The Arvada enterprise., 1920-02-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


The Rio Grande railroad Is storing
| 1000 tons of ice In the big ice houses
1t Delta. They have bought 500 tons
from Frank H. Bosler's private ice
ponds at Montrosc.
The foundations of big building
and loan association for Olathe have
been laid A committee has been ap.
pointed to solicit for probable stock
buyers.
| Delta is to have a new motion pic
ture ihcater. Denver parties are ne
gOtiating for its erection and 1t Is to
cost between SoO,OOO and S2.,OOO, it is
stated.
While playing tag with her sister
N Rockvnlc, Rose Baccrclla. . years
| old. fell down the cellar steps al her
home and was almost instantly killed,
her skull being fractured.
\ big mountain hunt is being
planned for GunniSon county with de-
signs on the three mountain lions
which have been getting so much
stock this winter on Beaver creek.
l.. II. Enstcrly of Gunnison has TAX
rn good portion of the census
enumeration on SnowshocS. Upper
ohio creek was so deeply buried all
other modes of lOcOmotinn are out of
the question.
Already 1900 sacks of cement have
been ordered for use in erecting the
immense new canning plant to he built
at Delta this year by the Colorado
Packing Company. Machinery is to
he ordered ut once.
The miners of Aspen are beginning
to prepare for the early spring work
and many prosprctorS are getting
lined up for earlier trips to the hills
than ever hrfor" in hopes of finding
silver leads while silver is high.
The Liberty Bell mine at Telluride
is dumping its or" in the bins now in
stead of sending it to the mill, as the
mill has been closed down temporarily.
The unreliability Of electric power is
given aS the reason for the shutting
down of the big mill
Edward Bell Field. Jr., vice presi-
dent and treasurer OF the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany and widely known cubman of
Denver, died at Hot Springs, Ark. ac-
cording to word received in Denver
by his sister, Mrs Floyd Walpole
Finding II glass containing power
ful tonic prescribed by II physician for
his father. mother and two sisters,
who were i'll from influenza. the 49,
months old son OF Charles Wilcox OF
Burns drank the draught and died
from its effects before u physician
could be found.
Early Indications are that Greeley
will equal or outdo its building record
OF 1918 this year. Last year the city
issued building permits in excess of
S1JO,OOO The building inspectors es-
timatcd that the actual value OF build
Ing constructed during the year was in
excess of Sl.25O,oOO.
with onc-r"urlh of the army re-
cruiting campaign time limit gone and
only onr.tcnlh of the quota enlisted.
Colorado and Wynining must speed up
To reach the goal of ,iW recruits by
March II. The drive begun on Jan.
10 has nettcd l37 accepted recruits
for the regular army.
The number of other cattle on
hand in the state this year Is csti-
mated at l.3tj.UD. compared with l.
io1,0NO last year. and til" average val
ne per head is $3.50. compared with
Sl4.4O last year. The number OF
other cattle in the country ut large
this year is estimated at i4,3SI.OOO,
compared with +5.OS5,OOO on January
!. 1919.
Greclry's municipal water works
earned S77.2s7.7O in 1910. according to
the annual report of Milton Seaman.
superintendent of the water works
system. In 1908. the first year the
mountain water system was used, II
earned only Si3. l222.6i. AS rates have
remained stationary, the increase rep
rcscnts the growth of the city's popu-
latIon. one hundred and forty-cight
new houses We're connected with the
system this last year. Tn" entire sys-
TEN represents an investment of S5n3.-
57I.i3
Owners of the famous Victoria mine
at Summcryilc have organized the s.,
OOO.HO Lincoln silver Mining Com
,any In Boston and plan extensive de-
yriopmcnt of this lode and Of II tuu-
mel site II, Snliua. The Lincoln Com
pany Is planning development work on
the Victoria by an extension eastward
of the iOO.foot level. by an extension
of the No = incline to the iOO.foot
level. and by raising from the iOO.foo
level to the loo.foot level. II Is cy-
pcctcd that this development win open
large amount of the silvcr.bcaring
ore for which the Victoria has been
famous.
The Daughters of the Revolution
have requested permission to take
over and care for the spring on the
old Chief Ourny place near Montrose.
This Is under the supervision of the
county commissioners. who have sig