The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-11-16

which is.now handled BY another road
to Gallup. N. H.. and then trucked In.
the Denver 1 Rio Qrande Western
proposes to lay third fall on It's Far
minyton branch from Durango to Far
mingtOn. 4 distance Of sixty miles. Au-
thentic reports to this effect leaked
out following trip Of inspection Of the
branch line and the new oil fields By
the railroad officials. This would elm.
mate one transfer Of freight In Duran
20 BY permitting narrow gauge cars be.
Ing hauled clear to Fxrmlngton. Al
present the branch from Durango to
Pennington 10 standard gauge. and oil
railroad shipments for that section
must be transferred here from narrow
to standard gauge cars. The standard
gauge engines are equipped with two
couplers W they can be attached to
both standard and narrow gauge cars
The third rail you'd be laid between
the two standard gauge rails at the
proper distance.
Denver.-F0ur hundred and thirty.
four Colorado settlers will come Into
possession Of $3.50 acres Of land In
eight districts of the stnte through an
order entered at Washington. ID. C., &C.
cOrding to II. ID. McEniry, chief Of the
Denver field division Of the general
land office. The settlers. McEniry
said. applied long ago for the lands
and have been awaiting the designa-
ton to make regular filings As they
have priority NO new filings will be re-
csived for any of the tracts. The land
10 divided into hO,nesteuds Ut $40 acres
each, and the tracts are scattered
through the state In the Del NOrte,
Denver. Durango. Lamar, Leadville,
A0ntr0se. Pueblo and Sterling land Of
ice districts. "While timber 10 to be
found on much Of the land, 1t Is not OF
merchantable quality" McEniry said.
there II no know source Of water
supply and the lands are chiefly valu-
able for grazing and the raising Of for
age crops"
Fort COllina.-An early morning at
tempt to force u heavy motor car up
the old railroad grade-where Fort
Collins auto enthusiasts Hike to test
their cars-resulted In the deaths Of
four persons and the Injury Of the
NTH. The dead are: Lynn ROhling,
son Of one Ut Fort Collins most prom
inent merchants, and . former army
chauffeur NrA Lynn Rolling, bis
wife; Otto Prathsr, = chemist ut the
sugar factory; Frederick u. Sandsness,
q student ut the Colorado Agricultu-
raj College, Fort CollinA The injured j:
Keith Belts, pianist, who was thrown
clear.
Steriing.-0uy Bray. "a years old, Of
Nesino, Colo, who was charged with
The murder Of Deputy sheriff B. j.
Wiisoa at Aerino on the night Of May
Y slashed his throat In the county
Jail at Sterling and died almost Instant
ly. Bray had made It . practice to
shave and cut the hair Of other prison
srs In the Jail and asked for y rasor
for his customary work. He locked
two other prisoners In the cage Of the
jail and went 70 the bathroom to per.
form his act Of suicide.
Deavsr.-Tw0 women were killed,
another was shot down and two police
mea were wounded by whisky -crazed
negro who ended = bloody battle ~
blowing out his own brains. The shoot
w occurred In the hall Of 244S IRE
m0nt place. Walter Jones. the killer.
had held ssveaty .five police ut bay for
half N hour. Nrs Holmes Wilsou,
colored, was shot and almost instantly
killed In the house Lulu Jones, cousin
Of the slayer, died at the county hos
pital later.
Pueblo.-J0hn w. Lockin, 70. editor
Of the Sunday OplniOa here and 4
nswspaper man Of Pueblo for the last
forty years, died rsceatiy Ia his home.
He had been tn failing health for sev-
essl years. He was born In Fond du
Lac, Wla He 10 survived BY his
daughter, Mrs. FlOrence T.. brown.
Lockin's weekly Newspaper. because Of
the quaint personality Of the editor,
was much read throughout the south
ssn end VI the state.
uttletou.-0raas grew ON many Of
the hills IL Arapahoe county from Lit
tlston To Byers and Deer Trail this
past summer. and Il grew on hills
where grass has not grown before. The
reason for this remarkable fact, uc'
cording to Allyn II. TednsOn, county
extension agent and pest inspector Of
ArapahOe county. was tireless cam.
pxiyn which began early In February
for the determination III prairie dogs.
II IL estimated that 81 per cent Of the
dogs were destroyed. Twelve Of the
townships were cleaned up In ninety
days," said Mr.. TednsOu. "Five tons
IT poisoned oats and TOO pounds Of
carbon bisulphlde gas were used
Trinidad.-Struck by \ Colorado 4
Southern locomotive ut the brickysrd
crossing "a the edge Of Trinidad, Hen.
ry Hildebrundt. manual training In.
structor at the Primero. Colo. school,
WAS instantly killed and e. q. Reeves,
stable boss 1t the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company milne. and his son. Sam
Reevea were Injured.
Colorado Springs.-0odfrey kissea,
% years old. . resident Of Colorado