The Arvada enterprise., 1921-06-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. s.rice.

pfeaCner, nave llItcTeu iItto thS camps
of the movie stars with the result that
he has left Fort Morgan for Califor-
hiu to play the leading part In II pic
ture.
Ten Chinese and two negroes were
captured, several trucklo0ds of furni.
ture. lottery paraphernalia ana china
ware were seized and $1,000 In cash
confiscated by Denver police In II raid
on alleged oriental gambling houses in
Hop alley.
Owners of land along the Big Thomp-
son river, south OF Lovelnnd, are plan
ming on dyklng the river with sand
bags to force it back into Its old chan
mel from the new channel, fifty yards
from the old, which was washed by
the flood to depth OF sixteen feet,
through two or three fields In the bot
toms.
Fort Collins machine gun company,
now known as Company II, machine
gun, l77th regiment, Forty-fifth divi-
sion, will soon be fully equipped and
doing training work. The company
was mustered in by Capt. c. II. PARCEL
Of the adj,uant generals staff. and
Major McConiff, federal mastering Of
ficer, and Rudolph ]. Seyfried was
chosen captain.
Joe Innocence. IS years old, is dead,
and Fransco Ochinpinto, 33 years old,
Guy Applegate, 30 years old, and Joe
Innocence, % years old, the Inter II
brother-in-la of the dead youth, are
in Jail In Greeley as the result of II
pitched battle with county and federal
officers for possession OF an Illicit
whisky still, in operation near the
Colorado Wyoming dividing line in
northern Weld county.
On representations made by William
r. PassmOre, In charge Of the public
sasnpllng works at Idaho Springs,
which handles ores from the Gllpin and
Clear Greek county mines, q reduction
in freight rates from Idaho Springs to
Leadville has been granted. On ores
up to 500 per ton the rate ia So per
ton, while ores worth 500 or over
that figure pay IS. Rates OF $3.50. 81
and $3.50 cover ores between $40 and
800 per ton in value.
Pueblo must have federal aid to pre-
vent a recurrence of floods or there
will be no business blocks rebuilt on
their old sites. according to H. H. Sell
domridge, receiver OF the Mercantile
National Bank Of that city. The &C.
counts OF the Pueblo food which aP-
In, hn or Hn11 e
short In conveying an adequate con-
ception Of the catastrophe which has
visited this unfortunate city, accord.
ing to Mr.. SeldomrIdge.
The sheepmen Of southwestern Colo
RADIO who use San Juan forest service
range. have agreed through their rep
resentative, H. ID. Abrams, to pay
three cents per head for NIL sheep
driven over the Durango SllvertOn
highway In reaching their range, nc
cOrding to a statement made ut Dur
ango by Supervisor H. r. French Of
the forest service. Heretofore there
has been some controversy from drIv-
Ing stock over the highway.
Weld county will produce 5.OOO!OOO
bushels Of wheat this year judging
from present Indications. Figures
compiled by the field men of the coun-
ty assessor show that there are 1885,
600 acres planted to wheat In the
county this year. Because Of the large
amount of moisture the yield will be,
from thirty to fifty bushels on the non.
irrigated land M well AZ In the irr.
gated districts. There are 5000 acres
Of wheat on the irrigated farms and
about 100000 on the dry land.
Registration nt the University OF
Colorado closed with 1873 students en-.
rolled for the first term. which will
close July 20. The second term will
open the following day and continues
for u period OF six weeks. Many Of the
present students are expected to stop
at the end of the first term, and new
ones will undoubtedly enter. ns many
Inquiries have been received.
Flood waters In the AnImaH valley
caused loss Of 1851 per farm or
total Of $3l. 800 for thirty.seven prop
erty holders. according to report
mace IN durango ut meeting OF resi-
dents Of the valley presided over by
George w. Greaves. +, W. Jeffrey and
J. H. McCord constituted the commit.
tee which formulated the report after
investigation Of the inundated area.
All restrictions on tourist traffic by
train or automobile into Pueblo has
been lifted by the military authorities
following n request by President
IIOvern Of the city Council. Pass Of.
fIcers stationed ut Colorado Springs,
Denver, CRhOn City. Walsenburg and
other points hive been relieved from
duty on the main highways. testrIc.
lions on freight shipments also have
been removed.
Stnlled on n ruIlroad track near
Fort Morgan, the automobile of l.. II.
Jeffrey OF Brush was completely de-