The Raymer enterprise., 1921-01-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEM.

toned. Carlot entries are divided a.
follows: Sheep. Z; swine, 18; cattle,
ITO this show. Carlot cattle this show
are divided as follows: Fat 18; feed
ers, 100; registered helfers, q; regis.
tered bulls, A. Following is list Of
all entries made for the show, and It
offers fine chance to study purebreds
or buy In cheaply: Breeding and Fat
Cattle: shorthorn. 254; Hereford. S22 |:
Aberdeen-Angus s.; steers 70. Total.
708. Dairy Cattle: Holsteins, IA;
Milking Shorthorns, 81; Jerseys, 10;
Guernseys, n. Total, 2l6 Horses and
Mules: Percheron, a.; Belgian. Is;
Clydesdale and Shire, Z; Grade Draft,
I; mules, 20; jacks and jennets, 81;
Total, 145. Sheep: Miscellaneous, IL;
Cotswold, 2: Rambouilett "a; Hamp-
shire. s.; Shropshire, IS; Corrledale,
2; southdown, 8; lambs and wethers,
20. Total. 1877. Breeding Swine: Pol.
and-C China, IS: Duroc-Jersey, 173;
Hampshire. IS; Berkshire, 10 Fat
Swine, barrowA 9S.
The first biennial report Of the stats
blind benefit commission records the
expenditures Of S30.67S96 from sixty
three counties during the two-year 20
Rod. Half Of this sum IL paid BY the
state and the balance BY the counties
concerned. On November 30th, the
last day Of the biennial period, and
the end Of the fiscal year, the state
reports balance Of about $4,000 In
the blind commission treasury. Last
year the fraction Of q mill tax levy
appropriated by the Legislature for
this purpose brought In about E7, 900.
It is estimated that this appropriation
viii amount to $4,000 for 1921, which
added to the balance on hand would
give the commission about 77,000 for
the coming years work.
@ q. Solquis, town clerk and record.
q Of Brighton, has filed an affidavit
with Acting Gov. George Stephan Ger.
dfying that a recent census shows q
total Of 3.215 population Of the town,
and therefore Brighton 10 entitled to
be rated as q city Of the second class.
At the same time he requested the
governor to take the proper steps to
establish the legality Of this classiflca.
ton. After comforting with the secre-
tary of state and state auditor, as re-
quired BY law, Lieutenant Governor
Stephan said he would issue an Off.
cial proclamation declaring the town
city Of the second class In q few
days.
Ground will be broken by the Noun
tain States Packing Company early
next fall for a new packing plant In
Denver which will represent an invest
ment Of approximately s2,5OO,OOO. ac-
cording to an announcement BY
Charles r. Kamrath, presideE Of the
company. 1t is planned to erect the
plant on a fifty-acre tract bounded by
York and Race streets, Forty-ninth
avenue and the Burlington railroad
right Of way. Negotiations are now
under way for the purchase Of two
packing plants In the city, which. 1t Ii
planned, will be consolidated with the
new plant.
A new city hall Is to be built next
year at Longmont. The council has
authorized committee to purchase
additional lots to the site already Sc
lected and to proceed with the plans.
Bonds for this improvement were vot-
ed last April.
The storing away Of 84,00OO00
pounds of Ice In the tremendous Ice
houses at Grand Junction for the Rio
Grande railway and 100000 pounds
at Delta, a total of SOOOO,OOO pounds,
has given many men employment.
The new State Home and Training
School for Mental Detectives, located
at Grand Junction, Is now open and
ready to receive feeble-minded per.
sons, according to announcement made.
Charges Of conspiracy in the man
agement Of railroad affairs, together
with alleged interlocking Of railroad
magnates and financiers" for the pur.
pose Of gaining control Of transconti-
mental lines, were made In a bill Of
complaint filed In Federal Court in
Denver by several preferred stockhold-
ers Of the Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road Company, who seek an accounting
Of recent liquidations and an injunc-
tlon restraining the confirmation Of
the sale on Nov. 20 Of the Denvar &
Rio Grande to financial interests rep
resenting the Western Pacific railroad.
Ralph Samuels, "a, Of Denver, and
Richard Il. Freeley Of Salt Lake City
were seriously injured when an auto
mobile In which they were riding
struck bad stretch Of road and skid
ded over ten.foot embankment. Sam
uels and Freeley were en- route to
Grand Junction after spending several
weeks In San Juan district. The au-
tomobile In which they were riding
was wrecked.
Abe Buck, well driller on the Red
lands, near Grand Junction, accident.
ally was struck on the nose by a fel-
low workman with sledge hammer.
His nose was badly split.