The Raymer enterprise., 1922-07-13
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


Denyer.-Reports received by the
State Immigration Department from
county assessors up to July / indicate
that the acreage devoted to potatoes In
Colorado this year will be by far the
largest ever grown In the state, posi-.
bly, a. much AZ so per cent greater
than that for 1921, which was the larg-
est ever reported up to that date. Re
ports are now complete from 28 coun-
ties, showing 7S.712 acres Of potatoes.
The same counties last year reported
506H acres. This Is an increase Of
55 per cent for these counties, which
includes Weld, Alamosa, Conejos and
Garfield among the commercial potato
producing counties. Nearly every coun-
ty for which complete report has
been received shows an increase In
acreage over last year. while Weld
county. which reports the largest acre
age In the state, has reported nearly
$4,000 acres, compared with 24,000
acres last year.
Denver.-More than sufficient
number Of signatures have been OBJ
tained to the petitions being circulated
over the state in support Of the &c.
100000 state bond Issue for the use in
the construction and Improvement Of
roads and In meeting federal aid until
the close Of 1926, according to an an
nouncement by Rodney ]. Bardwell,
chairman Of the bond boosters COM
mittee. Following the obtaining Of the
required number of signers, the COM
mitteemen will be permitted to place
the matter before the electors at the
election this fall. The law requires
that at least $4,000 signatures to the
petitions be obtained and that they be
filed with Secretary of State Mllllken
on or before July 6, before the bond
proposal can be voted upon.
Every newspaper man In Colorado,
especially those publishing country pa
pers, should arrange to attend the
State Editorial meeting at Pueblo,
July q and %, Friday and Saturday.
This Will be perhaps the most import.
ant meeting the association has held In
years because Of the fact that the mat
ter Of field secretary will come up
and, 1t Is hoped, decided. Besides, the
Pueblo Commerce Club and all Pueblo
papers have united In a big program
for the entertainment Of the visitors.
Publishers should make arrangements
now to 80. Work ahead far enough to
leave the office In charge Of the help
for those two days. The meeting will
be worth your time.
Canon City.-Mrs. Francis Strainer
was arrested at Canon City on a
charge Of attempting to kill Mrs. Annie
Parke, a nelghbor, who Is In a hospital
suffering from severe scalp wounds,
said to have been received when she
was beaten over the head with pistol.
The women are said to have fought
over ticket taken by n child from a
paper balloon which a local firm had
sent up. Mrs Strainer Is charged with
having first attempted to brain her an
tagonist with an az, and then to have
beaten her with a pistol. Mrs. Parke
will recover.
Cripple Creek.-A rich surface strike
of gold ore Is reported made on the
Axtell claim, lying between the Wild
Horse mine on Bull Hill and the Jerry
johnson mine on Tenderfoot hill, by
Zol Cain, well-known prospector, who
has been operating under an agree
ment with the United Gold Mines Com.
pany. The discovery was made at a
depth Of six feet and the vein matter,
which at present lies within the oxA
died granite formation, returns on as
say tests more than twenty ounces to
the ton.
Greeley.-A mother, her 12-year.old
son and year-old baby were injured, but
escaped death miraculously wnen a
twister completely wrecked their home
near Buckingham. John BIggs, the IA
ther, was In barn milking when the
whirlwlnd blew up. The wind became
so intense that he was prevented from
running to his family, and as he
watched, the housew as lifted from Its
foundation, carried sixty feet and
dropped on the roadside.
Colorado Springs.-R m arkable
presence Of mind saved the life Of
Mayor John B. Paulson of Manitou. In
crossing the Colorado Midland termin-
al tracks near Manitou, Paulson OBJ
served a westbound train only few
yards from him. He leaped to the cow
catcher Of the engine as the train
struck his motor. Clinglng to an iron
brace Paulson saw his car knocked to
splinters and strewn along the track.
He was only slightly shaken up.
Denver.-Eastern Colorado farmers
are begging for harvest hands and
have appealed to the United States en-
ployment service in Kansas City.
through Secretary of State Milliken
for hundreds Of men, 1t was an
nounced here. This appeal was made
In strong competition with Kansas
farmers, who also are demanding har-
vest hands, and following prospects
that Colorado's wheat crop will be the