The Arvada enterprise., 1919-08-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
L,s'9sr ss.assr County Fair. Love'.nd' Aug
Boulder ..E County Fair. Lonxmont. Sept.
Atkans.s Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
nesssn @ County Fair, For. Morgan.
Routt County Fair, Hayden. Sept. SIS.
Logan County Fair, Sterling. Sept. 3
Delta County Fair, Hotchklss. Sept. ..
Adem' County Fair. Brighton. Sept. s.
Mcfiat County Fair. M.ybell. Sept. IL
Plsts.u valley State Fair. colbr.n.
naea County Fair Springfield. Sept.
Trintdad-l.as Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept. 1918.
conejH. 1S.1s County Fair Mana'sa' Sept
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley, Sept.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 1920.
Pniiiins yigg County Fair. Hoiyoke. Sept
sasuashe County Fair sasuache. Sept.
color.dc,Nsw Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado State Fair Pueblo. Sept. 22-
Grand County Fair. Kremmling. Sept.
crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. so to Oct. 3.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. 7-S.
The Lamar Elks Home Association
has commenced an active campaign for
selling stock In the new home to be
erected at Lamar. The lodge at that
place Is planning on having one OF the
finest homes In the state.
Restoration of the pinto bean indus
try in eastern Colorado by placing an
import duty on Japanese beans, which
have demOraliZed the market for pin
tOs, is to be asked OF Congress by bean
growers OF Weld county.
Having sold 1,295 acres OF irrigated
land west OF the Platte river for more
than $130,OOO. the Lupton Coal Ridge
Land Company will put large part of
this money back into the work OF de-
velOping 1900 more acres Of raw land.
That the war on prairie dogs, inaug-
urated In La Plata county last spring
and which still is being waged, has
been fruitful In results, IL the an
nouncement of G. W. Boyd, field fore.
man Of the Bureau of Biological Sur
vcy.
CONSTRUCTION work ON an irrigation
project lying five to fifteen miles
south Of las Animns, which will make
nn immense tract Of land productive,
will begin Immediately, VIII Il. Muir
ply Of the state land bOard announced
after the land commissioners ap-
proved IL x25O.OD contract and bond
posted by W. A. Colt Il Son OF Las
Anilnns for building the irrigation sys-
TEN for the Mutual Carey Act lrrign.
tiOn Company.
There IL not u case Of contagious
disease In the city Of Pueblo or In the
county Immediately adjoining II, nc-
coriIng to the announcement Of DR.
w. Il. Buck, city physician. This IN
the first time In years that such con.
dition has been noted In that city. DIR.
Buck attributes this to the fact thu;
the Influenza epidemic taught the cit
liens of Pueblo the necessity Of exer-
cIsing greater sanitary precautions.
The Midland Cereal Products Com.
pany have signed n contract with the
Farmers and Merchants Association
which calls for the erection OF fac
tory building In Brighton to cost $780,
600. The company will manufacture u
breakfast food tO he known ns
"WhOle Wheat Nuggets" The Brigh-
ton factory " one of three owned by
the company. The others nre ut
sioux Falls, y. d.. and OmnlIn, Ncb.
The factory will use all the wheat
grown within hauling distance ~
Brighton md will pay the market
price.
According to ndviccs by W. y. Flu.
secretary Of the Chnmber Of Com.
mcrcc. the United Stnics Dchy,irntiOn
Company Of Denver will establish u
brunch ici,ydratiOn plant Mt GRIND
Junction.
Durango will shortly possess II new
athletic club which is designed to pro.
mote boxing exhibitions, physical cul-
rir" training mnd other athletic pur-
suits W. W. McEwcn. Jr.. Rod y.
Day and J. II. McIDcyitt. Jr.. all sOns
"f prominent Durango families, filed
articles Of incorporation In the sccrc.
tary Of states office for the Durango
Athletic Club. announcing these nctiv.
tiles ns the iijcct Of the Orynniznti tiOn.
Fifteen cnrs Of potatoes viii bc
shipped daily from the MOntrosc.
o'nthc nnd Delta spud district. when
the busiest part 0f the scnson viii
s'nrt. This II the early potato harvest
aud will continue NJ this rate for sev.
"r"l weeks. The spuds nrc being
moved to the mnrkcts In refrigerator
ears. which. however. viii not inter.
fcrs with the regular shipments Of
fruit from the western slope. nt0ut
which the growers were ulurlned re-.