The Arvada enterprise., 1919-06-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Vandals have looted the building be-
longing to the Breckenridge Gun Club
at Breckenridge and caused destruc-
ton to valuable property.
Colorado leads all states In the pro-
duction Of beets, and the 1919 crop, &C.
cording to present indications, will be
the largest in the history Of the sugar
beet industry here.
Hay Is Colorado's banner crop. Its
value last year was about $42,0OO,0 900,
or approximately as much as the val
ue Of the states total metal output
for the same year.
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mex
leo men enllsting In the United States
navy now may choose whether they
wish to take their preliminary training
in San Francisco or at the naval train
ing station at Great Lakes, near Chi
cago.
The state road fund is richer by
-, 1853 as result of the first months
collection of state tax on gasoline and
kerosene under the law enacted by the
Twenty-second General Assembly as
one of the measures to promote the
building of good roads in Colorado.
investigations by expert field men
connected with the Colorado Packing
Corporation indicate that 90 per cent
Of the tomato plants reported as killed
by the frost on June LIST are sending
out new shoots and with proper care
will live and produce u crop In the VI
cinity of Canon City.
Weld county, COlorado's banner ag-
ricultural county, is the leader also in
the number of Incorporated cities and
towns, number of banks, number of
schools, number Of farm owners and
number of tenant farmers. 1t ranks
second in number of automobiles and
assessed valuation and third In bank
deposits.
The Greeley Commercial Club will
protest efforts of the railroads to
change the minimum loading require
ments for lambs shipped from north
ern Colorado. Local shippers say that
the proposed change will cause an ad-
ditional charge of $50 upon every car
load Of lambs shipped from the Gree
ley and Fort Collins district.
Salida stOckmen and business men
have signed contract for six air.
plane flights to be held In that city
July 4th and 9Th by Aviator Brock Of
nf hn do vtn az.
hibition filters in the country. Two
flights will be given each afternoon
and one at night accompanied by fire
works bOmbartiment. Ten thousand
visitors are expected in Sallda on the
two days from western and southern
Colorado.
The gold ore production In the Grip
pie Creek district In May amounted
to $3.50 tons, carrying q gross bull.
lion value of 1901, 1851 As. which 10 an
Increase over April of $4,000 The
general average Of all ore produced
was $10.5S. Nine hundred and ninety
tons were shipped to the smelters,
which returned $50 per ton. The divi-
dends paid during the month by the
CressOn and the Golden Cycle CON-
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