The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-09
COLORADO NEWS NorFa

htbits consisted OF few head OF cat.
tie, horses. sheep and other farm ani.
mails, mostly drawn from the state ag'
ricultural school 1t now takes many
acres OF ground and iioor space on
that same plat Of ground to house the
wonderful exhibits of pure bred AMI.
mails drawn from every part Of the
| West and middle West, and sometimes
from the East. 1t has been the aim,
and In fact a necessity, for the show
management to add an Important new
building every year. For the show
that starts this winter on Jan. 10 and
closes on Jan. % 1t is huge pavilion
for hogs. The hog comes into his own
this year at the Denver show, largely
because around the city Inns grown up
considerable hog industry. In the AZ.
rlcultural sections more attention 10
being paid to hogs and more marketed
than old timers ever believed would be
possible. The coming exhibition may
prove to be the largest hog show held
In the United States this year.
The first suit of Its kind to he filed
IN Pueblo county was brought by At
torney General Victor Reyes Of Colo
r,,do for the collection Of 1884 alleged
to be due the state from the per
cent tax on gasoline and oil up 10
Nov. 1. The defendant IL the Jewel
OIL Company Of Pueblo and 1t 10
alleged that the tax which ia collected
by the companies selling gasoline and
all products of gasoline and which,
under the law, should be turned over
to the state. has been withheld by the
company. The suit Is in line with the
announced plan Of the attorney gen
ernl to sue the companies that have
ftn cole t'rg the lax on every gal.
Ion of gasoline or oil and holding It to
their own use.
More than 5000 Boy Scouts, Camp
Fire Girls. Young Mems and Women
Christian Association members spent
their annual outings last summer in
the national forests of Colorado,
Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Michigan Inst year, ac-
coidIng to statistics compiled by allen
8. Peck, district forester. Scout or.
Ganizations In Longmost and Greeley
have already built permanent camp
sites for outing purposes, and 1t Ia
expected that many similar Organlza.
lions over the state will apply for
sites for the purpose of constructing
re- reatfonal huts within the next year.
BY a ruling Of Judge Greeley w.
WhItfOrd In the District Court In Dan.
yer, the Denver Gas and Electric Light
Company must pay to the city Of Den.
yer $SS,134.24 Of its collections during
the year 1918. The ruling also means
that similar share Of Its collections
in 1910. 1920 and future years must be
turned over to Denver, according -
attorneys involved In the case. md a
big reduction In gas dnd electric rates
chat ged to the public In predicted II
the Supreme Court upholds Judge
Whitford's decision.
Tax levIes for various PURPOSES In
Bl PasO county for 1921 will yield a
tax Of 81 600, s1s.4S, according to the
announcement made by II. A. Sch0len.
chairman Of the county commissioners
The total levy. including city, county.
school and state, In 1898 mills, as com
pared with 32.41 mills for 1920. The
only levy Increase WINS for local school
purposes
A plea for legislation to accept the
gift Of $S5O.O0O offered to the Uni.
verslty Of Colorado for the establish
ment Of great medical school md
state hospital In Denver was made by
Herbert s. Hadley. former governor
Of Missouri and now professor of law
Mt the University Of Colorado In nm
address made to the Optimists' Club,
Denver.
Antonio Manzanares, former post.
master ut Wnlsenhurg. Colo. will not
have to make good Q loss Of approx.
mately $1,000 to the P0stOffice Depart.
ment, by virtue ~ q verdict returned
by Jury In the United States District
Court.
Plans are under consideration for
the complete remoielIng Of the Cedar
edge fish hatchery. The interior ar.
rangement has been poor and the
water circulation and floor drainage
unsatisfactory. No eggs were placed
In the hatchery this fall. due to the
expected remodeling and the excep.
tiOnally light take OF eggs.
The vniuc OF farm lnnd and build.
lngs In Eagle and Grand counties has
increased x3.13S,435 In the Inst year.
according to statement Issued by the
census bureau at Washington. In Eagle
county the valuation this year reached
A.233, 1875. or $1.750.535 more than last
year. In Grand county the 1870 valu.
ntion II S3,2S4,2i0. an increase Of g..
37S,000. or 72.4 per cent over the 1919
valuation.
Retail meat prices In Denver will
nuctuate with the wholesale cost OF
meat IN the future. according to an.
nouncements made by Denver meat
dealers following II meeting Of the Den.
yer Retail GrOcers and Meat Denlerx'
Association. II WAS decided ut the
meeting that hereafter reductions on