The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-05-29
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
'..tern Newspaper Union New. Service.

dollars worth Of damage to farm and
garden crops In parts of Weld county
IL the report
Lawrence G. Phipps has become Of
ficlally senator of Colorado. A tele-
gram to his son. Lawrence c. PhIpps,
.r.. announced that he had been sworn
In and taken his seat.
A widow with four children was ar
rested at her home in Walsenburg,
charged with bootIegglng. She was
arrested on the same charge about
year ago and convicted.
The average county tax levy In Colo
RADIO IL 6.23 mills, which on an as
sessed valuation OF $1,424,8l1, 28S
should produce county revenue from
direct taxation of $S,Ss8,s51.71.
To buy business and then close 1t
out was the way one man managed to
get room In which to carry on his
own business at Castle Rock. there be-
Ing no vacant room available.
A mOrtuary to cost $4,000 IL to be
built In Greeley this summer. The
building will be OF Gothic type Of
architecture. The m0rtuary will be
the largest building of It's kind north
Of Denver.
According to A. L. Bailey, city at
tOrney Of GlenwOOd Springs, the heav-
lest tourist traffic In the history Of
Colorado IL expected to visit or, at
the present season.
Al a meeting of the Ouray CONNER
clay Club, 1t was decided to have u
three-day Fourth Of July victory cele
bratiOn. 1t Ii the Intention of the
committee to make this the largest
celebration ever held on the western
slope.
Louis Morrow. ~, and u stranger,
committed sllicide at the county ward
In Grand Junction hospital by shoot
ing himself In the head. He used an
Old-fashioned 80 bulldog revolver.
Illness IL believed to have prompted
the act.
The Colorado penitentiary, which
has been closed to visitors since lust
October. Is again open to those who
care to make visit to the institution.
The restrictions were put on during
the prevalence Of the influenza cpl
demic.
O. q. Parker. Of Denver. and John
Hancock Of AvOndale. were both per-
haps fatally Injured when an auto in
which they were driving cOlllded with
. street car at the Intersection Of q
street and Union avenue In Pueblo.
Both men were catapulted from their
machine and landed ON their heads.
The hotelkeepers and business men
Of Estes Park are anticipating the big
gest tourist business this season that
the park has eyer known. More reser.
vatiOns than usual at this early stage
ARE being received by all Of the hotels.
and cottage renting has already passed
previous Year, records by . big per
ceat.
Denver took SlS,4a7. 900 In the Vic
tory loan. or more than &5OO,OOO above
the total. according to the announce
msnt Of the Denver Liberty loan com.
mittee. In this total is not Included
q subscription from the banks, this
amount representing the actual sub.
scriptions solicited by the army work.
ers In the drive.
An appropriation Of &oOOOO has been
asked Congress for M addition to the
Denver mint. The secretary OF the
United States treasury sent u recon-
mendation to Congress for this appro.
priatiOn for the extension and improve.
ment Of the sweep cellar" In the mint.
Superintendent Thomas Anncar re-
GENTLY recommended the addition. and
his recommendation has been up.
proved.
The total production Of coal In
Colorado was BLOSSOMS tons, the iarg.
est annual production In the history of
the state. This Is approximately one.
third Of per cent Of the total avail.
able supply.
While the owners were absent on
fishing trip. fire destroyed the Storm
Alfalfa Meal aud Feed Company's mill
In Longmont. The mill was the lnrg.
est alfalfa min In northern Colorado. |
The mill WIS owned by u. q. and \. |
~ Storm. Until seven months ago the
mill was protected by insurance. but
ut that time the Insurance was
dropped. making the estimated loss Of
SiS,b0 complete.
Marshall pass. Colorado. has been
mndc u postoffice, and thereby takes
over the distinction Of being the high.
est postoffIcc In the United States.
MARSHALL pass has mn altitude OF TO-.
$40 feet and what town Is there has
been In existence thirty years or more.
:" the designation ms II postofflcc
comes 10 1, late In life. Corona. On the
Moffnt line, is higher IN In the air
,han Is Pnrshall pass, bu, II has never
asked for mn office T.. Haley Is post.
muster 81 the new higher mp
Congress is expected To act fnvorx.
bly, "n the $4,000 appropriation with
which the department ~ petroleum
technology Of the United States hurcnu