The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-01-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union Nav. Service.

COMING EVENTS.
Dsnver-Colorado Metal Mining. Asao-
citation meet Jan 20. 81 and %. 1890.
Denver-colorado Editoria! .Associs-
| Denver-Live Stock Show. January II
to -. 1870.
The National Jewish hospital of
Denver was made beneficiary Of 81
600 in the will of Abraham Kaufman,
late manufacturer of Watkins Glen,
N. T., which has been filed for pro-
bate. The residue of 100000 estate
was left to the widow and four child.
rem.
| The county commissioners Of R0utt
county have selected the site for u
new courthouse. The proposition will
be put up to the public next election.
when an $4,000 bond issue will be
submitted The location is on the
principal street Of Steamboat Springs
and will be q whole block.
Tho total circulation of books from
the Durango public library during
1919, according to a report filed with
the board Of trustees, was 12643.
divided as follows: Fiction, 1907
Juvenile, 1899; class books, 2,102. The
number Of visitors at the library dur
ing the year was 1880 as compared
with 1925 in 1918.
Five men, arrested last summer on
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, have been placed on
trial in the District Court Mt Brighton.
1t IL charged that the men sold stock
to certain residents OF Adams county
at a price far In excess of the market
value. They are alleged to have Sc
cured $4,000 from local farmers In
this manner.
The Longmont Stave Sllo Company
has bought factory site at La Sale
with railroad loading facilities and
will build a cement stave silo factory
there this winter. The company will
employ eighteen men and has con-
tracts of 100000 In 1920 business.
The La Sale plant will be the second
stave silo factory to be constructed In
Weld county this year.
Four persons narrowly escaped
death by jumping out of 4 second.
story window, several residences were
threatened and valuable letters were
mutllated when fire Of unknown origin
completely destroyed the Golden Rule
store, the postOffice and two adjoining
buildings at Lyons. Officials esti'
mate the loss ut $4,000, which wa
partially covered by insurance.
Work has been started at Brighten
on q new thestsr building. to be com
pleted by May 1, when 1t will be
opened as q picture show by H. w
Jnmes, local capitalist. J. N. Counter
retired business man, ID interested
with James In erecting the structure
The building 10 modelled after the
Weber theater In Denver and will
cost approximately $4,000 when com
plete.
Reports Of county assessor show
226.1S5 acrsa Of oats In the state III
1919, which, with 10 per cent added
for Incompetence, gives q total OF
$4,000 acres, compared with correct
I'd figure Of 25l. 900 acres In 1918
The average yield per acre. as deter
mined from reports Of threshermen and
from other sources, WAS 3d. bushels
compared with 4 corrected figure Of
30 bushels for last year.
w. G. Harris ID rushing work on the
erection Of the proposed new hotel fol
Sterling. Work has been started on
raxing the old buildings standing on
the site at the corner Of Second and
Poplar streets, one block from the
Union station. II IL not yet deter
mined whether the new hotel will bs
five or SIX stories high. II will cost
ut least $4,000, hut more likely the
figure will 90 much higher.
The Ice crop for Aontrose and near
Ivy cities Ii reported the hest In many
years, according to r. b. Bosler. local
Ice dealer, who has just finished put
ting up 5000 tons Of Ice for LEGAL con
sumption during the summer Of 1870
A fortune Of between $4,000 and
$4,000 Ii left to the American hoard
Of foreign missions, ut Boston, Mass
for the furtlierSnce Of its work In Ar
L uCut0s tuc Wus u - sbuAsAJseo
Armenian rug dealer, who died ID
Denver Dec. 80
It 10 estimated that 100 birds and
head Of pet stock will BE- on exhibition
At the chicken show this year that ID
held In connection with the National
Western Stock Show. II II tho slsv.
enth annual poultry show, aud W. q
Schuman again 10 In charge The
judges will Be George II Wells Of Wis.
consin and q. n. Brauch Of Missouri.
O. q. Gibson Of Detroit Mich. will
Judge the pet stock. Entries close on
Jan. - and there have been notifica.
lions from oil Western states from Ma.
souri, to California. Az leading breeds
ara represented, the Mediterranean d..
vision Of lexhorns taking about 20 per
cent
Boulder county Increased IL output
q silver from l67, 100 ounces In 1918