The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-25
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

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| txssieru Newspaper Union S,s, ser,iesI
COMING EVENTS.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Aug. 30-Sept 2: }. L. Miller. secre-
tary.
Washington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
sl-Sept. 2: Joe X. Powelson. secre-
tary.
8: D. ]. Upton. secretary.
Larimer County Fair. Loyeland Sept
5-s: J. W. Thompson secretary.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 6-s.
Moffat County Fair at Maybell. Sept.
$40.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept
1917: Harry L. Niven. secretary.
Phillips County Fair. Rolyoke, Sept.
7-10.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. IA
IS: u. T. Shelton. secretary.
! Logan County Fair Sterling. Sept. 13-
16: c. J. Funk. manager.
Delta County Fair. Hotchklss: A. N.
Minton. secretary. Sept 1916.
saguache County Fair, Saguache, Sept.
i5-I7: William Fellers. secretary.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
20-23.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept.
?o-23: George Il. Smith, secretary.
Edgar T. Conquest has been n0mi-
mated to be register OF the land office.
Sterling, Colo, and James D. Gallup,
TO be register Of the land office. Buff
falo, WyO.
Plans for the new National Guard
armory building to be located In
Brighton are completed. and as soon
as the site is selected building opera
tions will be started The cost OF the
structure is estimated at $1,000.
Eugene Wickham, Jr, II, died In
Fort Collins after being compelled
to stop there on account OF Illness
while on trip from Arapahoe, Neb.,
to Estes Park with DR.. J. f. Walters
and party, for whom he was driving
the car.
More than $500 an acre off a truck
farm is the record pust made by Tim
Satio. japanese farmer, near Kelim,
who has started harvesting his early
cabbage crop. He has received $40 q
ton for the cabbage, and has sold over
$500 worth.
Arrangements are being made by
American Beet Sugar Company to
start their factory at Rocky Ford Sept.
IS. Beet harvest will begin about
Sept. g. The crop in this section ap.
pears to be the best In years and the
campaign promises to be one Of the
longest In the history Of the factory.
The cost of educating is going up.
The school board OF Boulder spent
$500 per pupil this last fiscal year.
an increase Of Sl0.3S over last year,
The total cost Of the schools was Sl75,.
1853, which is S27 1864 In excess
of the preceding year The total paid
In teachers during the year was $780,.
424.5S.
Charging that he was robbed by
Mexican soldiers, Illegally held in the
Jail at Juarez, Mexico. and that he
was beaten with swords while a pris
oner, John O'Byrne, tourist driver, liv'
ing in Colorado Springs, brought &C
ton thru the secretary OF state to
collect claims OF $4,000 against the
government OF Mexico.
Thomas II. Boland, 40, plumber OF
Pueblo. was killed by bolt Of light.
ming as he was riding in an automo.
bile twenty-siX miles west Of Pueblo.
Three other occupants Of the car were
neither injured nor shocked. 1t is re.
ported that Boland wgS riding alone
in the back seat of the car. The bolt
knocked Boland out of the car
The July output OF mines in the
Cripple Creek district amounted to
1894, ,5SO.IS, an increase of S29, ,4OS g.
over June. while there were 6i7 cars
of ore shipped, bringing the tota
shipped since Jan. to 1000. The to
tai number Of tons treated in Jul,
was 1882. an increase Of 3,2l1 over
June. The Golden Cycle mill In Colo,
RADIO Springs treated 22.OO0 tons, the
Independence mill 1882, and the Lin
coin mill Ito.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart
ment collected total OF Sj6,005. .9a
during the first half Of August, &C
cording to n report issued by J. o
Blackman, collector. This sum wa.
collected from thirteen estates.
Run down by motor truck Will,
crossing highway bridge at Glenwoot
Springs, Iris Mangnall, IL years old
daughter of II. j. Mangnall, was in
stantly killed. The girl lodged on,
! machine and stepped directly In tn,
path of the big truck. Deacon at
tempted to stop his machine, but thu
wheels skldded on the plank floorln,
: Of the bridge, struck and run over tn,
little girl.
Fire threatened destruction to tn,
entire town Of Mead. The flames brok,
out In the general merchandise stor,
Of |. F. Mead, and had been burnin,
for some time before being discovered
Calls were sent to Longmont an,
Loveland for help while bucket bri
bades fought the spreading flames
The Longmont department arrive,
: thirty-five minutes after being calle,
and by hard work prevented the fir
from spreading beyond the Valdez
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