The Arvada enterprise., 1919-08-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Boulder sk County Fair. Lonsmont' Sept
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Merksn aan, :, County Fair. Fort Morgan.
To Routt County Fair. Hsyden. Sept; s-s.
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. =
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. o.
MGifat County Fair. M.ye.l. Sept. IL
plssssu ssss, ,,v;, Yale, State Fair ool0r.n'
1aSa County Fair. Springfield, Sept.
rr1qais,da: 4.,aiS.d s.n; An,%.; ina. County Fair
cone1os County Fair. Manassa. Sept.
we:te.n siop. Fair Montro.e. Sept
centr:I q Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
s% e'ssssz ssss.s s''F F.s E'Ts s:Rs ls
s.EH:she is.ssl County Fair s.su.chs' Sept
c0lor:do.Nsw son, s!vss Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado state Fair. Pueblo. Sept az
Grand County Fair. Kremmlins. Sept.
crsG9y!sy s9.ssy' County Fair Sugar city Aug.
Inter-Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
G. w. Badger, for four years a
scoutmaster In Denver and for one
year assistant executive Of the Denver
Boy Scouts, has been elected executive
OF the Boulder troops.
In Logan county more than 82,OOO
acres Of land was broken this year or
last summer for cultivation In crops
this year. This Is more than is under
cultivation in any one Of forty-one
counties In the state.
The death toll of the explosion at
Oakview mine Of Oakdale Coal COM
pany Is eighteen, and all the bodies ex-
cept three of the miners whose lives
were snuffed out when the blast
caught them 1000 feet In the work
ings, have been recovered by rescue
Rolling down the hillside with the
velocity of cannon ball, huge boul-
der, which weighed at least two tons.
crashed through the two walls of u
barn at the rear Of the residence of
f. +. BOles at Telluride, and then
crushed through the walls OF the
kitchen.
The total country revenue raised by
taxation through tax levies for county
purposes this year would be, II all
taxes were paid, $S,SS6S5l.7l. This
amounts to an average county tax levy
Of 6.23 mills. The actual levies range
from $50 mills In Phillips county to
1880 In Pitkin county.
The Sunnyside mill Of the Sunnysihe
Mining and Milling Company at Eu-
reka is under operation after a forced
closedown by the &2jOOOO fire that de-
strOyed the hunk and boarding houses
at the mine several months ago. This
mill IL one Of the largest and best
equipped In the state.
The total acreage Of rye planted In
Colorado for the 1910 harvest was ap.
proximately 185,OOO acres, compared
with little more than 15,OOO acres In
1909. Yuma cOunty-is COlOradOs ban
ncr rye growing county, with 28,O5l
ncres, or nearly twice AZ much as was
grown In the state in 1909.
Costly and Aklns, leasing on the
Southern Boy mine ia the La Plata
mountains, have cut q three.incl
streak Of high.grade ore that assays
$40 per pound. The ore carries Alb
ounces gold and sixty ounces silver to
the ton. and was discovered In the
shaft that IL being sunk In an open
two or three years agO. The South.
crn Roy IL located one mile above the
camp Of Mayday, and the high. grnde
Is In II mOnxanite-pOrphyry formation.
"OutioOr Life In the National For.
csts Of Colorado" will be the title Of
two reels Of film to he shown through
out the United States within the near
future. The taking Of these pictures
has just been completed by W. I.
Hutchinson. In charge Of the publicity
department Of the forest service.
Mrs. Mnrie Reynolds Of Pine Bluffs,
Wyo.. was held up and robbed Of x'O
In cash and II travelling bsg containing
II considerable amount Of clothing. one
mile south Of Greeley. by two armed
highwnymen. The Greeley police
have arrectsd q Greeley farmers s0n.
who. Mrs. Reynolds believes. was one
Of the two men who robbed her
Frank Gable. director Of the Du.
range roundup, to be held from Sept.
y to ~ inclusive, II arranging one Of
the clnsslest Wild west progrnms ever
offered. There will be bull riding.
c0wgirls' races, running races, goat
roping contests. trick roping contests.
steer buildogginE. Indian races, COW.
boys relay races, bareback riding.
cowboys bucking contest. trick riding.
farmers wagon races. In all twenty
events = day and 5000 TO bs distrlb.
mtsd tO the winning contestants during
the four.day celebration.
6rasshoppsr hill. the site Of beavers
proposed prsAbytsrian hospital. was