The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-25
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


by S51.S47.77 when the administrators
Of the estate Of Judson II. Bemis,
Colorado Springs millionaire, who died
April 8, turned over to Roy II. Black
man, state inheritance tax collector, Il
check FIR that amount This sum rep
resents the state Inheritance tax on a
net estate OF S1,394.151 Bemis was
heavily interested In the Bemis Bag
Company OF Boston.
With the completion of tha half
mile track and the gigantic grand.
stand and corrals, everything is now in
readiness for the opening Of the ride
'em rough roundup" at Colorado
Springs, Aug.2 2, % and "a. Already
more than 200 head Of horses, incldd-
ing some Of the most famous "buck-
ers" In the West, are housed In the
corrals alongside the track.
Lee Hutchinson. who lives north Of
Waverly. was sentenced to six months
In Jail and fined $500: Wallie John
son. was sentenced to sixty days In,
Jail. and Roy Brossman was sentenced
to six months In jail and fined $3.50
by Judge Jay II. Bouton In the Coun.
ry court at Fort Collins when they
pleaded guilty to the charge Of trans
porting liquor.
W. Fl. Logan, former head OF the
federal vocational board at Pueblo. has
been arrested by City Detective Art
Grady on a charge Of forgery. The
arrest was made ut the request Of X.
X. Goddard Of the United States Sc
cret service. Logan is alleged to have
indorsed and cashed ut least sixteen
compensation checks amounting to
more than $1,000.
Before crowd of 1,JO0 persons, one
Of the largest gatherings ever In at.
tendance at the Deertrail annual fair,
cody Martin, about IS years old, a
rider in the grand free-for-all half
mile running race, was killed when he
WAS thrown with his mount after the
animal had stumbled and fallen while
holding the inside of the track next
to the fence.
The filling station Of the Continen.
tai Oil Company at Lake and North.
ern avenues In Pueblo was robbed by
a man and a lad not over Il years
Of age. Raleigh Tracy, In charge Of
the station, was forced by the man,
who had pistol, to stand with his
hands up and face the wall while the
boy rifled the cash register of $50.
Railroads should reduce voluntarily
their freight rates on live stock to 50
per cent Of the present rates, but
should not reduce rates which at pres.
ent are less than so cents hundred
pounds, the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission said In report. The commits
sion did not enter an order in the case,
which was held open.
Four hundred and fifty vocational
| students are to receive instruction at
the University Of Colorado this fall,
according to W. J. Shirley, c0-ordfn-
ator for the government, who has
charge Of the students sent to Boulder.
There are $50 men In training now,
twenty-five Of whom will be trans
ferred to other schools.
Jake Cleveland, Boulder fireman,
has badly broken right leg as a re-
suit of jump Of six feet from lad
der in the rear OF the fire station at
Boulder He was practiclng fire fight
ing with other members OF the depart
ment when the ladder on which he was
standing started to slip. To save him
self from fall he jumped.
William Mahar and J. P. Henthorne
Of Pueblo escaped death on the Sky
Line drive at Canon City by jumping
from their automobile just before it
backed off the road and plunged 400
feet below. Mahar attempted to shift
from high gear to low while ascending
the drive but the clutch and brakes re-
fused TO work.
The long bridge over the Fountain
river was completely swept away on
the night of June 3, at Pueblo. 1t Is to
be replaced at once. As soon as &C.
ceptable plans are made the contract
will be let by the city commissioners
and the structure started.
Fewer people in Larimer county will
he delinquent with their taxes this
year than for many years previous,
according to County Treasurer VII.
liam ]. Ralph, who says IS per cent
Of the taxes were paid on time. With
those who will pay before the list ID
published, and after II appears in the
paper, 1t Is thought that the sale OF
property for taxes this year will be
quite small.
Weld county Is being deluged with
hoboes as the result Of the action OF
the Union Pacific railroad In employ.
ing special agents to rid its trains oil
the non-paying travellers. Special
Agent Tom Cole, with a posse Of as
sistants, cleaned" two extra freight
trains at Pierce, station twenty
miles north Of Greeley, Of sixty hoboes
many Of whom were negroes.
Glenn Hubbard Of upper California
mesa, about six miles west Of Olathe
was instantly killed by flash of light
ning while the horse he was riding