The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-11
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

U00ef cOltlVauOu IN COIOEdoO LILLE yenE
than last, according to reports of coun-
ty assessors to the State immigration
Department. Complete reports show
a total of 5,422, 100 acres planted for
harvest this year, compared with o.
713,651 acres planted for the 1922 har-
vest. On account Of the favorable
weather this season and more favora-
BILE prices for farm products. however.
the acreage harvested this year actu-
ally will exceed that harvested last
year and the value of the crop will
exceed that Of last year by 10 per cent.
Denver-Dr. Benjamin F. Davis of
Cheyenne, Wyo., has been appointed
secretary Of the Colorado StOckgrow-
ers' Association, according to an
nOuncement made ut the headquarters
of the association. DR.. Davis will as
sumo general charge for the association
Of all matters Of marketing, transpor-
tatiOn, taxation and other problems
concerning the stockgrowers Of the
state. DR.. Davis has been secretary
for several years of the Wyoming AS.
ISOLATION Of StOckgrOwers and for
eight years was state veterinary for
Wyoming.
Montrose.-Montroce county's $780,
600 soldiers memorial court house,
which was recently completed and
which Is now occupied, is said to be
the most imposing structure On the
western slope. A formal dedication
will be held later. but the officials,
who have been housed in the frame
shack which has served this county as
ito governmental headquarters since
the county was organized In 1883, could
not wait for the formal dedication and
hove already taken possession Of the
building.
Denver.-Twenty-five estates paid
$1O,281.18 in state Inheritance tax dur.
ing the last half Of September, accord
ing to the semi-monthly report Of At
torney General Russell w. Fleming. In
addition the Inheritance tax depart
ment collected $3.50 In fees, making
the total collections for the past fif.
teen days, $1O,81S18. Since Dec. l,
the beginning Of the current biennial
period, the state has received $0O1.-
127.b4 in Inheritance tax.
Denver.-The per capita cost of con-
victs In the state penitentiary for the
fiscal year ending Nov. 80, 1922, was
$272.52, with S04 inmates in the pris-
on during that time, according to re-
port completed by Joseph Wood. state
public accountant. The report, which
Is now in the hands Of State Auditor
Arthur III. Stong, shows the total value
Of the penitentiary at 1852, ,7O7.26. In
Guiding lands, buildings, equipment
and miscellaneous material.
Denver.-Presence of mind and the
| fact that he was an experienced SWIM
mer are the two reasons assigned by
H. D. Bellrose for his escape with his
life from the Burlington wreck In
Wyoming. I'm sore all over" declared
Bellrose. ''but am thankful that am
alive. Ny face 10 cut by glass and
have wrenched wrist and u score Of
bruises, but NO bones are broken, and
after l get real rest will be the
same old man."
| Golden.-Favorable action toward
the standardizing Of mine equipment
was taken at the annual convention Of
the American Mining Congress in Nil.
waukee, according to DR.. Victor G.
Anderson. president Of the Colorado
School of Mines, who returned from
the convention last week.
Denver.-The desperate fight for
freedom Of Glenn Stitt who was con-
victed Of numbering Carl Lebers, near
Henderson, Colo, on Sept. 20. 1920.
was rewarded, when Justice John
Campbell Of the Supreme Court hand
ed down q decision granting him .
new trial.
Pusblo-A slight reduction In the
tax levy for Pueblo 10 to be made next
year. the general levy to be Is mills a.
compared with 1877 mills for the pres
snt year. A reduction was made in
1e22, the lower rates being evidence
Of the dty's recovery from the flood
Of 1921.
Bhghton.-Nike NcNulvie. convicted
Of stealing part Of the pay roll Of the
Harry Sanders road gang near Ben
nett was sentenced to from one to two
years In the penitentiary by Judge
Samuel johnson in the District Court.
AcNulvis was accused Of having brok-
en- into the pay car near Bennett,
where the money was on hand for pay
ment next dny and to have taken $500.
The money was recovered.
Fort Aorgan.-Sentence Of ten years
each fer the theft Of coupe here were
imposed by Judge H. L. Nunson Of the
Morgan county District Court upon H.
Williams. 81. and Harry Tiiiman, 10.
both Of New York City, when they
pleaded guilty. The boys claimed to
be hiking across the continent from
coast to coast whsa they took the
| nnssr~ NJ Y1nva ~ u%lS Hrc ~ 0n H.~ne 80