The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-10
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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The postoffice at Springfield, fifty
miles south Of Lamar and county seat
Of Baca county, was looted by robbers
who escaped in an automobile. It Is
estimated that the robbers got $500 In
cash and approximately 500 worth Of
stamps.
State Inheritance tax collections dur.
Ing the first quarter Of the current
fiscal year amounted to s58,S3O.O4, &C.
cording to the semi-monthly report Of
Attorney General Reyes. OF this sum
$12,094.13 was collected during the last
half Of February. Twenty.three es
tates paid Inheritance tax during the
last two weeks. a
A plan to harness the waterpOwer
now going to waste In the pipeline Of
the Canon City waterworkers as 1t
descends the reservoir hill, and trans.
form 1t into electrical energy to illu.
inmate the hills and streets and parks
adjacent to the Colorado state peniten.
tiary, is now under consideration by
the penitentlary authorities and the
city council Of Canon City.
Homesteaders purchased ut public
auction 5000 acres of state school
lands, according to John +. Vivian,
register Of the land board. This was
the first auction held by the board
since Jan. u. Total receipts from the
sale was $SS,570, an average of $15.Sl
per acre, which records of the land Of.
flee show to be higher than the gen.
eral average price Of previous sales.
John NJ. Richardson of Denver
through his attorneys, has filed suit in
the Fremont county District Court In
Canon City, for $5S,307 damages
against G. v. Hodgin. ]. Victor Nc
Candless and James Belknap In their
unofficial and individual capacities for
alleged negligence while serving as
county commissioners Of Fremont
county in 1920. The alleged negli.
gence, the plaintiff claims, resulted In
the death Of his wife and serious In
Jury to himself In an automobile accl.
dent on April 80. 1920.
A unique plan for relieving the n.
nanclal stringency In Conejos county
will be given trial by public-spirited
citizens. An effort will be made to
get all the farmers, as well as other
interests In the county, to cooperate
in the "sell.a.llttle, pay-a.little" cam.
paIgn. A great number of the farm
ers of the county have been holding
their products for raise In price, and
In consequence the merchants of the
county have been extending credit to
the farmers. and now cannot collect
their bills. t.s
The precious metal production rec
ords Of the Idaho Springs district,
Clear Creek county, In gold, silver.
copper and lead Is in excess of $170,.
100000. Much Of this was obtained
under mining methods that today are
not considered efficient. The Gem
property alone has produced more than
$4.OOO.00O. while the production from
the other two groups-recently &C.
quired by the Gem Company--is esti.
mated at 100000. This estimates
ore based on 60 cents per ounce as the
average price for silver.
Plans, specifications and estimates
on Colorado highway projects, to be
carried out at an approximate cost Of
500, 1880, were submitted to J. 8.
Bright, supervisor of the United States
bureau Of public roads In Denver by
the State Highway Commission. Fed
eral aid to the amount of SO per cent
on the work, which includes "a miles
Of concrete road on the Denver-Brigh.
ton highway, is requested. Other con.
struction work contemplated, embraces
two bridges In Montrose county, one
Of seventy feet over the Uncompah.
gre river, and one Of twenty-eight feet
over Spring creek.
"A competent staff of instructors 10
maintained at the University Of Colo
RADIO to see that students who gradu-
ate are not only mentally trained, but
also physically developed" said DR.. G.
e. Kennedy in an address before the
Boulder Commercial Association.
Physical education does not only
mean competitive sports for the stu
dents, 1t means, in addition, a correc-
tive system of overcoming physical de.
fects," he continued. Dr.. Kennedy Is
at the head Of the physical education
department Of the university.
Twenty-Five undesirable aliens, all of
whom have been convicted Of various
crimes in Denver and in the northern
part Of the state, were deported from
Denver by Chief W. r. Mansfield of
the United States immigration service,
and are now on their way to San
Francisco. These deportees, oil of
them Mexicans, were placed In a spe.
cial car which was attached to a
through train for the Pacific coast.
They will be placed on a steamer at
San Francisco and taken to Mazatlan,
Mexico. Chief Mansfield was accom-
panied by four heavily armed guards
and Deputy United States Marshal
Harry Mcintyre.
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