The Arvada enterprise., 1920-02-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

~ Ol uCCuTate agricultural StutlStlCs
for the state have suggested that
bill be introduced In the next Leg.sln-
ture providing for the licensing Of all
threshermen and requiring them to
make reports each week during the
threshIng season showing the acreage
and production OF all grain threshed
by them. The form Of measure gen
orally favored IL one similar to the
law now In effect in Michigan, which
has proved very successful. Under
this no fee is charged for the licensing
Of threshernen, hut they are required
to furnish information regarding acre
age and production Of grain threshed
in lieu of paying a fee. The State
immigration Department now collects
through county assessors information
showing the acreage devoted to eacl,
crop, hut accurate Information regard
ing production is not available.
The inquiry made in january by the
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
regarding the number and value Of live
stock on farms on January LIST, indi-
Gates decrease in the number of beef
and range cattle, sheep and swine and
possibly slight increases In the number
of dairy cattle, horses and mules, ns
compared with the number Of the vari-
Gus classes OF livestock on farms jan.
l, 1919. A decrease in the average
value per head of every class of live
stock Is indicated and apparently there
will be rather II sharp decrease in the
total value Of all livestock on farms
as compared with year ago.
During the year 1910 Colornd"ans
enjoyed more days of perfect sunshine
than the residents of any other state in
the country There We're l3I days on
which the sun shone brightly without
a cloud in the sky, according to the Of
fical annual report issued by the Dem
YER branch of the United States wealth
er bureau. Only on eighty-four days
was the sun hidden from view for the
entire day, and on l46 days 1t was OBJ
scured only II part of the time, accord
ing to the report.
August Speck, perhaps the first set
tier In what Is now North Park, who
went to that section forty-fivc years
and his body was taken to Manches-
ter, Ia, for interlnent Mr. Spcck was
born in Germany little more than
eighty-eight years ago, and went to
North Park forty-five years ago. be-
ing engaged in sluicc mining. He
shipped large quantities Of gold from
time to time.
After drawing up will providing
how his estate, amounting to several
thousand dollars, should he divided
and leaving instructions rs to his bur
ial, Alfred 4. Norman, 45 years old. II
United States bureau Of animal indus
try. committed suicide by shooting him
self through the mouth In his room ut Il
Denver hotel with .:s2-caliber revol-
yer. Death was instantaneous.
Hilary King, %. was instantly killed
while hauling timber to his ranch, sOme
twenty.nine miles west Of Colorado
Springs, near Divide. He lost his bal
ance from the humping Of the wagon
on the frozen roads and fell beneath
one Of the rear wheels which crushed
out his life.
That there hus been six times the
SNOWFALL this season on the POudre WI
terslled than ut this time lust season is
the statement Of Clem DuvalI. caretak-
er ut the Laramie -POudre tunnel which
penetrates the continental divid. near
Its crest ana carries water from the
Laramie to the Poudre rivers.
Mining activities are reflected In the
planned erection In the San Juan min
Ing field mt Little Dcndwood Yulch Of
. fifty.tOn mill early this spring The
lncax Mining Company II financing III"
building Of the plant.
4 few men ure working steadily Oh
the new entry to the big coal mine NJ
Sunlight. Everyone is hoping that the
Colorado Midland again will hc "per-
ated and the output from the mines
will he much larger than ever.
Transfer to the permanent state
school fund Of *faO..ADO worth Of bonds
Which uuNe b'su UVSu III tue
school income fund Of Colorado for II
number Of years will make available.
under an agreement rcnched by Of.
ficiMlx Of the state land, school and
treasury departments, the sum Of 500
yearly for distribution 10 the school
districts Of the state until tn. entire
&ANMD hMs been converted into In.
come and npp"rti"ncd To the counties.
The body NJ Steve Borad. cnge ten.
der. was found nt the bottom Of the
shaft of the Sunnyside mine. near Sill
verton. crushed almost beyond rccog.
nitiOn No one knew Of tho accident
which Is believed to have caused Bor.
md's dcnth until the discovery of the
body. II is supposed he los, HIS foot.
Ing nj the top Of the shaft nnd fell In.
TO the opening.
David Lloyd. age ~, N student In
the local high school nj GRIND June.
tlon, ended his life by shooting him.
self through the head while NJ III.
home Of his sweetheart, Miss Wildn
EOwipr Ia MlHO N high school st ti,I,ut