The Arvada enterprise., 1919-12-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper ussea News Service.

Western Newspapsr Unioa News service.
All crops In Colorado during 1919
are valued at $101. 100000. This Is 1871
l'er cent more than the crops last year
and 1t Ii the most valuable ever har.
vested In the state.
All reports Indicate that about 1000
nav silOs were built In Colorado this
year and that the total number In the
state b now about 1000. The prOduc.
ton OF corn for silage in the state In
Increasing rapidly.
Logan county shows larger in.
crease In acreage and In cultivation In
1919 over 1909 than any other county
IN the state. The acreage cultivated In
1919 was 4O5.7S7 acres, compared with
N771 acres In 1900.
Taxpayers Of Colorado Springs next
March will pour into the Golfers Of the
county treasurer q total Of Sl.814.O84
IN school. city, county and state taxes.
The total tax levy for the city In 1920
II 82.4l mills, an increase Of 8.22 mills
over that Of the year 1919.
Mn. Henrietta Lindsey. wife OF
Judge Ben B. Lindsey Of Denver, was
one Of seven persons injured when q
Chicago 4 Northwestern railroad train
was accidentally deraIled at Mequoin,
fifteen miles north Of Milwaukee. Mrs
Lindsey's injuries were slight. Judge
Lindsey, who was With his wife on the
trail, IL on speaking tour.
Earl Martin, ~ years old, was shot
by Roy Benton, member Of sheriffs
posse. when he attempted to resist ar
rest after he and John q. Bailey. 20,
had been caught, the officers state, In
the act Of concealIng an automobile
that had been stolen from In front of
the First Presbyterian Church at Fort
Collins. The fight occurred at the Jack
RIgtlen ranch in Owl cahon.
The Great Valleys Sugar Corpora.
tion. q recently organized company
capitalized at $4,000. 900. has selected
Lafayette AZ the site Of one Of the four
factories which will be built In north
ern Colorado. 1t IL planned to have
the factory completed and ready for
the 1921 production. Sixty acres Of
land lying One-half mile south Of La.
fayette have been purchased for the
proposed site md q mill Of sixty tons
daily capacity,
The Colorado springs council Of Boy
Scouts II to have u permanent camp
with meSs cabin and bunk house. The
Rotary Club Of that city voted to ex-
pend 1900 for the erection Of camp
buildings. and officers Of the city wa
ter department have agreed upon Il
tract Of land ON the city watershed In
Rear Greek cahon which will he grant
ri to the scouts ~ \ permanent camp
site.
With budget of so,aOO.OOO for road
work In 1890. the Colorado highway
commission lacks between tOOO. ono and
$500, 400 In estimated revenues to meet
federal aid road projects, according to
statement made by ]. II. Aialoney.
chief engineer. The commission In ap.
I~.sling to the various counties directly
Interested In federal aid projects to
meet q per cent Of the cost, in order
that none Of the government Improve
,nentS must he sacrificed.
The new court house In M0ntrOse.
which will be built during 1920. &C.
OrtiIng TO the present plans Of the
hoard Of county commissioners, will
cMtain one Of the most fitting memoir
Ials to the soldiers " that country that
could he procured. This will be the
picture and brief biography Of every
mann who went from this county to Join
Uncle Sans c0lOrx during the recent
war. This will include more than 0OO
photographs ind war records and will
TX probably the largest collection Of n
similar nature ever made In county.
Approximately ei.SOO.OOO. represent.
Ing payments on the last quarterly IL.
stallment Of the Income. war-prOfltx
and cxccss.profitx taxes for 1918. has
been from Colorado people by Internal
Revenue Collector Mark A. Skinner. A
large number Of Colorado citizens had
taken advantage Of tho opportunity
given them BY the government to pay
the taxes In quarterly lnstallments.
The work Of gathering mud preserv.
Ing for the state archives the records
Of COlOratlO's mcn nnd women who
took part In the world war. In order
that . true and complete history Of
Coa0rado's participation In tho conflict
may b. complied. has been started by
The State Historical and Natural His.
tory Society. under the direction Of
l. q. Carpenter. Its president.
w. = Doyle. " years old. . clothing
salesman Of WHlsenburg. was found
hanging BY roie In his room In that
city. Mary Strock. = housekcepcr.
discovered the body and II In believed
that ~ had been dead for several
hours According to friends, he had
bsen pondering over the matter for
souse time. He asked the postmaster
~ 70 forward his mall. but to return
al1 q Il, % hs iuteudcd going away.
Neatross citizens will play big
bCother 70 sixty orphans at the Nc