The Raymer enterprise., 1921-06-30
Pithy News Notes
From AHPa,1s Of H.,
Colorado
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families attended the convention held
In Boulder Of Group / OF the Colorado
State Bankers Association. The group
Is composed of the Denver and north
ern Colorado banks.
Fort Collins machine gun company,
now known us Company Fl. machine
gun, r77th regiment, Forty-fifth fdivi-
sion, will soon be fully equipped and
doing training work. The company
was mustered in by Capt. G. ii. PARCEL
of the adjutant generals staff, and
Major McConiff, federal mastering Of
flcer, and Rudolph J. Seyfried was
chosen captain.
Joe Innocence. is years old. IS dead,
and Fransco Ochlnpinto, 33 years old.
Guy Applegate. 30, years old, and Joe
Innocence, q years old, the latter q
brother.in-law Of the dead youth, are
In Jail In Greeley as the result Of q
! pitched battle with county and federal
( officers for possession Of an Illicit
/ whisky stlll, In operation near the
! Colorado Wyoming dividing line In
] northern Weld county.
on representations made by William
i. PassmOre, In charge Of the public
/ sampling works al Idaho Springs
, which handles ores from the GilpIn and
! Clear Creek county mines, reduction
in freight rates from Idaho Springs to
LeadyIlle has been granted. On ores
! up to $50 per ton the rate is So per
ton, while ores worth 500 or over
that figure pay s.. Rates of $3.50. 81
and $3.50 cover ores between $50 and
| 500 per ton in value.
Pueblo must have federal aid to pre-
vent a recurrence Of floods or there
will be no business blocks rebuilt on
| their old sites, according to II. II. Sell
domridge, receiver OF the Mercantile
National Bank Of that city. The ac-
counts of the Pueblo food which ap-
peared In the eastern press fell far
short In conveying an adequate con
ception Of the catastrophe which has
visited this unfortunate city, accord
ing to Mr.. Seldomridge. ..lts
} The sheeprnen Of southwestern Colo
RADIO who use San Juan forest service
range, have agreed through thelf rep
resentative, II. d. Abrams, to pay
three cents per head for all sheep
driven over the Durango Silverton
highway In reaching their range, &C
cordlng TO statement made at Dur.
ango by Supervisor Fl. e. French Of
the forest service. Heretofore there
has been some controversy from driv-
ing stock over the highway. .E
Weld county will produce 100000
bushels OF wheat this year, judging
from present Indications. Figures
compiled by the field men Of the coun-
ty assessor show that there are 1885,
900 acres planted to wheat In the
county this year. Because Of the large
amount Of moisture the yield will be
from thirty to fifty bushels on the non.
irrigated land as well as In the irri-
gated districts. There are 5000 acres
Of wheat on the irrigated farms and
about 100000 on the dry land
What promised to be murder
mystery" Of the great flood at Pueblo
followed the finding Of the skeleton Of
woman In box In an alley off the
main business district. Colorado
Rangers estimated that the woman had
been dead eight or nine months and
an investigation was started to deter
mine the Identity Of the murdered
woman. r. II. WINNER, manager Of
the Gallup Saddlery Company, blew
the murder" theory to pieces with the
announcement that the body" was the
mummy Of n cliff dweller which had
been in the store for at least fifteen
years. The mummy floated into the
alley during the flood.
Owners Of land along the Big Thomp.
son river, south Of Loveland, are plan
ming on dyklng the river with sand,
bags to force II back into Its old chan,
mel from the new channel, fifty yards
from the old, which was washed by
the flood to u depth Of sixteen t Nt,
through two or three fields In the Ht-
toms y
Flood waters In the Animas valley
caused loss Of 1851 per farm or
total of s3l.5OO for thirty-seven prop
erty holders, according to report
made In Durango at meeting of resi-.
dents Of the valley presided over by
George ". Greaves f. ". Jeffrey and
]. H. McCord constituted the commit
tee which formulated the report after
investigation Of the inundated area. "A
All restrictions on tourist traffic by
train or automobile into Pueblo has
been lifted by the military authorities
following a request by President
Lovern Of the City Council. Pass of.
ficers stationed at Colorado Springs,
Denver, Cahon City, Walsenburg and
other points have been relieved from
duty on the main highways. Restric.
tions on freight shipments also have
been removed. . n..
Under the auspices Of the American
Legion, and backed by every booster In
the community, Montrose will this year
put on the biggest July celebration