The Arvada enterprise., 1923-04-19
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

weather conditions permit, the con-
structlon and completion OF over 200
| miles OF highways through the national
forests OF Colorado. Announcement
to this effect was made here by G. w.
johnson. district engineer Of the
bureau. approximately Sa3O,OOO will
be spent for this purpose this year. Of
which $4,000 will be furnished by the
State of Colorado. These roads nre
| parts u highway system through
national forests, connecting with state
road systems,
| Florcncc-The national campaign
TO advertise II Colorado agricultural
product will be begun this season,
when the san Isabel Produce Growers
Association begins Il campaign of pub
llclty for head lettuce, green peas and
cnuliflowcr, produced by the associa
ton and shipped from Florence. The
advertising will he confined this year
TO that section of the United States
east of Chicago, with special attention
paid to Boston, New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
| Denvcr.--Four young children were
| burned 10 death here in II fire. The
children had been playing in II barn
when the fire was set, II is said, by
an unidentified boy. They crawicd
under pile of hay in the place and
pcrshcd there. The four little chill
drcn who We're burned to death were
playing hide and seek. The complete
ness of their hiding place was the
very element that caused their death.
They were trapped without IL chance
to get out.
Dcnvcr.-Thc Mofrntt road was ds.
rcctcd by temporary injunction granted
in United States District Court, To nj
locate their conl cars In strict propor
ton TO production capacity to all
mines on their line. Judge r. Blake
Kennedy OF Cheyenne. sitting In tho
absence of Judge Symcs. heard the
petition for the Injunction, which wns
presented by United Stntcs District
Attorney CRANKY Hillycr nt the In
stance OF tho Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Grand Junction.-A gun was plnced
against the forehead Of Frank Truiillo
and discharged, the bullet bouncing OFF
and lnfllctlng slight scalp wound
Then the nssnilaht fired and missed
and advancing close to his victim,
placed the gun against his ribs and II
missed fire. A fight followed. In
which the nssnilant was dlsnrmcd. Tie
fight occurred ut Dragon, Utah, and
Trujll came here to have his wounds
dressed
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the State OF Colorado for 1922" IL the
title OF sINty-four pngc pamphlet
Just Issued by the state Immigration
department. II Is composed chiefly Of
tables, maps and charts prepared for
use In the Year Book Of 1922" and IL
published for the use Of those inter
cstcd In the agricultural development
Of the state and who do no, require
all the miscellaneous statistical infor
nation contained I'm the year book
Walsenburg, g,-Childish curiosity To
see what would happen " she tossed
n lighted match into n kcg of blasting
powder resulted In the death of Dycar
old Daycline Murphy and til. probable
fatal burning Of her brother Robert,
g. and sister Eleanor. }. Two other
small brothers and a sister were badly
burned The tragedy occurred in the
iurm yard Of John ". Murphy, twenty
five miles east Of here.
Canon City-Ih" pnrol" of Harold
II. IIcnwood, convicted slayer OF Tony
Won Phul and George Copeland. was
officially revoked by Gov. william T.
Sweet nj the request of Warden Tom
lyman Of the state pcnltcntiary. Hen.
wood, who was pnrol"d by Governor
oliver Shoup on May -, 1922, was re
turned TO the state pcnitcniinry about
three weeks ago for violation of pa.
role.
Fort COlllns.-Chris Thompson sold
his 2I0ncrc farm n mile south of Fort
Collins. to the poudrc Valley Nation.
al Bunk for 100000. This is II price
OF about $40 nm acre. In 1917 Thomp.
son paid 800 nm acre for the farm.
Fort Collins. Philip S. Van else.
district attorney OF Denver. was the
principal speaker at tho annual meet
Ing Of the Fort Collins Chnmbrr Of
Commerce In Colonial hall recently.
This wns Mr.. Van c,se's frs, address
outside Of Denver sine. the completion
Of the bunco ring trial, ana the hall
was packed. SIR. vnn else told how
the bunco raids were carried on, sue.
ccssfully.
Denycr.-lroduciion OF conl IN Colo
RADIO In 1929 was next to The loves,
output recorded IN the stat" In four
years. according to statistics Of the
United StntcA Geological survey dis.
tributcd In Washington. The 1922 conl
production was lO,OOIOOO tons. In
1919 the state produced lO,323. 40
tons IN 1920, l2,2Ts, 221 toms, and IN
1921. 9,122 700 tons
Drnyor-A j. Simonspn has been