The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-06-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


Whites, who has just returned to his
home In Denver after eleven months
of service In France, tells II tale Of un-
RENTING labor and danger that can
scarcely be exceeded by those related
by the men who carried the guns. Ser
geant Whites was member Of the
Fourteenth Engineers and ran IN Ell
CINE which carried supplies from Rat
tentOut, near Verdun, to the front
lines. During the Argonne forest fight
he and his crew We're on duty for sew
en- days and nights without relief and
were able to get only such rest us they
could snatch between times. Sergeant
Whites wears IL wound stripe, the re-
suit of having been injured In the leg
with high explosive shell, which, on
January Is, 1919, exploded under the
engine he was running, utterly demol-
ishing 1t and wOunding all the crew.
Plans for the Fourth of July celebra-
ton in Steamboat are rapidly taking
shape and the affair IL growing In i'm
portance. The sports committee has
been especially active, and already
many of the best riders of northwest
ern Colorado are lined up for attend
ance. 1t Is planned to make the rough
riding feature OF greater interest than
ever before. Some of the recent con
tests have been rather tame, but
George Long, on Il trip to the lower
country interested some OF the best
riders in the contest. They are anx-
ious to try conclusions with the crack
riders Of the Art-O-Graf Film Com
pany, who will he there.
Fifty students, all OF them newly ar
rived soldiers from France, have been
enrolled by the Denver branch of the
federal board for vocational training
to attend the classes at the OppOrtun-
ity school, These are the advance
guard OF about $50 students who will
he enrolled at the Opportunity BY the
federal board this summer. Many sub
jects will be taught to these men,
among them automobile repairing in
all Its phases, sheet metal work, Eng
fish show card writing, commercial
branches, salesmanship, drafting. al
zebra and other branches OF mathe.
matics.
The final statistics on May travel
to Colorado will equal that OF Junes In
the past, said Frank A. Wadleigh. pas
senger traffic manager OF the Denver
Il Rio Grnnde. "The May travel hns
kept pace with the June travel and
sholl not be surprised II the final re-
turns show that May was ahead OF the
usual June" said Mr.. Wndleigh. AS
IL rule, May travel Is light to Colorado,
the summer tourist rates becoming eff
fective June !, and June being the
month when people start for their
| summer vacations"
Colorado crop planting, which In
completed. indicates the acreage under
cultivation this year will be the larg-
est In the history OF the state. accord
ing to reports compiled for the Coop
erative Crop Reporting service by
county nssessOrs. In addition to the
large increases for wheat and sugar
beets previously reported, there is said
to be IA large Increase In the acreage
devoted to corn. Completed reports
indicate that the acreage Of pinto
beans this year will not exceed that
planted In 1918 by more than % pei
cent.
The lnrgext amount OF government
land district In Colorado In 4.0GG,:ns
acres In the GlenwoOd Springs dis
trict, In Eagle, Garfield, GunnIsOn
Mesa, MOffat. PitkIn. Rio Bianco and
Routt counties. More thing two-thir,i,
OF this 10 In MOffat and Rio Blanc,
counties.
The Beaver PenrOae 4 Northern
railway liz now paSt history. Il. g. Hal
completed the contract Of dlHmnntlinI
the road after twenty three days wOrI
with N force Of fourteen men Thu
material was shipped to Utah to th'
Goshen Valley Railroad Company
where II will he put into use.
Robert W. Cummings. M. well known
Archuleta county rnncher, committed
suicide AT his home nine miles north
81 Pngosa Springs by si'onting himself
through the head with n 10. 10 win
chester. Mr.. Cummings had been In
rather poor health Of lnte and had
acted very melancholy. He pinccd thu
gun under his chin and completely
shattered his head while his wife was
In nm adjoining room.
The state highway commission hns
received word TINT the SNOW blockade
IN BerthOud pass has been broken and
the road In now open for travel. In.
fOrnatiO also reached the commits.
sion that II crew NJ men In working Ia
get through the SNOW on Battle noun.
thin to open the r0nd between Fnirpiny
and breckenridge. with good prospects
TINT the task will he completed
shortly.
Grand county commissioners have
recommended the Rabbit Far road,
from kr"mnling to Martin. for i'm.
proycincnt by the stat" highway com.
mission. and n federal rORd mppr0priH.
tIon ~ si5. 600 win b. used on This rond