The Raymer enterprise., 1921-01-20
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts Of
Colorado
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Hamilton Armstrong. Denyer's chief
Of police. died nj his residence In Dem
yer OF heart failure.
The forty-seventh annual convention
Of the Colorado State Grunge will be
In session In Denver Jan. 1920.
The new Methodist church at Mont
rose, built at a cost Of S65.0OO. was
dedicated with Bishop Charles l.. Mead
In the pulpit.
The students of the School Of Mines
are soon to organize themselves Into
an associated students council for the
purpose OF self government
The First Christian Church Of Clif.
ton, recently dedicated, Is said to be
the largest and finest church edifice In
n city under 1000 In population In the
state.
The legislative appropriation bill
which was reported out Of committee
in Washington. d. c., carries with 1t 4
s244,sO0 appropriation for the Denver
mint.
The Stockmens and Merchants
Bank Of Pagosa Springs, Colo, has
ceased to function through dissolution,
according. to notice filed with the sec.
retary Of state.
or the 2G7. lis aliens that arrived In
the United States for the first nix
months OF 1920 Colorado gave home to
0l9, according to the report Of the
United States Department Of Labor.
william n. Kincaid Of La veta, Colo,
will carry the vote Of the Colorado
electors to Washington, d. c. The six
electors. meeting at the state house In
Denver, cast their ballots for Harding
and Coolidge.
Plans are being formulated to build
short automobile highway from
Pueblo into the San Luis valley, dis
tance Of eighty miles. The plan 10 to
open a twenty.mlle highway from
Westcliffe and Crestone.
The seventh annual meeting Of the
Western Fruit Jobbers' Association Of
America, to be held In Colorado
Springs Jan. 24-2s, will be the largest
convention In point Of attendance In
the history of the association.
Polo will feature the horse show
which opens on the evening Of Jan. II
In the big stadium at the stockyards
In Denver. Dcnver's society folk will
ride the fastest OF ponies and the
thousands Of visitors to the National
Western Stock Show will be given the
opportunity Of Witnessing this fascin-
atIng sport.
The board Of commissioners Of Doug.
las county have filed an appeal to the
Supreme Court In an effort to collect
taxes from the city OF Denver on the
Chcesman dam and adjacent property.
District Judge Sheafor recently ruled
that the county was without authority
to levy taxes on the reservoir property.
The suit Involves about $4,000
Robert l.. Lackey, prominent sheep
rancher. was ordered to pay his wife.
Matte Lackey, $i8,5OO nlimony by
Judge Cornforth, at Colorado Springs.
Mrs. I.ackey stated on the witness
stand that her husband recently had
transferred all his property to escape
paying the allmony. Lackey announced
that he would stay In jail cell before
he will comply with the courts order.
With hundreds Of cars Of apples,
vegetables and other farm products
being withheld from market on ac-
count Of prohibltive freight and ex-
press rates, a meeting Of shipperA
producers and members Of the Cahon
City Chamber Of Commerce was held
and resolutions Of protest were
adopted with the hope that either the
railroad companies or the Interstate
Commerce Commission would take up
the matter and devise some means Of
the situation.
For the first time since 1905 Colo
RADIO man participated in the delibera-
tons of the national board for the pro-
motion Of rifle practice, which has cor
tened In Washington In response to .
call issued by the government. Capt.
Arthur b. Smith Of Denver, small arms
instructor for the Colorado National
Guard, Is the Colorado representative.
Litigation which has covered many
years was closed when the beard Of
directors Of the Uncompahgre Valley
Water Users Association accepted .
Of claims against bondsmen
who were suretIes for the Taylor
Moore Construction Company, which
became insolvent when they made the
first attempt to construct the Gunni-
son tunnel for the Water Users Asso-
citation.
G. w. johnson Of Manzsnola, Colo,
has presented bill for 800 to the
sheriff Of Utah county, Utah, for ex-
penses In connection with the burial
of BILLY" johnson, whom he thought
was his son. "Biily" Johnson commit
ted suicide at Psyson, Utah. The body
was sent to his supposed father at
ManzanOla. Mr.. johnson buried the
body, but later be heard from his son
at Denver.
The Roaring Fork Electric Light and