The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Philippines during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, has been offered to the boys
by +. o. Palmer Of Myton, Utah, who
carried it through several war engage
ments. Ii bears the noblcst Of decOra.
,ions-two bullet holes received while
il bearer was under fire Because Of
the excellence Of the LOveland boys
hand, which has gained nationwide
fame and publ city under the manage.
ment of Reed Hayward, the horn Was
offered to them. Mr.. Hayward, a
prominent Loveland lumber dealer, has
taken deep interest in boys work,
and has been Instrumental In the
building up Of the band TO Its present
high state OF fame and efficiency.
Caribou.-Offlcials of the Caribou
Metals Company announced that u
new silver vein, eighteen inches In
width and assaying l37 ounces, has
| been discovered at their mine. Two
more bodies were found when the
Boulder county tunnel was being re-
cleaned and ret.mbered, they said. The
latter bodies are not 50 productive, one
| ussaying fifty-seven ounces and the
other twenty ounces. The first vein
discovered In the Caribou mine was
unearthed in hanging wall at a depth
of l,0i0 feet. Extensive plans for
this year are being made by the com
pany which will include a tunnel from
the Boulder county shaft 10 the Carl
bou mine The tunnel, officials de-
clared, will cut into twentyseven
known and proved veins.
Denyer-NOtices that the structural
iron workers of Colorado and the
wood, wire and metal lathers are de-
manding IN increase In wages effec-
tive April |. 1923, were received by the
State Industrial Commission. These
notices were In compliance with the
provision Of the state industrial act
which requires the unions demanding
an increase IA wages to file Il notice
with the industrial commission at least
thirty days before the increase de-
manded is expected to take effect.
The structural iron workers, according
10 the notice filed by the head of their
union, want an Increase from SS2o to
S9.2J day. The wood. wire and met
al lathers are demanding an increase
from the present scale Of 50 and $40,
TO $40 and Sll.
Durango.-A cOroners Jury returned
an open verdict in the case Of Willis
Young, 67 years old, pioneer cattlemar,
found shot to death ut the ranch
house owned by Ed Mckenzie. The
Jury found Young had been killed by
"gunshOt wound from bullet fired by
person or persons unknown 10 the
Jury" Sheriff George A. Rowe arrest
ed Mckenzie after he had made an in
yestigatiOn. The sheriff states that he
found the shotgun on the floor, the
empty shell that had been fired ex-
PEELED from the weapon and another
shell in place. Mckenzie has engaged
Barry Sullivan to defend him and did
not appear ut the inquest. He Is held
In Jail and refuses ts talk Of the shoot
Ing.
At the annual meeting Of the Colo
RADIO Stockgrowers' Association to be
held in Denver Jan. IS and 10, during
stock show week, presidents Of two ma
tional breed associations will appeao
ON the program. They are b. c. Allen
Of Colorado Springs. recently elected
president Of the American ShOrthorn
Breeders Association, and John +.
Painter of Roggen, Colo, reelected
president OF the American Hereford
Breeders Association. Never before
In the history Uf the two associations
have both their presidents been resi-
dents of the same state. To Colorado
this comes as Il signal honor and
shows the prominent place she holds
in the affairs Of the purebred breedine
world
Fort Logan.-Five military prisoners
all under sentence for descrtion from
the United States army made sensa-
tional escape from the guard house
here by taking out ventllator and
dropping to the ground. Forty others
in the guard house refused to take the
chances and remained behind the bars.
Denver.-Muyor Bailey and the Den-
yer Civic and Commercial Association
Jointly will extend banquet to the
newspaper editors of the state on Fri
day evening, Jan. 10, during the an
nual convention Of the Colorado Edi-
torial Association in Denver. The ban
quet will be in the dining room of the
Civic and Commercial Association.
President Bems of the editorial assO-
citation has Leen asked to designate
four editors representing different Sec
tons of the state to make brief ad-
dresses There will be addresses also
by Governor Shoup. GoVernor-elect
Sweet and Mayor Bailey.
Denver-The youngest Horse Show
exhibitor at the coming National West
ern, Jan. 13 to 10, will be Miss Mar
garet Townsend, a 12-year-old miss OF
Denver. She will ride her Christmas
present, Bob" formerly mount for
one of Denver's traffic policemen. For
months Margaret has loved this horse,
and every time she came down town
few Jumps of sugar were in her pocket
for Bob Her father hearing of this
boucht her long loved pet for Christ