The Raymer enterprise., 1922-12-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

the IOEceS OF tnlfty-Gte c1tleS auu
towns. A constitution will be drawn
within the next few weeks, II is said
The officers elected are: I.,ief Bert
Watson, Grand Junction, president;
Roy Utt, Montrose, police chief, first
vice president; q. g. Savage, Boulder.
second vice president, and Marvin
Porter, Pueblo. third vice president;
Captain George Dyon, Denver. finan-
cial and recording secretary; !. b.
Bruce, captain Of detectives. Colorado
Springs, treasurer. and U. Z. Rose, In
Junta, sergeant-at-arms. Committees
chosen to start the work Of Organiza.
ton are: Committee on incorporation,
Charles J. Burns, Ray Fell and Paul
Hamlin, all Of Denver; committee on
bylaws. Capt. August Hanebuth, Ray
Fell and U. +. Rose, all Of Denver.
Committee on legislation, Guy Kreiner.
Denver; s. II. Close, Colorado Springs;
Marvin Porter, U. Z. Rose and Charles
Hensen, Sterling.
PuebIo.-W. l.. Hartman Of Pueblo
has been elected to the board Of trus-
tees and chairman Of the executive
committee which will be In chiffge Of
the establishment Of $3OOO,O0O hos
pital plant in Colorado Springs BY the
Methodist Episcopal church. First
steps toward the new hospital, which
Is to be principally for the cure Of tu-
bercular persons Of any religious de-
nominations, were taken In Chicago re-
Gently when the board on hospitals and
homes Of the Methodist Episcopal
church took over the Bethel General
hospital ut Colorado Springs, which
has been under the supervision Of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society OF
the church.
Pueblo.-So poor thar sne did not
leave enough money to provide her de-
cent burial, Mrs. Carrie Reidmlller, Is,
whose fortune once was rated at $780,
900. died ut Pueblo In her little hut be.
meath the west end Of the First street
bridge. Mrs. Reidmiller was born h.
Austria, Oct. 2, 1847. Her first hus.
band was a prominent surgeon Of VI
emma. In 1885 he died and the widow
came to New York. Thence she wen.
West to Pueblo, and from there to
Creede. Colo, q: the first white woman
to set foot In the little pioneer mining
camp. Creede's first hotel was opened
by Mrs. Reidmiller.
Sterllng.-Culminating a weeks en-.
tertainment In recognition Of her sue.
cess In the 1921 national safety lesson
contest, Mrs. Anne Rogers, teacher
OF Sterling, was received at the White
House recently by President Harding,
who presented her with diploma Of
honor. She won In contest among
10000 school teachers, preparing the
best lesson for promoting safety on the
highways. The contest was conducted
by the Highway Education Board and
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce.
Denver.-A charge Of high explosl, e.
believed to be dynamite, wrecked the
ront part Of the home Of {. talistrerl
4002 Navajo street. In what police be-
lieve to be bombing plot. In add.
tion to tearing off the front porch Of
Ballstreri's home and blowing out all
the windows, the -p!osion blew out
windows and transoms In houses near
by and rocked the entire Italian dis.
trict of North Denver.
Canon City.-John Philip Foley and
Charles Jordon, who held up and
robbed the Costilla County bank al
San Acacio recently, after forcing
Cashier Charles RockafellOw into the
vault, were brought to the penltentiary
here by Sheriff Juan Labato of Cos
tilla county. Foley was sentenced ID
a term Of from eighteen to twenty
years, and Jordan from ten to twelve
years at hard labor.
Sterllng.-About two hundred depos
ltors of the closed Sterling National
Bank met here at the city hall tC
bring about negotiations for the re-
opening Of the institution. The bank
was closed two years ago. and recently
paid the depositors In full, with inter
est on time deposits.
Boulder.-Alpha Beta, newest Of the
Greek letter fraternlties at the Uni
versity Of Colorado. has leased fol
three years the old Kappa Sig house
james X. Hoffman, senior law stu
dent, Of Lttleton, Is president Of thu
fraternity, which Is petitionlng Phi
Kappa Tau, a national Greek organ
ization. James II. Roach Of Boston Il
vice president: Ralph Squire Of Black
well. Okla. house manager; Lester
| Weber of Denver Ii treasurer.
Denver.-There Is an automobile fol
every six persons In Colorado. the
records In the office Of Secretary oi
State Milliken show. Colorado, &C
cordIng to the last census, has popu
lation Of 838,829. On Dec. there were
In operation In Colorado 100,5S5 auto
mobiles - 149,913 passenger cars and
1O,872 trucks. This makes, TO be exact
one automobile for every 68 inhabl
tants, or ten cars for every fifty-eigh,
people.
Durango.-Charies Griffith, sur
prise witness, testifying for the state
declared he saw Rod s. Day, editor Of