The Raymer enterprise., 1922-05-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

! SheA uha tifV hN6aho
ing the price. has been placed on
permanent exhibition In the Chamber
of Commerce at Colorado Springs by
Prof. J. II. Bevis, an admirer and
close friend of Roosevelt. When the
colonel refused to pay an Increase Of
several thousand dollars In the agreed
price OF the portrait De Fries painted
over his signature In the corner and
substituted that Of Charles DE Foe"
Professor Bevis. an ordnance expert
and designer Of bullets used by Amer
lean forces In the world war. bought
the picture In New York In 1913.
Colorado Springs. W. Stearns,
owner Of goat farm near Rock
Greek, has solved the disappearance OF
eighteen Of his herd during the pnst
month. Recently Stearns encountered
q huge black bear in the act Of de-
vouring one Of the goats. Unarmed,
Stearns was content to seek safety for
himself. Stearns has lost eighteen kid
goats in month. Although II Is I'M
usual for a bear to eat animal flesh,
this bear Is believed by Stearns to be
wild and rayenous after his winter
liberation.
Durango. - Superintendent Jesse
Nussbaum has announced that the Of
fetal opening Of the Mesa Verde Ma
tional Park was Monday, May Is. With
the expectation Of a greater number Of
visitors at the park this year than ut
any time since the park was opened to
the public, improvements are being
rushed. Equipped with the latest road
building machinery, work is progress
Ing on the new roads and the repair
Of the old roads, most Of which have
been completed.
Colorado Springs.-The Alpha Chi
Omega sorority will hold an outdoor
convention In Colorado Springs June
2S-July 2, the business sessions TO be
held at the Antlers hotel, where three
hundred delegates will gather from all
over the country for their bienniel
meeting. The western chapters, In
Guiding Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Colorado, will act as
hostesses, together with the alumnae
clubs Of the larger cities of these
states.
Denver.-Colorado winter wheat i'm
proved three points in April, and prom
ises a possible crop of 17,S30,000 BUSH
els this year, according to the May 1
state.federal cooperative crop report
just issued This forecast Is based
upon the May ] condition Of so per
cent, which Is equivalent to about fif-
teen bushels per acre upon 1,173,0O0
acres, the estimated area left for har-
vest.
Trlnidad-Capt. o. L. Dennis with
force of twelve state Rangers ar
rived in Trinidad recently to augment
the small force Of Rangers stationed
there. Dennis announced his presence
by stating that the Rangers would op-
crate to strictly enforce the state mo-
tor vehicle law and against unlawful
liquor traffic.
Denver.-An attempt to blackmail
Mrs. Lydia II. Adams, 4747 Beach
court, of 500 on the installment plan.
landed Kenneth Beasley, 16 years old,
Of 4S4S Beach court, and Leonard Han
sen, IA years old, tof 440S Decatur
street, In Jail recently. The youths are
freshmen In North Denver High
School.
Hug0.-John Book, farmer, was
found guilty by a jury in the District
Court at Hugo recently of involuntary
manslaughter. He was alleged to have
beaten 2-year-old Lorraine Seger with
a razor strop, inflictins injuries that
caused her death. According to the
testimony, the Seger child was left
with Book and Lis wife while the
mother worked.
Enthusiastically business and pro-
fessonal men recently returned the
visit which Boulder LEADERS paid their
city. Nearly 100 Of the Greeley folk
came to Boulder, and were entertained
at banquet.
Rnver.-At dinner Of the Civic
and Commercial Association in the
Denver Club recently, C. A. Johnson
of the real estate bureau said, 1.-The
time Is ripe to start something A
world exposition for Denver seems
feasible because 1t gives goal to
work toward. At least, II Is worthy
Of investigation" Mr.. Johnson and
Robin II. Davis, president of the as.
sociation, were authorized by the
body to appoint committee Of three
or five members to get In touch with
other exposition cities and report mt
some later date upon the possibilities
Of such move In Denver.
Loveland.-AmaNg the motorcycle
riders already entered for the big
meet ut Loveland Memorial day are
Hugh Murray. holder Of the Colorado
state record; John Seymour, champion
OF Michigan; orie Durham Of Love
land, holder OF three records: Speck
Warner, champion Of Kansas and
holder of two world records; John
Kreiger OF Santa Ana, Calf. who won
the half.mile dirt track record some