The Arvada enterprise., 1919-05-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

cate in q general way better sup
ply Of farm labor at this time than
was available at this time last year.
Marked shortage has been reported In
some sections, particularly In parts of
the San Luis, Arkansas aud UncOm-
pah9re Valleys. General reports indi-
cate that the labor supply Is from 9
tG 10 per rent greater. but still ap-
prOximatelS 10 per cent below normal
There is q surplus of labor reported
In many ef the towns, but difficulty
! is encountered In getting people from
the citis1 and towns to go into the
country and undertake farm work.
w. Il. Tebbs of Dolores, Colo, SOL
dler who was injured in the wreck on
Cerro summit, told people who were
caring for his wounds that with the
Fifth engineers of the Seventh divi-
sion he had gone through warfare for
days and days, and that he had mar
rOwly escaped death several times
day for weeks at stretch, and that
he came through without scratch.
and had hoped for the time when he
could walk into his home unscathed.
Instead he went home wearing ban
dage on his head and a big black eye
as result Of being dumped around In
4 narrow gauge upset.
Eldredge Anderson of Denver is
dead and Charles J. Ross, also Of Den
yer, Is badly injured, the result of
collision of their motorcycle side car
with an automobile driven by W. G.
RiddOck, Fountain, Colo. The collision
occurred on the Pueblo road seven
miles south Of Colorado Springs at
curve. Riddock drove out to the left
to pass load of hay, and his car and
the motorcycle met head on. Riddock
said he could not see the motorcycle
approaching.
Sergt. T. A Day and L. N. Hagood,
recently discharged from the army,
have reached Kremmling, in a small
car Of universal reputation. beIag the
first tourists to arrive in Middle Park
in 1919. They came from La Grange.
No.. looking for homestead locations.
They drove through Wyoming to
Baggs, thence to Craig, Colo. from
whence they went to Grand Junction
and MontrOse, then to Glenwood
Springs and Wolcott and State Bridge.
A cafeteria for the employees Of the
Swift Company's packing plant at the
stOckyards has been opened In Den
yer. Meals may be secured for "a to
- cents and the profits will revert to
the employees, who own the restau-
rant. Girls at the plant will act rs
servers during the meal hours, which
last for an hour and half. There
will 10 three shifts at each meal 20
that the total organization can be fed.
Within three weeks at the outside.
work upon the improvement Of the Big
Thompson cafiOn road, the main gate
way to Estes Park and the Rocky
Mountain national park. will com.
mence. The plans for the work drawn
BY the engineers Of the state highway
commission were returned to the conf
mission by the federal roads bureau
with the approval Of the governments
engineers.
The members Of the Congregational
church were surprised at the annual
meeting and banquet at MontrOse when
C. .. Akard, vice president Of the
First National hank. announced that
he and his wife weold place . memo.
rial for their dead daughter, Mattye
Shirley Akard. In the new ConEregs.
tIonal church In the shape Of n pipe
organ to cost between 5000 and $lO,.
900.
In competition with 1000 contest
ants, Miss Bernice Brown Of Barr
Lake school. four miles east OF Brigi,.
ton. has won the SO Victory bond
given by Samuel ID. Nicholson. state
chairman Of the Victory Loan drive.
for the hest essay on 1.-THE Price Of
Peace" Miss Browns teacher, Mias
Evelyn Hartman. was awarded an eml.
nent service badge for the interest she
created among her pupils in the WORK.
Water commissioners In the Greeley
district are urging the farmers to con
serve the water supply In the bitches
and not run any more than is absolute.
ly necessary, because Of threatened
shortage In the streams. While there
seems to be plenty Of storage and res.
ervoIr water. the direct flow is alarm.
inKly less than for many xessons ut
this time. and unless heavy rains oc.
cur within the next few weeks. draw
Ing on the reservoir water will have Z
start about month earlier than usual,
which will mean u scarcity Of irriga.
tI0n water In the late summer and con.
seQuent loss to many farmers.
The price being paid for sugar beets
this season. $40 ton flint. has stImu.
luted the interest Of farmers In this
crop. with the result that Colorado will
have. II conditions remain favorable
throughout the planting season. the
largest sugar beet acreage In Its his.
tory this year. There viii he "a very
marked increase In acreage In tho
Northern Colorado district. with small.