The Raymer enterprise., 1921-11-24
Pitky News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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Copelahn lake by TWO farmers was
Identified at Brighton us that Of John
Thill, lab0ring man, who had been
stopping In Denver. Coroner Jones has
decided that the man probably commit
ted suicide, being broke" and discour.
aged
Denver will have direct highway
to the East by the opening OF the 1922
tourist season, II the plans Of the Kan
sas cliy-Denver Airline Association
materialIze. The proposed road will
cut the distance from Kansas City to
Denver from 81 miles to approximate
ly 575 miles.
News Of the death OF Herbert A.
Herrick, former managing editor OF
the Denver Times was received In
Denver from Louisville. Ky. Apoplexy
was the cause. Mr. Herrlck was 81
years old and at the time Of his death
was assistant city editor OF the Louis
vile COurier-Journal.
Senator W s. Kenyon OF Iowa is
coming to Colorado He will address
III" Colorado Farmers Congress at the
| Agricultural College Dec. regarding
some Of the more important legisla.
ton which he and his comrades Of the
"Agrarlan Bloc" are pushing In Con
grrss for the benefit OF the farmers
and stOckmen.
Automobile registration fees collect
ed by III" state motor vehicle depart
Incnt for the last ten months exceeded
those Of The entire twelve months OF
1920 by more than S92 600 according
to data complied by Carl $. MiIiken,
secretary u state. The total amount
OF money collected TO date is placed
at Ss92,I55,l3
Forty thousand license number
plates for use In Denver next year on
automobiles Of the passenger type
have Just been received by Secretary
Of State MiIliken for distribution 70
OWNERS Dee 20 An additional 10000
plates which were received have been
shipped to the county clerks Of FL
PHso. Pueblo and Weld counties.
Denver probably will be officially
represented AT the meeting to he held
Dec. 3, at Riverside. Calf, by the
League Of IN" Southwest, when mat
t"rS relating Ia the Colorado river wa
ter rights will come up for discussion.
As the Colorado river obtains 80 per
cent Of It's water In Colorado, the state
and city Of Denver are vitality inter.
ested
The Arkansas valley has this year
experienced one OF the most remarka-
Bile falls known The temperature has
been above normal almost MI of the
time, and only one day since the mid
die Of August has had any precipita.
lion of moment. Seedmen state that
III" weather has favored their work 40
that the crop has been harvested In
the best Of conditions. The sugar beet
men report the same favorable autumn.
A crop Of lO.s72.OOO bushels is the
Nov. forecast for Colorado corn, ac-
cordng to the report just issued by the
State'Federal Crop Reporting Service,
compared with the tentative estimate
Of lS.M0.OOO bushels last year and TO-
10000 bushels of corn harvested in
1919 ms reported by the federal census
hurenu. The average yield this year Is
estimated AT T. bushels per acre, as
compared with 20.7 bushels last year.
Criminal cases In Denver increased
81 per cent during 1921 over the aver.
age total number of prosecutions for
each OF the four preceding years. The
annual average OF the years 1917 to
1920 was 1925 cases filed by the dis
irict attorneys office In the first
nine months of 1921, 1896 cases have
been filed. II the same proportion CON
tlnueS the total for the year will he q
39d An increase of l,O7l over the pre-.
viOus average.
The Denver Country Club horse
show and wild west exhibit at the
stockyArrIS stadium has been post
pOned from Nov. % to Dec. II. 1t was
announced by Frank Harris, who is In
charge Of the show.
The American State Bank Mt Gran.
ada, Colo, was robbed by yeggmen
who dynamited the voult and smashed
the safety deposit boxes therein The
robbers got 500 In money belonging
to the bank and an equal amount from
the safety deposit boxes which be-
longed TO customers. One hundred and
thirty-fire dollars Of the money the
bank lost was in pennies. The rob.
bers overlooked several thousand dol
lars in cash and bonds at the rear Of
the vault.
Weld county, Colorado, unclassified
half century ago so far as its agri.
cultural values were concerned, ranks
as the twenty-slxth county Of the en-
tire United States In value OF crops
and live stock. according to a federal
census report made public in Denver.
In list Of the fifty leading counties
OF the nation. Weld holds this position
with total crop and live stock value
in 1910 Of s23,20S,475. Its crop value
alone was s21, 1893 $50, giving 1t rank
as the twenty third county.
Three employers organizations have
filed notices with the State Industrial
Commission Of proposed reductions In
wages. The Hidden Treasure mine at