The Arvada enterprise., 1920-07-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


tributed among the several states on
the basis Of the number Of men fur
nished the army. These goods are to
be shipped to n central point In the
several states and from there he dis
tributed by each congressman In his
district. In the Colorado allotment
there are twenty-one field guns. how
itxers and trench mortars: thirty.eigh
vehicles, ninety-four machine guns ant
quite number Of small guns ant
thousands Of small articles. Manager
J. l.. Beaman Of the State Fair hai
written each congressman from Colo
RADIO, urging that these goods b,
shipped to Pueblo at tibet line Of thu
State Fair, Sept. 1925, where the!
may be placed on exhibition and thei
distributed from there. BY this ar
rangement the visitors attending thu
State Fair will have an opportunity o
seeing the entire collection.
Partial reports from county asses
sOrs received by the State Immigration
Department show that the acreage de
voted to beans In the state this yea,
Is somewhat larger than early prelimi
nary reports indicated 1t would be. In
quiries made during the spring tended
to show that the acreage devoted to
the crop this year would not he much
in excess of 65 per cent of last years
acreage, or about $1,000 acres, eXclu
sive of those raised for seed. Such
returns rs have been made by county
assessors up to this time Indicate that
the acreage planted this year is at
least 80 per cent of that for last year,
and may run slightly above GO,OOC
acres.
With the death Of one member Of the
city fire department and property
damage estimated at more than $780,
600. Telluride witnessed the worst fire
in its history. The fire, which started
in the new flOtatiOn mill Of the Snug
gler-Union mine, one and One-hnli
miles east of Telluride, consumed the
entire building, in addition to destroy
ing the residence of Bulkeley Wells
president and general manager Of the
mine, the mine office building, the
company store, an oil warehouse, three
cottages, seven freight cars and an
enormous amount of lumber and coal
stored near.
| The town OF Ault has been exOnerat
ed from alleged contempt charges b.!
the State Utilities Commission. 1t haG
been charged that Ault had violated
orders issued by the commission last
September In regard to the operating
Of a municipal light and power plant
Testimony of witnesses appearing be
fore the commission brought out the
fact that the town officials were In nc
way responsible for citizens plugging
in" on the municipal power wires aft
er the order to restrain had been Is
sued by the commission.
1t takes u courageous man to save
his burning house with buckets Of mill
worth 10 cents a quart Wholesale, hut
David Easterly and Martin Van voor'
his, ranchmen on the Cornwall ranch
on Ohio creek, possessed the necessary
courage when their ranch home caught
fire. Twenty gallons Of lacteal fluiG
sufficed to dOuse the flames, which
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Pueblo post No. 2, American Legion
has established its headquarters In the
canteen used throughout the war BY
the local chapter Of the Red Cross tt
.e've mol '"hches 20 so'o'e!s passing
."lous" tue c''S' Inc ou.a'ng ha'
Deen moved from nsef the union sts'
.'oh 10 Cou' eno f'ftn st5ee's. and haf
ooen comtortsoIy ana costly ntted W
asa clubhouse fof the Legion.
Owing to the failure Of materials to
arrive, the ceremony OF laying the cor
nerstone OF the new $oO0.O0O sterling
hospital Will not take place for few
weeks. In the meantime. efforts to
raise the remainder OF the money te
meet the cost OF thes tructurs will b
red0ubled, In the hope OF having the
fund complete when the cornerstone 10
"'o'
Harry Falkner, ~. town marshal Of
Brighton, and former deputy sheriff