The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Nine pardons granted by the Colo
RADIO state board Of parions became
effective Thanksgiving day.
The Colorado Power Company 10 en-
larglng its plant at Sterling; more
than $4,000 will be expended.
H. G. Smith has sold his ranch In
Norwood near Telluride, to the San
Miguel Development Company.
The Ralph w. Tenhaeff ranch Of
6160 acres, near Fort Morgan. has
been sold to Eugene c. Eaton Of Hax.
tun.
Plans are under way to rebuild the
Currie Canning Company at Grand
Junction. recently destroyed by fire at
a loss Of $4,000.
Frank Peras, a Mexican, Is In jail
In Trinidad In connection with the KILL
Ing Of Guadalupe Hernandez. a rail-
road section worker, which took place
ut Gallinas on the Santa Fee railroad.
Following q community celebration
at Graylln Heights schoolhouse at
which his wife gave several readings.
John Kobler, 30 years old, wealthy
farmer living near Sterling, shot his
bride to death and killed himself.
Two paving districts. estimated to
cost a quarter of million dollars each
and q storm sewer district for Univer.
sity hill that will cost $157, S94.54, have
been ordered by the city council Of
Boulder
Civic officials and business leaders
Of Colorado. Wyoming and New Mexi-
co will convene the afternoon and
evening of Dec. and the morning Of
Dec. 8 in Denver to discuss matters
Of education. The conference will be
held under the auspices of the depart
ment of the interior.
An increase Of $50 a year has
been granted the teachers In the Colo
RADIO Springs schools and the tax levy
for the school district has been set at
1899 mills, an increase Of IL mills
over the 1920 figures. The Colorado
Springs teachers have requested an ad-
ditiOnal increase to bring the wage
standard up to that recently awarded
/ In Denver. School operation here will
cost 100000 In 1921.
Discovery Of a suitcase, filled with
| dies, metal, mOulds and other counter
feiting paraphernalia, by police In a
| small shack In Pueblo Is believed to
| furnish evidence against Roy Bohan-
non and Elmer Cameron on the charge
Of counterfeiting. Bohannon and Cam
! eron were arrested on 4 charge Of
/, holding up r. g. Writ, 4 taxi driver.
When searched, spurious coins were
found In their possession. Charges
! were filed against the pair for high
way robbery BY the city authorities.
Contracts calling for the expendI-
,ture Of $4,000 In the construction q
! a steel cable mule bridge across the
| Grand caAon Of the Colorado, 5000
feet below the rim Of the cahon. have
, been awarded by the national park
service. The bridge will be con.
structed west Of Bright Angel trail,
! according to Arno b. Cammerer. rep.
4 resenting the service. Plans and gen.
eral specifications were furnished BY
| n. d. McEniry. chief Of the field
division Of the United States general
land office.
Workmen have begun erecting the
! framework for the walls Of the new
md larger machine shops at Utah
Junction for the Denver & Salt Lake
/ Railroad. the "Moffat road" The
building will occupy the site Of the
shops destroyed in the fire OF Nov. y,
when the loss was $2JO,OOO. A third
4 Of million dollars Is being spent In
rebuilding and the purchase Of equip.
ment to take the place Of that dc.
strOyed. BY the first Of the year the
construction and installations will b.
completed.
Increases In the salaries Of the coun.
~ school teachers ID assigned a. the
reason for the Increase In the tax lev.
1 len for MOntrose county for the year
1927. Other school expenses for next
year also helped to boost the tax rate.
Sentences ranging from five years
| ouN utsO~ss0sA W t"CsvC yeSso su WV
state penitentiary were meted out By
District Judge A. r. HOllcnbeck Of the
Third judicial district to the four
young men who held up and robbed
william Coss, son Of J. F. C0ss. pub
lIshsr Of the Walsenburg Independent,
% the Walsenburg-P Pueblo road. All
four pleaded guilty.
Tie estimated production Of pota.
toes In Colorado for 1920 In 11.1SO.OOO
bushels, a. compared with 100000
bushels In 1919. according to the Of
J fIcIsi report Of the State Board Of I'm.
migration. The quality Of potatoes for
this year IL figured at 90 per cent Of
normal. compared with 81 per cent
last year and 80 per cent average for
the last ten years. In the United
States the production Of potatoes will
rench 2l.252,O 600 bushels Last year
this countrys total potato production
WINS 49,, III, 600 bushels.