The Arvada enterprise., 1919-06-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

The Colorado Editorial Association
meet In Denver. July II, IL. 1919.

Western Newspaper Union News 6srvics.
COMING EvENTs.
The Colorado Editorial Association
meet In Denver. July II. IL. 1919.
Logan county. which leads all othe
counties Of the state in the percentage
Of it, land In cultivation, has approx
mately 1890 farms, with total O
6l4,78l acrex This county has approx
imately 100000 acres Of wheat for tn.
1919 harvest.
George W. Ollngsr Of Denver wal
elected president Of the Colorado State
Sunday School Association for ths
coming year at the closing session Of
the annual convention of that organize
ton in Pueblo. Twelve hundred dele
gates attended the meeting.
Lake county. Colorado's premier
mineral producing county. shipped met
ais to the value Of &410OOO.OOO to the
end Of 1918. Silver leads In value,
with production worth approximate
~ $184, 00O 900. and zinc stands second
with about $S0,OOO.O0O.
An exceedingly rich strike of gold
and silver ore has Just been reported
In the GOlcOnda mine In Horseshoe
basin, fifteen miles up Hanson creek
from Lake City. There is, according
to the report, over six feet Of ore,
three feet Of which will run from
$1,000 to 5000 per ton. about equally
II gold and silver.
An important strike of good ore In
large ore shoot has been made at .
depth of 1900 feet In the vIndicator
mine on Bull hill ut Victor. The dis
cOvery 10 In u section Of the mine
which has not been worked for several
years. It Is believed that the discOv-
cry IL the Old Lille vein that yielded
70 richly years ago.
Of motorcycle when sOuthbOund
Union Pacific train crashed into the
machine In which she was riding five
miles east Of LOveland, Mrs. william
Tracy, was Instantly killed, and Mrs.
Verne Tippits, driver OF the vehicle
may cause her death.
Albert Bevan, 10, and Frank McCar-
thy. IA, rescued Jack Simpson. 10.
from drowning mt Colorado Springs. 1t
was Bevan's fourth life-saving exploit
and McCarthy's second. The Simpson
hoy, too. participated In the event for
the second time. as Bevan pulled him
out Of 4 reservoir last summer after
he had sunk for the third time.
Believing that male juvenile delin.
Quency and incorrigibility are largely
due to- nasal malfOrmatIous, diseased
or enlarged adenOids aud tOnsils,
Judge Karl w. FArr Of the Teller
county court, has decided that surgi.
cal operations will effect more reforsus
than the imposition Of sentences to
penal or semi-Ienal institutions.
Compulsory voting and a minimum
wage Of Sl25 for state employees are
two additional matters that Gov. OIL.
yer II. ShOup will he asked to include
In the call for special session OF the
Legislature. to be assembled for the
primary purpose Of ratifying the won.
an suffrage amendment to the cOnsti.
tuition OF the United States.
COlOrndO's public school fund has
produced In the last six months more
than 100000. which In to be- distrib
uted July l to the sixty-three counties
Of the state on the basis Of school pop
ulatiOn for use OF the county schOOlx
This In the largest sum In the history
Of the state which has been produced
and distributed In this manner. the
previous high figure having been the
x32l 600 distributed Jan. l last. Tht
public school fund now amounts to S.
I'm, $40. that being the total June /
The sum to be distributed next month
10 mnde up Of the interest on the total
fund, rentals on state lands and Inter.
est on deferred payments paid Into the
fund by buyers Of state land.
Boys and girls pix.raIsinE clubs
have now been organized by County
Agent NJ. T.. Knapp and his assistants
In practically every large town In
Weld county. Clubs are In existence
NJ Greeley. kersey, Johnstown. Ault.
Eaton. Windsor and Platteville. More
Than 100 pure.bred pigs have been
purchased by the club members.
George Engci. pioneer Douglas coun.
~ rancher. committed suicide by hang.
ing near his home In Lower Lake
gulch. about eight miles southwest
from Castle Rock. Members Of the
family being unable To find the father
called for assistance from Castle Rock
and. after untlring search. he was 10.
Gated In an unfrs-,ucntcd gulch. hang,
ing from limb ~ u tree,
George hosko. convicted Of killing
Elton z. Pnrks and WIN T. Hunter ON
the Rye road near Pueblo on the after.
noon Of April II. wns sentenced to be-
hanged during the week beginning
Sept. 20. Tom ls"sko, n brother Of the
doomed man. wns given life imprison.
mcnt II is likely That appeal to the
supreme Court viii he made. The at.
torncys hive sixty days Ia which to
file their hili of exceptions.
llughlc Burns, . miner. ~ years old.
committed suicide In II sensational