The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-11-13

from December l to 10. 1913.
The drainage work for the relief
of that portion of South Delta was
begun and Is making satisfactory pro.
gresS.
The 100000 bond issue for q me-
mortal park for returned service men
carried by small margin In the B0ul-
der election. The issue carried by
seventeen votes. Eight hundred and
two were cast.
Walter $. Clark, one of the found
ers of Aspen, and prominent in min
ing circles for nearly half century,
died at his home there after pro-
lOnged Illness He was stricken with
paralysis thirteen years ago and has
been confined to his bed since.
For the first time since the Great
Western Sugar Company established
factory ut Brighton, cattle will be
fed at the company farm. Already
several hundred head Of cattle have
been placed on the farm and will be
fed the beet pulp The pulp has al
ways been dried in the past and
shipped to other points for feeding.
The State Board OF Land Commits
sioners sold at public auction In the
state house 1OSI4.O0 acres of land,
distributed over seventeen counties,
for $219,O79.12 The average price
paid per acre was $2O.11. The record
price realized from the sale was 1925
an acre, paid by Mary J. Hauck Of
La Junta for II parcel of land in Otero
county, containing 4O.57 acres.
The first stretch OF government.
state concrete highway to be built in
Pueblo county is completed and will
be seasoned for travel not later than
December LIST. 1t is known us the
first leg on the Santa re trail, is
5000 feet long. and extends from San
tn Fe avenue, to the main gateway Of
the ROselawn Burial park. Cost of
one and three-fourths miles is approx.
imately $44.OO.
Records ut the pOstOffice show that
during the first eighteen days OF Oc-
tOber fifty-srven tons of parcels post
matter was mailed through the Grand
Junction office this exceeding all pre-
vious records. The growth OF Grand
Junction as II whOlesaling center Is re-
Smlting in the heavy increase In par.
cells post shipments. Parcels post ship
mentS Of fruit from the smaller cities
surrounding Grand Junction have also
Geen exceptionally heavy this fall.
The largest acreage ever devoted ia
corn in Colorado was planted for this
years crop and the State Co-opera'
tive Crop Reporting Service IL making
II special effort to determine just what
proportion Of Il have been harvested
for the various purposes for which
corn Is used In this state. Advance
crop reports Indicate that about 66 per
cent Of the crop has been harvested
for grain. the remainder being cut for
silnyr or for dry forage. fed 10 stock
in the fields without harvesting.
The Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service began on November LIST, the
calculation Of the total production Of
| all principal crops In the various c0un.
| ties In Colorado and will complete the
necessary tabulatiOns for publication
In the December number Of the Crop
Bulletin. In these calculations the
acreage reports furnished by count!
assessors will he used. which are very
| complete for most counties In the
| stute. aud which give much larger total
acreage for the state ihnn have been
furnished before from any source
There are some counties. however. In
which the acreage reports are incOm
pletc. and such counties will he given
credit for smaller production Than they
have made.
The oil shRle Industry In Colorado
| IL about To come into It's own. with the
| erection Of two S2.hnRn refining
plants in GRIND valley. according Ia
N. II. Callahan Of De Beque. Colo
| pioneer IN the oil shnlc industry In
this state. and the Original locator Oi
| the Callahan on Shni- Company hold
ings In Grand valley.
II the present plans Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture are
carried out there viii be available. he
ginning with next year. much more
complete nnd detailed Information re-
gnr,iing III" livestock Industry In nil
states than Is available ~ the present
time. These plans pr"vid" for fire.
qu-nt r"I"ris showing III" number OF
| livestock Of different kinds on hand
In the various counties Of "ncll
state. the number NJ animals born. the
number marketed. the number slnught'
cred nnd other important inforinnt IOn
not now available. In Colorado this
new program NJ furnishing til" public
information regarding the livestock In
dustry win b" handled largely by the
Colorado co.op"rniiy" crop Reporting
Service, IN which III" Tinted States
Bureau of crop Estimates and the
Colorado Immigration Department arc
represented.
Three scenic routes from III" Fast
TO the Pacific viii touch MOntros"
when III" new scenic fou'" between
2ilvcrion md Durango - completed,
pincing that city on III" direct route
from III" eastern slop" Ia Durango nnd