The Raymer enterprise., 1921-10-13
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

neuF lOugnul, on WOlI creek, lilly
miles southwest Of Craig. According
to witnesses the shooting followed a
fight In which clubs and other weap
ons were used. Wilson received a
black eye in the mixup and then went
to his home and returned with gun.
Wilson, 1t Is alleged, had threatened
to contest the homestead rights OF
Floyd Williams, a son.in-law of Smith
A quarrel of long standing resulted
and led to the fight.
During the last fifteen days Of Sep.
tember the State Inheritance Tax De-
partment collected s15.4S5.32 from
twenty-six estates in Colorado. The
largest Individual amount collected
was from the estate Of Alexander v.
Officer Of Weld county. For taxing
purposes this estate was valued at
s156.S54 and the amount Of the tax
was $3,902SS. Heirs Of Owen E. lie.
Fevre Of Denver paid the state $2..
S78.78 on a valuation of $152, ,82O.32.
Total Inheritance tax collected by the
state since Jan. 1 is 1881. 1.417.S5.
"The longevity of man has been no.
ticeably increased during the past few
years In all countries" declared DR..
w. w. Grant Of Denver, recognized
authority on cancer, in an address be.
fore nearly 1900 Pueblo people at the
municipal auditorium. "This longevity
Is increasing more noticeably among
women than men," he added, and stat.
ed further that the mortality rate had
been reduced considerably In every
disease with the exception Of cancer,
Of which statistics show three times as
many women die as men.
All classes Of property In Colorado
are valued for taxing purposes at ST..
57S,56S, ,449. This Is the final figure
submitted by the Colorado Tax Com
mission to the State Board Of Equal.
ization In Its report for 1921. Last
years the valuation was $1,590, ,287 1851,
SO that this year there is a decrease
Of $11,799,21S In view of the slump
In the values Of sheep, cattle and
farm products decrease of less than
$12,00O,O0O is considered a remarkable
good showing.
The prairie dog, which has always
been looked upon as pest Of the
first order, Is worth money, according
to Albert N. Froom of Olathe, who re.
ports that he is the only man In the
world who has ever cashed In on this
animal. He actually sells them for
money. In some parts of the world
they do not have prairie dogs, and
there they are looked upon as rarity
and are placed In their ZOOS alongside
Of the elephant and other natural Gu
rioslties.
From Moab, Utah, comes word that
probably the richest shipment of cur.
n0tite ore ever mined was recently
sold to buyers at Montrose, Colo, by
Andrew Nyland of Grand Junction.
The shipment consisted Of forty tons
and brought $4,000. The ore was
mined In the Gateway district and was
the last Of the output of Mr.. Nylund's
mine there.
Gladys Warren, 4 years old, was ia.
tally burned at her home in Colorado
Springs when her clothing caught fire
from some unknown cause. Mamie, an
elder sister, seized Gladys, who ran In.
to the yard, carried her back into the
house and plunged her into a tub Of
water. Gladys, however, had inhaled
the flame and died later.
Word has been received at Boulder
that the college Of pharmacy, Unlver.
sity Of Colorado, has been unanimous.
ly elected to membership In the Amer.
lean Conference Of Pharmaceutical
Faculties. The society is working for
the advancement of pharmaceutical
education and practice.
The construction Of a new watei
system with Little Horse creek fifty.
four miles north Of Rocky Ford, as the
source Of supply, was discussed at Q
special meeting Of the city council Of
that city. The work would cost $780,.
600, 1t is estimated, and 2.5OO.OO0 gal
Ions Of water would be furnished.
J. q. Weisgerber, q Pueblo telegraph
operator, while touring the country In
an automobile recently. had an excit
Ing experience with a blue racer snake.
The snake, which was five and hall
feet long, crawled under the car after
having bitten into the tire. The cal
was stopped, but no trace of the snake
could be found. Eventually, 1t was dis
covered In the battery box only to be
lost again In the mechanism Of the
machine. When finally located In the
dust pan It was killed.
A motorcycle accident on the Buck
horn road in the mountains near Love
land resulted In the serious injury Of
O. W. NcWhinney, prominent Loveland
real estate man. McWhinney was rid
Ing with w. J. Arb when the brake,
refused to work on steep hill and
the machine went over a bank. Nc
Whitney suffered q crushed chest In
addition to cuts and bruises.
An unusual collection of wild ami
mails has been gathered together at thu
new mountain home of Frank G. Millel
at Trails End In Cherokee park. Tht
collection includes five buffalo. 4 few