The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-09-22
Pithy News Notes
From Al Parts Of
Colorado
CONllNG EVENTS.
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COMING EvENTs.
| COLORADO state Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 10.
=, 30; J. l., leRman. manager.
huerfano County Fair, Walsenburg
oG oss, {: County n Fair. at Castle Roik
Oct; t-s: Jsmes L.. Tressisr. secretary
M Carson County Fair. burlington
n, oSt. s-S: J.. NJ. Hrfncr., secretary. .
FL i'aso County Fair, cni1tan Oct. 6-S
u. =. Nance. secretary.
At a meeting the Pueblo Rotar,
Club authorized Treasurer G. W. Pres
scy to send to the people Of San An
tonic. Texas, through the Rotary Clul
OF that city, the sympathy Of the Local
people and II check for $500 to he used
IN flood relief. The city commission
ers have also sent Il message.
Complete returns from county US
SCISSORS to the State Immigration De
partment show the total area un,ir,
cultivation In the stntc this year to b,
approximately 5,3IO,OOO acres, com
pared with 5,O722.34O ncrps reported b,
county assessors for. 1870 and 5,O5n9a.
acres reported by the census bureau 10
harvested In 1920. These figures, In
all cnscs include native hay, but do mo-
Include orchards.
Zen Wolf and william Ilarbnugh
crew on Pueblo city street car, while
on their why To work. found a wallet
containing $1,000 In checks and casl,
The wallet WINS the property OF Cnpt
e. Steele of the United States army
VIII" went through, Pueblo, with tn,
Ninth Infantry troops EN- route south
from Fort l., gan. and who Ind lost 4,
while on his way to where his mel
were cncamped over night.
william Terry. n farmer living on.
mile south Of the In Junta, was killed
almost lnstnntly by the accidental dis
charge Of shotgun. Terry was NOW
Ing a patch Of cane and discovered 1
skunk In the field and was carryIn,
the gun with him On the moving mn
cline, when II slipped down into the
moving parts Ut the mnchlne and was
discharged. Terry was hit In III,
stomach and died almost Immediately
There are 1854 farms In the stat.
Il" Colorado out Ut a total Of O,44S.:hii
farms In the United States, according
10 the United States census figures o
the farms In the United States OllS
9'6 report having pure bred live stock.
of the H)deA farms In Colorado. JO,!E,s
report having domestic animals aud
the figures show for tho stock on Colo
RADIO farms: +2O.7Oi horses, $751; purs
bred; i.7:hk1lI cattle. xs.6lO pure bred
l,sl3.2t' sheep. lO,47S pure bred; 81,
No swine, S,2+5 pure bred.
Sidney II. Bourne. 80 years old. SUI.
fered II fracture Of the skull In a full
down Nvo stories to the basement Of
the town hill Of IittlctOn.. He In ut
Mercy hospital. Ills condition IL Scr!.
O,is. County authorities said Bourne
was In the llnbIt Of calling at the town
hall to 80 to lunch with Ills friend
Claude Cartwright. county treasurer
Of ArnpnhOc county. lie evidently In.
tended TO enter the council chamber OF
the second floor hut instead entered
another door. lost his balance ~I,d fell
Six prizes, agErcxating &35. were
awarded To SIX youngsters Of Love
land for keeping the hest looking
lawns from May to Sept. 1. EffIt
Mny Walker got first prize. $40: Wei
dom Riker second, $3.50; Ciathn War;
her third. ~. Peter Weigis, Mny
Wright and Martin Fischer received
fourth, fifth md sixth. II was do
cidsd by the business men who Of
fsred the prizes Ut the first Of the sea
non to make the good lawn contest
that WAS originally started to prevent
spread Of the dan,icllOn, an annnnl ~
fair. Children under 10 yenrs old
were allowed to enter. and about thir
~ were In the contest.
Jnck Hynes, fire department chief
Of GRIND Junction. who was arrested
by Denver police officials. l'ns been re-,
i"ased. Al the time Of his arrest II.
wus returning "a Grand Junction from
the state fire chiefs convention nj
IIongn,Ont.
An educational exhibit, presenting
Tie work Of five bureaus. viii be
shown this ycnr NJ The Colorado State
Fair by the 4. =. Department Of Agri
culture. Models 1T earth nnd gravel
rs'sds; pictures Of forest roads; fed.
rrNl aid rOn'is. irrigation and samples
NJ road building mntcrinIs In thcIi
proper proportion. nrc among the fen.
lures whicI, viii he dlspls yed by the
hur'nu Of public ronds. A model of
al "Oiiver house md colony growing
house." md colored pictures OF loco
weed will.bc shown by IL. burenu Of
animal industry. The Biological Sur.
very viii f"aturr pictures IN coiora 1T
The Townsend mole. Richardson
ground squirrel. prnirIc dog. various
pr'sini"ry nninmls and ways ~ cxt"r
mInnting these lIndrnnc"s 1" farming
nIi stock business. 4 cabinet ot
mounted birds. showing sdinc OF the
more beneficial ones, viii nlsO lie on
display.
Statistics gathered by the Colorado
Immigration department show That the