The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-12-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service.
M COMING EVENTS.
ta,i aeu cross Christmas Seal sale will
frnr, p,ace all over the United States
from December l TO 10 1910

approximately S3,OOO,OOO is the to-
.ai resources of the three banks of
Mohtfose, according to the reports re.
gently made in the government call,
memorial tablet in honor of the
twenty-five Routt county men who
u'eu IN the war with Germany Is to
De erected in the high school building
at Steamboat Springs.
possibility of an early adjournment
OF The extra session Of the State Leg
'si"ture until after the holidays al
reaay is being discussed by members
OF the Twenty-Second General Assem-
bly,.
Inc state highway commission has
included in Its 1920 program of road
Improvement an item Of $4,000 for
building six and one-half miles of &C.
ment road between Brighton and Fort
Lupton.
AT hearing on estimates for gov
eminent reclamation projects held be-
lore congressional committee, $780,
ooN was asked for the Grand Valley
reclamation project and $4,000 to
continue work on the Uncompahgre
project in Colorado,
Denied the release of coal shipped
in by rail, Manager w. w. Campbell of
rhe Mesa flour mills Is keeping the
mill in operation by hauling in coal
by auto truck. Mines of the upper
valley are operating with normal
forces of miners hut coal loaded out
is being confscated for essential in
dustries and railroads.
Twenty-Five days after she was bit
ten by rabid dog which terrorized
West Denver, Jessie Webster, 5 years
old, one Of twenty victims, died of n.y.
drophoba. She was taken to the cOun-
ty hospital and with each succeeding
hour her condition grew worse. The
child was treated with n quantity of
Pasteur serum, brought from Chicago
after the score of persons were bitten.
Judge John Hough, for more than
forty years the dean of mining in the
San Juan country and especially Hins.
dale county, is dead. Had he lived un-
til Christmas he would have been 80
years of nge. He had been county
Judge at Lake City, the county seat Of
Hlnsdale county, for many years and
was highly esteemed and respected by
the entire community.
Approximately 6,OOO.OOO feet of tim
Der has just been sold by the United
States forest service to the Galbreath
Tie and Timber Company, which has
n sawmili on Hope creek about six
teen miles from South Fork. The tim
her includes Engelmnn spruce and
Douglas fir. The lumber and ties are
to be hauled from the sawmill to the
railroad at South Fork by motor
trucks.
Taxpayers In Denver's election voted
the issuance of S2,0OO.OOO In bonds for
a building program for public schools
that includes the erection Of four jun.
Tor high schools and tGO elementary
schools. The school levy will be- m
creased approximately I mill TO take
care Of the interest on bonds, as well
az to meet increases In teachers sala.
ries The regular school levy IL 0.32
mills.
A prospecting course has been add
ed to the Opportunity school curricu-
lum In Denver when class to last
twelve weeks was formed under the
direction of Il. A. Weaver. The Colo
RADIO Development and Manufacturers
Association are behind the course. Mr..
Weaver says that many business men
are ready 10 grubstake prOspectOrs
who have sufficient technical knOwl-
edge to make the expense Of q miner.
nlogist unnecessary.
Never In the history OF WalsenburR
have so many investors visited there.
Men from several states have been In
town looking for business openings and
for land which they cnn purchase.
Harry Hattcrx, a japanese, proprie-
tor of II barber shop In Swink. Colo,
was shot through the body and In
slantly killed by an unknown nssnil.
ant. believed to be another Jnpnnesc.
The shooting occurred IN n building
In the renr OF the Saddle Rock restnu.
rant In Swink. No further particulars
If the shooting hnvc yet been obtain
cd. The only suspect arrested NO fur
is Japanese, who cannot speak Eng.
lIsh, and has fnilcd TO shed any light
on the affair
That building IL still on the boom In
Pueblo is proven by the figures given
gu, By the city building inspectors Of
flee. For eleven months NO far this
year the vnluc OF buildings constructed
or under construction iS 10 per cent
gr.ntcr ,hnn that Of the first eleven
months Of 1918. There were h5i build.
Ing permits issued NO far this year ami
the ynluc Of these buildings approx
mites $685.. 800 compared To Az permits
with n valuation Of &307, 1907 last year.
An unusual prepondcrnnce Of youth.
fui criminals Of quasi and semi.inis-
chief makers, ranging In ages from ID
TO q yenrs. was the outstanding fea.
turc Of the records and convictions In
the West Side court In Denver during
n,,.,,h,r 'rwcntv.tvo lads IN the m.