The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-20
ornrEnN1Al STATE ITEMS.

duty Dy OrueT OI OOI. 1AtSiSA =. AAon
rock, adjutant general. The three
units now in the field in the Freder-
lex district will be withdrawn soon. 1t
In understood. Colonel HamrOck de-
cided danger of trouble Is past and
that the Hanger force now is adequate
to cope with the situation. The units
ordered demobilized are: Companies
f of Boulder, II of Fort Collins, OF
Longmont and the HOwitzer company
of Canon City. These have been held
In their armOries. The company at
Brighton still is on duty ut Its arinory.
Troop B, the tank company and med
ical detachment, all of Denver, are In
the field. After their withdrawal, IT
Is understood, un emergency force will
still be held for time in the armOry.
Sterling.-Forty county commission
ers from district 8 Of Colorado. COM
posed of Adams, Logan, Phillips, Sedg-
wick, Yuma, Morgan, Washington.
Weld and Arapahoe counties, met here
for an annual conference on road and
other public matters. Commissioners
Tiffany Of Adams county was chair
man. The address Of welcome was
given by Mayor Sauter Of Sterling.
Charles B. Timberlake, congressman
from this district, and Z. II. Harper,
secretary to the governor, were among
the speakers at the dinner given the
commissioners by the citizens Of Ster-
ling. A special road tax on heavy We
hicles was advocated by some Of those
present. The talks generally favored
the $8,OOO.OOO bond Issue proposed for
road building.
Cripple Creek.-The spirit Of gold
holds the district in Its grip, following
q strike at the Portland mine Of the
richest vein Of ore found in the last
twenty-five years. Nothing since the
days of Stratton's "jewelry shop" in
his old Independence, or the "Cresson
vug" of 1917 can even approach it. ex-
perlenced miners say. The "Cresson
vug" was . rich find, but the new
strike Is Of vastly more importance
since 1t is a real vein. The Portland
strike Is also significant in that it was
made at a 2.8O0-foot level. new rec.
ord for mining In the state, and seems
to indicate that deep level mining in
the Cripple Greek district has q future
that even dreams might underestimate.
Denver.-The acreage under cultiva-
ton in Colorado this year is the larg-
est In the history Of the state, being
slightly more than GOOO, 900 acres. The
acreage devoted to nearly all the
major crops grown In the state is
greater this year than last and large
increases are shown in acreages Of
such crops as potatoes, beans, canta-
loupes and certain market garden veg
etables. Reports to the State Immigra-
tion Department from the county as
SCISSORS Of thlrty-fIve counties show g.
507 $50 acres devoted to all crops sx-
elusive Of orchard fruits, compared
with 3.487, ,706 acres devoted to crops
In the same counties last year.
Cisco.-A vein Of what 10 declared to
be the richest calaverite quartz dlscOv-
cred In the Cripple Creek district was
found In the Portland mine ut the D.
0O0-foOt level, according to a recent
report. The vein Is thought to be a
continuation OF the ore found Mt the e.
4J0-fOOt level, but IL declared richer
and stronger. 1t Is said to be the most
Important discovery that has been
made In the Cripple Creek district In q
number Of years.
Greeley.-The office Of public trus-
tee. to which Governor Shoup recently
appointed A. II. McClenehan as head,
IL the object Of stormy fight. NJ. ].
Walsh. present incumbent, has refused
to relinqulsh the station and turn over
the records to McClenehan.
Longmont.-Howard Roberts, state
ranger who shot and killed John Gus
par. alleged bootlegger. in a prohIbi.
tion raid ut Gaspar's home here, was
exOnerated by n c0r0ner's jury. Gas
par was resisting arrest. the verdict
said
Colorado Springs.-What is declared
the grenteat gold strike Of recent years
In the Cripple Creek district. once the
foremost gold camp In the world, was
revealed In two streaks of rich four.
foot vein ut the 1900 foot level Of the
Portland mine at Victor. The ore In
the streaks, one and four inches In
width. will run from $4,000 to 1000
q ton, according to Joseph W. Ady, Jr.,
Of this city. managing director Of the
mine, while that In the vein, exclusive
Of the streaks, will exceed 500 ton
Boulder.-AnOther mountain climber
went to his death In I'M effort to scale
the treaclierous third flutiron on Green
mountain. II In the first fatality In
three yenrs md ls one Of long list Of
victims claimed by the gIant monolIth
In Its history. The body OF John T..
Fitzgerald. 10 years old. OF Tulsa,
Okinhoma, was found crushed and
manEied nt the bnse Of the wall Of
rock.
Pueblo.-C. +. DellIquadri. deputy
sheriff. and A. L. hnertsci,, said to be
demented, were both wounded In n
struggle when the officer attempted to
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