The Raymer enterprise., 1921-07-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

was adopted at convention held ut
Yuma, Colo. and attended by more
than 100 delegates from the towns
along the route. The present highway
runs from Cheyenne Wells, Colo, to
Beaverton. Stratton, Joes, Kirk, Yuma,
Bryant. Haxtun, Sedgwick, and then
to Chapel. Neb. From the ,enthusi-
asm shown and the prominent men OF
eastern Colorado present, the highway
Is assured Of a wonderful success. It
will pass through the richest and best
of eastern Colorado agri0aitsrnl c0unr
try. and form real link to the pro-
posed Gulf Canadian highway,
A total Of es75940.T2 viii he distrih-
uted among. the public schools Of the
state Of Colorado during the next three
or four weeks This sum represents
the earnings of the state permanent
school fund, and the revenue Of the
state, laad board during the last SIX
months from inasss on public lands
Distribution Of tn moaey viii be made
through KAthsrine r. CraiG state ~
perintendent Of public instruction, on
a basis of school population. On jan
uary l $2S7. .47897 was divided among
the sixty- -thHse counties In the state.
Approximately 10000 will b. a.
pended this year upon widening cad
,urfo cIpU ai0ht v.,iI1.u - Tho D,,po n M
Silverton. .Ouray highway In the vicin-
ity Of Lime Creek, between DasaAee
and Silverton, according to communi-
cation received by b. b. Allen Of Sill
verton from Congressman Edward l..
Taylor Of the Fourth congressional
district. This work will be carried on
under the supervision Of the forestry
service and the bureau Of public roads.
The fund for the work IL from an un-
expended appropriation.
Colorado Springs.-A J. CASTOR, a
mule buyer from Beaumont, Texas,
was arrested here charged with as
sault with deadly weapon. He Ia
charged with having shot Jesse Will
kins, a local negro, following an all
day booze party. II Is alleged. &C.
cording to information In the hands
of the police. that CASTOR fired at the
negro when wilkins is alleged to have
reached for his hip pocket. where the
police found n bottle of whisky. VIII
kins will recover.
The Western Light and Power Com.
pany have voluntarily put an order
into effect reducing street car rates
in Boulder from 10 cents to IN cents
ride. Less than four months ago
they were granted permission to raise
the fare from cents to 10 cents. The
company found that the higher rate
reduced the travel to such an extent
that instead Of profiting by the raise
the company lost.
Charles L. Conrey Post Of the Vet
erans Of Foreign Wars will hold two
weeks membership campaign in Fort
Collins, four teams captained by John
Hurdle, Ted Herring, Ray Combs and
Harry Nudge competing for hOnors.
The two teams getting the most mem.
bers will be the guests of the other
two teams at banquet August 2.
The Seibert Kanred Wheat Growers
Association has been organized at Sci
bert to take charge of the sale Of the
immense crop Of kanred wheat now
being harvested. Seibert Is the only
place In Colorado with n large acre
age of this wheat, which was deyel-
Oped during fifteen-year period by
the Kansas experiment stations.
The National Association of Auto
mobile Manufacturers will meet in
Colorado Springs next June, according
to definite information. The conven-
tion will be represented by ZOO dele
gates from manufacturing centers of
the country.
Sixty.two students Of the Colorado
Agricultural College, now at their
homes, has Just been notified that they
need not return to college the coming
year. since they did not make enough
credits last year to remain In the in
stitution.
Crawling into the shallow water of
nm irrigation ditch lateral which runs
near his home, Allan Harrison, II
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harrison, was drowned ut
Evans. The infants body was found
by John WOolan, Il ditch boss. DIR. II.
W. Averill, who attended the child and
attempted resuscitation, said he evil
IDENTIFY had been dead for more than an
hour when the body was found.
The old settlers Of the Arkansas val.
ley will hold their annual picnic at the
fair grounds Of the Arkansas Valley
Fair Association, In Pueblo, August 1,
which In this state Is holiday, and
there Is every prospect that this years
celebration will be the greatest In the
history Of the organization, which Ia
made up Of people who have made the
valley their home for twenty or more
years.
Work has been begun on the tempo.
rary bridge over the Arkansas river
east Of Rocky Ford. one Of the steel
spans of which was carried away In
the flood. Is progressing satisfactorily
and 1t is expected that travel over the