The Arvada enterprise., 1921-03-17
COLORADO NEWS NoTEA

the states In fire losses during the five
year,, 1915 to 1919 inclusive, accord
ing to the National Board Of Fire On
derwriters' report through Its actuAr-
ial bureau. A total Of 1859 fires were
reported to the bureau and, In addi-
ton, It IL estimated that % per cent
moro should be added to cover those
not reported. strictly preventable"
fires, representing IS per cent Of the
whole. caused total loss Of =, 1l4.6O6
Those rpartly preventable" were re-
sponsible for a total loss Of $2,l90..
1855 or 1874 per cent Of the whole, and
those originating from unknown
causes resulted In a total loss Of g..
729,6Os, or 2s.8 per cent.
Great interest centers around the
announcements Of the 1921 program Of
the Augusta mine in the Crested
Butte section of the county. The Al
lied Mines Corporation Of Pittsburg,
Pa, is planning to build the first fifty
ton unit OF 2OOton fiOtation mill, an
electric power plant and steel trans.
to handle the ore ut the greatest posi-.
Bile saving. 1t Is declared that 10000
tons of milling ore are now In sight,
including 10000 tons on the dump.
Besides this, there Is much ore packed
away In the slopes Of the mine. ready
to be pulled out at will.
B. A. McMurry and Conrad Floth,
sheep dealers, have filed suit In the
District Court at Fort Collins against
the Denver L Rio Grande railroad
and the Colorado 4 Southern for 81.
1923 for damages alleged to have
been sustained In the failure Of tho
two roads to deliver to them 1.12O
lambs which they We're having shipped
to them at Black Hollow Station.
Colo, from Fountain Green, Utah.
A mandatory order issued by the Su-
preme Court directs the State Public
Utilities Commission to compel the
operation OF a railroad that doesn't
exist-the Denver, Boulder 4 Western.
which, until August. 1919, ran from
Boulder to Eldora, Ward and other
Boulder county mining camps. The
unique order, which cannot be COM
piled with, was issued at the instance
of several mining companies.
The Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company
mt Pueblo has announced that owing
to improved conditions In the steel In
dustry, 1000 additional men will be
employed. Four idle mills will reopen.
running two eisht.hour shifts: Orders
for finished steel products have shown
II very large and gratifying Increase
during the past month, officials Of the
company stated.
Samuel d. Nicholson, COlorado's new
senator, managed to get into his office
In the Senate office building after
waiting several days for place to
carry on his work. He has the quar-
tiers vacated by Senator Sutherland Of
West Virginia. Senator Nicholson's
office force and equipment were
moved In and the office 10 running
smoothly.
A total Of Sls4.9ss.5e was collected
In fees In the corporation department
Of the secretary Of states. office dur.
Ing the month Of February, according
to report made by Secretary Mill.
ken. This 10 IN increase Of 81, 900 over
the corresponding period last year. In.
cluded In the amount are filing fees
for foreign and domestic yearly ~
ports.
Dick Miller, . years old. Of Arizona
was arrested by Sheriff George Nick
son In strawstack on the Hunt ranch,
four miles east Of Castle Rock, on Il
charge Of having held up and robbed
J. r. Riggs, proprietor Of q general
store at Larkspur. A gold watch and
several dollars, said to he the property
Of Riggs, were recovered.
Governor Shoup has named Clyde
Dawson u Denver to represent him At
the launching Of the battleship Colo
RADIO at the shipyaftis Of the New York
ShipbuildIng Corporation In Camden.
n. j., on March u. Mrs. Max Mel.
Vile, daughter Of Senator Nicholson.
was named about two weeks ngo to
chrixten the new tireadnought.
Colorado rexaineti It's rank aA eighth
among coal producing states In 1870.
4 ~ CotseksASos
bounced by the United States geolog,.
cal survey. Its production for the
year almost equaIed the record out.
puts Of 1917 and 1918. and final fig.
ures for 1870 may bring the year up to
'fiRure~ Of the former years.
Three bandits entered tho First Ma.
tiorIal Bank ut Strssburx. with the uss
Of crOwbar, rifled fifty safety d..
posit boxes In = vault and obtained
about 500 in pennies and nIckels from
the cash drawer and escaped.
Improvement of the Mount Vernon
or "Hogback" road between Morrison
and the Golden paved highway will be
made ~ SOon ~ weather conditions
permit, according 70 the state highway
commission.
Denver sIort3nen at meeting In.
lOrHed the establishment Of fist, re-