The Arvada enterprise., 1920-07-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


Colorado State Fair this year. This
Is very conservative estimate based
on the attendance In 1919 and the as
surances already given for this years
big show. At low estimate there
will be 1900 exhibits. Think Of the
educational results to come from 100.
600 people studying 1900 Interesting
and Instructive object lessons. Fair
dates are September 10 to % and all
railroads are making rates from all
over the state to Pueblo.
Killed and buried by snow slide
many years ago, unmissed, unidenti.
fled, is the story to be told by the
skeleton OF u man which was found
in the debris Of last years slide from
the Telescope mine near Chattanooga
The bones were found by prOspector
and the accident which befell the I'm.
known several years ago was only
revealed by another slide. Every ef
fort Is being made to connect the dis
cOvery with some one missing fol
years from the district, but SO far none
has shed light on the mystery.
A total of 1855 automobiles have
registered at Overland park, Denver's
free motor tourist camping grounds
SO far this season, according to re.
port received by Walter Il. Lowry.
manager of improvements and parks
For the anne period last year, wiler
the camping place for motor visitors
WAS III Rocky Mountain lake, but so:
automobiles had registered. AS each
machine averages four persons, 1854
persons have enjoyed the privileges OF
Denver's free tourist camping grounds
so far this year.
Two Western slope swimming pools
We're recently caught in the net which
local internal revenue collectors put
out for those who failed to pay proper
taxes to the government. The tax on
swimming pool sales became effective
in September, 1917, and up to the mid.
die of this year the swimming pools
at both Ouray and Rldgway had not
made any payments Of taxes. The pool
ut Ouray was forced to pay more than
$500 In taxes. Appeal has been taken.
The pool at Ridgeway had to pay more
than 500.
Ward Paddock, 1S-year-old stepsOn
of L. E. Humphrey Of the Denver
Times editorial staff, was killed in.
stantly Wednesday ut Naturita, Colo,
when runaway team threw him from
the wagon on sharp turn In the
road and broke his neck, according to
word received here. Paddock was
employed in the cOmmissury depart.
ment of the Standard Chemical Com.
pany at Naturita and was transporting
supplies from the warehouse to the
point when his death occurred.
William S. Tampkin, one of the old.
est members of the local lodge OF Elks
of Denver. and resident of that city
for the last thirty years. died Mt st
Anthony's hospital, after several
weeks .illness. Tainpkin was a years
old. He was known to the lodge mem.
bers as "Old Bill For the last few
years he has been employed by the
Elks' Club. Tampkin was born and
reared In the west. No close relatives
survive him.
AppOrtionment OF the $3.50. l9l "a
public school income fund which was
assigned for distribution July !, 1920.
is now ready, according to n state
ment made from the offices OF the
state auditor. Mary e. c. Bradford,
superintendent of public instruction,
will make the appOrtionment, basing
the various sums on the district school
populations. The money will be turned
over to the counties for actual ex-
penditure.
Work has started on II 2O,OOO-bushel
grain elevator at Agate for the Scott
George Grain Company OF Denver,
Colo. This will place the total value
Of buildings under construction there
ut more than $4,000. This building
bonn Is the result Of the bumper crop
OF wheat and corn crops raised there
last year. The prospects are for Q
much larger yield Of wheat this year,
and the corn acreage will exceed 15.-
900 acres.
The Colorado State Industrial Com
mission lisclaimed all RESPONSE
bility for the failure Of the Denver
Tramway Company and Its employees
to reach a wage settlement and re-
fused to hold further hearings or as
sumo further Jurisdiction In the mat