The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

steadily. Among these may be enumer-
ated the Nee No She well, midway
between Eads and Lamar, which Is
showing favorable indications at a
depth of $3.50 feet. The 'Flagler"
well in Kit Carson county. and the
"Wigwam" well In FL Paso county,
have both resumed drilling The Mid
fields well in eastern Yuma county Is
steadily progressing In an endeayor TO
overcome an extensive gas flow In Or
der to reach the oil sand below. Prep
aration is being made for continuing
drilling on the "Frantz" well on the
Chimney creek dome, fifteen miles
nOrtheasterly from Steamboat Springs.
Denver.-When the out-of- Colorado
tourist arrives In the state this year
he will feel truly that he Is in the
playground Of America. Hard work,
cleaning and painting. and the expen-
diture Of 100000 on advertising are
the prime factors In bringing about
one OF the greatest changes In the
state that has been seen in years. The
hOn0rs are not confined to- Denver, or
to Virgins, nor to Fort Collins alone,
but are due to practically every COM
munIty and every line of business rep
resented in the state.
Greeley.-The supreme council Of
the State Teachers College here has
rescinded the suspensions Of nine girl
students punished for attending q
dance at Eaton In violation of the
rules of the school. The girls will lose
their privileges for the balance of the
school term. The girls protested their
punishment on the ground that young
men attending the school were not
punished for a like offense. and they
declared it was discrimination against
their sex.
Boulder.-tiamma Delta annexed the
interfraternity basketball champion.
ship of the University Of Colorado here
by defeating Alpha Sigma Phi, win
ners of Il rival division, to 2, In the
third and deciding game Of the cham.
pionship series. The Alpha Slgs won
the first clash several weeks ago, IS
to l3. The Fills turned the tables in
the second battle, 10 to 8, and then
cinched the silver loving cup by
strenuous, uphill fight in the crucial
game.
Colorado Springs.-When James l..
Frazier Of Castle Rock staggered TO
the witness stand In District Court
here to testify In his suit for divorce,
he not only lost his fight for freedom
from martial bonds, but his liberty as
well, for Judge Arthur Cornforth SEN
fenced him to forty eight hours in jail
for contempt Of court. County Physi-
clan A. ii. Peters, summoned by the
Judge, pronounced Frazier's condition
due to imbibing illegal liquor.
Denver.-Thirty-seyen hundred acres
Of state lands were sold by the State
Board of Land Commissioners at
public sale conducted here for approx.
lnately S9S, $40, according to figures
given out by George Stephan, regis
trar. The land ranged in price from
$50 to $75 an acre and is located in
Alamosa, Cheyenne, Custer, Kit Car
son. Larimer, Las Animas, Logan,
Montezuma, Otero, Rio Grande and
Washington counties.
L0veand.-In order to induce plant
ing Of trees on the prairies north and
east OF Wellington and Wayerly, the
North Poudre Irrigation Company has
announced their intention Of distrib-
uting free to all farmers along the line
Of the ditch trees from two to three
feet high, the only condition being that
the farmers agree to tend the trees as
they do their crops
Denver--Owners of more than l.
100000 acres of land In the Colorado
national forests will be able to ey-
change their property for forest-owned
land or timber, according to District
Forester A. s. Peck. The exchanges
may be made through the provisions
OF bill signed on March 20 by Presi-
dent Harding.
Otis.-Loss from fire Of unknown
origin here Is estimated at s20,OOO. The
clothing and grocery stores Of A. F.
Hutchinson, the W. c. Ewing lnsur-
ance Company, the c. A. Booth meat
market and the newspaper plant Of the
Independent were almost totally de-
| stroyed.
Windsor.-George Kern, secretary
of the local committee Of the Noun
tain States Beet Growers Association,
has officially released the beet grow
ers in the Windsor sugar factory dis
| trict to sign at their own discretion
| the sliding scale contract offered by
the Great Western Sugar Company.
Y Colorado Springs. by the
Colorado Springs fire department from
| precarious foothold on a crevice 80
feet above the base Of cliff In the
| Garden of the Gods, Donald Donald
son, 10 years old, is none the worse
for u forty-foot fall from the tip Of
the kissing Camels" rocks.
Pueblo.-A five and -half-pound
brick. dropped by workmen from a
building under construction at a point