The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-03-03
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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osofSs Hairgrovs has been selected
night marshal Of the merchant police,
recently organized at Center. The bus
insss men will contribute to his sal.
AIRY each month.
The Walsenburg Building Company
has received from George W. Roe, Pu-
sblo architect, the plans for q $4,000
apartment house to be erected at
Walsenburg. The building will be Of
pressed brick and stone, and will con-
tain forty apartments.
Fred M Myers, $40 South Logan
street, Denver, was killed when he.was
thrown from q motorcycle side car
driven by r. N. Wood of Longmont,
when the latter attempted 10 prevent
crashing into an automobile truck ut
point five miles west Of Fort Lupton.
Myers died Of a fractured skull. Wood
escaped uninjursd.
G. c. Engle, ~ years old, was in
stantly killed ut Grand Junction when
he WINS struck by a heavy truck. The
aged man, according to Donald NJ.
RhOades. who was driving the truck,
was cutting across the street and was
almost In front OF the truck when he
perceived 1t bearing down on him. He
leaped to escape II, hut was too late.
Members Of the Legislature were
given the producers viewpoint Of the
cost Of mining coal in Colorado at q
dinner given by the ColoradoNew.Mex.
leo Coal Operators Association at the
| Dol In, xphfrh
afforded evidence that there is close
margin between cost of production and
the price realized for the product.
Senator Richard c. Callen's bill to
require railroads to maintain speed
of ten miles an hour between shipping
point and destination for all livestock
and perlshahle products was passed on
second reading. The measure gives
shippers power to collect punitive
damages from $1,000 to 5000, besides
actual damages, for failure to ship
within the time fixed.
Bullet proof windshields, the first to
Ike used in Denver, have been ordered
from a Philadelphia manufacturing
concern by Chief Of Police Williams
and will be placed on the new armOree,
poAlc automobile now Under construc-
lion The firm which manufactures the
new appliance declares that the glass
IF which the windshield is constructed
cannot be punctured by . revolver bull
let.
Coal production In Colorado during
The month of January showed de-
crease of 10000 tons for the same
period In 1920, and more than 20O, 1000
tons under the total for December Of
last year. The total output for last
month was 1854, 430 tons. Only four
counties in thes tate showed increases
over Inst year. They were: Las AMI
mas, MOptexuma, Pitkin and Weld
counties.
United States Marshal Samuel J..
Burris at Pueblo destroyed 1900
pounds Of English wnlnuts which,
when inspected by the consignee were
found to be Of inferior quality. In ac-
cor,,ance with the United States pure
food Inv, shipments Of any such COM
modify when found not to be up to
standard are destroyed. Marshal Bur
ris complying with this hct by dumping
the nuts into the Arkansas river.
Fort Morgan's new lighting system
was put into service when lights were
turned on by Mayor Lockwood and
City Electrician w. H. Harold. The
great difference between the old light
Ing system and the new was very
striking. What had, few years ago,
been looked upon as one Of the most
modern md up-to-date systems for
lighting the town, appeared obsolete
and insignificant when the new COO
candle power lights were flashed on In
place Of the eighty.candle power sin
gle lights.
A unique plan for relieving the n.
nancial stringency In C0nej0s county
will he given q trial by public.spirltetl
cIti4enx. An effort will be made to
get oil the farmers, as well as other
interests In the county, to cooperate
In the "sell.a.little, pay.alittle' cam.
paim. A great number Of the farm.
srs q the county have been holding
their products for raise IN price. and
in consequence the merchants Of the
county have been extending credit I"
the farmers, and now cannot collect
their bills.
| Colorado Will lie represented In ''Ilic
forest Of s,atcs' located In Exposition
park. Los Angeles. according to an.
nounceinent n,nde by Governor ShOup.
In 4 few days II young blue spruce
tree taken from the Denver mountain
parks will he forwarded to Los An.
gelea. This action will he taken In com.
pliancc with q, request received by the
governor from Frank Virgins, chair.
man If the parks and Improvement
committee Of the Las Angeles Chamber
Of Commerce. The spruce In typical OF
| colorndo's finest trees A sufficient
amount bf native soil will be sent
| along with the tree to Insure its
growth.
AttOrns&v (2e0ernl Kcye0 wns elected