The Raymer enterprise., 1923-07-12
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

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and Livestock Estimates. Moisture
conditions continue favorable although
more rain Is needed In some sections
Of east central and southern Colorado.
Some complaint Of shortage of farm
labor Is received from most sections
Winter wheat Is heading well but
| many stands are thin due TO the dry
fall and winter. Some fields are COM
mencing to rpen. All spring grains
are making good growth and good
stands are reported. Considerable
damage occurred from recent severe
hail storms. Corn Is generally max.
ing excellent growth since the prevail
ence Of warmer weather, but some re-
planting was necessary due to the
heavy rains. Grain sorghums are
somewhat late but a good condition Is
generally reported, with heavy In
creases in acreage apparent In many
sections and especially In the east and
southeast. Ranges are generally In ex.
cellent condition although more rain Ia
needed In some parts Of the southwest.
The first cutting Of alfalfa Is nearing
completion and stacking about fin
ished Some new wild hay is being
shipped from points In the San Luis
Valley. Some frost damage In the
southwest and an unusual amount Of
hail damage has been reported from
many districts. Livestock continue in
excellent health and condition. A nor
NAL calf and lamb crop Is reported.
The loss Of early pigs was heavy at
farrowing time.
Hugo.-Four former residents Of
Hugo were killed instantly and fifth
was Injured probably fatally In Whit
tier, Calf, a suburb Of Los Angeles,
when the automobile In which they
were riding was struck by a fust elec.
the train In the California city. &C.
cordlng to word received at Hugo. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank B. Morgan and their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
William d. Morgan, died instantly in
the crash. Their daughter. Miss Doro-
thea Morgan, was seriously injured,
and Is near death In a Los Angeles
hospital. According to the report. no
one was held by California authorities
as responsible for the accident, and
the bodies Of the four were sent i'm
mediately to Denver for burial. Frank
b. Morgan was widely known In Hugo
and throughout Colorado In railroad
circles. He was q retired engineer
and had been employed for many years
by the Union Pacific railroad.
Durango.-Chief Hostien Yaze Be-
gay, Judge Of the Navajo Court Of In.
dian Offenses ut Shiprock, on the
Navajo reservation In the states Of
New Mexico and Arizona. sent tele-
gram to Charles H. Burke, commits.
sloner Of Indian affairs, Mt Washing
ton, protesting the removal Of Evan W.
Estep as superintendent Of schools and
government agent to the Navajos. In
probably the most remarkable message
ever transmitted from the Indians to
q government official, the chief
charges that the Midwest Oil Company,
subsidiary Of Standard Oil, desired
10 have Estep removed.
Cripple Creek.-The jury failed to
reach a verdict In the damage case
here Of the Beaver Park Company
against the Southern Colorado Power
Company. The suit was for $40, 900
damages to the Beaver Company's
property suffered In the flood Of June
8. 1921. The complaining company
charged that the defendant company
was responsible for the damage to Its
property through water escaping from
the Power Company's dam.
Colorado Springs - Marie Geese,
Denver waitress, was instantly killed
In an automobile accident four miles
north Of Colorado Springs. Jack Jen.
nings, Denver waiter, Is held by Colo.
RADIO Springs authorities for investiga.
ton Of the accident and Merle Work.
man Of Denver is In hospital at
Colorado Springs. His collar bone Ia
broken, he has deep cut on his chin
and one eye Is injured.
Boulder.-Harry Endes, 81, was sen
fenced to the state penitentiary by
Judge Z. F. Graham Of the District
Court for a term Of from five to ten
years, after pleading guilty to the
charge Of defrauding Father Agatha
Of the Sacred Heart church at Boul.
der. Fades came TO Boulder last
March, It was charged, and posed as a
very wealthy shlpbuilder Of New Jer-
soy. giving his name as Harry Good
win. He claimed to be In search Of q
home for his wife, who, he said, was
an invalid. He also claimed, 1t is said,
to be a personal friend Of ]. p. Nor
gan, Charles Schwab and other East.
ern capitalists.
Denver.-Encouraged by exception.
ally favorable planting weather dur
Ing the late spring and early summer,
Colorado farmers this year have brok.
en- all records for the state In the
acreage they have planted to corn,
sorghum crops, broom corn and millet,
and have put in the largest acreage Of
pinto beans planted since 1918.
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