The Raymer enterprise., 1923-09-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


stracts Of Boulder and Weld county,
for example, show great discrepancies
and there Is q possibility that Boulder
civic interests will demand that Weld
county's valuation be increased or that
Boulder county make q corresponding
decrease. The two counties border
each other. In Weld county automo-
biles are appraised on an average Of
$lSG.6, decrease Of nearly 500 over
last year. In Boulder county the yalu-
alton on autos averages $26658 Irri-
gated land In Weld county Is assessed
$l0l.17; In Boulder, $l1232; dry farm.
Ing. sl1.32 In Weld, $34.92 In Boulder;
horses. $45.23 In Weld, $54.75 In Boul-
der; mules, $46l84 compared to $73.67
u Boulder range cattle, $23.47 IL
Weld, S25.31 In Boulder; mllch cows,
SALTS In Weld; $43.2S In Boulder.
Denver-Bolstered by the backing
Of the Denver Clearing House AssQcIa-
ton and large deposits OF score or
more OF prominent business men, the
Home Savings and Trust Company
kept Its doors wide open This ussur-
ance was given by Frank l. Bishop
and Michael A. Mclaughlin, president
and vice president, respectively, Of the
bank. They are Of the opinion, a. ID
most Of the rest Of the banking frater.
nifty. that the hysteria and apprehen.
sion that attended the assignment Of
the Interstate Trust Company and the
failure Of the HibernIa Bank and Trust
Company Is passing rapidly. The peak
OF the excitement, based solely on the
promiscuous spreading Of unf0unded
rumors, was believed reached.
Denver.-Work was begun recently
to convert the fifty-four mile Farm
ington, N. H., branch Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande Western railroad from
standard to narrow gauge. according to
announcement by Frank A. Wadleigh,
general passenger agent Of the Denver
4 Rio Grande. A report from Durango
Incorrectly stated that the road was to
be converted into q standard gauge.
1t is now standard gauge, according to
Mr.. Wadleigh, and the change to mar
row gauge is being made to afford =
uniform gauge road from Alamosa to
Pennington, thereby eliminating trans
fer Of live stock and other freight from
one gauge to another.
Denver.-Coal production for the
state Of Colorado during the month Of
July was 889.254 tons, bringing the to-
tai for the year to 6,7l8.858 tons, &C.
cordlng to the monthly report Of
james Dalrymple, state coal mine In.
spector. The report shows that there
has been an increase Of 637, ,78l tons Of
coal mined this year. compared with a
similar period last year. There were
1l,472 men employed In the mines Of
the state during the month.
Colorado Springs - Following the
resignation Of Sheriff Sam Berkley
from the Elsie Suttle murder lnvesti-
CATION, and his charge Of lack of CO.
operation on the part Of police and the
district attorneys office, District At
torney Willis Stracham declared that
1t was and Is the duty Of the sheriff to
continue to aid the district attorneys
office In the probe Of the murder
which occurred recently and that he
knew Of no lack Of cooperation.
Fort Collins.-Fifteen students re-
ceiyed their degrees from the Colorado
State Agricultural College here, We'd
nesday, at the first regular commence
ment and comforting Of degrees ever
held In Fort Collins, at the close Of
a summer session. The students Pc
titions for degrees were approved last
spring by the State Board Of Agricul-
ture, with the condition that they full
I'LL certain requirements during the
summer session.
Fort Collins.-S. B. Nuckols, agron.
omist with the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture, stationed at Fort
Collins for several years In charge of
sugar beet Investigation work, has
been ordered to Washington, where he
will be connected with the tariff com.
mission for the purpose Of determining
the cost Of growing sugar beets.
Colorado Spnngs.-Frction between
Sheriff Berkley on the one side and
the police department and District At.
torney Willis L. Strachan on the other,
was the outstanding development Of
the fifth day Of the Elsie Jorgenson
Suttle murder mystery. A result
Of their differences. the sheriff Is un-
derstood to have withdrawn In a large
measure from the case. and lsft the
task Of hunting down the perpstrator
Of the crime to Chief Hugh d. Harper
and the district attorneys office. Sher.
If Berkley let 1t be known that his
theory was that the crime was an ''in.
side Job"
Denver.-Malntenan crews Nf the
State Highway Department will begin
the erection Of 1900 new road signs In
the near future, according to an an
nouncement made BY officials Of the
department The signs, giving direc-
ton and distances Of the nearest
towns, have been delivered by the
Rocky Mountain Motorists, an organ
isstion formed to encourage highway