The Raymer enterprise., 1921-06-09
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

laughed at sucn question at the I'M
plication It contained that anything i'm.
portant could be produced on farms In
Colorado. Twenty years ago all the
crops grown in the state annually were
worth less than the mineral output Of
Teller county, and thirty years ago all
crops grown In the state were worth
less annually than the output Of sin
gle mine In Lake county. Now the
value Of the annual. output Of each Of
three important crops grown In the
state Is greater than the combined out
put Of gold and silver for the entire
state. These crops are wheat, corn
and alfalfa, while in 1920 the value of
the sugar beet crop was greater than
that of either corn or alfalfa.
Charles Hayes Of Mancos has N.
turned after an exploration trip into
the region north Of the Navajo noun
tains. He reports the discovery Of
some Of the most marvellous ruins ever
seen by white man. Where the
Navajo mountains break away into
deep canons that open into the San
Juan and Colorado rivers the ruins
were found In almost every canon,
many Of them Of good size and some
even better preserved than those Of the
Mesa Verde National Park. The sec.
ton where these ruins were found Is
almost inaccessible except to a person
on foot.
Denver and surrounding territory
will have plenty Of water for all pur-
poses through the summer, according
to predictions by J. N. Sherier, district
weather forecaster, and w. F. r. Mills,
manager Of the city board Of water
commissioners. In spite Of the fact
that there has been a deficiency Of 20
inches below the normal precipitation
In Denver since Jan. l, the heavy
SHOWS Of April loaded the high peaks
and forests with snow that will supply
practically all Colorado with ample
water for irrigation and other uses
during the hot months.
Bandits robbed the State Bank Of
Austin of negotiable securities and
bonds tOtallng between $25 and $50
and $50 In cash. Tools stolen from
blacksmith shop had been used by the
intruders, who broke open the front
door of the bank, knocked off the COM
bination Of the first door Of the vault
and blew open the second with nitro
glycerin. Safety deposit boxes In the
interior Of the vault had been looted
Of their contents and smashed. A steel
safe containing $4,000 In cash was un-
touched by the bandits.
Paul Jones, confectloner, while
playing on the links at Fort Morgan,
missed the ball In stroke and frac.
tured his right arm, being the only
case OF its kind on record, according to
golf authorities Jones made n partlc-
ularly heavy swing for drive, but
missed the ball and swung himself half
around by the force OF the delivery. A
sharp pain In his right arm caused him
to groan and the arm hung limp at his
side. Other players came to him and It
was seen that his arm was fractured.
Two more companies Of Colorado
National Guard have been granted fed.
eral recognition by the War Depart
ment. The companies and the officers
are as follows: Company NJ. infantry,
Fort Morgan, Nelson D. Wells, captain;
Floyd f. Fine, first lieutenant; Samuel
G. Crawford, second lieutenant. Com.
pany A, infantry, Of Craig, Frank D.
Miller, captain; Ralph B. Yoder, first
lieutenant; Curtis N. Chapman, second
lieutenant.
Edward TImmon, 48 years old, pro-
prietor Of the Manhattan cafe of Fort
Morgan, was seriously injured while
plastering room Of a house in that
city. The scaffold broke, throwing
TimmOns to the floor, distance OF ten
feet, bruising him severely and injur-
| ing MN internally.
Walter McAfee, a farmer near Wig
gins, may lose his eye through an odd
accident He was repairing fence
when a staple glanced and struck him
in the eye, cutting deep cash.
Lieut.. E. Z. Bowers Of the United
States air service and C. L. Talmadge,
formerly Of the Royal air corps of
Great Britain, had narrow escape
from death when attempting to make
forced landing near the outskirts of
Colorado Springs. The plane landed
In tree, tearing off the wings and
running gear and disabling the engine.
The landing Is said to have been
forced by running out of fuel
More than $500 in prize money Is
to be put up for Fort Collins second
annual roundup, which Is planned to
be the biggest thing Of the kind ever
held In the northern part Of the state.
The roundup will take place July A
and s. and already contracts are being
signed with some Of the best riders,
ropers and rodeo champions, to insure
their appearance as nucleus Of q big
show.
Several hundred Indian arrowheads
have been stolen from the Agricultural
College museum at Fort Collins. No
value has been placed on the collection
In the report to the sheriff, as the rel
les cannot be replaced, and are Of