owing to the COM
plants Of last season Of the lack Of &C.
commodations.
The end of the 10000 beet season
came with the closing down of the su-
gar factory Of the Holly Sugar Corpor-
alton at Grand Junction. The total run