The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-03-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The report Of the special beet sugar
commission appointed by Herbert
Hoover was made public by the food
administration. According to w. D.
Hoover of the Great Western Sugar
Company. the terms granted to far
mers are more liberal than the sugar
companies have been paying. The
commission places 20 . ton ~ min
imum price for beets with IL to IA per
cent sugar content, but adds that a
minimum of SO probably will be found
necessary to get the production to Q
full normal acreage.
On March 20 and April s. respective
ly two drawings will occur in western
Colorado by which 10000 acres Of ir-
rigable land viii be thrown open to
settlement. The government farms
contain from forty to eighty acres
each Of irrigable land. and are located
In two Of the most beautiful mountain
valleys of the Western Slope. These
farms are included In two Of the great
irrigation systems built by the Recla-
nation Service known ~ the Grand
Valley and Uncompahgre projects.
Immediately following the war boys
will be born in greater proportion to
girls than ever before In history, &C
cording to Miss Lydia Meeker. head Of
the Meeker School for Detectives in
Denver and recognised among sociolo-
sists ~ an authority on the care and
education Of defective children. She
addressed the Mothers Congress at .
meeting I'm the Woman's Club build
ing In Denver.
The trial Of Philip Cohen. charged
with the robbery Of Mrs. Irene Nolan
at the Model road house Jan. : and
alleged companion Of Frank Aulligan.
former Denver detective convicted On
the same charge, began In Brighton
when . jury was completed Thursday
with Father Burke % one OF the first
Witnesses.
The state food administrator closed
an Armenian's store at Walsenburg ~
cause the man failed to sell the ~
Quired amount Of substitutes with
flour. There are two or three other
stores In the state that may b closed
for similar reasons.
Howard Holiday of Denver, . ny.
ing cadet at Kelly field at San Anto.
MO. Tex. was killed. when his asro-
plane fell 1000 feet. He was return
ing from . cross-eountry flight. His
mother 10 Mrs. Duncan A. Holiday Of
Denver.
Aachinists who have been negotiat-
ing with the Denver commercial shops
since Jan. for. an increase In pay
from 81 to 6s cents an hour struck.
many Of the shops refusing the d.
mand.
The working force at the Roosevelt
tunnel Of the Cripple Greek Dssp
Drainage Company was increased r.
gently to two shifts IN all hsadinSs.
save In the Crssson and Portland
drifts.
Women Of Denver made 17s,s4S sus.
sical dressings. s.Sle hospital IA.
ments and s,3os knitted garments n
February. according TO The official n.
port OF the Denver chapter q The Red
Cross.
The n Paso Extsasioa Oompaay,
operating the Index nina, o The
Southwestern slope oe Gold hin. under
bond and lease. viii shortly have the
property back On TIE producing list
Rsosipts Of the STATE Inheritance
Tax Department Tor 1917 were SSSs..
33o.ls. and the sxpsass oe eoaductiag
The department el4.losSs, according
- Tie annual statement
Jim 0oodheart, beavers city cAAD-
lain. applied to Mayor Spssr for Q dig
months' leave Of absence and win start
for France soon - The spiritual savoy
Of the Rotary Club.
One hundred DRAFT registraAts, vhe
have bssn drafted - chauffeur and
mechanics. eft Dsavse epr Tie asro
station Of the signal eosps q eaA Az
tonic. Teas.
The Denver Rotary Clsb voted mar
imously to sead jim 0oodhsart -
France 70 serve - ehAplaia n tAo
tsUnchss stx DonthD.
Within . few weeks al fire ins1r.
ancs policies writtsa In Dsnvse viii b
subject 70 . 10 per esat increase over
the customary rats.
The price Of lump eeal was cut -
ceots . ton as Pueblo undsr the gov.
eminent order reducing the price q
coal At the rhine.
Cars ara In great demand b. the o.
orators noldinS ooatrscts for removal
Of the dumps On properties Of the
etratton estate.
Philip Cohen was found guilty ct
Brighton OF robbinS Mrs.. HAIRY T.
Nolan ct the Model roadhouss o.
Jan. :.
Mrs. Ella Aitvatsr. -. wife Of Coua.
~ Treasurer Henry p. Altvatsr. died