The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

eSs<J sASScNA~sA NSs'"sS
will be paid to the beet growers Of the
western slope within the next few days
by the Holly Sugar Company. US an
additional payment Of 81 per ton. ac.
cordlng to announcement Seven dol
lars ton has already been puid by
the western slope company und In ad-
dItion to the 81 more to be paid soon
II further payment Of 81 may be made
later. The local company has already
paid 81 n ton more thun any other su-
CUR company In Colorado. officers say.
Windsor High school won
the state basketball tournament here.
ut the tournament Of the Colorado
State High School Association by beat
Ing Ll,tleton in the final game 10 to
IA. This places l.ittleton IN second
place and Pueblo In third, utter three
days OF fast play. Playing before
crowd that packed the stutc armory.
Littleton made II gallant stand to stem
the tide OF defeat. but the superior
teamwork OF the northern Colorado
champions proved too much.
Pueblu.-Bettcrnen of trunsporta-
tion facilities In central, southern ana
IL meeting of more thun thirty repre-
sentative citizens from those sections
of the state who met in nll-dny ses-
sion ut the Pueblo Commerce Club.
Airing of transportation grievances
and II plum for the consolidation of the
Denver \ Rio Grande Western rail-
rond with the SANTA F6 lines west from
Pueblo was the theme discussed ut the
meeting.
Fort Morgun.-Oscar W. Heller was
Instantly killed. and his daughter
Bessie, u years old, died twenty minutes
later. when the automobile In which
they were riding wus struck by the
engine Of burlington passenger
train ut the truck crossing one mile
southwest of this city. The touring
cur was tossed In the uir und the third
occupant, IL 4.yeur-old son Of Heller.
was thrown eighty feet. uilghting In
the weeds by the side OF the track.
Uenver.-The combined national
forest, state land und homestead land
areas of the stute ut the beginning VI
l023 amounted to "a, ,lD5.65O ucrcs, Or
SG+G per cent Of the totul area VI til,
state. according to compilations made
by the state Immigration department
for use In the lO23 edition Of the COib-
RADIO Year Hook. Al the same time
the patented lund uren Of the stute
amounted to 81, ,lD2,U22 acres. Or 4802
per cent Of the t0tul area.
Denver.-The stute returned To
cush busls when Hurry r.. Mulnix,
state treasurer, called IN approximate
When these have been redeemed, there
will still be outstanding $2OO.UOO worth
OF lO22 warrants, which will be retired
next month. All 1898 warrants aN be-
ing casl,ed ut the treusurer'S office,
MulniX said. This call was the largest
ever Issued for Colorado warrants.
Colorado Springs.-rhe city Ut Colo
rndO Springs has filed suit In the DIS.
trict Court asking that the Colorado
Springs Light. Heat and Power Com
puny be enJOlned to construct three
mile pipe line on the slopes Of Pixies
Peak. Building Of the pipe line was
provided for In the franchise issued to
George ". Jackson, Sept. .. 1898. un-
der which the present company is or
cruting.
Denycr.-Senator Samuel ID. NichOl-
son of Colorado. who hns been III for
the past two weeks. Is now resting at
Rochester, MIMI. where he hns cn.
tered the Mayo hospital for exnininu.
tiUn. Puzzled ns To the exact cause
Of the senator's Illness. MIR. Sicholson's
Washington physician suggested he
visit the Mayo brothers. who nre ex-
perts ON diagnosis.
Fort Colllns.-Thc debating team of
the Colorado Agricultural College won
2-tO-l decision over the team from
the Washington State College ut Pull
man, Wash. The Washington dcbut.
crs having been making II tour OF
western and middle west colleges. nnd
have lost all Of their contests, each BY
the same decision of = To l.
IOulder.-JOc Aiills resigned ns uS-
sistnnt football coach at Colorado uni.
versity at II meeting OF the athletic
board here. Mills WAS bend coi,ch ut
q. U. In 1918. 10 und assistant In l!EsO.
u. He had IA leave Of absence during
the season Of 1923. lie VIII return
next year Ia cOnch basketball ana
track. lie requested TINT basketball
practice started ut the university In the
fall this coming season.
CnGon City.-Irmmc Crosse. train
bmndi,. and pcnitcnunry breaker.
called th. most dangerous convict ever
confined In Colorado prison. liz bnck
ngnin behind the wnlls Of the Canon
CITY pcnitcntlnry. Crosse, who escaped
the Colorado prison by conccnling him
self IN "A barrel of swill. breathing
through IA straw, was brought back IA
Colorado from Texas.