The Arvada enterprise., 1920-02-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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| year the total paid to ROutt county
farmers by local firms for their grain
| was $4,000, while in 1914 the total
was but $4,000. The figures for this
year will mount to much higher fig
ure. The Yumpa Valley Milling and
| Elevator Company has distributed
| SlS0,OOO in cash to the farmers of this
brought to the elevator and the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Com
pany will pay out 100000.
The question Of prohibiting foreign
immigration into the United States
| for a period Of five years has been
selected as the subject for the annual
| debate between the universities Of
| Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. For
| the Interstate debates with Texas and
Utah Universities the question, "ltc-
solved: That the teachers of the Unit
| ed States should unionize and affil-
late with the American Federation of
| Labor" has been selected. Twelve
| debaters are now ut work under the
| direction of Coach Erskine Myers The
| four debates will take place in March.
The funeral of Capt. George X. Will
| son, Pueblo man who died at
Lcnvcnworth, Kan, was held with full
military hOnOrs at Pueblo within Il
| few hours after the body arrived from
Fort Lcavenworth. Captain Wilson
was a colonel on the staff of Major
General Bullnrd of the First division
in France, but was denoted along
with hundreds of other regular army
officers when he was returned to the
United States after the war. He oh.
laincd the highest rank of any Pu-
cblO man in the war.
Two Denver boys who are charged
with sixteen different crimes, includ.
ing burglary. larceny and horse steal
ing, in Washington, Adams. Jefferson
and Arapnhoc counties, are in the Lit
Teton Jail, following what is said to
have been n freebooting life for the
last month. They were captured near
Deer Trail, Colo, by II small posse
led by Deputy Sheriff viii Kingsley
of Adams county.
The Holly Sugar Company, through
its vice president, s. W. SinSheimcr
Of Denver, has let contract for the
starting OF construction on factory
at Delta at once. The contract was
let. it was said, following the coming
of California sugar beet men and rep
resentatives of the Midwest Sugar
Company of Hamilton City, Calf. to
the Uncompahgre valley.
The House has passed the second
1920 deficiency bill, carrying $SS,OOO,.
900. During hearings before the
House appropriations committee ap-
proximately S29,OOO.OOO was cut from
the original estimates. Amendments
providing S9.OOO,OOO for naval repairs
second deficiency was expended Incl.
dental to settling war accounts.
The long mOotcd question OF the 10.
cation of a courthouse, which will be
built here this year ot cost Of $780,.
600, was settled ut MontrOse when the
county commissioners board agreed
to accept the proposition when bust.
ness men offered to purchase lots com.
priSng II half block for the new site
In exchange for the present site Of the
courthouse.
A rich strike Is reported made In
the Golden Cycle mine, located on the
south slope of Bull hill ut a point
about 1.-OO feet from the shaft on the
100 foot level. Details are not yet
given out az to the dimensions OF the
that not enough work has been done
to determine its full width.
Agriculturists Of the western slope
nre delighted with the appointment OF
II. A. Ireland as livestock expert Of
the UncOmpahgrc Reclamation project
to take up other work. Mr.. Ireland
il an expcr, azriculturist In addition
TO being livestock man and is II
trained and practical farmer.
John Palmer. though 20 years old,
from the depot to his home alone at
Somerset. While standing by the
stove warming himself after the Wig.
orouS exercise. he iopplcd over and
fell To the floor. When those near
rushed to his side he was dead.
\ bond election for S3OO,OOO will be
held in Boulder March . to provide
funds for school improvements. The
money is to be used IN building addi.
tons TO three of the Boulder grade
schools The schools are ov"rcrowdrd,
the attendance having Increased 40
since last fail.
The work Of clearing OFT the site of
the new high school building has been
completed nj Florence and the founda.
lions will soon be laid. Work on the
building win be pushed during the
open weather. The grading of the
new athletic field will also be under.
taken shortly.
The cooperative shipping Of live
stock movement Is getting well under
way in Colorado. At the present time
there are about thirty cooperative
live stock shipping associations in the