The Arvada enterprise., 1919-11-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
's'ey Newspaper Union New. Service.

W.steS Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
| rhe Red Cross Christmas Seal sale will
| take place all over the United States
from December l to 10. 1919.
The State Board of Capitol Man.
ayers have awarded the contract for
building the states new 100000 of.
flee building at Colfax avenue and
Sherman street. Denver. The bid was
S451,O 600, the lowest OF four received.
The nation expects from Colorado
Sl5O,OOO of the $8,OOO,OOO to be raised
In the United States In December to
combat tuberculosis in this country,
according to statements made ut the
opening dinner of the local campaign
committee in Denver.
The average yield Of potatoes In
Colorado this year 10 apparently
about 40 bushels per acre. This Is
considerably below the normal aver
age, the low yields In some Of the
principal producing districts being
due to unfavOrable weather condi-
| tlOns.
Construction Of 5,OOO-ton coal
storage reservoir at Greeley to safe-
guard the city against coal famine
and exOrbitant prices, is urged by JO-
seph c. Ewing, attorney and real es-
tate operator. and his plan Is ap-
proved by several of the largest fuel
| dealers.
Alfalfa and other hays are more
widely distributed In Colorado than
any other crop. there being only one
county In the state. San Juan, which
reports no acreage devoted to hay in
1910. Wheat ranks second. there be-
ing but three counties reporting NO
wheat.
The estimated value Of the fruit
crops Of the Grand valley for this year
alone is $2,OOO.OOO. according to fig
ures available for the first time this
year. The value of the apple crop is
estimated at $80O,OOO; peaches,
$SOOOOO: pears, 100000, and other
fruits, $4,000.
The total assessed valuation Of
property in Colorado. as returned by
the state tax commission, is $1,495.-
1850, an increase Of about S7O.OOO,-
600 over that for last year. Final re-
ports from county treasurers are ex-
pected to increase this to approx
mately $l,5O000OO.
A 8-cent fare has gone into effect ON
all local street car lines Of the Trini-
dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for In.
creased fare was granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission. No
Increased fare II effective on the In
terurban coal camp lines.
The body Of an unknown Mexican
was fOuni partly concealed in = hay
stack ON the farm Of G. N. johnson,
two miles northwest Of Atwood, by Mr..
Johnson. when he went to the stack to
repair fence. The body Of the un-
known Mexican with bruises about the
head and face indicated that his death
had been violent one.
Residents and the town govern.
ment Of Haxtun, Phillips county, filed
before the State Public Utilities Com.
mission Il petition which asks that
the Burlington railroad he ordered to
erect n new railroad station Mt HHx-
tnn. Growth Of the town and the in
crease Of business ut the station make
II new depot imperative, the petition
declared.
Final estimates by the State Coop
erntive Crop Reporting Service on the
total production Of potatoes In Colo
rndO this year apparently will show a
considerable Increase In the output
over the 8O08, ,O0O bushels Indicated by
the October estimate. Though II In yet
too early to give definite figures II now
appears that the production will he
above 1O.OOO.OOO bushels and perhaps
M high as 100000 bushels.
Every Colorado dOugi,ls,y who has
l.een "Over there" knows II ns the "l.ib.
crty Cross" The kaiser calls II the
double cross. To the Knights Templar
II In n mark Of their readiness to fight
for the good and the true. And that is
the reason why the iOuble-barred Red
Cross has been adopted M the emblem
Of the Colorado Public Health AxxOcia.
ton which II fighting for . hundred
per cent health record In this state.
Preliminary figures on the prOduc.
,Ion Of winter wheat In Colorado this
year. now beIpx complied by the Stat"
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service,
show TINT Logan county leads all other
counties In the state In the production
Of this crop. with total output Of
close to 2.OOO.OO0 bushels. Only three
other counties. Washington. Weld and
Yuma. have produced more than 1000.
100 bushels of winter wheat this year
ana ten counties In the state. Chnffee.
Clear Creek. Denver. Giipin. Hins'lHlc.
Lake. Mineral. Rio 1rnn'lc. San Juan
ind Teller. report M production Of this
crop. The totni production Is approx.
mMteiy ll.OOO.O00 bushels. the largest
IN record.
"As Governor Of Colorado. ! desire
IN heartily approve Of the work which
has been carried on by your OrEHnisa.
st,,, foe uovurnl veN ~ atnfes the o.