The Arvada enterprise., 1919-10-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Clarke, MOntrose county assessor, who
stated that this was II considerable in
crease over the 1918 assessment.
Twenty-nne of the sixty-three cOun-
ties in Colorado have areas of more
than 100000 acres each and the aver
age size Of Colorado counties Is larger
than the average size of counties in
any state except Arizona, New Mexico,
Nevada, Wyoming and Montana.
One OF the most important silver
strikes made In recent years was dis
covered In the famous old Champaign
mine near Alma. in the Fairplay dis
trict, when u sx-inch vein Of red car
Donate ore that averages S91 ounces of
silver and five ounces of gold, running
81 200 to the ton, was found.
Edward Skoog, Rio Grande Southern
freight conductor, suffered the loss Of
his left leg In an accident when his
train was entering the local yards at
Durango. As he was swinging off the
rear of the CHOOSE the hand grip
broke loose and he was thrown under
meath car Of ore attached to the rear
of the cabOOss.
The advOcatiOn of a tunnel through
Marshall pass and the delaying of the
broad guuging of the line from Salida
to Montrose until after this tunnel is
completed, which was opened again by
A. b. Reynolds, a prominent mining ex-
pert of the San Juan country, has
aroused interest In this Improvement,
which has been under discussion for
years.
Private Hubert Il. Johnson Of Com
pany X, 9th Machine Gun battalion, U.
s. Marines, who showed exceptional
courage under fire during the engage
mcnt ut Belleau Wood In which the
Marines lost so many men, is to he
presented with the CrOiN DE Guerre
and citation from the French govern
ment. Private Johnson IL II native of
Fort Morgan, Colorado.
John A. LOhrey. farmer Of Gilcrest,
Is the defendant In a $11.85O damage
suit filed in District Court at Greeley
by Charlie Thomas. Thomas suit Is
brought as the result OF n collision in
which he lost his left leg, Sept. II,
1919. Thomas was riding a motorcycle
within the city Of Greeley when he
WAS struck by an automobile driven by
I.ohrey.
That the United States is at last to
have the privilege OF hearing a real
Indian opera with real Indian girl
as principal IL now an assured fact, for
Denver's own Indian soprano, Tsia-
nina, has been engaged for II cOast-tO-
coast tour to sing the title role In Cad
mans opera "shanewis," which has
had unusual success at the MetropolI-
tan Opera house. New York City.
The voters Of Grand Junction, at the
city election Tuesday. Nov. 4, will de-
eide whether or not to waive the bonus
Of $1,000 for the year. beginning Jan.
II. 1921. which sum. according to Its
twenty-fIve.yeRr franchise granted by
the city July II. 1908, the Grand juno
ton Street Railway 4 Interurban Com
pany annually must pay after the fran.
chise hns been In operation for per.
Tod Of twelve and half years.
Colorado wealth In increasing. &C.
cordlng to report Issued by Daniel
e. Roper. commissioner Of internal
revenue ut Washington, based on the
income tax report for the year 1917.
According to the report, Colorado had
l32 miilionRires during the year 1917.
This report In based on the income
tax report for that year, and shows
that @O.G!7 persons filed income tax
returns In Colorado In 1917. compared
70 A425 In 1915.
The Colorado State Board Of IminI.
grafton will make an effort during the
| next few months to collect cOilsidcra.
HE statistical Information for the state
~ u whole and by counties on the man.
| ufacturing industry. This information
has never been available In Colorado
by counties and no surveys have been
available Rt all except those Of the
census bureau every five years. The
funds appropriated to the immigrn.
| 'lou department IoT wv VieuUtht IN'Ii'
od were not sufficient to enable II tn
collect this information. hut II expects
to complete plans for cooperating
with commercial b0dics In the larger
cities and towns for making the neccs.
snry surveys. The city Of Denver.
through It's Industrial bureau. is nj
present making n survey NJ the manu-.
| featuring industry within the city linn.
It's and the completion of this Will
mean much toward III" completion NJ n
survey for III. state There Ii con.
slant demand for statistics Of the man.
hfncturing Industry IN tn" state by
counties nnd the immigration Dc.
pnrtmeni expects In the ncnr future Ia
he nbic tn f,irniah this information
each y"nr.
tn" Greeley Ice and Storage Com.
pany IL spending $1,000 "a triple IN.
Ice siormg" capacity Of its plant The
companies building n modern ice house
which win enable the company to sior,
1000 tons. or one.fonrth ~ the normal
consumption In Greeley during one