The Arvada enterprise., 1921-02-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES,

An American Legion mOnument, IN
honor Of the soldiers who died and
were killed during the late war, will be
constructed in City park at Buena Wis.,
tn, according to an announcement
made by city officials. The monument
will be an imposing structure Of ce-
ment. cobblestone and light granite
from local quarry and will be seven
and one-half feet high. On one side Of
the monument will be the roster of the
American Legion post and on the Op-
posite side will be the names Of the
boys who died.
| Twenty men and three women had
narrow escape from being burned to
death when the boarding house, recre-
alton room and bunkhouse connecting
the buildings belonging to the yelling
ton Mine Company ut breckenridge
caught fire and were burned to the
houses were compelled TO jump out Of
| the second story windows and into two
feet of snow. which saved them from
injury. The loss is estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000.
objection to the action of the secre-
tary of the interior and the federal
government in seeking to exercise ex'
elusive control over roads running in
and out of the Rocky Mountain Nh
tional park. Is made on behalf Of the
state of Colorado in brief which has
Just been filed in the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis
by Attorney General Victor f. Keyes
and Assistant Attorney General For
rest c. Northcutt.
Roland G. Parvin, state game and
fish commissioner, has announced that
500 Quails of the Bob White variety
had been obtained from Brownville,
Tex. The birds will be held ut City
park, Denver, until they can be dis
trihuted through the state. According
to Mr.. Parvin these quail are almost
extinct In the state and the 500 are be.
ing brought In for propagation pur.
poses.
Pos,office inspectors In Denver arr
Investigating the mysterious robbery OF
the Whentridge. Colo, pOstOffice
which Is combined with general
merchandise store. The job was that
of youthful burglars, II Is believed, ns
IL large amount of candy was missing
This is the second robbery OF tina,
Instoffice within the past month.
In an effort to solve the problem OF
obtaining reliable and efficient farm
help in the San Luis valley, former
Governor Carlson of Colorado will bt
sent to New York by the san Luis Val
ley Realty Board. with the view Of In
ducing II colony of Swedcs or Other
Scandinavian emigrunts to locate II
this section.
There was but one fire in the nation
III forests In Colorado during 1920. II
burned m area of more than ten acres
: according to the statement Of John Nc
Lean, who Is In charge of forest pro
lection In Colorado. "Fiftecn year
ago the mountains were abluzc night
ly," said Mclean. "Now fire is ,
rare sight.
A total of I61 persons were commit
ted to the state rcfOrmatOry during tn
past two years according To II rcpOr
made tn the governor by Warden NJ. T.
Capp. II shows that the average lsopu
intion of the Buena Vista institution
during 1910 was lil and 1876 durin;
1870. as compared with l:O during th'
preceding period.
Pioneering In the placing Of Ii
working men In the steel mills Op ~
actual eight.hOur basis, the COlOrnti,
Fuel and Iron Company found the wis
dom Of its course Justified In recor,
production at the big plant In Pueblo
last month, II was announced at tis'
general offices of the company q
Pueblo.
New records for the collection %
automobile license taxes was cstub
lished during the month OF January
according to IL statement mn,le by Car
Menser, automobile supervisor In tn
secretary Of states office. Fees iron
this source totaied xlsO, ,5355l the firs
month OF 1921. as against SlOir37s.3 y
for the same period last year.
Federal aid to the extent Of x1IA,
&}4.5a has been granted to the C0aOrad'
State Highway Commission by Dks
trict Engineer J. 4. Bright Of tn
United States bureau "f public road
for the construction md improvement
Of fifteen und six-tenthx miles Of higi,
way and earth.gradssi road and th'
construction Of II bridge In COnejo
county over Alnln''sa creek, Mt \ t0ts
estimated cost Of x3lS,2'Es1h5.
Charles O'IIsra, WIN In charged viii
the &3,OOO hOidup Of tine LittietOn stat
Bank. was given \ preliminary heastul
ut LittIetOn and bound over 10 tn
February term Of the District Court
OIIarn stOutly denies that he had amy
thing TO do with the hoIdup. Wilinrt
Teller. cashier Of the bank. who WA
the only witness II the hearing. say
he is positive O'Hars stuck him up.
Reading snow scales during the win
ter months for the purpose of deter
mining the amount OF water available
I a.. a