The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

with the Denver Press Club In staging
at the Denver Auditorium, during
Stock Show week, Cowboy STAN
pcde." Extensive preparation 10 being
made for one Of the biggest times ever
pulled off In the West. Excellent vAu.
devtlle acts for an hour and hnlf will
entertain the crowd. after which the
great Auditorium floor will he given
over to dancing. The Editorial Assoc
citation holds its annual gathering In
Denver. Jan. Fl md y, and this srlcn-
did feature Is booked to close the scs-
sion. Held us 1t will he during the
| week OF Denvers big stock Show, the
attendance will be large. 1t Ia expect
ed that every publisher In Colorado
will attend.
Charged with picking up his two
year-old daughter and throwing her
across the floor ut his wife after the
couple had quarreled over his alleged
previous inhumane treatment Of the
child, Arthur Christensen. formerly u
Denver photographer, was taken into
custody by Undersherlff Robert Nc
Namara Of Lttleton. He was later
transferred to the Denver city jail BY
State Humane Officer Harry Richter
and Is being held pending the outcome
Of the injuries alleged to have been in
flicted upon his daughter.
Grant McFerson. state bank commits
sl0r.er, sen. examiners to Tmnnth md
Kirk to take charge Of the Far,ner>'
Bank Of Timnath and the State Rank
| at Kirk. which have closed their dGOrs.
1'he bank commissioners records show
that the Farmers Bank Of T'mnath
had capitalization Of $4,000. surplus
Of $4,000. undivided profits Of SlO..
600. aud deposits Of $2O0, 900. The Kirk
State Bank had q capital Of $4,000.
surplus Of 5000. undivided profits OF
5000. and deposits Of $4,000.
Benjamin o. Cook, former Salida
roomlng house proprietor. convicted Of
the murder Of Charles Cope, business
rival, has been pardoned by Acting
Governor George Stephan. Cook was
ssatenced to serve from twenty to
twsuty-four years for the crime. He
would have served his maximum sen
tence by Jan. Q. 1922. Finding Of new
facts tending to show that Cook had
acted In self-defense was given by Gov
ernor Stephan As his reason for grant
Ing the prisoner his freedom.
Nearly a score Of deputy sheriffA,
heavily armed with machine guns,
have been placed on the Colorado Utah
line to be In readiness for an emer-
gency that may arise In the sheep war
that Is inenacing the western slope.
Cattlemen all over the White river
district are said to b up In arms BE-
cause Of the strict quarantine that has
been placed, holding nearly 10000
had Of sheep near the line pending
investigations by the authorities.
Another industry has been added to
tisSs long list Of now factories which
have been started In Delta during
1920. This will he 4 concrete products
factory, being combination Of the
Uncompahxre Valley Cement State
SilO Company and other interests. TIE
company expects to spend $4,000 In
the erection of u suitable plant In
Delta similar to the one they recently
erected at Rocky Ford.
The demOralixed condition Of the su.
gar market has caused construction OF
three sugar factories In the mountain
states district to be discontinued. The
Great Western Sugar Company an.
nOunced that work on their new plants
mt .Johnst0wn, Colo, and at Nlnntare.
Neb., has been stopped. The Industrial
Sugar Company 10 holding up building
ut their new factory In La Sale.
The central offices Of the Mountaia
States Beet Growers' Association are
to b located In Greeley instead Of at
IongmOnt. Directors Of the Organixa.
ton have elected George n. Houston
secretary and treasurer Of the organ.
ixation In place Of James II. Golden
Of Longmoat
Inquiries received by the state
Board Of Immigration during the past
twelve months showed some decrease
In the interest Of people from other
states In Colorado lands and business
opportunities, ~ compared with the
preceding two years. though the inter.
est 10 still considerable and Indications
point to 4 reasonably good movement
70 the state In 1871.
While guards from the state hospi.
tai for the Insane were searching The