The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-01-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Mrs. Andrew (Aunt Fanny Payne,
said to be more than 1G0 years old, for
mer slave and pioneer Of Middle park.
Is dead.
II. v. Billington OF Denver has been
appointed state supervisor Of trades
and industrial education at the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College.
County commissioners Of GunnisOn
expect to spend 5000 on the Black Me-
- road and about $4,000 on the road
from GunnisOn to Somerset.
The bill extending for six months
the time In which 1920 assessment
work on mining claims can he done
was signed by President Wilson.
The sundry civil bill reported to the
House in Washington carries $S77, OOO
for the Grand Valley reclamation pro-
ject and $4,000 for the Uncompah-
gre project.
W. H. Gottle, foreman Of the charge
floor Of the Arkansas Valley smelter.
was killed at I.eadville when 4 1000
pound elevator which he was repair
ing fell on him.
Dominic George, q Frenchman. s.
years old, steel worker, was found with
his head cut open with an ax. BY the
police, at his home In Pueblo. The
motive for the crime Ii believed to
have been robbery.
Sixty-five School Of Mines students
are In Idaho Springs finishing their
practical work In the mines, instead of
having to do 1t In the summer. Fiji.
teen of these are Chinese, who are he
ing sent to the Golden school by their
government.
Dean O. Dewitt. II. was killed In.
stantly and John Scheinek, II, was se-
rlOusly injured when a horse which
they were riding stumbled and fell
while crossing pasture near Dewitt'a
home, the I. H. Dewitt ranch, six miles
south Of Calhan, Colo.
Mistaking strychnine pills for Christ.
mas candy, Marguerite Schneider. y
years old. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Schneider, living on ranci,
east Of Colorado Springs, died after
she had swallowed quantity Of the
poison.
There - snow enough In North parh
to need the snow pillow on the Colo.
RADIO, Wyoming & Eastern, the train
to Walden being drawn by two en-
gines. At FOxpark, the crest Of the
mountains, the thermometer registered
10 degrees below zero recently.
Jack Shinn Of Shinn Park, u promi'
nent rancher, caught his hand In the
cOgs Of a grain grinding machine lind
crushed the thumb and one finger. H.
was unable to find way to get "a
MOntrOse except to drive the fifteen
miles himself, 70 he got into his cal
and, In spite Of the puin, made the
long drive. The surgeons amputatet
two fingers.
A company has been orgcnized com
posed Of DsIseQue business men, stock
growers and oil shale operators Ia
western Colorado to construct mod
ern hotel n: DeI,eque at cost Of $75.
900. The proposed hotel is to have
fifty rooms. all of which will be fur.
nishetl In the most up-tO-date manner
A site for the building has already
been secured and II Is expected to start
building operations early In the spring
A unique plan to relieve the strin'
gency in money matters which 10 be.
Ing felt by farmers has been proposed
and will likely be put into effect a
Seibert. 1t 10 proposed by local mer.
chants and other business people ia
allow farmers credit on their wheat
and corn on hand to the extent Of 81
bushel on the former and Is csnta
on the latter. A mortgage and bond ia
guarantee delivery Of this grain In
May will he taken.
Tie froxen body Of Severance Ben.
ton, 90 years old. owner Of a non.irri.
gated homestead fifteen miles south.
west Of Virgins, was found In his
shack by neighbors who visited the
place. Benton had been dead for sew.
eraI days and IL presumed to have died
from exposure and lack Of medical at.
tentiOn.
Denver iS assured Of one Of the
greatest medical schools and state hos.
l.itais In the United States a. q result
Of Governor 3houp's decision to rec.
Ommend to the next Legislature that q
fund Of 100000 be appropriated to
meet the requirements Of the ROckefei.
Ter Foundation, which has promised
e00O.O0O Of the necessary 81 10000 for
the construction Of the great institu.
tion.
w. H. Harvey. convicted In the West
Side Court In Denver Of stealing the
automobile Of v. e. Doetschman, Sept
10. was sentenced to the state reform.
atory BY Judge Henry J. Hersey. Har.
vey, according TO the states evidence,
WAS the rinElesiler Of n gang Of youths
which was mailing business Of steai.
Ing motor cars, altering them In a COW.
shed near Aurorn and later disnosing
NJ them.
Two thousand dollars In travclers'
checks which were teinv trnnv,ur,a nj