The Arvada enterprise., 1919-04-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Repairs will be completed at the oil
well of the Lincoln County OH Com
pany at Hugo, and drilling will be re-
sumed at once.
A foot of snow fell on the level and
drifted In some places to q depth Of
four and five feet covered all of Weld
county last week.
The latest word received In Denver
relative to the departure of the Eighty
ninth division for America sets the
date of embarkation as May 10th.
Fifteen acres Of land near Ault,
known az the johnson place was sold
for $500. or $500 an acre, which is
almost q record price for land in this
section.
The Pueblo Knights Of Columbus
Council No. 557, will erect a building
costing 100000 soon. The exact site
has not been chosen yet, but some OF
the most centrally located building
sites In town are being considered.
The Moffat tunnel measure, the
$6.000,000 highway bond resolution
and the bill for increased Industrial
compensation benefits have been
signed by Gov. Oliver H. Shoup. thus
completing the course Of Legislative
enactment.
Drilling In the Round Buttes oil
field, which has been in progress at
Carr, Colo, by the Cactus OIL Com.
pany for some weeks and which has
progressed to the depth OF nearly 1000
feet without striking oil In paying
quantities., has ceased and the rig will
be taken to other fields.
Mrs. Nancy Bush, 70. was found
guilty Of murder in the second degree
by Jury which returned Its verdict al
Montrose In the trial Of the aged won.
an for the killing of her son, John
Bush, on the night Of Dec. 10, 1917.
The verdict carries penalty Of from
ten years to life imprisonment.
Dean H. Martyr Hart, after forty
years residence In the United States,
received his final naturalization pa.
pers. He came to Denver from Eng.
land In 1879 and has resided In Den.
yer ever since. He filed his first papers
| April u, 1915. He was admitted ia
citizenship by Federal Judge Robert
T.. Lewis.
The first cut In railroad fare since
the war tax was added to the price OF
railroad tickets has been announced
in n reduction Of 3 cents In the price
OF tickets from Walker to Longmont
This takes off the war tax, and 1t ID
said that the Great Western road ID
going to announce more reductions In
a short time.
Sale Of approximately 400 acres OF
land four miles south Of LOngmOnt, fOi
| S16O,OOO In recorded In Warranty
deed filed In the office Of the county
clerk. II In the largest realty deal
transacted since County Clerk Beck
with took office four years ago and Il
one Of the biggest made in Boulder
county for many years.
Sufficient pinto beans to give each
one Of Weld cOunty's $1,000 inhabitanti
II ration Of forty pounds aud potatoes
sufficient tn give each inhabitant {
sack will perish In that county thil
spring and summer because Of unfav
ornble road conditions and inadeQuac!
uf railroad facilities for shipping tn,
spuds and lack Of market for tn,
beans
| Additions ,a.l,t<,t, s>,t1l sl..x, ,snH~~ ~.
an acre Of new show space In cOnnec
tiOn with the stadium At the Denver
Union StOckyartix, and that will cos
between sl25.OOO and &2OOOOO. are be
ing planned by heads Of the Stock
yards Company. The addition will b.
In the form Of new building. imine
distely adjoining the present stadium
II will be ready for 1870 stock show.
The Steamboat Springs Commercial
Club has been organized 80 xnxiou,
were the business men to get the or
gnnization perfected thst u constitu
tIon was adopted and all preli,ninar,
work done the first night
Fire Of unknown origin started 4,
the big grocery and meat market Ol
the Miners Association, Lafayette. de
atroyed the building md its content,
ns well Hs the grocery store of John
Gordon nnd the residence Of william
Wehman, cnusIng II loss Of &l3. 100. Tn.
Miners Association estimates It's los,
nj $1,000. with $1,000 insurance. Cor
don's loss Ia $1,000 with 900 insur
nnce. The wchmnn residence WI,
worth $1,000.
Colonel Barney. recruiting officer IN
chnrgc Of recruiting In Colorado nnd
| wyoming. Inns been definitely In
formed that he cnn promise service In
China. linwnii. IN. Philippines or Pan
anna. md nil cnllstni.nis nrc for ihrs,
yenrs fiat, with no reserve Likewise
h" II cblis,ing men for duty IN Frnnc,
and an the Rhine In the American Ex
pcditlonary Forces. color"d men
without previous service cnn now cn,
lisi In the cnyniry service In the Phil.
ippincs.
ourny county has announced its
plHhs Tor the extension Of the work