The Arvada enterprise., 1921-02-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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less rapidly In the past decade than
the population OF the cities, In Colo
RADIO the population of the farming dis
trlcts has grown more rapidly than
that Of the cities Figures announced
by the federal census bureau and
complied In the office Of the State In
migration Department show that the
rural population Of Colorado 10 now
6l.76 per cent Of the total population,
compared with 4eS per cent In 1910.
In the United States the rural popu.
latiOn Ia now 48.7 per cent Of the total.
compared with 5S.7 per cent In 1910.
The rural population in Colorado In
1920 Ia 4Sd,S7O. compared with S84. .lSl
in 1910. the increase being over . per
cent. The urban population In 1870
was 45S. $50. compared with 4OA.S $40 In
1910. the increase being slightly lees
than II per cent. In the United States
rs whole the increase In urban pop
ulatiOn In the past decade was 2S.6 per
cent, while the Increase In rural popu.
lation was only 81 per cent. These
figures show clearly that. while there
was strong movement from the
farms to the cities In the country as
whole, the movement In the Rocky
Mountain states was from the cities to
the farms. and that this movement
was especially strong In Colorado and
Montana.
The total school population Of Colo.
RADIO Is 259,S1S, and on this basis Miss
Katherine L.. Craig, state superinten.
dent Of public instruction. apportioned
total of $36l, ,14S.lS to the sixty.
three counties Of the state. or this
sum, Denver receives S72,059.S5, the
largest single amount npportiOned.
This was the semi-annunl npportion-
ment of the state school fund. The
amount distributed represents II total
Of Sl.m for each pupil. as compared
with $l73 given out last July. Miss
Craig announced the sum Of xl,733.73
withheld from the State Tenchers' col.
leEe by mistake last July was allotted
this time. III PasO and Weld counties
were the second and third largest
beneficiaries from the fund. receiving
$l5,78O.4s and $22,:hs8.ls. respectively.
Howard G. Wade. chairman OF the
Denver branch Of the Military Train
ing Association. has been advised. by
telegraphic communication from New
York that the Congressional committee
on military affairs has assured the ap
preparation Of adequate funds to pro.
vide for the establishment OF eighteen
summer training camps during 1921. 4
joint committee Of the Training Camps
Association and the American Legion
appeared before the Congressional
body aud outlined tho needs, which In.
cluds the establishment Of two camps
In the Ninth corps arsa. In which Den.
yer IL included. An effort liz being
made to establish one Of the camps
near Denver. Fort Logan having bsen
suggested as suitable location.
Upward Of 1900 shopmen and track.
men living In Denver and nearly 200
others on the Colorado division Of the
Union Pacific are affected by II re-
duction In working hours which has
been announced. The shOpmen are to
have a five-day week instead Of five.
and one-hnlf day week, while trackmsn
will work five days instead Of NIX.
This method 10 taken In preference to
cutting the force.
Two thousand carloads of choice
Greeley potatoes will be ruined In the
duEouts unless unexpected relief IL Oh
taIned for the farmers. Potatoes are
now selling At lexx than 10 Ilsr cent of
the cost Of the crop and apparently
available markets will take only Q
very small percentage Of the 5000
carloads Of sound potatoes in he
hands Of dealers and farmers.
r. b. McDermOtt. one Of the hest
ksown country Newspaper men In the
state. has bought q half interest In the
Fest Lupton Booster from the present
publisher, r. n. WsIliny. and the firm
nsue will b~ Walling 4 AcDsrm0tt.
NJ. AcDsrmott viii bs the editor Of
the paper.
Two hundred thousand rainbow
trout eggs have been received from
Oregon nj the Fort Collins fish hatch.
cry. to be Matched and pmt into the
streams Of the county. The hatchery
already has On hand 4OO.OOO fry nbOut
thirty days old. X. q. Hayiland, sup
erintendent Of the hatchery, nn.
nounces that within thirty days h. will
begin the construction Of \ fish nurs.
cry pond In front Of the hatchery 20O
by 70 feet, and that the fish from the
hatchery will he grown In this pond
uatil they are finger length before
they will be released In the streams.
Hunters and fishermen of Boulder
county are to meet In Boulder t0 Dr.
gaoixe II fish and game club and to dis.
cuss protective legislation now before
the State Legislature. All Of the local
clubs In the county are to be affiliated
In this organization. though they will
retain their Identity.
Notices Of reductions In wages sf.