The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-10-04

The Freshmen class of the Ar
vada High school had a delight6'
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Richard hinges last Friday even
ing. From what we hear there
were others besides Freshmen
there or at least in the vicinity
but their presence did not hinder
the party. from being a decided
success, and all present were de
lighted with the splendid hospi.
tality Of the Minges' home.
1--WE understand that the oil
prospcctors at Obcron have had a
streak of bad luck and will pull
their castings and start all over
again. This will be the third trial
and let us hope it will prove sue
cessful. 1t seems that they have
had evidences of the most cncour-
aging nature as far as indications
of oil are concerned, but after get
ting down to a depth of more than
1900 feet they began to be troub-
led with cavcins and the pressure
is SO great that the drill points
are continually being lost or put
out of commission. The first ef-
fort was abandoned because the
drilling outfit was found to be
too light or too small to sink the
we'll as deep as it was found to
be necessary.
Otto Bitter, the victim of the
shooting at Lake Station three or
four weeks ago, was able to visit
his home Monday for the first
time, though he has not been en-
tircly discharged from the hospi-
tai. He accompanied his wife out
to their home on the car, but re-
turned to the hospital in the ev-
cning.
On Saturday. while Mrs. c. ].
Wise, of West Second street, was
preparing dinner. she had very
narrow escape from being severe
ly burned and also setting fire to
the house in which SIZE lives when
something went wrong with the
new gasoline stove, with which
she was not very familiar. The
cups had OVERLOOKED and the oil
had dripped down into the pan
below. She evidently did not
notice this and when she struck
a match big blaze shot up. Mr..
Fisher. who lives across the way,
rendered valuable assistance and
soon had the fire out. In the
meantime, however. the fire COM
pany was called out and had the
hose connected to a hydrant when
when it was found to BE- not need
cd. Harry Plattner took his car
and pulled the hose cart to the
scene, and Chief Richter and a
number of the boys were on hand.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Brown was the scene of
a very delightful party last Fri
day evening in honor of Mrs.
Browns birthday. and also the
birthday of w. c. Shepherd, the
managing editor of the Denver
Post, who is an intimate friend Of
the Browns. kilograms Of con-
gratulations from Woodrow Viii
son" and Hoover" were read and
very cordially received. A de-
lightful dinner with two birthday
cakes decorated with the appro-
pirate number of candles was the
main feature of the occasion.
Those present besides the hosts
were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Allen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Allen, Mr.. and
Mrs: Shepherd. Mr.. and Mrs. ].
II. Steele and Mr.. Ward of Den
vcr. and Mr.. and Mrs. T. {. Hurst,
fires, wrecks and other calam.
titles seem to frequently run in
epidemic: So Immediately fol.
lowing the Moffat wreck, the c,
4 S. had a try at it right east OF
the switch in Arvada Saturday
morning about 10 30. when the
truck Of freight car jumped tho
track just after going over the
switch and tore up the track con.
sidcrably before it stopped. l,
required the greater part OF the
day to get it back on the track
so the train could proceed. The
section crew. under the dircc ton
Of Foreman Russell. were com.
iNllcd IN work Sunday IN ,,r% thr