The Raymer enterprise., 1921-09-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

~. was held on the crest Of the divide.
four miles above Monarch. The road
was built by the federal bureau Of pub
lie roads for use Of the state and fed
eral forest service nj total cost Of
s24.iJD. or this amount, SlJOO00 was
federal aid money. A large crowd from
Sallda and other southern Colorado
towns attended the opening
Forged checks to the amount Of ST.
G1325 were passed on two banks and
one merchant Of Lovelahd by stran-
ger Two Of the checks were not only
forgcr.es, but were written on stolen
checks from the printed check book
0f Johnson & Lloyd, coal dealers of
i.oyelnnd, written In the peculiar color
green Ink used by that firm. and pro
tected' by the firms check protector
which had been stolen at the time of
the checks
The production OF lettuce has devel-
oped 50 rapidly In Colorado IN the last
three years that this state now il one
Of the leading producers Of this sue
culent vegetable, and Colorado late let.
tuce is being shipped TO all parts OF
the country. This rapid Increase In
lettuce output Is due to the successful
production Of Il very high quality of
late lettuce at high attitudes, In such
counties as dhaffee, Custer. Grand and
Eagl.
The United States Agricultural De-
partmeni has announced that the esti-
mated sugar beet crop or Colorado
his year would be ., $4,000 tons. com
pared with 2,325, ,o03 tons In 1920. This
j. on the basis OF y6 per cent com
pared with a ten-yeur average of ~
per cent. All reports of the Great
Western Sugar Company previously
announced In Denver have Indicated n
lower tonnage. but an Increase in sugar
content.
Ministers and congregations of eight
churches In Grand Junction have
,pcned campaign for enforcement of
tn" state law denying moving picture
theaters the right TO operate Sundays.
Each church has appointed a commit
tee Of three and the eight committees
will act together Moving picture
houses are closed Sunday in Montrose,
Boulder, Fort Collins and several 9TH
er Colorado cities.
United States Senator Lawrence G.
Phipps will be absent from Congress
during the first three weeks Of the
coming session, II has been announced.
Senator Phipps acted on the advice OF
his physicians In notifying Senator
Curtis, Republican senatorial whip,
that due to his recent operation for
appendicitis he will he unable to at
tend the session opening.
Edward kitto and James Berur rdl,
members Of helmet crew that at
tempted to penetrate the burning Nu-
shaft coal mine, near Florence, were
overcome by the flames and gases and
had to be carried out by rescucrs. Aft
er considerable work on the part OF
physicians, they were revived and { Is
believed they will recover.
Berthoud Is to fight for It's city wa
ter supply since the consolidated
bitches taking water from the Thomp-
son river have decided to contest its
right to use Of water II has enjoyed
for years. The city has applied for
an Injunction to restrain the ditch
companies from interfering with their
use Of the water
Fifty-two Colorado rangers are jubi-
liant because as result Of arrange
ments made by Governor Shoup, mem
bers Of the Denver Clearing House As.
sociatlon purchased $4,000 of the nn-
tional defense bonds. The proceeds
of the sale will be placed to the ac-
count Of the rangers for salaries and
expenses.
A verdict. giving damages Of $3.50 to
Charles Jones for the injury to his
eyeslght as the result Of the explosion
Of battery while he was working on
It In the shop Of I. Rae Cowden, was
returned In the District Court at Fort
Collins after the jury had considered
the case for twenty-five hours.
Movement Of the western slope
crops Is taxing railroad transportation
to the limit, according to reports from
various points. Generally heavy crops.
maturing simultaneously throughout
the slope region, have created big
demand for refrigerator cars.
Woody Rogers, alias Bill Davis, %
years old. who was arrested In Denver
month ago charged with passing
short checks in Fort Morgan, has con-
fessed to the murder Of man In Geor-
gia In 1915, according to Sheriff Erne
Morse.
The district convention Of the Rotar.
lans Of Colorado. Wyoming and New
Mexico will be held In Greeley March
22-23, II was decided In the ending Of
the two-day conference of officers Of
the Rotary clubs Of the district In Den
yer.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
In the case Of Harvey Gibson, accused
Of the murder of his nephew, Valentine
Simon, by jury In the West Side
Court In Denver.
The Adams County Fair was the