The Raymer enterprise., 1922-11-16
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


freight traffic to the Horback oil field
IN the Navajo Indian reservation
which ,s now hard,.., nv another road
to Gallup. N NJ. and then trucked In.
the Denver 4 Rio Grande western
proposes To Inv third rail ON its Far.
mington branch from Durango to Far
mln.ton. a distance Of sixty miles. Au-
thentic reports TO this effect leaked
out following a trim Of Inspection Of the
branch line and the new oil fields by
the railroad officials. This would elm
mate one transfer Of freight In Duran
70 BY permitting narrow gauge cars be-
Ing hauled clear to- Pennington. At
present the branch from Durango to
Pennington Is standard gauge, and all
railroad shipments for that section
must be transferred here from narrow
to standard gauge cars. The standard
gauge engines are equipped with two
couplers 90 they can be attached to
both standard and narrow gauge cars.
The third rail would be laid between
the two standard gauge rails at the
proper distance.
Denyer-Four hundred and thirty
four Colorado settlers will come into
possession Of 963S0 acres Of land In
eight districts Of the state through an
order entered at Washington, d. c., &C.
cording to n. d. McEniry, chief Of the
Denver field division Of the general
land office. The settlers, McEniry
said, applied long ago for the lands
and have been awaiting the designa-
ton to make regular filings. As they
have priority no new filings will be re.
celved for any Of the tracts. The land
Is divided into homesteads Of $40 acres
each, and the tracts are scattered
through the state In the Del Norte,
Denver, Durango, Lamar, Leadviile,
Montrose, Pueblo and Sterling land Of
flee districts. "While timber Is to be
found on much Of the land, 1t Is not OF
merchantable- quality" McEniry said.
'There is no know source Of water
supply and the lands are chiefly valu-
able for grazing and the raising OF for
age crops"
Fort Collins.-An early morning at
tempt to force a heavy motor cur up
the old railroad grade-where Fort
Collins auto enthusiasts like to test
their cars-resulted In the deaths OF
four persons and the injury OF the
fifth. The dead are: Lynn Rohling,
son Of one of Fort Collins most PROM
lnent merchants, and q former army
chauffeur; Mrs. Lynn Rohllng, his
wife; Otto Prather, chemist ut the
sugar factory; Frederick =. Sandsness,
student ut the Colorado Agricultu-
raj College, Fort Collins. The injured:
Keith Boltz, pianist, who was thrown
clear.
Sterling.-Guy Bray, "a years old, OF
Merino, Colo, who was charged with
the murder OF Deputy Sheriff b. J.
Wilson at Merino on the night OF May
~. slashed his throat In the county
jail ut Sterling and died almost Instant
ly. Bray had made 1t practice to
shave and cut the hair OF other prison
ers In the jail and asked for q razor
for his customary work. he locked
two other prisoners In the cage OF the
jail and went to the bathroom to per-
form his act OF suicide.
Denyer.-Two women were Killed,
aAo'neI "ao sAo. 49, ~. 49," ...., ~. 1919 ,s.o.,
na,,-o ,,ho nrdaa hIoodv hattIe nv
hIou,no ont h,s own brains The shoot.
ing occurred in the hall Of 2443 Ire
mont place. Walter Jones, the killer,
had held seventy-five police ut bay for
half an hour. Mrs Holmes Wilson,
colored, was shot and almost instantly
killed In the house; Lulu Jones, cousin
of the slayer, died at the county hos
pltal later.
Pueblo.-John w. Lockin, 70, editor
Of the Sunday Opinion here and a
newspaper man Of Pueblo for the last
forty years, died recently in his home.
He had been in failing health for sew.
eral years. He was born In Fond du
Lac, Wis. He Is survived by his
daughter, Mrs. Florence =. Brown.
Aockin's weekly newspaper, because OF
the quaint personality OF the editor,
was much read throughout the SOUTH
ern end OF the state.