The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1921-03-03
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts OF
Colorado

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George HaIrgrove has been selected
night marshal Of the merchant police,
recently organized at Center. The bus
mess men viii contribute to his sal
airy each month.
Notice Of Z 20 per cent reduction In
wages Of all crafts employed 10 the
building industry In Denver, to become
effective on March II, was filed by the
Denver Master Builders Association
with the State Industrial Commission.
Persons who say that mountain lions
will not attack Il human being cannot
convince Joe Fessler Of Grand Junction
that the report Is true. Fessler, who
killed 180-pound lion can testify that
1t took five shots to down the lion,
which was making for him at rapid
clip when the last shot tumbled him
over. ...
Fred II. Myers, $40 South Logan
street, Denver. was killed when he was
thrown from a motorcycle side car
driven by II. n. Wood Of Longmont,
when the latter attempted to prevent
crashing into an automobile truck at
point fir. miles west Of Fort Lupton.
Myers died OF a fractured skull. Wood
escaped unlnjured
Members OF the Legislature were
given the producers viewpoint Of the
cost OF mining coal In Colorado at a
dinner given by the Coloraio-New.Mex.
leo Coal Operators Association ut the
Brown Palace hotel In Denver. which
afforded evidence that there Is close
margin between cost Of production and
the price realized for the product.
Senator Richard c. Callen's bill to
require railroads to maintain speed
OF ten miles an hour between shipping
point and destination for all livestock
and perishable products was passed on
second reading. The measure gives
shippers power 10 collect punitive
damages from $1,000 to 5000. besides
actual damages, for failure to ship
within the time fixed.
The body Of a man whom the police
have identified as Carlo Balance, an
Italian laborer, IS years old, was found
In the bottoms" Of the southern part
OF Pueblo. The man had evidently
been murdered and his body hauled to
the bottoms In m automobile by his
slayer or slayers. His throat had been
cut, his left arm broken In two places
and the body rlddled with bullets.
Coal production In Colorado during
the month Of January showed de.
crease Of 10000 tons for the same
period In 1920. and more than 100000
tons under the total for December Of
Inst year. The total output for last
month was l,054, iS8 tons. Only four
counties In thes tate showed increases
over last year. They were: Las AMI
mas, Montezuma, Ptkln and Weld
counties.
United States Marshal Samuel J.
Burris at Pueblo destroyed 1900
pounds of English walnuts which,
when inspected by the consignee were
found to be OF inferior quality. In &C.
cordance with the United States pure
food law. shipments Of any such com.
modify when found not to be up to
standard are destroyed, Marshal Bur
rIs complying with this net by dumping
the nuts into the Arkansas river.
Fort MOrgan's new lighting system
was put into service when lights were
turned on by Mayor Lockwood and
City Electrician ". H. Harold. The
great difference between the old light
Ing system and the new was very
striking What had, few years ago,
been looked upon as one OF the most
modern and up-to-date systems for
lighting the town, appeared obsolete
and insignificant when the new 600
candle power lights were flashed on In
place of the eighty. candle power sin.
gle lights. Vi
Attorney General Reyes was elected
president OF the Colorado Society, Sons
OF the American Revolution, at a Joint
annual banquet and meeting OF the Or
ganizatlon with the Colorado Patriotic
League in Denver. Former President
Malcolm Lindsey was elected vice
president, DIR. James P. Willard, secre-
tary; W. d. Wyncoop, treasurer, and
J. 2. Martin. chaplain. for the ensuing
year. Following the election Of Of
Ulcers. eleven gold medals were pre-
scented by Attorney General Reyes to
active patriotic workers during the
World war.
Three young electricians, Walter Bal.
linger, Roy Frazer and Frank Schiller
had narrow escapes from death near
Blue Lake In the Bridal Veil mining
section, about six miles from Telluride,
when they were caught In snowslide.
The men, with other members Of the
power gang" Of the Smuggler. Union
Mining Company. were making their
way to the Blue Lake pumping station
Of the Smugsler. Union Mining Com.
pany to make repairs on transformer
and pumps, when a slide broke and
caught the three and swept them down
the hillside for more than three hun.
dred feet.