The Raymer enterprise., 1923-07-19
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

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crashes that marred the first two
events Of the day. The injured men
are Irwin Bratley Of Grand Forks, N.
d., Peerless driver; John Raimey Of
Memphis. Tenn, Essex driver, and
Ned Peterson, Denver, Rajo Special
driver. Bratley and Raimey were in
jured In the same accident In the sec.
ond race when their cars collided on
the second turn Of the track and
crashed through the inside fence.
Bratley was crushed beneath his car
and huge splinter from the fence
was driven through his jaw and into
his mouth. He was rushed to the
county hospital. Raimey was not
seriously injured, but badly scratched
and bruised.
Denver.-Acreage In Colorado pota-
toes shows q. decrease In 1913 as COM
pared to 1922, according to the lnves-
ugation conducted by w. H. Olin, su-
pervisor Of agriculture for the Denver
4 Rio Grande railroad. In the San
Luis valley the number OF acres In 1922
amounted to 24,50O, while in 1923 the
same area shows $4,000 acres planted
to potatoes. In the Greeley district
10000 acres were planted In 1922, as
compared to 1S,000 In 1928. A similar
decrease Is shown throughout the
United States. Grand valley In Colo
RADIO shows June drop In fruit esti-
mated at ~ per cent.
Denver-Death and life played q
grim game In lonely cabin mile
south Of Watkins. Death won, but life
had the satisfaction Of leaving a writ
ten record Of the game. Stricken with
paralysis following a stroke Of apo.
plexy, Philip H. Shue, CT, had the will
power to write down upon a wooden
box the sensations which came upon
him while he lay upon the floor of the
cabin awaiting death.
PueblO.-Wool growers Of the San
Luis valley have turned out the finest
product this season to have been grown
in years, according to eastern buyers
In the last two weeks there have been
loaded at four Denver & Rio Grande
Western stations in the Saguache dis
trict, Moffat, Center, Parlin and Min
eral Hot Springs more than 10000
pounds Of wool. Growers are receiving
more than 100000 for the crop.
Denver.-Three members Of the Colo
RADIO National Guard entered West
Point with the class Of July 2, Col.
Paul P. Newton, adjutant general Of
Colorado, announced here. The three
men, all priyates In the guard, are:
Ole Christensen Of Company II Of the
l57th infantry. Fort Collins; Louis
Quinn Of Company D Of the 157th in
tantry, Montrose, and William G. Har-
ry of the Third battalion headquarters
company, Canon City.
Denver.-Due to changes In the qual.
Ifications for first class teachers under
the new state qualification act, passed
by the last General Assembly, provi.
sions were announced here by State
Superintendent Mary c. c. Bradford,
whereby the teachers may renew their
certificates before July Is under the
old law, until they have had an oppor-
tunity to qualify under the new one.
Pueblo.-Speedlng on the highways
outside the city Of Pueblo and in Pue-
bio county is soon to be expensive bus
mess. A special deputy sheriff, whose
Identity is being kept secret, has been
appointed to bring in all persons drlv-
ing more than thirty-five miles an
hour.
Denver.-Crops are making fine
growth in Colorado but rain is needed
in some east-central districts for the
satisfactory development Of potatoes
and truck and for the filling Of small
grains, according to the weekly wealth
er summary Of Meteorologist ]. NJ.
Sherier Of the Denver weather bureau.
Denver.-Failure Of two coal COM
panies, operating mines on state-owned
lands to pay to the State Land Board
increases In royalties on coal mined,
authorized by the 1921 Legislature,
may result In the loss of approximate
ly 100000 to the state school fund.
Boulder.-Colorado has captured the
1924 convention Of the Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Education.
Herbert s. Evans, dean Of the college
Of engineering at the University Of
Colorado, who went East to Cornell
University for the purpose Of bringing
the convention to Boulder, next year,
was elected a member Of the board of
directors Of the society.
Durango.-Tw0 Mexican tracklayers
were killed and seven other workmen
we're injured here when a car loaded
with steel rails toppled over In an ar
royo six miles east Of here. Eighteen
tracklayers were on the car, the major
lty escaping injury BY jumping. The
dead are Ben Fernandez and Regime
Salizar.
Denver.-Denver will soon have
one-day mail service from New York,
with correspondlngly smaller intervals
between intermediate points, when q
new schedule Of transcontinental air
mail service Is put into operation on
Aug. !.
La Junta.-Mra W. r. Wilson, en-
cloyoo NJ q craomorv horo ioct hor