The Raymer enterprise., 1921-10-06
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts OF
Colorado
COMING EVENT.
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COMING EVENTS.
H1erfano County Fair. walsenburg.
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock,
Oct. as: James l.. Tressier, secretary.
XII Carson County Fair. Burlington.
Oct. SIS: J. n. Hefner. secretary.
~ Paso County Fair. Calhan. Oct. SIS:
D. Z. Nance. secretary.
+. c. Grower Of Jacksonville, Fla,
was chosen president OF the National
Association of Wholesale Druggists by
the annual convention. Colorado
Springs was selected for next years
convention.
The AlamOsa Chamber of Commerce
Is gathering data regarding railroad
shipments In connection with the pro-
posed construction Of standard
gauge railroad between Alamosa and
Albuquerque, N. NJ.
Enrolment Of students in the high
and grade schools Of Grand Junction
has reached 1887, and 1t is expected
that this number will be increased.
The large school attendance is taken
as an indication Of the growth Of the
city. All Of the schools are crowded
to capacity.
jackson county commissioners have
prepared budget of $4,000, which
they will request from the State High
way Commission for roadwork for one
year. The budget includes expendI-
lures for work on the Cameron Pass
road, Rabbit Ear road and Walden
Laramie road.
The will Of the late William Balla.
troll, an Italian Of Ouray, provided that
band play at his funeral and that
each Of his pallbearers be provided
with jug Of liquor. The provisions
Of the will were carried out to the let.
ter when the funeral was held, accord.
Ing to reports.
Claude Sharrar, a carpenter, So
years old, shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide In the base
ment Of partly completed house on
which he was working at Hereford,
sixty miles northeast Of Greeley. Two
small children Of the Sharrars, one a
baby only year and a half old, were
thes ole witness to the double shoot.
ing.
The Red Cross disaster relief unit
has placed more than $27 900 In the 10.
cal banks at Pueblo as maintenance
and pension funds for 158 flood sui.
ferers. Each beneficiary will be able
to obtain stipulated sum monthly un-
til the entire fund placed to his credit
Is exhausted. Similar deposits have
been placed In banks at La Junta and
smaller towns.
An estimated expenditure Of $500 900
has been recommended to the city
council Of Loveland for the enlarge.
ment or reconstruction Of the pipe line
from the dam in the cation to the city.
Several parts Of the city are now with
out water service on account Of made.
Quate piping facilities. The recon.
mendation was made by Alderman
Viestenx of the water committee.
The states collection Of leaf gold
from Breckenridge, said to be unsur-
passed In the world and valued at not
less than $1,000, was stolen from the
show cases In the state mining depart
ment on the second floor Of the State
Museum building, Fourteenth avenue
and Sherman street, In Denver. The
collection, experts say, cannot be re.
placed.
Plans for a six-day extension drive
by the Denver Boy Scouts were laid at
a meeting of the scout committee
chairmen held In the court house In
Denver. The dates for the drive were
set at Oct. 16 to q. The purpose Of
the campaign, It was decided, will be
to triple the present membership Of
$4,000. It also Is planned to broaden
the efficiency and the benefits to both
new and old members.
The organization Of a thirty.piece
band and the beautiful crops Of east.
ern Colorado are to be Jointly cels-
brated at Seibert, Oct. IA, when the
first annual band barbecue and com.
munity fall festival will be held. A
big program is being built around the
free barbecue beef feed, which will b.
free to the public. An auction sale Of
donated articles, show, dance, etc, will
raise money for the band.
G. b. Lawrencs, formerly 4 dish.
washer in the restaurant Of Uriah
Long. the Fowler, Colo. man who was
murdered on the road east Of Pueblo
the night Of Aug. %, ID in the Pueblo
city jail awaiting Investigation. Law.
renee was arrested at the Union IT.
ton In Pueblo after he had been rec
ognised BY Z Fowler resident. Hs was
known to have left Fowler with Lone
Aug. y, and that night, the night Of
the murder. II d charged, be returned
to Fowler and occupied Longs room.
At 4 o'clock the next morning hs die.
appeared In an automobile which
called for him. he claims to have no
knowledge Of the murder and to have
Just been released from Minnequa hos.
pital in Pueblo, but hospital authori.
ties deny that such II the case.