The Raymer enterprise., 1921-07-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

over to the civil authorities by Colonel
Newton, the military commander. City
authorities have put into effect all the
regulations made by the military or
Ter providing that no person shall be
/ the streets after 10 30 y. IN. with.
,ut good excuse No passes will be
ssued, as was the case under martial
aw. The city has been under martial
aw since the food Of June and dur
! ne that time not one house has been
robbed or single holdup reported.
Only few cnses of looting occurred
out they were not important ones.
Fifty Colorado rangers will remain
here indefinitely and will be In COM
nand ofvrolonel Newton.
The Denyer & Interurban railroad,
which has been in the hands Of re-
ceiver since the institution Of suit
Two years ago by the Guarantee Trust
Company Of New York, has been re-
turned to Its owners by action Of
Federal Judge Robert Z. Lewis. Under
he terms Of the decree handed down
)y Judge Lewis the complaint Of the
Guarantee Trust Company is dismissed.
rhe action. however. Is contingent on
he payment by the owners OF all costs
of the suit and all unpaid liabilities Of
he road.
The contract for the completion Of
he new 100000 high school at Ala
mosa has been let by the board Of edu.
! cation. and II Is expected that the
| building can he completed before the
! beginning Of the next school term. This
school was authorized two years ago
when the people voted n bond issue Of
/ $4,000, but when the bids were opened
7 il was found.that owing to the great
Increase in costs of materials and Ia
Dor the bond issue was several thous-
md dollars short of enough to finish
the building according to the plans.
The Federal Farm Loan Bank will
extend loan of at least $1.5O0,000 to
Pueblo county and other Arkansas val
J directly as u loan to the irrigation
companies for repairs to bitches, reser-
yoirs and Intakes, but will be In re-
llity aid given to farmers whose land
must he assessed to meet the cost OF
repairs 10 the irrigation systems. This
cost has been estimated at least ST.
100000.
Mike SalaZar, q Mexican 20 years
old, was sentenced to hang during the
week of July II, for his confessed part
in the murder of Gaudencio Silva, a
fellow cOuntryman, at Morley, Colo.
on the night of Nov. IS, 1920. will he
spared from the gallows. The State
Board Of Pardons. In a special session,
ordered that Salazar's sentence be
commuted from death to life imprlson-
ment.
Fifty horses, ten trucks and five
tractors with sufficient labor to man
the equipment, are hard at work put
ting Pueblo county highways into
shape Three temporary bridges on the
Santa Fe trail were taken out and cul-
verts over a wide area were destroyed.
The three bridges have been restored
and the North Santa Fe trail opened
TO traffic.
The new Colorado Division of Mar
keting authorized by the last General
Assembly, has been established. W. NJ.
Alcwelt Of Greeley was appointed d.
rector Of the division by the executive
committee of the State Board Of Agri-
culture. He has established headQuar-
tcrS ut the Agricultural College.
Automobile tax collections in Den
yer for the first six months Of the cur
rent year, aggregating sag. 1896, ex-
ceeded the collections in the same dis
trIct for the entire year of 1920, ac-
cording TO the semiannual report OF
the state motor vehicle department.
issued by Secretary Of State Milllken.
Because of the decreasing demands
of guard duty in the Pueblo food dis.
trlct, twenty-three Colorado rangers,
who have been stationed in that area
since June 4, have been relieved and
ordered back to their stations in va
rlous parts Of the state by Ranger
Captain Orville Dennis.
The new Colorado division Of market
ing authorized by the last General As
sembly has been established William
F. Allewelt Of Greeley was appointed
director of the division by the execu.
tive committee of the State Board Of
Agriculture. He has assumed his new
duties, establishing headquarters at
the Agricultural College.
The body found near the top of Flat
Top mountain by Colorado rangers has
been identified ms that Of J. P. Chit.
wood, formerly a ditchwOrker EN-.
ployed by the Water Supply and Stor.
age Company. according to an an.
nOuncement made in Fort Collins by
Coroner II. NJ. Balmer.
The suit filed by School District No.
52, Lafayette, against the Union Pm
cific railroad, Northern Coal and Coke
Company, and the Rocky Mountain
Fuel Company, was thrown out of
court by Judge Neil +. Graham Of
Boulder.
Less than ten hours after she Is al.
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