The Raymer enterprise., 1922-05-18
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts OF
Colorado

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Boulder.-Greeley business and pro-
fesslonal men recently returned the
! visit which Boulder leaders paid their
city. Nearly 100 Of the Greeley folk
came to Boulder, and were entertained
1t banquet.
Pueblo.-Throngh deal consum-
mated recently, the Vail Hotel Operat-
ing Company passed into the hands Of
Charles Adams OF Denver. Although
the price involved was not made pub
lie, 1t is understood to have been $751;
900.
Loveland.-While blasting the river
bank on the state highway half mile
south Of Loveland, preparatory to
erecting cement abutments for q new
bridge over the Big Thompson river,
Contractor Floyd Malcom unearthed
what physicians declare to be 4 petri-
fled human foot.
Denyer.-Member Of the Colorado
Public Utilities Commission recently
authorized the maintenance Of and au-
tomobile bus line over the Rainbow
route between Grand Junction and
Montrose, Colo, on application Of the
Motor Transportation Company Of
Grand Junction.
Durango.-The Mesa Verde National
park was officially opened to the pub
lie for the 1922 season, May Is. Su-
perintendent Jesse Nussbaum has
made every preparation for the enter.
taInment Of larger number of visit
,rs this season than during any pre-
sious year Of the parks existence.
Durango.--T.. J. Chandler, 62 years
old, with n crippled foot, has estab-
lished a long distance walking record
that few younger sound men would
care to attempt. With companion,
C. J. Munger. %, Chandler recently
reached Durango after a 4S0-mile
jaunt from Silver City, New Mexico.
Fort Logan.-Colorado's delegation
In Washington will be appealed to By
every merchant and manufacturer In
the state to exert every influence pos.
slble for the enlargement Of Fort L0-
gan as a military center, according to
an announcement by the Colorado
Manufacturers and Merchants Associa.
ton In Denver.
Eckley, Colo.-A force Of men and
teams have started the construction Of
13OO0.yolt electric pole line trans
mission system from Eckley to Yuma.
The new line will insure electric cur
| rent from the municipal light plant at
Yuma for the lighting Of Eckley and
the operation of Its water works. The
new system will cost $4,000.
Durango.-Twenty years effort to
obtain better transportation facilities
for Durango and southwestern Colo
RADIO have been rewarded. A western
syndicate has notified the railway
committee Of the San Juan basin that
It had succeeded In financing $4,000
600 standard gauge outlet from Duran
20 to Gallup, N. NJ, a distance Of leo
miles.
Leadyille. pass now 10
| open for automobile traffic, according
| to word received by District Forester
A. s. Peck from Harold l.. Borden, SUI
perintendent Of the Leadville Nation
al forest. There is some snow In
spots apd some mudtp the communities.
ton says. But cars can get through
all right, and 1t is getting better every
day.
Denyer.-Colorad will obtain ST.
| 182, 297 federal aid from the United
States government next year and $1,-
341,1T6 the year following for road
construction, II the Senate approves
the federal aid bill already passed BY
the House, according to word from
Washington received here. II was said
the bill was almost certain to become
Z law.
Durango.-Rod s. Day, Durango
publisher who recently shot and killed
William L. Wood, rival editor, has been
liberated from the La Plata county jail
on $4,000 bond. Day shot and killed
Wood In street fight which began
over articles published In the two pa
pers concerning the eighteenth amend
| ment.
Rocky Ford.-The wife and three
small children Of c. F.-Elliot are dead,
and Elliot IL In critical condition a.
the result Of the explosion Of five
gallon can Of kerosene In the famlly'a
small home on a ranch near Blush
Springs, five miles from Olney Springs,
Colo. The explosion occurred when
Elliot was attempting to build fire
in the kitchen stove.
Denver.-Eight Colorado postmas-
ers recently appointed by President
Harding, attended p0stmnster'a
school Of instruction at the Denver
postoffice. Those who attended the
school are William w. Hofer of SImla
Orlando N. White, Alatheson; Mary H.
Cowie, Boulder; W. A. Baghott, Kit
Carson; s. II. Carlson, Julesburg; B.
T. Shelton, Hayden; Roy E. Horner,
Wiley, and Pearl L. Gabbett, Orchard.