The Arvada enterprise., 1920-11-04
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Frank II. Crawford, son Of Mr.. and
Mr.. George Crawford, living east Of
Oak Greek, IL dead us the result Of
injuries received when he fell from
horse.
In the recent count of parcel post
matter at the Craig postofflce, en-
1loy9s handled over fifty tons of par
sel post packages. Over $4,000 pounds
e mail matter originated at Craig; the
xsst came into the local office.
Charles A. Campbell. a miner. for
merly Of LeadvIlle. was shot and al
most instantly killed at Creede by
Mack Davis, owner Of a restaurant and
well known as q musician. Following
the killing Of Campbell. Davis surren-
dered to the sheriff. He declares that
he shot in self defense.
Governors Of Wyoming. New Mexico
and Colorado, mayors of the principal
cities In these three states, educators,
professional men and citizens who are
interested in education are to be in
vited to attend the Citizens Confer
enos on Education to be held in the
state house at Denver Dec. 8 and 8.
Charles Capra, Rockvale merchant,
was held up and robbed Of $1,000 in
cash by two unmarked bandits on the
Florence Pueblo Highway The high
waymen escaped in the bad lands
along the Arkansas river. Capra wns
en- route to Pueblo to purchase mer-
chandise when the robbery was COIN
mitted.
While unhitchlng a team Of horses,
J. b. Wilson at Ridgway was the vic
tim Of a painful accident. One tug
was still fastened to the wagon when
one Of the horses started, pulling the
wagon onto Mr.. Wilson, who suffered
a broken arm and terrible lacsrations
on one leg. Mr.. Wilson was taken to
the hospital at Ouray.
Among the subjects considered by
the twsnty-third annual convention Of
the American Mining Congress, No
vember 1919. will be legislation In.
cluding tariff pertaining to the prod.
scts Of the mines, uniformity Of ma
tional and state mining laws, revision
Of the general mining code, state and
national ''blus-sky" laws, employers
liability laws.
Gov. Oliver H. Shoup appointed .
delegation Of forty prominent far,,ers
throughout the state to represent Colo
RADIO at the Farmers National Con
gress to be held In Columbus, Ohio.
on Nov. 10 to 10. Included In tile
number are officers of the State Farm
Bureau as follows: ]. D. Flint Broom
field, president; q. +. Denhart, BriEh-
ton, vice president, and Frank AIchel-
man, Brighton, secretary.treasurer
The Montrose Hardware and I,nplc-
ment Company. a new corporation
with q capital stock Of $4,000. has
opened for business in that city THIS
makes the third large hardware store
In Montrose. This Ia one Of a chaii.
Of hardware stores on the western
slope, being connected with the Colo
rndO and Utah Hardware Company Of
Grand Junction, the wholesale DEPART
ment and the Delta Hardware Com
pany of Delta.
The q. 8. census report for 1920
shows that, since 1910, seven typical
Colorado mining counties have lost
nearly 50 per cent Of their population.
Similar conditions exist In other states.
The mines are not played out. This
serious decline In population mostly
dates from the commencement Of til ,
war In 1914. but especially since l3j7.
when this country entered the war IL
mainly resulted from "war conditions''
and still continues by reason Of after
war conditions" It IL to be horeo
that the mining convention In Denver.
November 1919, will be able to do
something to revive the mining In
dustry.
More than II, 1,50OO 900 acres Of stock
raising homestead land and $500 ncres
Of land embraced under the enlarged
homestead laws were classified during
September In eight Western states, ac-
cording to statement given out by NJ.
d. McEnIry, chief of the field division
OF the United States general land Of.
flee. Almost $4,000 ncres OF land in
Colorado are embraced under both
clnssificntOns, II was announced
Seven of the principal crops grown
In Colorado declined In value $2O.323.
$40 during the month Of September. ~
1928 per cent according to calcula.
tions made by the State immigration
Department. bascd upon average
prices Sept. l nnd Oct. I, as reported
by the United States Burcau OF Crop
Estimates The crops In question are
corn, wheat, oats, rye, hurley, potatoes
and hay. Their value on Sept. l at
prices prevailing on that dnte was
x15s, 1876, ,24O. and on Oct. II had fallen
to $l37 800. 1:O. The decline in vnlues
In Colorado was not quite no severe M
for the country at large. the percent.
age Of loss on the principal crops for
the United States being 15G per cent,
according to the calculations made by
the U. 3. Bureau Of Crop Estimates.
Ernest Lowry, arrested and fined
800 recently for wholesale theft ~
II.