The Raymer enterprise., 1921-02-03
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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Roland G. Parvln, state game and
fish commissioner, announced that
10000 perch and bass had been sent
to Wray, Colo. and to the Minnequa
lake in Pueblo. These fish, which are
from four to five inches long. were bb-
tained from the lake at Platteviue,
Colo.
The Great Western sugar factory at
IOngmont diyided ss4.211.93 among
the employees Of the local factory as a
result OF the record Of the 1920-2l cam
palgn. All share alike In the prize
money. regardless Of wages drawn
during the campaign. The amount
paid to each employe was $l20.
Decision to withhold financial sup
port from the Colorado School Of
Mines magazine and refuse to furnish
headquarters In the school buildings
for the editor Of the publication, was
voted by the board of trustees Of the
school at II recent meeting, at which
publication Of an article derogatOry
| to the institution was considered
Contracts have been signed by the
AxIal Basin Development Company
for the construction Of twenty-eight
! miles of railroad connecting Craig, the
! Present terminus of the Moffnt road.
with III" company property ut Mount
! Strectcr. where there has been devel-
! aped and placed In shape for prOduc-
ton one Of the largest coal properties
/ In the country.
Dewey Lawrence. 81 years old, line
man for the Colorado Springs Light
and Power Company, was almost in.
stantly killed when he cut into live
wire while making adjustments on Il
pole at Colorado Springs. J. Fl. Fish
er. Lawrence's partner. who was work
ing on the pole with him, realizing his
partners error, cut one of the wires
20 break contact, but was q fraction
OF second too late.
Thirteen miles of the old Denver,
Boulder 4 Western railroad right OF
way may be purchased by the county
of Boulder and the United States For.
estry Department for scenic high.
way. The right OF way recently was
abandoned by the railroad, which was
iunked by the Morse Brothers OF Den.
yer. The section desired Is from Sun,
set southwest to Glacier lake, a dis,
tance OF nine and n half miles, and
from Sunset to GOldhIIl station on the
old Ward line.
Jose Ramon of CordOva, Colo, viii
receive S1.035 for injuries received In
an old Apache Indian uprising. in
which he fought as federal soldier, II
the United States Senate passes biz
making the appropriation which was
reported on fnv0rably by the commit
tee on claims. The lower house al
ready has passed this bill, and also ons
Of n similar kind TO aid Mrs. Joseph Z
Akins. the widow Of an officer killed
in the uprising. The latter bill ha.
not been reported out, however.
No state with the exception of Mon
tana has shown so rapid an Increase
In the acreage Of land under cultiva
ton in the past decade as Colorado
and few states have shown largel
percentage Of increase in the numbel
of farms. Within the past ten year.
approximately 100000 acres Of gov
crnment land has been hOmesteaded
while large areas Of privatelyOwnet
land have been broken and placed un
der cultivation. Records of the Stat,
immigration Department show thu
this movement has been much strOnge
In the past five years than in the pre-
cedng five years, and that there wal
an actual decrease In the population
Of the state during the first two year
after the 1910 census was compiled
The increase In subsequent years ha
been due primarily to agricultural de
velopment, which has been much NOR
marked in the nOn-irrigated than Il
the irrigated uistrlcts.
William Musselman, l0year-old-so
Of Fruita rancher, was almost In
stantly killed when he fell from pom
he was riding The lad was riding tn
pony and driving home his father
cows when the accident occurred.
Colorado as a coal-producing stat
is leapng to the fore. A report rer
dcred by James Dalrymple, state Goa
mine inspector, shows that the tor
mage for 1920 from twenty-One couT
ties was the greatest in the history O
the statc--l2, ,509,044. a net gain of
To-, sol tons over 1919. Las Anima
county was the greatest producer, wit
4,342,647 tons, an increase of 1,025
775 tons over the previous year. Huel
. fano county. with 2,44s,749 tons, an Ii
crease OF 5lO,179 tons over 1919. wa
second largest producer. Boulde
I county, with production Of 1,230,84
, tons. increased its output 1854 ton
GunnisOn made the third largest II
crease in t0nnage-149,064 tons, or
total OF 821 100 tons. During the yea
according to Inspector Dalrymple
. statement, there were, on an averag
; 13647 men employed. Routt count
! registered decrease in tonnage, Il
output being 985.1l0 a falling off I
203, 100 tons as compared with 1919.
Noncoloradoans attending the Unive
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