The Arvada enterprise., 1921-03-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

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Samuel w. Morgan. formerly coun-
Y agent h Kentucky for four years,
has accepted 4 similar position In
Montezuma county. Colo.
A fire destroyed III Berthoud Alfal.
"a Milling and Feeding Companys s,e-
vator at Berthoud. Damage to the
plant is estimated at $4,000.
A. o. Kelso, well known Morgan
county farmer, 10 dead, following q
lingering illness Of about two years.
Mr.. kelso has lived in that vicinity for
nine years.
Several cases Of ManitOu water have
arrived In Washington from Governor
Shoup, to be distributed at the christ
Fening Of the u. s. s. Colorado ut Cam.
den, N. j., March @.
With the filing Of Incorporation pa
pers for the Gem Tunnel Company
with the secretary Of state. the re-
5uSenation Of mining In Clear Creek
and Gilpin 6sunties is promised.
Alamosa taxpayers will vote at the
April city election on the issuance of
$4,000 city bonds to be loaned to the
school district for the purpose of fin.
ishing the Alamosa High school.
Twenty-four dollars head should be
the maximum assessment on cattle, ac-
cOrding to resolution passed ut u
meeting Of the Uncompahgre Valley
Cattle and Horse Growers Assncia-
tIon held In Montrose.
The fourth annual Colorado state
basketball tournament passed into his.
tory with the Greeley Wildcats az un.
disputed champions. The Greeley
team was by fur the class. OF the tour.
nament, and won all games easily.
Jack Noble, proprietor Of u soft
dVnk parlor in Denver, who shot him.
self through the base Of the brain in
the presence Of his wife and friend
at his home, died at the county hos
pital after living thirty-six hours fol-
lowing the shot.
Postponement Of conformation of the
sale Of the Denver 4 Rio Grande rail.
road until March q, during which time
the stockholders would be given an op-
p0rtunity to purchase the road for So.
OOO, 900. was ordered by Federal Dis
trict Judge Lewis Of Colorado sitting
with Federal Judge Walter H. Sanborn
at KANSAS City.
Charles COutu, 50, Is dead in Nor
wood rs result Of having slaahed his
thrOGt from ear to ear with q razor.
III health b believed to have caused
COutu to take his life. He had been In
Norwood only few days prior to the
finding Of his deed body In cabin
where he had been stopping.
to death In an alley while digging .
ditch Mt the rear of his home In Pu-
ebl0. He was In the employ Of d. Il.
Burke, plumber. As he stopped to lift
shovel Of earth the ground back of
him caved In, crushing and smothering
him before william Pratt. a felioss'
worker. could aid him.
The AmericanixatiOn school at
NOntrOse closed this week with the
largest enrolment Of any similar in.
stitutiOn In the state. The school
started out the first night with two
pupils and grew to total registration
OF sixty.six, including forty -four. Mexi.
cans, seventeen Rusxianx three
Italians and two Frenchmen.
The Weld county grand jury At
Greeley returned five indictments
against Elvin ID. LOckartl, bOOkkeeper
and confidential secretary to william
e. Roberts, owner OF the Roberts Loan
and Investment Company. who com
mittti suicide lust July when threat.
eHed with Exposure Of embezzling and
swindling operations involving $3.50.
OOb.
Sugar City, the only town In the Ar.
kansas valley that has Sunday movies,
wants them closed. A committee Of
women I,etitioned the district attor.
ney's office TO enforce the state law
prohibiting the operation Of moving
pictures on Sunday.
Charles q. Clinton. convicted Of At
tempting ~ murder n police officer,
was sentenced In Colorado Springs 70
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hard labor In the penitentiary at
Canon City. Clinton WIS one Of tho
participants In n gun battle last Octo-
ber.'a day after the robbery Of the El-
bert C0u0ty Bank, In which two police
men and three alleged bandits took
par. Two Of the latter were killed
and Clinton was wounded.
J. II. Anderson. 4s years old, was
killed when the team Of horses he wan
driving became frightened and ran
away on Mnin street Mt Fort Morgan.
Andcrx's, was delivering milk to Bis
customers Ut the time Of the accident,
mud us the horses dashed down the
street they collidetl with an automobile
standing ut the curb. The impact
threw him from the wagon. and IN II
turned over II felt on him, crushing
him 70 death.
Two engineering parties have com.
menced work on the right.Of.way Of the