The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


scope and completeness will surpass
anything Of the kind yet produced west
Of the Mississippi river. The state
fair commissioners and the manager
are more than delighted with the op-
portunity to give demonstrations and
make displays Of apparatus and equip
ment, such as has never yet been
shown at any state fair. and will this
fall be shown at only one or two 9TH
ers In the country. Complete sending
and receiving apparatus will be In
stalled. Soundproof glass booths will
be used. and elaborately equipped ex.
tensions will be located In the grand,
stand at the fair grounds, In all the
larger buildings and at outside points
where crowds will congregate. A
ten.watt station will be installed on
the fair grounds, and this will be con.
nected with the 500-watt plant down
In the city. From all the broadcast
ing instruments there will be given out
In the human language all the big
news Of the days and nights, the
speeches of eminent orators. all sorts
Of public announcements, the great
musical concerts In the large eastern
cities, and everything else Of q public
nature that is going on all over the
world.
Denver.-State-owned property has
eincreased In value by more than s..
100000 In the last twelve months, thus
pushing the total valuation OF Colo
RADIOS public property to S1SO,O0O,OOO
according to estimates made BY State
Auditor Mulnix. This property In
cludes state educational institutions,
armories, the capitol. new state office
building and the like. The state itself,
Including private and public property
and available resources, Is now worth
more than 81 200. 900, 1000. It was said.
Pueblo.--The Colorado state fair will
be foremost among organizations Of
the kind in the use Of radio for max
lng announcements to fair visitors and
furnishing concerts and addresses to
them by the same means. When the
Colorado fair opens on Sept. Is, the
buildings and ground will be equipped
with a radio station and every fair Wis
ltor will be in the vicinity Of loud
speaker from which the announce
ments. addresses and music will ema.
nate for this entertainments.
Denver.-Sergt Harold !. johnson,
Denver youth, who won medals Of
honor from the American. British and
French governments for bravery in ac-
ton before the German forces In
France during 1918, was designated ~
Colorado's greatest hero BY Acting
Governor Cooley. With this designa-
ton. he represented his state In the
Living Hall of Fame during the ma.
tional convention of Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans Of the World War at San
Francisco from June 26 to June 80.
Canon City.-The Rev. Mr.. q. Ralph
Blxler Of Salida and forty members
Of his smiling workers" Sunday
school class drove sixty miles to at
tend the Sunday school Of the Canon
City Christian church on a friendly
visit.
Crestone.-C. +. Chapman. postmas-
ter at Hooper, Colo, his wife and two
nephews and the son Of W. J. Chris.
man, manager Of the telephone ex.
change at Hooper, were seriously In
jured In an auto accident near here.
Monte vista.-Thls city was decor.
ated In flags and bunting In honor Of
the members Of the Grand Army and
Women's Relief corps. which recently
held their annual convention here.
Greeley.-Two thousand men and
women, including representatives from
every state In the union, enrolled at
Colorado State Teachers' College for
the summer term.
Fort Collins.-Classe In the Agri.
cultural College summer school here
opened with a registration Of 625, the
largest in the history Of summer ses.
sions.
Mirage.-An attempt to blow up the
intake dam Of the Cotton Creek Irri-
cation Company's $25.0Oo steel flume
was frustrated by the arrival Of the
watchman. The watchman was In his
cabin when he heard the explosions
and got to the scene In time to see q
number Of men fleeing. Dissatisfac.
tion over the distribution Of water II
said to have been the cause for the
attempt to destroy the dam.
Estes Park.-Three hundred and
twenty college men from thirty-nine
colleges In the Midwest, scattered over
q dozen states, attended the Rocky
Mountain student conference held at
the Y. NJ. C. A. grounds. The student
conference Is the largest and most i'm
portant that has ever been held here,
according to Ben N. Cherrington, In
ternational student secretary for the
Rocky Mountain district.
Arvada.-"Baby weeks''-when the
tots will be coddled and weighed and
measured to ASCERTAIN their state Of
well-being-are to be held at Golden,
July 4 to Z; at Arvada, July II to IA,
and In the Evergreen school house.