The Raymer enterprise., 1921-09-01
|thy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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COMING EVENTS.

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COMING EVENTS.
q County Fair. Cripple Creek. Sept.
~. J. Upton, secretary.
ner County Fair. Loveland. Sept
J: J. w. Thompson. secretary.
Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
and Junction. Sept. IS.
AZ County Fair ct Maybell. Sept
ider County Fair. LonSmont Sept.
1T: Harry E. Nivsn, secretary.
,ips County Fair. Holyoke, Sept
1tt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. IL
y: y T. Shelton. secretary.
IN County Fair. Sterling. Sept. IL
Y; G. J. Funk. manager.
lta County Fair. Hotchkiss; A. N.
linton. secretafy. Sept. 1915.
ueche County Fair. Saguache. Sept.
Ab-l7: william Fellers. secretary.
sstern Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept
ans County Fair. Brighton, Sept.
s0-13; George r. Smith, secretary.
The State Federation of Women's
ubs will hold their annual c0nven.
eo at Colorado Springs Sept. 20 to
The Greeley factory Of the Empson
acking Company broke all records
hcn It received 40 tons Of green
cans for canning from Greeley grow
S6rs.
Il Josspha Betancourt. 9-year-old
Granddaughter Of F. Augilera Of
Pueblo was shot through the right arm
while playing In the yard. The wound
apparently was made by a ,22.ca!iber
rifle. The person firing the shot 10
mot known. j.
d Chicken thieves and allied crafts are
Ewaging a strong campaign upon the
Ftown Of Wellington. Every night 4
dosen or more roosts have been
robbed, garden truck Is pulled up, and
two five-gallon cans Of gasoline were
stolen from an irrigation well.
Reports from a number Of local
farmers and gardeners state that the
tomato crop this season around Fort
Morgan ID unusually good. There are
q number Of people who have consid.
cradle tracts Of land In tomatoes and
they are convinced that the yield will
BE- heavy.
The Pueblo Manufacturers Associ-
alton In meeting at Pueblo COM
msnded the insurance companies who
have paid policies on plate glass
broken In the flood. It was recon-
mended that all policies be discontin.
ued In the case Of companies who
have failed to pay.
Lee Seuniga is dead In Durango
from gunshot wound inflicted July
rs by Luciano CIenfeugos during
quarrel over hayrack the former ID
said to have borrowed from the latter
two years ago and never returned.
Both men were armed and both were
wounded. Seuniga was shot through
the lung and Clenfeugos received
bullet In the arm.
The city of Fort Collins has Just
purchased water right that will In.
crease Its available supply Of water
for domestic, irrigation and fire pur-
poses by one-eight. increasing Its total
water volume from 7.151 feet per sec
ond to 80O1 feet. The additional IS
foot per second acquired cost the city
$2.l25 The water right was obtained
from ditch No. l, division No. /, dis
trict 5, known as the ]. H. Yeager
ditch, and is an excellent acquisition
as 1t has all priorities.
The Loyeland Rotary Club has taken
the boy question In hand. Deciding
that the Boy Scout movement Is one
of the best builders of manly charac-
ter, the Rotarians are preparing to
establish scout camp In the cafon
along the Thompson river A COM
mittee Of four members Of the club
and Scoutmaster Armstrong went to
the hills to look over sites and de-
cided on the location. Construction Of
the camp will be started at once, and
will be completed for occupancy next
summer.
An inspection trip Of the Colorado
to-Gulf highway will be made by the
executive officers of the North Star
Highway Association Of Colorado, Ne
braska and the Dakotas the second
week In September. The trip will be
made In conjunction with the Colo
rado-to- Gulf Highway Association, &C.
cording to plans being worked out at
present by G. H. Walker, president Of
that organization, and q. r. Kielgas,
president Of the North Star organiza.
tion In Sedgwick.
The largest increase In acreage
grown under irrigation shown for any
crop In the decade Ia for alfalfa. The
census bureau showed that 859912
acres of alfalfa was grown under irrl.
cation In Colorado In 1919, compared
with 480,586 acres In 1909. There was
also a considerable increase In acreage
Of alfalfa grown without irrigation,
the census bureau reports showing
that 04.4 per cent Of all alfalfa grown
In the state In 1909 was irrigated,
while only 84.4 per cent Of It was lr-
rigated In 1919. Records Of the State
Immigration Department show that
the acreage Of alfalfa grown without
irrigation in eastern Colorado coun-
ties Is increasing rather rapidly each
year.
Manuel Ybarro, 18 months old baby,
probably was fatally wounded while