The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-11-13
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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cants for enlistment keep on trying to
get by the willy recruiters. 1t happens
often that men who are anxious to get
In the "Three in One" service will try
methods not up to regulations to be-
come member. John w. Wilson, of
Lincoln, Nebraska, found out to his
| sorrow that the Marines are always
wide awake, he has tried to enlist in
several localities hut could not pass
the eye test, having defective vision
Of the right eye. Wilson came to Den
yer and decided he was ready to slip
by the local recruiting station and
after taking the required distance for
the eye test, he made the mistake Of
reading the letters too fast which
caused the Sergeant to sit up and take
notice Wilson was then required to
call letters at random through mark
er and fell down. He then volunteer
ed the information that he had card
test and had studied the letters for
two months so he could pass and that
he was sorry that he was detected.
| The greatest problem which the
world faces today is that Of physical
efficiency, says DIR. James A. Miller,
head of the Rockefeller Foundation In
France, who recently has heen in Den
yer and Colorado Springs studying
health problems In Colorado. Due to
the outdoor life Of the West, children
of Colorado normally measure and
weigh more than eastern children"
says DIR. Miller. 1.-The state has the
natural advantage Of n wonderful eli
mate which Is conducive TO outdoor
life With proper interest In public
health matters. and believe the peO-
pie Of this state are alive to the need
and are going to push health programs,
Colorado can produce wonderful gen
eratiOn.'
Jack Rounds, alleged notorious west
ern slope boOtlegger and mOOnshiner,
was arrested recently while operating
an Illicit still at Grand Junction and
turned over to the federal authorities
for prosecution, was taken to Denver
by United States Deputy Marshal vii.
liam McClelland for trial before Judge
Lewis Rounds was hut recently re.
leased from Jail ut Montrose. where he
had been held for hotolegglng. Several
gallons of mOOnshine intended 10 he
sold during the recent lntermOuntain
fair and Stock show was seized and
the still was in operation and dropping
liquor when Rounds was taken into
custody.
Inquiries made by the State Imnii-
grafton Department through county
assessors. show very rapid increase
IN the number OF farm tractors owned
and operated by farmers themselves
In the more Important agricultural
counties In the state. The reports
made by county assessors early this
year indicated that there were approx
mutely $500 such farm tractors In the
state on April LIST, and later reports
from dealers show that the number IL
now perhaps 1000 greater than the
assessors showed
Reports compiled by the State I'm.
migration Department from the rec
"r,is Of the State Tux Commission
show that the area Of farm land re-
ported for assessment this year In ~.
51l.2Oi acres, compared with 25,1D.-
A3 acres last year. Most Of the In
rrensc IL In the acreage Of dry farm
ing land. which asscssOrs now report
rs 9.952.I82 acres. There IL also II
slight increase In irrigated land, the
area reported this yenr being 2.2s.tD. 7:s)
ncres. compared with 2,l4l.6l7 acres
last year.
Only three applicants presented
themselves at the court house In
Canon city for the special federal ex-
animation preliminary To appointment
Ms enumerators In the government
census work In Fremont county next
year. The census will begin January
End md must he completed In thirty
days. MS II will require about twenty
enumeratOrs to collect the census da.
tn. another examination will have tn
be held I" get the required number
necessary to 10 the work.
Continued dry weather for the past
month Inns been somewhat unfnvOrnble
for fall blowing and the planting Of
winter whcnt and rye The plnntinR Of
these crops is practically complete and
firicnt moisture to bring the grain up
partially. Farmers report That little
damage hns been suffered by these
crops y" FAR. md good rains In the
next week or NV" viii bring them up
In fine shape. The nrr"agc planted ev.
identity Is ronsid,rnbl. short of that
planted last fall though detailed re-
ports on planting hnv" not Yet been
gathered by III" State Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service.
reports received by the lmmigrn.
ton Department from all sections OF
the stat" IndI"ai" that III" population
of cnlornd" * now approximately L..
10000. an inrr"ns" of nboui 3S per.
cent In III" past ten years. The cen.
sns bureau found the population OF
III" stat" IN 1910 10 be- 1M,O2i. an IN.
"r"ns" "f ~ percent over Hint for the
preceding ten years, tn" inrrenso In
III" i"rnd" Insi ending Is confined
largely 4" III" agricultural districts and