The Raymer enterprise., 1920-04-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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the neighborhood of s3,000000, the
highest in the history Of the state. and
more than was available annually for
highway purposes from all sources In
the state ten years ago. In addition
to this there will be substantial In.
creases In the amount collected this
year for highway purposes from auto
mobile license tax and from gasoline
tax, and the amount to be turned over
to the state by the federal government
from various sources for highway pur.
poses also will be larger than ever be-
fore. Apparently the total amount
available for highway purposes in the
state from all sources this year will
be In the neighborhood of $1,000, 900.
There are at the present time 210
incorporated cities and towns In Colo.
RADIO. according to compilations being
made by the State immigration De
partment for the Colorado Year Book,
which will be published about July 1.
Weld county still holds the lead in the
number Of Incorporated towns, with 23
Tax levies for town purposes vary
widely, ranging from mills for Mof-
fat, in Saguache county, to 525 mills
for Goldfield. In Teller county. There
are 81 towns In the state having town
tax levies lower than 10 mills, and 4
towns having levies of 80 mills or
higher. There are AZ cities having as
sessed property in excess of $1,000, 900
and five-Colorado Springs, Denver,
Greeley, Pueblo and Misunderstanding
assessed valuations greater than $10,-
100000.
The Utah Leasing Company, a sub.
sidiary of the Western Metals Com.
pany Of Salt Lake City. has obtained
control of the Rawley property. near
Bonanza, in Saguache county, and plan
to operate 1t on a large scale. A 100.
ton concentrating mill is being dis
mantled at Midvale, Utah, to be
shipped to the Rawley property, and
seven-mile tramway will be built to
connect the mill with the mine. The
mine has 6,000-foot tunnel and 1900
foot upralse. 1t has numerous levels
which disclose immense bodies of ore
running strongly in gold, silver and
copper The development to be car.
ried out at the mine this summer will
cost S250,00O or more.
During the fiscal year ended Nov.
80, last, there was an average OF 141
inmates In the state reformatory Of
Buena Vista. The cost of maintenance
was $66774.47, per capita expense OF
S472.74, according to report Just
compiled by state examiners and made
public by State Auditor Arthur NJ.
Stong. Earnings of the Institution met
about one-fourth of Its support. These
amounted to S16,57s.25, realized prin-
cipally from sales of livestock and pro.
duce grown on the reformatory farm.
Forest Service road construction
plans In Colorado for 1920 call for 81
miles of roads to be built at a total
cost OF $427 800. Federal funds will
provide S271, 900 of the total amount.
This construction program consists OF
eleven road projects varying from 8
to % miles In length and scattered
over the whole western half of the
state from Bennett Creek in Larimer
county on the Colorado National For.
est to the Crested Butte-Somerset
project on the Gunnison National For.
est In Gunnison county.
Colorado college is to receive $4,000
from the Carnegie corporation Of New
York to be used as special endow
ment fund to maintain the system OF
faculty retiring annuities now In op.
GRAFTON. The annuity system was es
tablished In Colorado College two
years ago. The extension Of these an
nultles is open to all retiring members
Of the faculty. The Carnegie cOrpo
ration's proposal would obviate the
drawing Of annuitles from the genera
fund Of the college.
A conscience" check for $500 has
been received by +. H. Wolcott, bur
sar Of the University of Colorado
from W. S. Burnett Of San Francisco
who states that the money Is but hall
Of what he calculates he owes the In.
stitution for failure to pay his tuition
when he was student In the law
school In 1897 and 1893. He stated
that another check for $500 would be
sent next year.
C0lorado's beet sugar production In
1919 totaled 103, 800 tons, according tt
revised statistics issued by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture at Washington
This total is over 1900 tons more thar
In 1918, when the states sugar produc
tion amounted to 19l,SS0 tons. The
sugar beets required to make the 1915
crop Of sugar totaled 1,656.113 tons
to 1,363,277 tons In 1918.
approximately $500 acres of state
land, comprising sections In twelve
counties for which applications have
been filed. will be put up for sale By
the State Board Of Land Commission.
ers on May 8, In a public auction to be
held at 2 o'clock In the afternoon In
the House of Representatives assembly
room at the state house.