The Raymer enterprise., 1921-05-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


pleted by early fall, according to re-
cent report made by members of the
board. About 14,00O acres of land will
be irrigated by the dam and hend.gate
which are now completed. tunnel
has been bored through 1.500 feet Of
solid rock and the ditch has been hnilt
to within two miles Of the land to be
irrigated. 1t is reported that a few of
the homesteaders will be able to get
water some time this SUMNER while
all Of the tract is assured OF full
water supply next spring. About ST.
100000 is being expended on the pro.
ject.
I'm going to shoot you," said
Thelma Young, 8 years old, az she
picked up revolver at the home Of
her father In Lyons and aimed It ut
her cousin, Elton Young. age Z, Of
Niwot. The revolver discharged as
she pressed the trigger and sent hull
let that went thru his right shoulder
into the pleural cavity. The boy was
rushed to the hospital Ia Iongmont.
His condition Is considered serious.
The two children had been playing to.
gether and had no quarrel. Officials
believe that the little girl had no In
tention Of shooting and that the dis
charge Of the gun was accidental.
Accused Of forging the name Of a..
A. johnson, vice president Of the Buck
ingham State bank, to checks totalling
$4,000, Rudolph A. Nordell, cashier
Of that institution, which closed its
doors December 20, 1920, has been ar.
rested at Greeley and lodged In the
county jail there. The alleged forger-
les are said to have been started by
Nordell June 8, 1918, when a check
for $4,000 is said to have gone through.
District Attorney Louis B. Reed de-
clared that more than thirty Of the
alleged forgeries are In the hands Of
authorities.
Sam Hand, farmer living twenty
five miles south Of Walsenburg, fired
the shot which caused the death, dur
Ing dispute over a fence line, Of Gar
Callhan, another farmer living on an
adjoining farm, according to the YER
dict returned by a coroner's jury.
Three witnesses were called during
the hearing. The physician who at
tended the dying man, and Callhan's
wife and mother-in-law, testified con-
cerning the shooting. The Jury held
the shot was fired with felonlous In
tent.
While William Johnson, a farmer ~
siding northeast Of Fort Morgan, was
clinging to the blades Of a windmill
wheel oillng the mechanism, a gust Of
wind started the wheel revolving.
johnson grasped the blades desperate.
ly as they whirled around In the air,
gathering speed at each revolution.
Just as his hold on the wheel was
loosening, his son, who was playing in
the yard, noticed his fathers plight
and hastily applied a brake to the
mechanism, and johnson decended to
terra firma with alacrity.
Attorneys representing the citizens
Of Eagle, Colo, have filed their reply
brief in the Supreme Court to the ap-
peal Of the town Of Red Cliff from the
decision Of District Judge James L.
Cooper. awarding the county seat Of
Eagle county to the town Of Eagle.
Irregularities In the election in which
the Eagle supporters were victorious
were claimed In the suit.
Mrs. Josie Clinton, wife Of Charles
@. Clinton, alleged bank bandit, now
serving ten to twelve years In the
state penitentary, died at a hospital
In Oklahoma City, following an oper.
alton, and the secret of the cache Of
bonds said to have been stolen by her
husband went to the grave with her.
Harry McReynolds, wanted In Boul-
der for killing Miss Avo Durbln, his
sweetheart, on May 10, has been ar
restsd in Denver. McReynolds has
been hiding in the home Of a friend.
McReynolds confessed, officials Dc.
clare. BE d said to have run all the
way to Denver after the shooting.
Henry =. Jordan, so, resident Of
the San Luis Valley for forty years,
and one Of the most prominent sheep
growers In Colorado, committed sui
eide at his ranch near Antonito by
shooting himself thru the head with
a heavy bore rifle. He died instantly.
Jordan last fall was reputed to be
worth 100000, but he 10 said to have
lost most Of his money thru recent re-
verses In the wool market.
The Womans General Missionary
Society Of the United Presbyterian
church will hold Its thirty.eighth ma
tional convention In Fort Morgan,
June Bird to 7th. Between 250 and 300
delegates from all over the United
States will gather, besides a score or
more Of missionaries from Egypt, In
dia and the Sudan, who will tell Of
their work In the Ear and Near East.
A contract was made with the Dixon
Transportation Company for hauling
the mail and parcel post from Wam-
sutter, Wyo., on the Union Pacific, to
Craig, Colo. When the crew began