The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-07-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New Service.

This Is the largest total ever known VI
this time Of the year in that valley.
A number of new professors and in
structors have Just been appointed to
positions In the Colorado Agricultural
College at Fort Collins. Among the de-
partments which have found it neces-
sary to increase the size of their
teaching stats are the farm manage
ment, mathematics, horticulture, libra
ry, animal husbandry, agrOnomy and
chemistry.
]. c. Thompson was arrested by
Sheriff ]. F. Whittier at Sterling
after the discovery of a well-appOinted
whisky still In ThOmpsOn's home. The
still, which was OF fifteen-gallOn CO.
pacity, is the most complete yet found
In that part of the country, according
to Sheriff Whittier. -Four barrels Of
mash and four gallons Of "moonshine"
were cOnfiscated.
Two men were instantly killed and
one badly injured In an explosion ut
the Sunnyside mine, SilvertOn. The
dead are l.. EdmuniO Martinez and ].
w. Virgil. l. Valdez was injured. Six
shots had been put into drift and the
men, thinking all of the blasts had ex-
ploded, went into the mine. They were
caught by the last explosion and liter
ally blown to pieces.
That all the lakes on Grand Mesa
are full to Overlooking Is the report OF
G. Jacques, superintendent, who has
Just visited all of the important lakes.
He makes one exception only in re-
porting that Deep Ward lake only has
14.7 feet Of water. The snow has not
all melted yet in the lake section and
the supply Of water for irrigation pur'
poses is very large.
The State Land Board held sale In
the House Of Representatives chamber
In the Capitol at Denver at which 1887
acres of state land were disposed of
ut an average price Of $22.6O an acre.
The highest price paid was $412 for
land in jefferson county, and the total
proceeds OF the sale amounted to
$144,3SO. The land sold at the sale
last month was $40 acres. The gain
this month vas 54I acres.
Harvey c. Neese, 80, night marshal
Of Cripple Creek, was shot through the
lung at Cripple Creek by william
Sloane, former city fireman, and died
in the Sisters hospital seven hours
later. Sloan is in Jail charged with
the killing. The shooting took place
In the middle OF the main business
street. Sloane, 1t is said, was under
the influence of intOxicants and was
causing q disturbance.
The body OF an unidentified man,
murdered, was found by n party Of
tourists on the Salt Greek road, just
off the Santa F4 trail near Pueblo.
There were indications that the man,
who is believed to have been an Ital-
ian, had been assaulted within the city
and the body carried by automobile to
the point where 1t was found. The
head had been beaken by heavy In
strument.
The number ODdnquiries being re-
ceived by the State Immigration De-
partment ut the present time Indicate
that the demand for Colorado lands by
people In other states Is not quite So
heavy as 1t was last fall and winter.
The general impression Is that con-
siderable construction In the money
market has slowed down the demand
for land to some extent in all parts of
the country, but that renewed de-
mapd will be evident Immediately aft
er crops begin to market. Crop condi-
lions In Colorado are exceptionally
good at this time and land men gener.
ally look for nm excellent movement OF
farm land this fall.
The Colorado Packing Company
plant ut Delta Is nearly done and the
plnnt IL casting about for 500 girls to
| he emplOyed there az soon as business
opens up.
jason C. Brown. %, pioneer ranches
OF Turkey Greek Canon and Of late
wears n resident Of Canon City, was
killed early today when he walked out
on the porch OF the Cliff House. where
he was stopping. and fell off. his head
striking a large boulder. He was I'M
married and came to this region fifty
years ago from Adeli. Iowa.
The attention Of the Colorado Agrl'
cultural College has been called re-
Gently to the appearance Of white
leaves In alfalfa fields. Al little dis
lance, the alfalfa looks MS II 1t had
been hit with fire" A number OF
fields have been examined. So far. II
has been found that Of the fields cx-
amined. they were affected by what
ix known as white SPOT" or alfalfa
white" spot. This trouble Is cnused by
an excessive concentration OF certain
salts, especially sulfntes. In the soil
1t Is likely to appear frequently a,
the first irrigation after every dry
year such ns Colorado experienced In
1919.
n. NJ. Sharp md Foster White. both
u Hnxtun, Colo, narrowly escaped
lenth when the airplnne In which
hey were riding fell about 500 feet
nto huge sand pile. The boys were
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