The Arvada enterprise., 1919-03-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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of gasoline TO unload and in making
he connection with the pipe line the
ar valve did not work and 1900 gal
Ions of gasoline We're lost before the
connection could be made. Mr. Mills
and car rcpnirer for the Burlington
were nearly drowned in the gasoline
while frantically trying to make the
connection. The gas flooded the tracks
and ran down the alley Bystanders
cautioned everybody in the vicinity as
to the danger of fire. which, had the
gasoline become ignitcd, would have
caused serious disaster. About $500
gallons of gasoline were saved, but the
loss of S966 worth of the liquid was
suffered by the company.
Because of slowncss of local beet
workers to sign contracts for the sea-
sons work at the prevailing price OF
$50 an acre, they demanding $50,
which the growers refuse to pay, the
Great Western Sugar Company will
import enough laborers to take care
of the enlarged acreage of beets
around Windsor. Il. C. Walters. agri-
| NuiNutul VI tue CpiI-
pany, says the laborers will be Mexi-
cans gathered from New Mexico and
Old Mexico.
The way OF the fake boOtlegger" *
destined to become harder and harder
In this vicinity. James Martin. of col
or, of Atlanta, Ga, charged with sell
ing water colOred with coffee, ana al
leging it to he whisky, at $l2 per quart,
was fined SO Tor vagrancy and an ex-
ira fine of $40 for his get-rich-Quick
scheme under the charge Of selling
without license. Numerous eases
have been reported OF honey" whs-
key being sold at from $40 to 81.
per quart.
A baggage and mail express car Oh
a west-bOund Santa Fe passenger train
caught fire while In motion east of
Baxter, and, with its contents, was de-
strOyed. The touring car was switched
onto siding at Baxter and an engine
summoned from Pueblo to bring 1t to
Pueblo. The fire continued to burn
until the car reached Pueblo. by which
time 1t was practically consumed. The
loss to the contents Of the car will run
into the thousands, II Is believed.
Tons upon tons of potatoes raised
in the dry farm districts around Gro
yer are being fed to hogs and cattle
because farmers refuse to haul them
ten or twelve miles to a railroad ship
ping point when they are selling ut
only 20 cents per 100. This condition
has brought about II renewal OF the
agitation for more railroads and Il
committee Is now actively nj work en-
deavOring to induce the Union Pa
cifIc to extend its Briggsdale branch.
With but one dissenting vote. n
drainage district embracing loo
acres of valuable land adjoining tho
town of Windsor was created NJ n spe-
cial election. This il the first district
OF its kind to he created In northern
Colorado and only the second one In
the state since the passage of the law
permitting formation OF such districts.
W. II. Teller, Charles SOrrcls and q.
| W. Helps were elected directors OK
the district
The annual report of the Buck Air.
crnft and Munitions Company of Pu-
eblo has been cancelled by Secretary
OF State James X. holland for alleged
failure Of company officials to meet
the financial obligation covering cor
pOration taxes. The company owed
$iI9 for taxes and for the filing of
the report, and according to the state
officials. this amount, was met In part
by a check which WAS refused by the
bank.
The feed situation for stock In the
San Juan basin Is critical. Many Of
the stOckIncn are out nf feed now and
practically NIL the hay viii he gone
In n week or ten days. Whnt hay In
available II selling at $40 per ton, al
though some Is being shipped In from
the Grand valley section TIM, costs APP
proXimaicly So per ton laid down.
Sparks from II Rock Island iocomo.
tive started prniric fire ten miles
east of Colorado Springs TINT threat
ened to wipe out u number Of ranches
In the vicinity and which was checked
only by the energetic efforts Of II tergc
| hummer VI men uHu WoHltH from IUe
adjoining section. The flames de.
strOyed 100 tons Of hay and ruined -
600 acres OF pasture and were only
stopped fifty feet from the barns Of A.
Nassour. n prosperous rnnchmnn. who
had $50 head Of purc.brcd Shorihorns
there.
The Lcndville Water Company In.
sued an order allowing the city to
use the surplus of the appropriation
fund left over nj the end Of the fiscal
ycnr. ending April II. 10 pny the re-.
mining debts incurred during the re-.
cen, Influenza epidemic. The surplus
Is expected to be- around $4,000. The
total debts Incurred during the cpl
dcinic amounted to 5000. Of which
5000 hive been pnld To dnl". leaving
n io'nl Of $1,000 to be paid out Of the
surplus.
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