The Raymer enterprise., 1923-03-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Crayton passed through one Of the
most narrowing experiences In the an.
nails Of local industry. Working in a
fifteen-foot hole one Of the sides Of the
excavation suddenly collapsed and
Crayton was buried beneath five feet
Of earth. The fast that several large
clods Of earth stuck about his head
was the only thing that saved him
from suffocatiOL. After about twenty
minutes Of furious digging movement
Of the loose soil disclosed the location
Of the entombed man to the workers.
Denver.-Payment Of approximately
S2,OOO.0OO to beet growers on April 2
has been announced by the Great West
ern Sugar Company. The distribution
of moneys, hailed by business men Of
the beet growing districts as great
boon to farmers and the sugar factory
towns, represents 81 additional per ton
for the 1922 beet crop grown under the
company's sliding scale contract. This
dollar will bring the total payment per
ton In the Colorado and Nebraska dis
tricts Of the Great Western Sugar
Company to 81.
Denver.-The condition Of live stock
in Colorado continues very favorable
and stock in feed lots are doing well,
according to reports Of the Crop and
Live Stock Division Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture. 1t
is too early to note any change in the
condition Of winter wheat which
ranges from poor TO fair. Plans are
being made for spring work and an In
crease in the acreage Of corn, spring
wheat and beans Is expected, but de-
crease in the acreage Of potatoes.
Denver.-The Colorado Stockgrow.
ers Association has authorized com
mission firms at the Denver Union
stockyards TO deduct % cents from the
proceeds of each shipment of cattle,
sheep, hogs, horses and mules billed
from stations in Colorado, except from
Denver to river points, for the main
tenance and development OF the asso-
citation, and in promoting and guarding
the interests Of the live stock industry
Of Colorado.
Colorado Springs.-Marsden G. Scott
former president of the international
Typographical Union, died here after
an illness Of ten days. Born In HI
mira, n. Y, fifty-eight years ago, Mr.
Scott was educated there, and about
thirty-eight years ago entered the
printing trade. For years he was EN-
ployed in various shops and newspa.
per offices, both as writer and print
er, throughout the state OF New York.
Denver.-Ten thousand children In
the Denver schools are seriously under
weight for height; this Of total Of
nearly 10000 children weighed and
measured by the Denver tuberculosis
Society in cooperation with the play.
ground department Of the schools last
year. A startling figure when one real.
izes that so many Of our children are
beginning life handicapped.
Boulder.-Dominic Mostriane of La.
fayette was sentenced to term in the
penitentiary of not less than fifteen
months nor more than three years by
Judge George II. Bradfield. He plead.
ed guilty to violating the liquor laws.
This was Mostriane's second offense.
1t Is the first penitentiary sentence for
liquor violation to be imposed In BOul-
der county.
Denver.-Senator Samuel ID. Nichol.
son of Colorado, who has been III for
the past two weeks, has left Washing
ton, ID. C., for Rochester. Mimi, where
he will enter the Mayo hospital for ex.
animation. Puzzled as to the exact
cause OF the senator's illness, Mr..
Nicholson's physician suggested he
visit the Mayo brothers, who are ex-
perts on diagnosis.
PueblO.-Alfred J. Combers of Mo-
line, ILL.,, was taken from train here
after violent struggle and was
lodged in Jail pending an investigation
of his sanity. He had been employed
as Il machinlst at Minturn, Colo, and
was on his way east when he was
stricken with fit of insanity, police
said.
Cripple Creek.-Very high grade ore
now sacked for shipment to the Golden
Cycle mills was recently developed in
the old Golden Cycle bonanza and Is
showing an assay value Of 81 to the
100 pound sack. This means close to
5000 to the ton. The first carload
sent out returned close to $4,000.
Sullivan and partners are the fOrtu-
nate leasers They are old Golden Cy-
Gle miners.
Denver.-What police and federal
agents believed was hot tip toward
capture Of three men suspected OF i'm
plication in the $4,000 robbery In
front of the Denver mint on Dec. Is,
fell short of realization when three
men trapped In a cabin near Liberty,
Mo-, proved to be others than the men
sought, according to press dispatch
from Liberty.
| Fort COllins.-The Montana State
College debating team, composed Of
Charles Lyndon and Walter Carter,
supporting the negative side of the
question. Resolved, That the United
States should adopt the cabinet parlia-
/ menfarian form of government" won