The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Compilations made by the State Inn
migration Department from the records
Of the State Tax Commission show
that the assessed value Of all segre-
gated farm property ln the state In
1920 was s847, 7,955,892, compared with
s59s, l29. .lA last year. The total as
sessed valuation Of property this year
is $3.50. .267 .GG7, compared with ST.
iaj,2l3.659. The figures given above
| do not include automobiles, carriages
and other vehicles. furniture and some
other items Of farm property, which
can not be accurately segregated. It
will be seen that the assessed value Of
farm property for 1920 was approx.
mntely II per cent Of the assessed
value Of all property. compared with
about 40 per cent In 1919. II the items
that cannot be included In this calcu-
Iation could he accurately segregated
II would be found that the assessed
value Of all farm property Is about AZ
per cent Of the total assessed yalua-
tion. The percentage has been increas.
ing steadily for several years, keeping
pace with the states agricultural de-
yelopment. The items included in the
totals given above are farm land. i'm
provements on farm land. livestock,
poultry and bees, equities In state
land, improvements eu public lands
and agricultural implements.
Figures complied by tb. State Immi.
grafton Department from the records
Of the State Tax Commission show
that the people Of Colorado paid $35.44
per capita taxes for ell municipal, dis
trict, county and state purposes In
1920. The total revenue collected, ac-
cordIng to these compilations, was a
little more than $33,OO0,000. The
largest single item Of expense is
schools. approximately 30 per cent Of
all taxes collected being used for
school purposes. The highest per capi-
Ia taxes are paid by people In Park
county. being S8S.17. while the lowest
are paid In Bsca county. $2l.92. The
average levy for all purposes is 22.21
mills. Teller county shows the high
est average levy. 3o28 mills, and Chey-
snne county the lowest, 11.48 mills.
The highest average school levy is for
Crowley county. 11.7S mills, and the
lowest 10 for jackson county, LIB mills.
A bulletin from J. Russell, general
manager Of the Denver / Rio 0rande
railroad. has been posted In the local
shops and offices at Alamosa sum
moning the trainmen and enginemen
Of the Fourth division to q conference
to be held soon to revise the wage
scales Of these two branches Of the
service. The local members Of the
brotherhoods express their willingness
to reasonable revision Of wage down.
ward, but will resist any attempt to
reduce the pay In these branches of
the service unless corresponding de-
creases are also made in other wages
and expenditures.
Sheriff l.. r. Dorsey and Harry II.
johnson. alleged forser, were serious
ly injured when an automobile In
which they were riding skidded on
muddy stretch Of the road and rolled
down q ten-foot embankment. Both
were given first aid by passing mo.
torists and taken to Grand Junction.
The prisoner made no attempt to e.
cape. He was being taken to Jail from
Montrose when the accident occurred
A timely visit to the jail by Night
Marshal Mcdonald at Monte Vista pre-
vented the suicide Of Walter Taylor, a
convicted bootlegger. who was commit.
| ted to jail In default Of payment Of q
fine Of $500 and costs by Police Magis'
trate W. r. Batchelder. Taylor con-
Quoted q lunch stand on the principal
street, and for months had been selling
liquor. police allege.
Mrs. Anna Bawolski, 81 years old,
who lived In the same house here for
more than fifty years, is dead at Gold
en-. She was q native Of Germany, bu,
had lived In America since she was 1S
years old. She was the widow Of Law
renee Bawolski, who died forty-one
years ago. Mrs. Bawolski 10 survived
by two sons and q daughter.
John Abortion. 40, D. 4 R. g. fire
man, residing In Pueblo, died at Graves
hospital, Canon City, as result Of In
juries sustained when struck In the
forehead by q flying stone, while he
was on duty on engine No. 1902 be
tween Echo and Texas Creek, Colo. En-
gineer G. Kelker saw Abortion fall
from his seat In the cab and went te
his assistance, finding deep cash ir
his forehead. Abortion was taken from
| the train at Caiion City where examin
alton showed two severe fractures oil
the skull.
Thousands Of sacks Of onions are be
ing dumped In the vicinity Of Olatht
by the growers and commission houses
due to the fact that the price Offered
for them would not Justify the sackinl
and shipment. It Is estimated that a