The Arvada enterprise., 1920-01-29
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Craig will have n modern creamery
manufacturing butter and ice cream il
sufficient cream can be secured to
make the proposition a success.
Nels Johnson, 81, first fire chief in
Colorado Springs and organizer of the
first volunteer company, is dead. He
had been a resident Of Colorado
Springs for forty years.
Beet growers of the LongmOnt dis
trict will get an extra $214,OO from
the payment of 81 additional a ton OF
beets by the Great Western Sugar
Company, according to an announce
ment made by N. Il. McCreery Of the
LOngmOnt factory.
Mrs. Nevada ]. Haywood, so years
old, and wife of william D. Haywood,
general secretary Of the I. w. W., who
was recently released from Leaven-
worth prison, died In Denver at san
itarium Of which she had been an in
mate since last August.
Frank s. Lane, living near Grand
Junction, is under arrest, charged with
having killed two deer out Of season
The report Of the game warden. c. b.
Nichols, was that Lane was found
with the butchered carcasses Of two
fine venison In his home.
William G. jenkins, one Of three sur
viving members of the famous light
brigade which took part in the bloody
battle Of Balaklava, in the Crimea,
made famous by Tennyson's poem.
''The Charge Of the Light Brigade" :"
died at Pueblo. He was 80 years old.
Plans for building a tent city In
tourists have been initiated by the
Lions Club. George ]. Breitenstein
asked the club to SC. behind . move
ment to obtain army tents. A com.
mittee was appointed to look into the
matter Of obtaining tents.
Under the stockraising homestead
act Of Dec. %, 1915, more than 3,294,.
3s3 acres of land have been taken up
in this state, according to a statement
issued by n. d. McEniry. chief Of the
Denver field division. In addition to
that amount, he estimated that nearly
100000 more acres are available fol
homesteading' under that act.
Students Of the University of Colo
RADIO at Boulder will establish a CO
operative store, II charges Of prof.
teering against stores on 'the hill' an
proved true. President George Nor
lin has issued a statement calling fo,
probe Of the alleged profiteers
Manager Bryant Smith Of the Asso
ciated Students has also asked for ar
Investigation.
Mrs. Lois Allen Of Canon City, edi.
tor Of the Fremont County Leader
was elected president Of the Colorado
Editorial Association at the convention
in Denver. The other officers elected
BY the association are L. I. Griffin Of
the Ordway New Era, vice president
and George T. Haubrich Of the Welc
County News, Greeley. secretary ant
treasurer.
Delta II to have q new canning plant
A committee Of Delta business mer
spent several days In Denver working
out the details. They are going te
deal with = large eastern slope can,
Ming company. The plant will Ike pu,
up on large scale. Delta plans many
big improvements this year. and the
outlook was never brighter for q biz
business campaign.
Assessors from fifty.five Colorado
counties who held their annuol confer
encs with the State Tax Commissior
In the Senate chamber at the stats
house, voted to assess automobiles or
the same basis - employed last ysai
with the exception that second.yeai
Valuations shall b 90 per cent Of orig
lnal value instead Of being left chiefly
to the assessors discretion.
Coal production In Colorado de-
creased from l2.66S O55 tons In 1918 tc
l0,8o0, ,5o3 tons In 1919, total decrease
Of 2,2&, ,io2 tons, the report for Decem
bsr issued by State Coal Mine Inspec.
tor James Dslrymple showed. though
production in December alone was
greater than i.O0O. ono tons.
Another new discovery Of ore bsar
ing gold and silver and one Of the
richest finds In the SiivertOn section
In years. IL reported from the prop
erty Of the Gold King Extension
Mines Company on Bonita mountain.
The find was made In eighteen Inches
Of white quartz and values up to 900
ounces Of gold per ton and 10 to ~
ounces Of silver are reported.
Weld county farmers will receive
100000 additional payment from the
1910 sugar best crop M the result Of
the action Of the Great Western Sugar
Company In raising the price paid for
the beets already ground into sugar
from $40 n ton tn 81. Three factory
districts, Greeley. Windsor and Eaton.
raised approximately 1W.O0O tons Of
beets each and more than 100000 tons
were raised by farmers In southern
and western Weld county for factories
Mt InnEnont. IOveInnd and Brighton.
The 1919 Colorado apple crop was