The Raymer enterprise., 1921-01-06
Pithy News Notes
From All Paris Of
Colorado
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Mrs. Andrew (Aunt Fanny Payne,
said to be more than 100 years old, for.
mer slave and pioneer Of Middle park.
Is dead.
X. v. Ellington Of Denver has been
appointed state supervisor Of trades
and Industrial education at the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College.
County commissioners Of Gunnison
expect to spend $1,000 on the Black Me-
50 road and about $4,000 on the road
from Gunnison to Somerset.
Thieves entering an army goods stors
at Loveland robbed the establishment
Of about $500 worth Of merchandise
including sheep-lined overcoats, sever
al blankets, shoes, shirts and other u.
tlcles Of army clothing.
Complete arrangements have been
made for the twenty.first annual con.
yention Of the Retail MerchantS A.
soclation Of Colorado, which 10 to b
held at Colorado Springs January II,
IS md 10.
Mistaking strychnine pills for Christ.
mas candy. Marguerite Schneider, 8
years old. daughter Of Mr.. and Mra
Frank Schneider. living on . ranch
east Of Colorado Springs, died after
she had swallowed q quantity Of the
poison.
There Is snow enough In North park
to need the snow plow on the Colo
RADIO. Wyoming & Eastern, the train
to Walden being drawn BY two en-.
gines. At Foxpark, the crest Of the
mountains, the thermometer registered
10 degrees below zero recently.
Nine wildcats In two days u the
record kill made by Raymond Unky,
D. Decker, s. II. Blethem and W. R.
Parnham. who returned to Colorado
Springs with their trophies. The wild.
cats were killed at Decker Sprines, sa-
ly a short distance from that city.
Nearly 100 entries were made at the
annual poultry show Of the Colorado
Poultry Fanciers' Association In Den
yer. Chickens, geese and pigeons from
Wyoming, Nebraska. Kansas and Colo.
RADIO were on display at the show. D.
4. Helmlich, noted poultry expert from
Jacksonville, ILL.,, judged the entries.
Two thousand dollars In travellers
checks which were being transported
from the Continental Bank and Trust
Company Of Chicago to the Farmers
State Bank nt Sedgwick, and other val
liable mail to an undetermined amour,
we're stolen by unidentified thieves
from the station platform at Sedgwick,
Colo.
The frozen body of Severance Ben
ton, 90 years old, owner Of a non-irri'
gated homestead fifteen miles south
west of Virgins, was found In hii
shack by neighbors who visited the
place. Benton had been dead for sew
eral days and Is presumed to have died
from exposure and lack Of medical at
tention.
A company has been orgenized com
posed Of DeBeque business men, stock
growers and oil shnle operators In
,,..t.rn rn1nraIn IN ,npst rp,f o rpnd
ern hotel at DeBeque at cost Of S75,
900. The proposed hotel is to have
fifty rooms, all Of which will be fur
nished In the most uD-to-date manner
A site for the building has already
been secured and II Is expected to start
building operations early In the spring
A unique plan to relieve the strin
gency in money matters which Is be
ing felt by farmers has been proposed
and will likely be put into effect al
Seibert. 1t Is proposed by local mer
chants and other business people a
allow farmers credit on their wheat
and corn on hand to the extent Of 81
n bushel on the former and 25 cent?
on the latter. A mortgage and bond tt
guarantee delivery OF this grain iD
May will be taken.
The sundry civil bill reported to thu
House In Washington carries $377, ,0N
for the Grand Valley reclamation pro
ject and $2l4,OOO for the Uncompah
gre project.
One bushel Of hand-picked Turkey
Red wheat has brought Ralph X. Davii
Of Moffat county s47.70 in prize mon
ey. The bushel was first taken Il
Craig for the community fair, whert
it won first award and Sl4.7O In mer
chandise. Then 1t took the first prizt
Of 81 at Maybell and 81 first premium
at the Colorado state fair. This wheaI
was awarded fifth premium at the In
ternationnl Hay and Grain Show II
Chicago, Mr.. Davis receiving s25.
There Is considerable stir In ot
saale possibilities In Rio Blanco coun
~ at present. 1t appears that a fail
ure to do the assessment work befor
December 31st on claims initiated
prior to the passage Of the leasing bill
by Congress last February means tina,
private control thereof comes to al
end for all time, and hence the locat
ors are busy endeayoring to perform
the work SO that they can hold on an
other year, during which time the!
stand good chance Of selling out ant
making a stake"
Approximately $4,000 has beei