The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-10-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

erative Crop Reporting Service indi
cate that the amount Of winter wheat
planted this fall viii be somewhat less
than that planted In 1918, which was
the largest crop of winter wheat ever
planted In the state. The season was
unfavorable for winter wheat in most
sections Of the state this year and
many farmers who were dissatisfied
with the Yields obtained will grow less
wheat this year, while q certain
amount Of uncertainty as to what the
price Of wheat may be next year is ap-
parently Influencing few farmers to
| decrease their acreage.
The National Wholesale Grocers' As
ISOLATION, comprising brokers and man.
ufacturers, will hold its 1920 conven-
tion in Colorado Springs, starting June
Z, according to an official announce
ment made by A. H. Beckman, general
secretary of the association, who has
been in that city making arrangements.
Preparations will be made for handling
| 1000 delegates and their wives This
is the first time the association has
held convention west of the Missis-
slppi.
Application from the Grover, Colo,
high school for rifles for drill purposes
Ind similar applications from other
schools of Colorado led Col. ID. +. Nc
Cunniff, federal inspectOr-instructO
with the Colorado National Guard, to
call these schools attention to the pro-
visions of the army regulations under
which any school with uniformed Gu
Diet corps Of not less than forty men,
bers can obtain both rifles and ammli-
milton from the War Department.
The reported dynsmIting of fish in
the Rio Grande has been amply veri-
fled. Hundreds Of dead fish have been
found floating and lodged along the
river banks all the way from Deep
creek to Wagon Wheel gap. and all
those who have examined them de-
Clared that they had been killed by IL
blast Of dynamite or other explosive,
ns the bones were broken and pulled
loose from the backbone.
The manufacturing industry in Colo
RADIO had developed rather rapidly In
the past twenty years. During that
Period the number of manufacturing
establishments has nearly doubled, the
capital invested has increased about
225 per cent, the number Of persons en-
gagged has more than doubled, and the
value OF manufactured goods produced
annually has increased approximately
40 per cent.
State Treasurer Mulnix has called In
Sl75.0OO Of the $685. 1000 issue Of ma
tiOnal defense bonds put out by the
Gunter administration In 1917 to raise
funds for Colorado's part In the nation
previously called, makes Il total of
x:sOO. 600 worth of the bonds which have
been retired, leaving $585 600 Of the IT,
sue outstanding.
The Ward Netlerland road. a high.
line road connecting the two mountain
towns about twenty miles west Of BOul-
der. has been completed At a cost Of
$4,000. The road IL 100 miles long,
und IL through some Of the most rugged
mountains In the Colorado Rockies. 1t
In thought to b one Of the most scenic
drives In the entire state.
The permanent state school fund
was Increased by 49l. $500 through
auction sale by the State Land Board
Of 6,559 acres Of state school land
The sections sold are situated In Baca,
Washington. Douglas. MOffat. Logan.
Prowers, ri" Gran'ie. Ebert, Lincoln,
Morgan and MOntezuma counties.
Fnrming under irrigation cnms In
Colorado almost as soon as gold min.
INK. Its development was not rapid In
the beginning, but II was steady and
persistent. and today the value Of the
annual output Of the states irrigated
farms IL more than four times as grcu.
rs the gold mines.
| As u result OF the excellent work
done by county assessorx In Colorado
this year In the collection Of statistics
showing the acreage Of the various
crops grown In the several counties,
the State Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service will he able this year for the
first time To determine with reasonable
rccurncy the production Of all crops by
counties. instead of only for the stat"
ns n whole.
Approximately x3.5OO.OOO win be- cx.
I.eOded In Colorado this yenr on new
school buildings. It 10 estimated by
Mrs. Mary q. q. Bradford. state super.
intendent Of public instruction. On the
bssis of reports nav received from
twO.thirds Of the sixty.thrcc counties
In the state. Buildings costing $1,000.
900 ARE actually In course of cons'ruc-
ton. and others viii bc building soon.
| Administration. Ms we'll ns fire pro.
lection. III national forests by wireless
telephone Il the most recent Innovation
attempted by the Denver district Of III.
forest service. Two field sets VI wire.
less telephones. designed for the signal
orps ~ the army. have been received
NJ the Denver forest service headquar.
| terS
| COlorado's oil shslcs nrc found 10
what II known ns the Green River fee.