The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-03-31
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

of schools for publication in the Colo
RADIO Year Book show very substnn-
tial increases In the value of public
school property and In the expendi
lures for public schools in the state In
the past biennial period. Reports from
all counties show that the total amount
spent for public school purposes in
Colorado during the school year end
ing June 80, 1920, was $1S.270, 407.4 ~
compared with $685., 890.1S for the
school year ending June 80, 1918. The
amount invested In public school prop.
erty at the close Of the last fiscal year
was $2S, 482, 4aS.i7. with one county not
reported. On June 30, 1918, the amount
invested In school property. with four
counties not reported. was $l6480.-
O1511. The average monthly cost of
public school education during the past
school year based upon total enroll
ment in the public schools was $3.50
per pupil, compared with $8.72 for the
school year ending with June 50. 1918
There has been a large increase In the
total amount Of taxes levied for the
support Of the public schools Of the
state In the past two years, the In
creased revenue being spent chiefly
for teachers salaries and for new
buildings and equipment. Total ex-
pendltures for public schools In the
state at present, exclusive Of expendi.
lures Of public funds for higher edu-
cation, now amount to about One.third
the taxes collected.
More than 10000 mountain trout at
the commercial hatchery of Andrew J.
He'll, nine miles north Of Denver, were
mysteriously poisoned, according to
report to the Adams county officials.
The poisoned fish constituted nearly
two-thirds of all the fish In the hatch
cry. according to He'll. aud were val
ued at between 5000 and $4,000 They
ranged In size from mere "wigglers" an
inch long to spawning trout weighing
six to seven pounds, He'll told the au-
thOrities. He'll did large commercial
trout business with several Denver fish
and game restaurants. Denver and
Adams county officials are investigat-
ing the mysterious death Of the fish.
All former service men belonging to
Sterling Post No. 20. American Legion,
are ready to again enter the ranks Of
the United States army and war on
Germany for the release Of Carl Neuf
and Franz thinner, now In q German
Jail through their loyalty to the UAltsd
States In attempting to capture Grover
Bergdoll, arch Stacker. In resolutions
adopted the legien declares that the
act Of Neuf and thinner should he re-
wurtled and that. their Incarceration u
"a disgrace to the country which was
represented by our cOmrates." Copies
of the resolutions were sent to Secre-
tary Hughes aud TO Senators NichOl-
non und Phipps.
DIR. Ammi Bradford Hyde, the
''grnnd old man" Of Denver University,
Is dead. He passed away at his resi-.
dence. 2l6l South Josephine street, In
Denver following an illness induced
when he fell on March III, his ninety.
sixth birthday, and fractured his hip.
Because Of his advanced years. ply.
sicians In attendance found 1t impOs.
sibie to vet the broken homes, and M
4 result Of the shock from the fall his
life gradually ebbeti away.
A timely visit To the JUL by Night
Marshal Mcdonald Mt Monte Vista pre-
vented the suicide Of Walter Taylor. u
convicted bootleEKer. who WAS commit