The Arvada enterprise., 1921-02-03
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
tw.,,n S.,..sr u.,s. Nm sers,.


William Musselman, 1O-year-Old-son
ef Fruita rancher, was almost In.
stantly> killed when he fell from II pony
he was riding. The lad was riding the
pony aud driving home his fathers
COWS when the accident occurred.
Work ut Longmont has started In
wrsckinE the city hall to make way
for 4 new &50,OOO municipal building.
The now hall will contain council
chambers, rest rooms, gymnasium
and office rooms for city officials.
Contracts have been signed by the
Axial Basin Development Company
for the construction Of twenty-eight
miles of railroad connecting Craig, the
present terminus Of the Moffat road,
with the company property at Mount
Streeter, where there has been devel-
aped and placed In shape for produc-
ton one Of the largest coal properties
In the country.
Mrs. Bertha NJ. Dlckey, who entered
a desert claim on land six miles from
Cimarron u year ago and whom the
government has tried to dlspossess up
on the claim that the land was too
rough for cultivation and therefore
should be re-deslgnated as grazing
the Montrose land office after she had
proved by several witnesses that ,he
land was actually in cultivation, hav-
ing been plOwed with II tractor last
fall.
Uncle Sam paid the Colorado State
Highway Department approximately
e052, l22.7S as the government share
Of the constructed federal aid road
work In the state during 1920. accord
ing to District Engineer ]. $. Bright
Of the United States Bureau of Public
Roads. This money represents the
federal payments on forty-seven pro-
jscts under construction or completed
through the state" Bright said. "rwen-
ty-two separate projects were COM
pleted during the year ut \ total esti-
mated cost OF $1.O38.8S5.44. OF which
the federal government was requested
to pay $41O,967.
Charles L. Stockton, furniture deal.
er Of Bristol for number OF years, 10
dead, and four other persons are In
the hospital suffering serious injuries
as the result Of an accident which &C.
CURED six miles between Bristol and
Holly. The injured are Joseph EEL
lars, who IL suffering from broken
leg; q. X. HIte, badly bruised. and
Henry Thompson and Ernest Burke se.
verely bruised about the face and
body. Stockton. Cellars. Thompson
and Burke. ali Of Bristol. were en
route home from Holly when the ina-
chine In which they were riding COL
lided with n horse md buggy being
driven by g. Il. Hite, who is we'll
kpOwn PrOwers county farmer. It 10
said 4 binding snow storm was the
cause Of the accident.
No state with the exception Of Mon
tans has shown NJ rapid mn increase
in the acreage Of land nnder cultiva-
tiOn In the past decade us Colorado.
and few states have shown q larger
percentage Of increase In the number
VI farms. Within the pust ten years
approximately 100000 acres Of gov.
ernment land has been hOmesteaded,
while large areas Of privately owned
land have been broken and placed un-
der cultivation. Records Of the State
Immigration Department show that
this movement has bsen much stronger
In the past five years than In the pre-
co0inG five years, and that there was
Al actual decrease In the populatioa
Of the state during the first two years
after the 1910 census was compiled.
The increase In subsequent years has
beeo dua primarily to agricultural d.
velopnsnt. which has been much more
masked In the non.irrigsted than IN
the irrigated dlstricts.
Thieves who have been getting such
good hauls Of late nt Grand Junction
nat with different reception at the 8.
r. Parker home In that city. The In.
trudsrs were greeted by IL v0liey Of
shots from the Parker family arsenal
and the neighbOrs took up the fusIl.
lade, sending the would.be robbers
away At record clip.
DecisiOn to withhold financial sup
port from the Colorado School Of
Mines magazine and refuse to furnish
headquarters In the school buildings
for the editor VI the publication. was
voted by The hoard Of trustees Of tho
school at recent meeting. at which
publication Of an article derOgntory
to the institution was considered.
Jose Ramon Of Cordova, Colo, will
recsive S1.0a5 for injuries received In
an old Apache Indian uprising. In
which he fought ns Y federal soldier, n
the United States Senate passes q bill
making tive appropriation which WIS
reported on favornbiy by the commit.
tss On claims. The lower house ai.
ready has passed this blu. and also one
n similar kind to aid Mrs. Joseph q.
Akias, the widow Of an officer killed
In the uprising. The latter biil has
sot bsen reported out, however.
EOncOiorndoans attending the Unlvsr-
sity Of Colorado next md subsequent
ounrterr Will he chs rsesl inst tvvirs tho