The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-05-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Capt. Harold shoup, eldest son Of
Governor and Mrs. Shoup, who has
been in service overseas for two and
ons-half years, has sailed from France
for New York.
The final settlement Of the estate
OF Winfield Scott Stratton, multi.mil-
lionaire mining man who died in 1902,
will be made in the county court of
Ell Paso county.
DR.. Livingstone Farrand, former
president of the state university and
now head of the Red Cross in Wash
ington, will be In Boulder for COM
mencement and deliver the address on
June 25th.
Advance reports indicate that the
cultivated acreage In Colorado In 1918
will be the largest on record for the
state, the most substantial Increase he
ing in acreage devoted to sugar beets
and wheat.
Denver schools will close for the
summer vacation on June 9th. A de-
lay of several weeks was caused in the
closing Of the schools because of the
enforced vacation of two months last
fall on account Of the influenza cpl
demic.
The recent development Of Kiowa
county In eastern Colorado is forcibly
illustrated by the increase in bank de-
pOsits from $244,33O.11 on December
81, 1917, to $4S9,84999 on December
81, 1918, an advance Of approximately
100 per cent.
Frederick FrOmm, farmer living
near Wellington, Colo, is dead and
Herman Weber, u neighbor, is In bad
shape In the Fort Collins hospital as
the result of an automobile accident
four miles north Of Wellington on the
Cheyenne road.
Maj. Alfred Brown of U. s. army,
stationed at Camp Dodge in the in
fantry service, has accepted a call to
the University of Colorado as secre-
tary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. The call Vas
sent by the student board and the
majors acceptance. received.
Having failed to receive any bids
on the project for widening the grade
in the Big Thompson canon on the Es-
ties Park road the State Highway Com
mission has decided to undertake the
letting the contract to several par
ties.
An estate of $SOO,OOO, mostly cash
and bonds, Ia divided into thirty-nine
requests by the will of ASH Sterling,
late president of the First National
Bank of Greeley. Half goes to his
widow and the rest to one brother,
three sisters and thirty-fOur nieces and
nephews.
The sales Of school land In Colo.
RADIO during the biennial period end.
ing November 20. 1918, were 224,O05
ncres, and the total price was $3,21S,-
SAT. Most Of this sum goes into the
permanent school fund OF the state.
and the interest 1t earns In used for
the support Of public schools.
Prof. Roosevelt =. Walker, for the
last three months field organizer for
the extension department Of the Uni.
versity Of Colorado. has resigned and
will go to Athens, Ga. to become pro.
lessor Of English at the University of
Georgia. He is returning to u position
he held for several years before com.
ing to Colorado.
One-hnlf OF the buildings In Fraser
Colo, were destroyed by II fire. Only
four buildings were left on the north
side Of Main street. and the saving of
these was due to . quick trip by Z
Moffat road train from Tabernaah,
bringing fire fighters. How the fire
started il not known, for It was under
good hendway In small building when
discovered.
The third trail to the summit OF
Pixies Peak, said to excel both the
present trails In scenic attractions, will
he completed In time for the summer
tourist season.
There are now more than 900 op
poriunities for the establishment Of
factories. business enterprises and for
professional people. In the smaller cit.
les and towns OF the state, according
To the annual opportunity survey con.
Quoted by the State Board OF ImmI-
grafton, which IL now nearly complete.
Mnric Green, . years old. fell from
the second story window OF Der home
NJ La Juntn, and outside III II severe
shaking up. suffered no serious IN.
jury. The child was leaning against
u screen when II gave way. She
struck on nm electric light wire which
broke the fall.
Harold Monroe Of MOntrose In 1,
member IT the crack gun crew which
captured the championship honors of
III" Pncifir const. This crew. rs II
result ~ this record. received II bonus
AZ xI.tOO ind ~ n month extra pny
for n period Of two years. for the In.
divI'iuml craftsmanship.
Hoy Wong. pioneer and sigi,ilesa
hMbiiuc Of Denvsr's Chinatown. In one
Of nine blind persons granted relief