The Arvada enterprise., 1920-08-26

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ranch near Montrose for $4,000 to
Frank Chase OF Paxton, Neb. This
is probably one of the fanciest prices
ever paid for land In that region.
William Herndon, Santa Fe rail.
road employee ut LII Junta. is dead, and
four others are injured seriously as the
result of midnight race between uu.
tomobiles OH the road from La Junta
to Rocky Ford.
Rapid progress 10 being made on the
new Liberal Arts building that is being
erected on the University of Colorado
campus at Boulder under the personal
direction and supervision Of members
of the engineering faculty.
National conferences to revive the
metal mining industry of the United
States will be held In Denver the week
OF Nov. Is. Two thousand producers,
financiers, government officials and
experts will participate. Oil and coal
men will also meet In national cOnven.
lions.
\ Boulder, Colo, contractor has
signed an agreement to build "teacll.
erage" at Nlwot at once. The new
building will have five rooms for the
accommodation Of instructors at the
local school. This Is the fourth in the
Boulder district.
Contracts carrying salary increases
OF 30 per cent have been insufficient
to obtain signatures of enough teach.
ers for the rural schools in Boulder
county. The new figures range from
$S5 to $l35. the highest amounts he.
ing for the schools In the mountain
districts.
The chance passing of Clarence Nc.
LOughan on little frcquented road
near Loveland saved from critical. II
not fatal, injury of Nal Edmonds. He
was near suffocatiOn from being
pinned under his overturned auto, with
n great weight resting on his lungs
having been held helpless for . hall
hour.
John Brown OF Golden, % years old
n member Of the Excelsior hose team
Of volunteer firemen, dropped dead
shortly after the team had finished 4
practice run down Washington avenue
Brown and several other members Of
the team were practicing for II race ID
he demonstrated Mt the state fireman'l
tournament.
Warrants amounting to 81 400. oil g
were issued during July by the state
auditor, according to report filed
with the auditing board. The amour,
Is represented In $3.50 warrants, the
largest number ever issued In n month
The average number issued each month
Is about 5000. according to Auditor
Arthur NJ. St0ng.
Collection from twenty-fOur states
from July IL to August II. netted the
state $6671.42 In Inheritance tai
money, according to the monthly report
made by Attorney General Victor G
Reyes. The largest estate from which
II tax collection was made was that OF
Jennie NJ. Harvey Of Denver. The
estate was appraised at $14S.OOO.
There will he six big days und xiz
bIg nights at the 1920 Colorado State
Fair. Opening ON Sunday, September
10. II will close on the night OF Friday
and there will not be- II duh moment
during that entire time. There will he
some good racing on the opening day
-Sunday-nnd some other appropriate
attractions beside the multitude Of dis.
plays. There will be maj attra ctiOns
which 1t would require n whole news.
paper to mention. much more to de.
scribe.
Remarkable progress In the agricul.
tural development Of Moffnt county Ii
shown for the last yenr by the report
OF the state board Of immigration. The
report shows there are 76l land own.
ers and h0rnesteuders and fifty-fivs
renters, with II total Of 4S.37S acres
under cultivation. G7.77s acres Of farm
land not yet broken, and with IN In.
crease Of 1878 acres Of land raising
crops.
Compilations made by the State I'm.
uiktutpu department iIouu "Vti"t
nary reports received from the federal
census bureau show that the pop
ulatiOn Of forty-nine counties In Colo
RADIO announced up to this time q
714,205. The same counties showed
u population In 1910 ~ oS4.226. and
the thirteen counties for which re-
ports have not been received had u
population In 1910 OF 2l4.7Ds. The
population Of the entire state In 1910
wns 799.O2i and the counties so fur
reported had approximately - per
cent of the population that ycnr. II
they maintain the same ratio this ycar
the population ~ the stat" ns reported
by the census burenu VIII be In the
nelglborhood Of $4,000.
Automobile bandits entered the An
derson general merchandise store At
Hnx,un md carried away about $1,000
worth Of mems clothing. The men
pulled the job" when the night mar.
slin was in another part OF the town