The Raymer enterprise., 1921-10-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

All records for attendance during
the season Of 1921 at the national
Fairgrounds was broken by the Rocky
Mountain National Park, according to
figures announced by the national
park service In Washington. The
Rocky Mountain National Park had
275,7S7 visitors, compared with Hot
Springs with 10000; Yosemite with
e1,blS, and Yellowstone with S1,65l, or
102,57S more than the combined num-
Der Of Yosemite and Yellowstone, the
two other most famous parks In the
United States. The total number of
visitors to all the national parks the
past season was 1,008,995, so more
than one-fourth of oil national park
visitors were In the Rocky Mountain
Park. There were 184,481 visitors to
the national monuments, Of which
5000 visited the Colorado. Mesa Verde
National Park had 8,00S visitors dur
Ing the season.
A contract for 1000 yards Of car
pets has been let by the State Board
OF Capitol Managers to the Daniels &
Fisher Stores Company. About $500
yards Of the carpet will be laid in the
new state office building. The carpet
Is Of special design and bears the seal
of Colorado woven into the nap. It Is
brown In color which was adopted by
the members of the board for all the
offices Of the state capitol building.
Future requirements Of carpet in the
state buildings will be made under the
contract made with the local store. The
total cost Of the carpets is about $751;
900.
A coroner's jury decided that the
death Of James Glasgow, prospector,
whose body was found In the Sangre
de Cristo forest reserve, was due to
mn accident. Glasgow disappeared
September 30, and his body was found
by bloodhounds after several parties
of searchers had failed. Glasgow was
shot just above the heart, the bullet
being from his own rifle, which was
evidently discharged when the pros
pector fell over log. The blood
hounds were brought from Colorado
Springs by Otto Quillan, sheriff, and
easily picked up a trail nine days old.
The Tacoma plant Of the Western
Colorado Power Company at Durango
was put out Of commission when more
than 100 feet Of flume providing wa
ter for the plant from Electra lake
gave way. 1t was necessary to switch
the current load to the company's plant
at Ames. It will require from two to
three weeks to make repairs to the
flume, according to q statement by an
official Of the company, who also
stated the loss was great. The Tacoma
plant furnishes current for Durango
and part Of the SIlverton district.
Linda NJ. Lee, said to be the only
woman justice Of the peace IN Colo
RADIO, recently administered justice In
the spirit Of true Portia. When Earl
Pollard, a waiter at a Boulder hotel,
was brought before her on an assault
charge, she fined him $3.50, and then
turned around and fined the complain
Ing witness, Walter Carter, a like
like amount for provoking fight.
A coal miners strike of employees of
the American Smelling and Refining
Company at Durango, which was In
augurated by union leaders last May
following an announcement of a wage
cut has been settled. The miners were
employed in the San Juan mine. owned
by the company. During the strike the
company was forced to purchase fuel
from other companies.
James Barrett, day city editor of
the New York World, addressed the
class In journalism at the University
of Colorado at Boulder. Mr.. Barrett
was formerly a member Of the staff
Of the Rocky Mountain News and the
Denver Times.
DR.. Crum Epler, for twenty.one
years In Pueblo, was elected president
Of the Colorado State Medical Society,
the final day Of the three day conven-
tion Of the organization In the city.
Colorado Springs was chosen as the
convention city for 1922.
His desire to see his wife and four
months-old baby, which wds born
while he was In prison, led Charles
W. Dunbar to escape from the road
camp at Cedar Creek, Colo, June II,
he told officers who arrested him at
his wife's home at Lincoln, Neb., two
hours after he had Joined his family.
Dunbar said he roamed around the
country four months In an effort to
throw officials off his trail. He was
serving five years for forgery.
With the completion of repairs on
the large fire truck which has been
out of commission for some time,
Grand Junction has three auto fire
trucks and one Of them Is the most
modern machine known-a pumper
with capacity for 750 gallons per min.
ute and costing $12,950. The city
plans to sell the smaller truck to
Fruita.
John Williams, "a years old, pioneer