The Arvada enterprise., 1920-07-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS :

/, western Newspaper Uhion News Service,
High waters in the Platte river,
Plum and Cherry creeks, caused by
severe cloudbursts, are said to be re-
ceding very rapidly.
Census figures announced give Trim
idad, Colo, 1896; increase, TO-. or
80 per cent. GlenwOOd Springs, Colo,
e,O73; increase, "a, or % per cent.
Henry Berry and Joseph Lee Armit.
age, both cattlemen of Cimarron, were
drowned in the Fitzpatrick irrigation
reservoir, a few miles from CimarrOn
A conference of governors and state
engineers OF western stntes will he
held In Denver. August % under
auspices Of the Southwest league, &C
cording to telegram of acceptance
received by acting Governor George
Stephan this morning.
One hour parking in the cmgested
district of Denver provided in amend
ments recently passed by the city
council, is proving highly successful
and has drawn favorable comment tC
the safety and excise department, nc.
cording to officials.
Employees ut the state capitol living
in nearby towns and committing tC
and from their work will not have
the expense of their travel betrayed
by the state. according to ruling
made yesterday by State Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong.
Four persons from Colorado have
been made lieutenants Of the Saliva
ton Army at Chicago, according to
word received in this CITY Thursday
from the Chicago training college
where they were graduated. There
was class of thirty-six.
Several thousand Jewish people and
their friends attended mass meet.
ing at the Denver Auditorium and
pledged more than $4,000 for the
Palestine restoration fund. The gath
ering officially opened the drive to
raise $4,000 in the Denver district
Sixteen thousand dollars worth Of
diamonds belonging to Mrs. Eugene P.
Shove Of Colorado Springs, sister Of
George p. Steele OF Denver, were
stolen from the Denver Club, Seven.
teenth street and Glennrm place. No
trace Of the thieves has been found.
Gan0 f. Senter, 1547 Champa street,
n salesman for the Industrial Sugar
Company, flew to the cOmpany's big
rnnch, sixty-five miles east Of Den.
ver, before breakfast in Curtiss-
ri tNV,N
big sugar deals for the company. The
trip is said to have set u precedent
for Colorado statesmen.
Leo Williams, alias Jack Smith.
wanted in connection with II murder
in Cripple Creek, Colo, has been ar
rested here. He was traced here
through his signature on the records
of an employment office in Sacra-
mento. Ralph Gaffney, charged with
completely in the same crime was
taken into custody in Modesto, Cal.
Because of the omission of six pres.
idential electors from the list of can.
didates to he chosen by the Demo.
cratic state convention, the call for
the assembly recently issued has been
declared invalid, according to infOr-
nation received at the state capitol
this morning. 4 new call for nm as.
scmbly will be issued in the near fli.
ture.
Crop conditions In the Poudre Val.
ley are reported by farmers to be
the best in many years, considering
the crops as d whole. Although there
has been shortage OF moisture the
irrigation bitches are In use and the
crops are making good progress with
this aid. The first cutting Of alfalfa
is all In the stack and the second
growth in the valley il coming rapidly.
The first cutting was one Of the best
crops In years.
Protest against the submission Of
petitions for the creation Of two new
counties. Flagler and LimOn. In east.
ern Colorado were filed with Secretary
the COntentiOnshrdlu northumberland
Of State James X. holland. Among the
contentious the most important In thst
they IRE unconstitutional. II being the
function OF the General Assembly to
create new countless
Lieut.. Hugh Winslow, non Of Fl.
nance Commissioner W. II. Winslow
and Mrs. WinslOw OF Fort Collins, who
was graduated from West Point this
spring and who is home visiting his
parents, has been assigned to duty at
the coast artillery school Mt Fortress
Monroe, Va. He will leave for TINT
post when his graduation furlOugh Ia
completed about September l.
Five fIremen were injured and thou.
sands OF dollars worth Of property
destroyed when q fire OF unknown
| origin broke out In the stOrerOOm OF
the Pioneer garage In Pueblo. In the
Bessen,er district. The garage was
completely destroyed and sparks flying
from the building vet fire to the homes
Of George g. Lutx, proprietor Of the
iishnent, and II. &. Thompson.
wbe lives NEXT doOr.
The Colorado Springs city council
has granted the Light. Heat md
Power Company mn increase ~ "a