The Raymer enterprise., 1921-09-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

or the cabbage from the northern
Colorado district. has issued checks
for the remainder Of the payment.
$4,000, to the growers who are ex.
change members. 1t Is In payment for
all cabbage received by the exchange
up to Aug. Is. and does not include
payment for large number Of cars
shipped since that time. The other
day Of payment will he Sept. Is. 1t II
estimated by w. Il. Northway. one Of
the largest and oldest buyers Of pro-
duce In this section. that the late crop
of cabbage win net the grower close
to 100000 additional. making more
than s1,O00.OO0 for the cabbage crop
this year from the Brighton district.
An increase Of over 100 per cent In
the building operations innugurated
during August OF the present year
over those Of the same period In 1921.
Is shown by the monthly report Of the
city building department issued In
Denver. During August. 1920, build
Ing permits to the extent OF $340, $50
were issued, while last month the per.
mits totaled $751, 1,45O Permits for
brick residences tOtaled $391 500.
Building operations during the first
eight month Of 1921 show an increase
over those of 1920 from January to
September, when permits aggregating
s5,9J9.0O0 were issued. This year the
total is s6,44O.975.
A total Of SS50,3S96 90 was collected
through the automobile department Of
the secretary Of states office during
the period from Jan. to Aug. 81, ac-
cording to report issued by Secre-
tary Milliken. This is S30,517.60 more
than was collected for the entire year
In 1920. or the above total, fees COL
lected from Denver county have
reached the sum Of S283. .29627. Since
the first Of the year 34.0i1 owners
have been registered In Denver coun-
ty. The second largest collection of
auto license fees has been made In
Weld county, which reports 57,7l9.81.
The fire and police departments
were called out at Colorado Springs
to extract from an elevator Floyd
Bailey, an employ6 Of transfer COM
pany, who was caught between piano
and the elevator shaft. Bailey, with
an assistant, was engaged In moving
a piano. The piano tipped over as 1t
was being trucked into the elevator.
and the carriage shot upward. catch
Ing the transfer man In the shaft. He
was not seriously injured.
Pueblo merchants will be given a
long time loan of $75,OO0 from men,
bers Of the National Retail Clothiers'
Association, payment without interest,
according to an address made by g. F.
Cottrell, Denver clothier, who ad-
dressed the meeting Of the Rocky
Mountain Retail Merchants Associa-
tion In convention at Colorado Springs.
Decision to hold the next semi-annual
meeting In Denver was reached at the
close Of the meeting.
Dr. W. H. wood, the Weld county
coroner, ID searching for Identification
Of man who was killed In a headlong
leap from q Union Pacific train near
La Sale. The man was about IS years
old, smooth shaven and weighed ITO
pounds. He was dressed a. laborer
and his clothes have no Identification
marks on them. His neck was broken
BY his fall or Jump from the train.
Tuesday, Sept q. which has bsea
designated Governors day at the Colo
rado State Fair. to be held Sept. % to
30. will doubtless be one Of the biggest
days Of the entire exposition. The
fair commission some time ago ex-
tended an Invitation to Governor OIL
yer II. Shoup and to all state officials
asking them to attend the fair on that
day II possible.
The Delta Chamber Of Commerce,
with like bodies Of Delta county CO
operating. viii send 200 boxes of choic.
est peaches from Paonia and North
Fork valleys to the Pueblo fair for
free distribution. Western slope Grow
ers gladly provided the peaches. Each
peach II to be individually wrapped.
with the compliments Of Delta county.
Formation of branches of the Colo
RADIO Made Goods Club Is to be under
taken Immediately In all counties CT
the state along the lines upon which
the women's county councils Of de-
tense were organized during the war.
This 10 one Of several important new
plans Of the club In Its effort to arouse
Colorado women to an increased sup
port Of meritorious Colorado products
as means Of advancing the prosper.
ity Of the state and the welfare of its
people. E..
Reports from the six mining camps
Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany In the Walsenburg district re-
ceived, placed the number Of miners
idle as result Of the walkout at 1888.
The reports which came from superin-
tendents and other mine officials and
employees at the mine, said that only
$50 men were working and that these
were at the Walsen camp.
More than nine years after q com.
plant was sworn out against him,