The Arvada enterprise., 1919-05-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

"ss'sTn NcWwpAper Union NeWh serves.
The miners strike has been settled
at Leadville on the basis of mini
mum wage Of 81, cut Of 80 cents II
day.
from Colorado college at the COM
mencement exercises In June, accord
Ing to the official list reported by the
registrar.
The town of Byers, In Arapahoe
county, is enjoying an unprecedented
building boom. Several new business
structures are being built. as well us
u number Of homes.
As result OF wOodtick's bite re-
ceived about two weeks ago, Fred
Yale, a farmer residing near Collbran,
became infected with blood poisoning
and died at Grand Junction.
james H. ChatfIeld, for many years
Justice of the peace in Littleton and
widely known throughout that district,
Is dead in Hoquiam. WASH, according
to information received from there.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
all Of the buildings of the Sunnyside
mine ut Eureka except the transform
er house, with loss estimated at
$780, 600, that liz partly covered by In
suruncs.
A most ambitious project for the ex
termination of 1,OOO,OOO prairie dogs
In n territory Including about 5000
square miles In Fremont, Teller, Park
and Chaffee counties has been organ.
lied In Canon City.
In 1913 there were 14,12SSO7 acres
OF patented land In Colorado assessed
as grazing area, of which very small
amount Is In cultivation. Much OF this
land, perhaps 40 per cent, will ultl-
matcly he fnrmed.
The San Juan basin will have from
fifteen to thirty days longer tourist
season than usual, ns the people Of
Durango, Pngosn Springs, Del NOrte
and Monte Vista are planning to open
Wolf Greek pass the latter part OF
May.
Las Animas has had q visit from
burglars. They entered the office Of
the Las Anlmas Lumber Company AMI
robbed the snfe OF $40 In cash aud IL
certificate containing twenty war sav-
Ings stamps, besides IS In postage
stamps.
Robert Burnett, IA farm lnborer, iiv-
ing at Eaton, shot his wife seven times
without causing death, and then shot
himself In the head. Burnett died in
stantly.' His wife is In the Greeley
hospital. There In no chance for her
recovery.
The total area OF patented land In
Colorado, according to reports Of
county assessors, In 26.40O.l!N acres,
while the total area OF government
homestead land, national forests. state
land and national parks and mOnu.
mentS In 26,a07, ,02O95 acres.
There are S.5S3,Sg3 acres Of patent.
ed land In Colorado assessed ns dry
farming area. Less thnn 3,OtDNUN
acres Of this liz IN cultivation and per
hnps 4,OOO.WD acres more Of II might
be cultivated successfully under prop
err dry farming methods.
| Howard Nusbnuin. I-ycar.Old sOn o:
Mr.. aud Mrs. Peter Nusbaum OF Mont.
rose, ran nway from home with his
twin brother, llmrold. und little I.n.
Verne Williams, and wandered to II
place two miles east Of the city. There
Howard fell from II plank crossing MI
irrigation canal and was drowned.
State officials have estimated that
the Inheritance tax from the Werner
| Il. Reed estate. which is yHriOusly
placed At from Sls.OOO.OOO to &.O.OOO.-
WD. will double the amount Of any
previous single Inheritance tax paid
into that department. The tax In ex.
pected to bs In the nsixhbOrhOOd Of
s7hO.OO.
Delta 10 to have . new s05,OOO fac.
tory sOOn. II will be q mill for max.
ing potato flour. The company has
been Incorporated M the Farmers Pro.
duce and Milling Company. A half
block Of city lots on Kellogg avenue
has hsen purchased for f25.OO0. and
ground II to be broken inside Ut thr~c
weeks.
Werner Y. Reed. one 0f Coiorsdo's
wealthiest citIxena, an oil magnats,
mining insn. philmntiropIst aud author,
'iled ut Coronado Beach. Csiif., follow.
Ing \ long period Of IN health. Pnru.
mOnia developing caused his death, hut
not until three hours before the end
did hIs physicians consider his c0odi.
tiOn scriOus.
Charging hIs former partner In tha
automobile business mot only with
stealing his wife snd breaking up bic
home. but sisO with attempting 70
steal his youngest son. ". J. W0ois,
~, stepped out Of his garage door II
Sterling end shot George Dykes. 32,
five times. firing once. II In snld. while
Dykes lay on III. ground. Three Of
the bullets iOOk effect In the right Lee,
one In the body and one penetrated m
ear and xrsxsd Dykes face. None, Il
In said. Will prove fatal.
The 1919 wOOi crop " the Han Juan
basin promises 10 b~ tn. bcs, ever pro.