The Raymer enterprise., 1922-05-11
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts N
Colorado
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Fort Collins.-FOurteen schools en-
tered the Northern Colorado Inter.
scholastic track and field meet held at
the Colorado Agricultural College on
Colorado field.
Cafon City.-The gorgeous spectacle
Of 900 acres Of apple, cherry, pear,
plum and peach trees In full bloom
was afforded In the Canon City or
chard district recently. r
Ordway.--A cloudburst broke over
Olney Springs, near here. The down
pour lasted for forty minutes, flooding
and destroying hay fields, irrigation
bitches, creeks and farm lands and
sending the flood Of water down upon
Ortlway.
Delta.-Delta's million and half
dollar sugar factory will operate this
year. The Delta factory was erected
in 1920 and ran fifty days, but last
year stood Idle on account Of insuffi-
cient acreage being promised BY
growers.
Fort Collins.--Optimism for the fu-
ture Of the cattle industry In Colorado
and the West was expressed here nt
meeting OF over three hundred stock
men from northern Colorado gathered
at the Agricultural College for the an.
nual feeders day.
| Pueblo.-Blinded by the sun as he
was about to catch fly ball In base.
ball game here. Floyd Agarbright, 10
years old, was struck on the head and
incurred a fractured skull. Agarbright
was playing left field for the Central
High School team.
| Colorado Springs.-Manitou Is clean
ing house. Following the removal last
winter Of Its town marshal through
grand jury action for failing to enforce
the prohibition laws, campaign to put
an end to drinking at the dance halli
Of the town has been inaugurated.
Denyer.-The O'Malley-Kelley on
and Auto Supply Company is being
sued in the District Court by the state
Of Colorado for s5.047.04, alleged to be
due as q 1-cent tax on each gallon OF
gasoline sold by the firm. The tax waf
imposed by the Legislature In 1919.
Glenwo0d Springs. Phil Rlgney,
four-letter athlete of Glenwood Springs
high school, set the western slope rec.
ord in the pole vault at an officially
judged test here. The distance flown
was ten feet eleven inches. In all prob
ability Rigney will be sent to the state
meet at Boulder.
Colorado Springs.-Colorado Springs
police lost their attempt to prevent the
city council from cutting their salaries
Judge Arthur Cornforth In the District
Court sustained the demurrer Of the
city to mandamus suit filed by the
police to force the city to pay the old
scale Of wages.
| Steamboat Springs.-Seyeral proml.
nent business men OF Steamboat
Springs have purchased the entire cap.
ital stock Of the Bank of Steamboat
Springs. The officers recently elected
are: A. c. Moulton, president; John
Burroughs, vice president, and Law.
renee S. Davis, cashier.
Lafayette.-One man, a resident Of
Lafayette. Is under arrest on suspicion
of having had a part In the robbery OF
the First National Bank, when four
bandits blew open the safe and vaults
and took loot valued at between Sl5,.
600 and $4,000. Frank Lamont, q
painter, was taken into custody.
| Denver.-Land In Colorado, includ.
Ing city and town lots, pays about AZ
per cent Of the general property tax
assessed In the state, though only 46.5a
per cent Of the land In the state is
on the tax rolls, according to complla.
tions made by the State Immigration
Department for the Colorado year
book.
| I.Oveland.-A situation said to be
bordering Oh the verge of violence de.
veloped in the Dry Creek oil district
near here when fifty stockholders OF
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a local drilling company, believing
they were being imposed on, 1t Is al.
legged, by driller brought from Cas-.
per, Wyo., forclbly took possession OF
the field.
Fort Colllns.-With the announce.
ment here that the land necessary had
been obtained by Fort Collins citizens
the erection of a new Sal, 600 arnory II
virtually assured. Erection Of the
building VIII start Immediately, ac.
cording to Col. Patrick ]. Hamrock, ad.
jutant general Of the state militia
who, with Joseph Moorh ead, closed up
the deal.
Canon City.-The residents Of wha,
10 known rs Little Webster Park, q
farming section, lying some fifteen ia
twenty miles north Of Cafon City, are
engaged in a volunteer road-buildlnr
project which when completed will
bring them within easy reach Of
Cahon City and open up section said