The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1921-03-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

men, women and children-filllng three
special cars, departed from Denver
over the Santa re railroad for Fl
Paso Texas. where they were trans
ported across the international bridge
into Juarez, and from there to Mexico
City. under the direction OF r. TravinO,
Mexican consul In Denver. The Mexi.
cans for the most part were laborers
who were left stranded In Denver at
the conclusion Of the beet campaign In
Colorado last fall The labOrers were
without sufficient funds to get back to
their native country. and had been In
Denver with neither money nor work
to support themselves.
Great interest centers around the
announcements Of the 1921 program OF
the Augusta mine In the Crested
Butte section Of the county. The Al.
lied Mines Corporation Of Pittsburg,
Pa, il planning to build the first fifty.
ton unit Of u 2O0ton flotation mill, an
electric power plant and steel trans,
to handle the ore at the greatest posi-.
BILE saving II In declared that 200, 600
tons OF milling ore are now In sight,
including 10000 tons on the dump.
Besides this. there Is much ore packed
away In the Slopes Of the mine. ready
TO be pulled out at will.
A special week, to be known a.
"orsnge week" is to be featured In
Denver March q to IS. Dealers
throughout the city will decorate their
stores with placards and banners,
while windows will contain attractive
displays OF the fruit. Orange weeks
are being held In many cities through.
out the United States for the purpose
Of reminding the public Of the value
and healthfulness Of the golden fruit.
A mandatory order issued by the Su-
preme Court directs the State Public
Utilities Commission to compel the
operation Of q railroad that doesn't
exist-the Denver, Boulder 4 Western,
which. until August. 1919, ran from
Boulder to Eldora, Ward and other
Boulder county mining camps. The
unique order. which cannot be com
piled with, was issued at the instance
Of several mining companies.
During twenty-six Of the twenty.
eight days in February there was sun.
shine At least a part of the time, to.
falling 178 hours Of sunshine, with only
two completely cloudy days for the en-
tire month In Denver. according to the
monthly meteorological summary just
compiled BY Weather Forecaster J. n.
Sherier. The total for January
amounted to 18s hours, the report
shows.
Samuel d. Nicholson, C0lorado's new
senator, managed to get into his office
In the Senate office building after
waiting several days for place to
carry on his work. He has the quar-
tiers vacated by Senator Sutherland Of
West Virginia. Senator NichOlson's
office force and equipment were
moved In and the office is running
smoothly.
A total of SlS4,8SS58 was collected
in fees In the corporation department
Of the secretary of states office dur
ing the month OF February, according
to report made by Secretary MILL
ken. This is an increase Of $500 over
the corresponding period fhst year. In
cluded in the amount are filing fees
for foreign and domestic yearly re-
ports.
Dick Miller, IS years old, Of Arizona
was arrested by Sheriff George Nick
son In strawstack on the Hunt ranch,
four miles east OF Castle Rock, on a
charge OF having hehi up and robbed
J. P. Riggs, proprietor of a general
store at Larkspur. A gold watch and
several dollars, said to be the property
Of Riggs, were recovered.
The planting of 10000 trees will be
resumed this year In the Pike forest
area by +. S. Keithly, government for
ester. Should heavy SHOWS come this
month the work will necessarily be
postponed, 1t being impossible to form
the camp until the snow Is entirely
gone. Six hundred thousand trees
were planted last year.
There is considerable excitement In
Grand Junction following the report
Of oil being struck at Carbonera, Colo.
The well Is being drilled by the Kan
soming Oil Company. The well is said
to have been struck at depth Of 200
feet!
Three bandits entered the First Ma
tional Bank at Strasburg. with the use
Of crowbar, rifled fifty safety de-
posit boxes in yault and obtained
about 500 In pennies and nickels from
the cash drawer and escaped.
Improvement Of the Mount Vernon
or "Hogback" road between Morrison
and the Golden paved highway will be
made as soon as weather conditions
permit, according to the state highway
commission.
A fire destroyed the Berthoud Alfal-
ia Milling and Feeding Company's ele-
vat0r at Berthoud. Damage to the
plant Ia estimated at $4,000.
nonyor snnrfsmen af n mQotin9 In.