The Arvada enterprise., 1922-03-16
oxlTrNN1AL STATE rrxlm.

which property owners are paying In
taxes this year. With the $2,sS4. .428 re-
Quired by state educational institutions
added, the total cost Of education in
Colorado was 81 ,561, ,76S, more than
half the states total revenue. Since
1915, the first year that separate ssti-
mates ON school revenues were COM
piled BY the State Tax Commission,
taxation for grade schools and high
schools has increased 100 per cent. In
the same period school attendance has
increased "a per cent.
Fort CollinA-One boy from each of
thirteen Colorado counties will receive
4 free scholarship to either the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College Of the Colo
RADIO School Of Agriculture next fall a.
reward for excellence In corn, wheat,
potato, beet, calf or pig club work.
The scholarship will be worth SIS and
will include transportation from the
students home to and from Fort Col
Inns. The counties included In the Of
fer are Adams, Arapahoe. Boulder.
Cheyenne, Denver, Ebert, Larimer,
Lincoln, Logan, Morgan. Sedgwick.
Washington and Weld. The offer II
being made by the Union Pacific rail-
road, through its president, G. R. Gray.
Lafayette.-The Colorado Accumu-
latlve Company Of Denver will locate
factory in Lafayette for the manufac-
ture Of dry batteries. Under the terms
Of this agreement with the Commercial
Association Lafayette IL to furnish the
Accumulative Company site and
buildings. and the company agrees to
have their factory equipped and in op-
Grafton within ninety days after the
site is assured them and they obtain
possession.
Castle Rock.-Georgs Henry Of Gun
nison, Colo, was killed In mine cave
in near Parker recently. With E. R.
Roberts Of Denver. Henry had been
engaged in tunneling an old placer
gold claim. He remained to complete
some digging while Roberts went to
the mine shack to prepare 4 meal.
When Roberts returned he found the
tunnel caved In and Henry's body bur-
led beneath several feet of earth.
Boulder.-High school editors and
managers from nearly twenty Colo
RADIO cities and towns held three-day
conference in Boulder recently. 1t was
the first conference of its kind ever
held In Colorado and proved 30 sue
cessful that the national journalistic
fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, which ex-
tended the Invitation, u planning to
make 1t an annual affair.
Greeley.-For the first time In four
years, there 70 q split In the Greeley
City Council a. the result Of a fight
to oust the city movie censor, Mrs
Elsie Tew. A motion to drop Mrs. Tew
from the list Of city employees made re-
Gently by Alderman C. S. Buchanan,
was lost by 4 4 to 2 vote. Records
show 1t IL the first motion to have
failed Of passage At Q council meet
Ing for four years.
Silt-The Wild and woolly West was
echoed In street scene at Silt recent
ly when band Of local cowpunchers,
said to be fed up on mo0nshine, rode
Into the business section yelling like
Comanche Indians. Such playful sport
as running down pedestrians, bucking
their horses up and down the side
walks, rOping men on other horses,
were indulged In.
Fort LuptOn.-EmplOyes of the With.
erbee coal mine. three miles east of
Frederick. found the plant In flames
several days ago. POwerless to fight
the blaze, as 1t was centered on the
pump house and water supply source.
the employees watched the buildings
burn to the ground. The damage Is un.
estimated, but Is believed to be thOus
ands OF dollars.
BOulticr.-A paving district Of thir-
ty.nine blocks was created for Univer-
slty hill by the city council at Boulder
recently. 1t includes the heart of the
residential district of that part of
Boulder.
LOveland.-For the first time In the
history OF the fruit business in this sec.
offered on sliding scale. bnsed on the
selling price Of the canned products.
This contract Is now being offered by
the LOveland Packing Company to
cherry growers. 1t provides for cents
a pound for cherries when the selling
price Of cherries nj wholesale is $40
per dozen for No. 10 cans. For each
variation of 30 cents dozen In the
selling price Of the finished product.
I'M additional one-hnif cent In ndtIed or
subtractcd from the original Scent
price. This means thut II canned cher.
ries sold for 81 per dozen the grower
would be paid 5h cents per pound. and
II cherries sell for 81 per dozen canned.
the grower would get but ~ cents per
pound.
Colorado Springs. gs.-AnnOuncement Of
the payment on April 10 Of dividends
Of s cents regular md . cents cxtrn to
stockholders Of the CrcsxOn COns0li
dated Gold Mining nnd Milling Com.
pany 10 considered by local mining men
as one Of the best evidences of re.
turned prosperity to the Cripple Greek
gold cnmD. The pnyment will total