The Raymer enterprise., 1922-12-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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Wyoming and Montana, was an.
nounced by the Great Western Sugar
Company In a letter to these growers.
The letter states that 'in accordanee
with that part Of the 1872 sliding
scale beet contract, which provides
that further payment will be made
from time TO time as market conditions
| warrant, the company on Dec. q will
make I'm additional payment Of 81 per
ton for all beets delivered under that
contract"
Fort Collins.-Discussion OF the mar
keting problem held the attention OF
the Colorado Farmers Congress dur
Ing the second days session. Lively
exchanges Of opinion between the
speakers and farmers from the floor
added spice to discussions Of the vital
topic which has to do with disposal OF
the things produced on the farms OF
Colorado. These discussions concerned
the slump In values Of farm product !.
The solution recommended by the
speakers was cooperative marketing.
Burllngton.-rwo little Colorado
farm girls-Elaine Hendricks, l6, and
Bertha Boyer, II, Of Kit Carson coun.
~, won the highest h0nors In home
canning and jelIy-making club work In
the United States, at the International
Live Stock Show In Chicago. A three
month trip abroad, eliminating In an
exhibition before the domestic science
experts Of France, Is the reward VI the
two girls. Their expenses Will be paid
By the national committee on boys and
girls club work.
Grand Junction.-Elmer Qualles and
Brakeman B. A. Broyles, both OF
Grand Junction, were killed when u
Denver Il Rio Grande Western freight
train crashed through bridge west Of
Desert, Utah, according to information
reaching here. The bodies Of both the
men were pinned underneath the en-
gine and three ears, which fell on top
OF the engine as the bridge gave
way.
Denver. With nearly S9,OOO,OOO
available for highway work In Colora-
do during the coming year, members
OF the state highway advisory board
have been in session here completing
the budget for 1928 The sums to be
spent on the roads and highways Of
Colorado next year include leftover
appropriations Of 1907 and one-fourth
of the S6,OOO,OOO bond issue voted at
the November election.
| La Junta.-Ld Junta WINS the first
prize as the town best observing Colo
| RADIO Made Goods Week, II was voted
recently by directors Of the Col0rad'
Made Goods Club In Denver. The
campaign In La Junta was conducted
by the Business and Professional
Womens League there. A loving cup
will be presented the town by the Fed
cral Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany.
Fort Morgan.-Laura Opal Pettlng-
ton, IA years old, was killed and her
father, j. J. Pettington, and grandfa-
ther, jackson Pettington, were injured
severely when the automobile In which
they were riding overturned on the
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Hickey farm, one and one-half miles
east Of Goodrich, and pinned the occu-
pants under 1t.
TrinIdad.-A dynamite bomb set as
n mantrap at the doorway OF the ranch
house of Walter Karcich at Alfalfa,
twenty-five miles east of here, was ex-
ploded, mangllng Steve Pocino, A.
years old. employed on the ranch OF
Mariana Franich, which Is adjacent to
the Karcich place. Pocino died three
hours later on his way to the hospital
here.
Fort Collins.-The following Officers
we're elected at meeting Of the North
Central Colorado Athletic Association
here: William Akin, Laporte, presi-
dent; John X. Grant. Ault, vice presi-
dent; NJ. A. Morrison, Timnath, secre-
tary-treasurer Gilbert f. Counts,
Wellington, representative to the state
board of ntrOl.
Fort Colllns.-Arthur Spencer, "a
years old, was almost instantly killed
near Ault, when a team he was driv-
ing ran away He fell from load OF
straw in front Of the wagon, the
wheels passing over his head. He was
the son of Samuel B. Spencer of Fort
Collins and was operating one Of his
fathers farms near Ault In Weld
county.
Littleton. W. Perry was found
to be insane and ordered committed tC
the asylum at Pueblo. Perry. who has
been attending a series Of revivals
here, recently threw the meetings In
to panics when he announced he was
going to get shotgun and go over &c
Turkey to end the troubles In Europe
Steamboat springs.-Sam Mirich, q
Serbian, has gone to Berlin, Germany
for a bride he has never seen. His
mother and sister chose his helpmate
for him, but when she was ready to
sail for America she was refused pass
ports, because she can neither read
nor write.
Fifty-six high schools OF