The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-04

VISTA. Aug. !, 4. ..
Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Aug. 24-26. w. J. OFT. secretary.
Lawrence McNulty, 20, was drowned
in reservoir six miles southeast Of
Colorado Springs while swimming with
two companions. Ii was forty-five
minutes before the body was located.
Benjamin N. Long, who came to
Colorado In 1859 with party Of gold
seekers, died at his home in Boulder
Of old age. Long was survivor Of
the battle Of Sand Creek. near Denver,
In 1868.
Frederick Il. Morley, Jr., prominent
Colorado Springs club man, is In, a
critical condition from injuries sus-
tanned when he fell from seventy
foot cliff while on q hiking expedl-
tion In the Sierra mountains In the
Yosemite National park, California.
Six persons in q car which was
crowded off the road by lumber pro-
jectIng from a wagon which they were
passing, mIraculously escaped injury
near Montrose when the car turned
somersaults twice. landing against q
pinon tree just at the edge Of cliff
200 feet deep. ..
Decision to build the proposed Mu-
nicipal auditorium at the corners of
Ki0wa and Weber streets was reached
by the City Council of Colorado
Springs after several months Of lnde-
cisIon. The city attorney has been
ordered to submit definite instructions
to the architects. The architects will
complete plans Immediately for the
erection Of the building, which will
cost the city nearly 100000
Slipping into mass Of high tension
electric wires at the st. vrain substa-
ton of the Western Light and Power
Company, thirty miles south Of Gree
ley, Walter R. Shade, Loveland mine
superintendent Of the company, took
44,0OO volts through his legs and cut
off the power In Greeley for ten min
utes. Both Shades legs were burned
to crisp below the knees. He was
rushed to the Greeley hospital, where
physicians have little hope of saving
his life.
Maxine Spaulding, 5-year-old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Spauldlng.
was instantly killed at the George
Skoog ranch near MancOs, when she
was struck by the swinging arm Of a
hay derrick. The little girl was play
ing around the stack unknown to the
workmen. who. 1t is stated, had Just
completed one stack and released the
lowering mechanism on the derrick,
letting the arm fall to the ground.
where II struck the girl, instantly kill
ing her
The decision of the child welfare
board of Pueblo. to use the $1,000 do
mated by Canon City people by popu-
lar subscription for the relief Of flood
sufferers, for the establishment of a
summer children's camp in the noun
tains near Rye, meets with the ap.
proval Of Canon City people. 1t is un.
derstood that this sum will be used as
nucleus for the establishment of a
permanent camp where helpless child
rem may be given summer outing and
be restored to health and strength.
Another chapter In the efforts of
heirs of A. ]. Macky. Boulder banker,
to deprive the University of Colorado
of Its full share of the estate as residu-
ary legatee was written in the Coun-
ty Court by Judge T.. ]. Ingram. His
decision sustained all three contentious
Of the board Of regents and as a re-
suit the university will profit by some
$4,000. The suit involved the real es-
tate holdings Of Mr.. Mackey. which
were not mentioned In his will, which
disposed Of some 100000 In stocks
and bonds. .n
The state highway over Wolf Creek
| pass Is in the best condition It has
ever been since Its construction, Rob-
ert Higgins, in charge Of state high
| way maintenance. authorized many
turn OUTS" which were much needed
for public safety and are now com
pleted. Also a general widening Is be-
ing made by force Of men.
After lying twenty-four days In an
unconscious condition, Leonard Cross,
age 0. died at Loyeland Of injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an auto
mobile. The little fellow jumped from
a load Of hay and ran around behind
the wagon just us an automobile load
of men came up behind the hay, un-
able to see him in time to stop.
Benjamin Wilfong. 80 years old, a
homesteader living with his Wits
seventeen miles south Of Las Animas
is in the county jail at Las Animas
charged with the killing Of John ].
keelon, u neighbor, about the same
age, over boundary line fence
through tract Of pasture land. After
the killing, which took place In VII.
fong's yard, Wilfong telephoned to
Sheriff Thaxson that he was willing ia
surrender.
Frank Allen, Jr, son Of Farming
ton, N. NJ, hotel proprietor. is In the
hospital at Durango with fractured
skull received when he was hit In the
back Of the hend with q stone thrown