The Arvada enterprise., 1918-02-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

745,9l3 acres which are being cult
waited by dry-farming methods.
The Plateau Creamery. located at
Collbran. during the year 1917 paid
for butterfat $44.445.66. as against
S3s,6S55O during the preceding twelve
months.
Mining men of Nederland have petit.
toned the State Public Utilities Board
to extend the d. B. & w. Railroad
town.
Saul Dent, a negro coal miner, was
shot and painfully injured by his step
son. Henry Leonard. following a quar-.
rel with his wife In their home In
Denver
Pastors and congregations Of Ger
man churches in Loveland are con-
serving coal by combining their eve
ming services and holding prayer meet.
ings in homes.
The will of Samuel Q. Landon, pio-
neer printer and real estate man Of
Denver. who died Jan. %. was filed
in the County Court showing an es
tate Of over $4,000.
Lew Ross Of Montrose county
achieved tho record of producing &c.
900 pounds Of stock carrots and fif
teen tons Of squash to the acre during
the past farming season.
1t il reported that the petroleum
prospecting well now being drilled at
seibert struck strong flow Of water
and that drilling has been stopped un-
til piping arrangements can be made.
The State Board Of immigration has
completed the compilation OF data for
q booklet on the states mineral out
put and prospectus Of mineral re-
sources, which will be published In
the near future.
Total dividends for the Cresson
Company will amount to 35.s2s.l62.5o
Feb. 10, when the regular monthly div.
idend Of 10 cents . share will be paid.
The company's payments will pass the
$4,000. 900 mark In March.
After being married thirty-five years
and becoming the mother of his nine
children, Mrs. Anna Phillips was
granted . divorce from her husband.
DR.. Grover Phillips, by District Judge
Charles c. Butler In Denver ON tho
grounds Of cruelty.
Antonio Armez, . Mexican, 35 years
old, residing on West Second street
near Greenwood In Pueblo. was shot
and instantly killed ~ he was coming
out Of an alley In the 800 block on
west Fourth street. Tho slayer Of Ar
mes. Carlos Paliejo. made his escape.
Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining
Company and the Golden Cycle Min
ing aud Reduction Company declared
the usual dividends. These are ten
cents . share for Cresson. amounting
to t131. 900, and three cents . share
for Golden Cycle. totaling $4,000
both payable Feb. 10.
In the Red Rock district. thirty-five
miles south Of La Junta, the Mustang
Oil Company's we'll 10 reported dowu
3.o0s feet and In shale formation. Oh
10 expected within the next 100 or 20t
feet. Gas was encountered In the well
At . depth Of 1900 feet. after passinl
through water at l,7S0 feet.
AZ . result Of the shooting ol
George Penoles. deputy sheriff. d
etarkville. Sheriff Marty proposes Il
arrest approximately 100 Greeks. who
hs says. claim to b miners. but whs
have not used . pick during the pas,
few ysars. He says they live off thsil
fellow countrymen by enticing then
into gambling games.
In . suit filed In the United Statei
District Court In Denver by the Con
tinsntal Trust Company AGAINST tn.
Juniper Coal Company Of Routt coun
~ an application was made for thu
foreclosure Of . mortgage held by ths
trust company against the coal con
cern and the sale Of It's properties In
Routt county.
More than twenty oil companies ars
now organised to drill for oil In Col
orado.
Denver children In public and prl
vate schools will do their bit for the
Red Cross In February. when the cam
paign for Junior memberships will per
feet the oragnisation Of boys and
giris for sctive service during the war
The campaign will be conducted from
Lincoln's birthday. Feb. ~. to Wash
ington's birthday. Feb. ~.
The issuance Of . subpoena for Pat
rick II. (Reddy) Gallagher Of Denver
Jacob Fineberg's defiance Of the grant
Jury and his subsequent citation fol
contempt Of court and . minute delin
cation Of tho mysterious return OF thu
$4,000 Nolan gems by Leo Loswenhein
Of Denver. were three features Of ths
Nolan grand Jury probe At Brighton.
The project managers. engineers
attorneys and chief clerks Of tho Unit
ed States Reclamation Service In Don
yer passed unanimously . resolution
offering their services 10 tho secrs
tary Of the navy or 10 the secretary
Of war. 70 serve In any capacity the
country may nsed thom. waving oil
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