The Raymer enterprise., 1921-09-22

'oofauo state FAif. Pueblo. sept "
Huerfano County Fair. Walsenburg
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock
Oct i-s: Jane. z. Tre..l.r. secretary
KIT Carson County Fair. burlington
Oct. SIS. J. ". Hefner. secretary.
FL Paso County Fair. CaIhan. Oct. SIS
d. +. Nance. secretary.
More boys were born In Loveland
during August than girls; according u
the report Of DR.. Joslyn, keeper OF vi
tai statistics. which shows eight boy,
and six girls born. as against death
rate Of but five during the month.
At meeting the Pueblo Rotary
Club authorized Treasurer 6. W. Pres
sey to send to the people Of San An.
tonic, Texas. through the Rotary Club
Of that city, the sympathy Of the local
people and check for $500 to be used
In flood relief. The city commissions
ers have also sent message. -
All evidence OF walkOut In the
Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company mines
Of southern Colorado disappeared
when workmen who have been laying
off or Joining ina so-called protest strike
IgaInst the reduction OF wages. effec'
tive Sept. l. returned to work under
The ruling Of the State Industrial Com,
mission, which restored the wage scale
in effect prior to Sept. l.
A l4-year.old boy, Horace Mcknight
)f Grand junction. found $500 In cur.
renCy and turned IL over to the sheriff
Sheriff Frank Ducray said he believed
ii was part of the $4,000 taken from
the Garfield County State Bank at
Grand Valley In a robbery on July 8
The money was In heavy pouch In
the weeds back OF the Denver 4 Rio
Grande Western railroad round house
Sidney II. Bourne, 80 years old, suf.
fcred fracture of the skull In a fal.
down two stories to the basement OF
the town hall of Littleton. He is at
Mercy hospital. His condition Is seri.
Gus. County authorities said Bourne
was In the habit of calling at the town
hall TO go to lunch with his friend.
Claude Cartwright. county treasurer
OF ArapahOe county. He evidently In.
tended to enter the council chamber OF
the second floor but instead entered
another door, lost his balance and fell.
Work has recently been started on
the erection OF Flagler's third elevator,
on Il site previously occupied by coal
bins belonging to the Colorado Lumber
and Coal Company. The new elevator
is being built by recently organized
firm, the Flagler Grain and Elevator
Company, and will be Of 1900 bushel
capacity. The new elevator comes at
an opportune time, when the grain
crop In the Flagler territory will he of
record size. Flagler elevators will no
doubt handle large portion Of eastern
Colorado's grain this year.
An educational exhibit. presenting
the work Of five bureaus, will be
shown this year at the Colorado State
Fair by the L. =. Department Of Agri.
culture. Models OF earth and gravel
roads; pictures Of forest roads; fed.
eral aid roads, irrigation and samples
Of road building materials In their
proper proportion. are among the fea-
lures which will be displayed by the
bureau of public roads. A model of
IN "Oliver house and colony growing
house." and colored pictures Of loco
weed will be shown by the bureau of
animal industry. The Biological Sur.
very will feature pictures In colors of
the Townsend mole, Richardson
ground squirrel, prairie dog, various
predatory animals and ways Of exter.
minating these hindrances to farming
and stock business. A cabinet of
mounted birds, showing some of the
more beneficial ones, will also be on
display.
A bicycle speed test, undertaken by
Leonard Brown, n moving picture oper.
ator, on one Of the paved streets OF
Fort Morgan. cost him three teeth, a
severe shaking and bicycle. Brown
was speeding south In an effort to keep
up with an automobile. He turned
west but didn't turn soon enough and
the wheel struck the curbing. The
forks Of the bicycle crumnled under
the impact and Brown hurtled through
the air. He landed on the pavement
and his jaw struck the curbing, knock.
Ing out three teeth.
Despite the slump In values of prop.
erty Of all kinds. the assessed valua.
tion OF taxable property In Colorado
will show decrease Of only about
S25,0OO,0O0 this year, according to re.
ports from county assessors being re.
ceived by the Colorado Tax Commits.
sion. To date a little more than half
Of the counties have reported their as.
sessment figures. At the present tax
rate the loss In revenue to the state
will be approximately 100000. 1t had
been estimated that the shrlnkage In
the assessments would be about s100..
100000 at the beginning Of the year
and the present showing has proved
most satisfactory to state officials.
Advance reports received by the
State immigration Department from
various sources indicate that the total
acreage In cultivation in Colorado this
year will be somewhat less than thai