The Arvada enterprise., 1919-07-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| tnl0IoO Eh lk4,NUU COluB 10 tue vaiue Ill
real money Of $s,175,Sos, according to
the statement made BY Thomas An.
near, superintendent Of the mint. The
superintendent report shows that of
these totals there were 1852 600 half
dollars, 81 800: 2,SOl,OOO quarters,
$70O, ,25O; 4,645.0OO dimes, $484, 800; 81
OS8, 500 5-cent pieces, $1bl, ,s26, and A.
748.8O0 pennies, $417.40S. No gold
coins were minted during the year.
1918, there were s9.200O0O pieces to
the value of $6,5O00OO minted. In the
last fiscal year the demand for pennies
ull over the United States, principally
caused by war taxes, caused the enor-
nous coinage OF this money.
Declaring that the grave In which
the bodies Of two Mexicans were
found was dug. by them In which to
bury his body, Joe BOrrers confessed
TO Sheriff Wilson Of Delta county that
he had killed the men, but had acted
in self-defsnse. The bodies Of the two
Mexicans were found In the grave In
beet field. BOrrsre subsequently
was arrested, and he was taken to the
scene of the double tragedy, where, &C.
cording to Sheriff Wilson, he made his
confession after undergoing rigid sx-
animation.
An inheritance tax, amounting ap-
prOximately to $4,000 will be collect
cd by the state from the heirs OF
Kenneth Dows, the attorney generals
office, which has charge of inheri-
tance tax collections, announced. An
investigation. Attorney General Victor
f.. Keyss said, revealed that Dows had
I,OOO,OOO worth of property In the
state Of New York besides the home
J nt 14O Gilpin street, recently sold to
Herman b. GateA and other property
in Colorado. Mr.. DOws died several
months aGo.
larry II. Hayes, thrice decorated
for bravery In action and only recent
ly discharged from an army hospital,
returned to his home In Grand June
, tiOn. He has the distinction of re-
, ceiving more recognitions for bravery
, than any Of the hundreds who entered
the war from that section, but he
mOdestly explains that chance gave
him greater opportunity. The French
, croix de Eusrre. which he wears upon
his breast, has three silver stars. each
denOting separate citation.
, The Montrose. Delta ana Mesa
, County Fair Associations have organ
, izsd the Western Slope Fair circuit.
). Representatives of the three fair COM
, pnnies mot at Delta and combined In
order to secure better attractions and
:, more horses for the three meetings.
The Western Slope fair nj MOntrOse
meets the third week In September,
y the Delta county fair Of Hotclikiss the
. second week, and the Mesa county fair
!, the first week In September.
;. The biggest business done In the
h history OF the Denver pOstOffice was
>. recorded nj the close OF the fiscal year
. for 10l8-l8. June 10. Figures an
nOunced by Charles +. Troiter. assist
ant postmaster, show an Increase Of 8
per cent. or $l62,82s.75 In the postal
u receipts over the preceding fiscal year.
y The total receipts for the fiscal year
: ending June 30 were 81, ,l0O.3Sl.1s. com
y pared with 1902, ,702.I3 for the pre-.
y ceding year.
Two broken elbows, Y fractured leg
and iatesnal injurieA were sustained
by Ren H. Harris, telephone line
man. who fell from Q pole at Mnnitou
= He was climbing the pole and carrying
Q roll Of wire when loose end came
y In cOatact with trolley feeder wire
u and the shock threw him from his
u perch. II he had worn his salty belt
y II In believed that he would have been
Il ciectrOcuted, but the fall saved his life
t The harvesting Of wheat and rys
II has started In Logan county. and II ID
u estimated that the harvest In that sec
n tion this year will fur exceed the lnrg
r est that has ever bssn raised. The
Y report Of the corn crop ls very encOur
d aging, as the recent rains and the
NJ warm weather nre considered Ideal fol
corn growing.
u Investigation Of Colorado oil shals
r fields will be assured II n bill nov
n before Congress passes, according IA
\ word received by Gov. Oliver n
}! Shoup from senator Lawrence q
II PhIpps. The message said an ApprO
n priatiOn OF xlUOOOO for tho work hat
passed the lower House aud had besi
y, Increased 10 $iJ1,OOO In the Senate
= The request for nn appropriation fol
u. mn investigation Of thu state oil shsl'
u fields with n view Of developing N.
), shals Tor commercial ,is~, WAS made
u, by tAo federal bureau Of mines Mf,sI
b. representatives Of the bureau hat
bssu here to confer with the govern
D. or md members of the State Bureat
n. of Mines
. During June Cripple Creek produce,
IN Io..s)O tons OF ore. having IL gross vAiu,
II of etsS. S.sssi. Of the ore produced ~
). tons were shipped to the smsltsra
90 The balance wns treated NJ the vari
~ ous mills IN the Cripple Creek distric
N and Colorado Springs. The mill orr
h averaged $40 per ton In value. rxnsInI
u from 81 ~ average nj IL. vindicsto
u mill to SO NJ the Golden Cycle mill