The Arvada enterprise., 1923-01-18
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Denver.-Colorado mines In l922, %.
cording to Charles W. Henderson OF
the United States Geological Survey.
Department Of the Interior, produced
$8,5OO,O 600 in gold, 100000 ounces OF
silver, $4,000. 600 pounds Of lead, s,6O..
900 pounds of copper, and 24,OOO,WU
pounds lpf zinc jas compared with $6.'
s351es in golf 5.63l.657 ounces OF aa,
ver,'19A AbO, ,4Q6e pounds Of lead, 4,loS' ~
peindse 81 copper, and 2,36O, 600 pounds
of zinc in 1921. Average prices IN
1gg2 were 81 for silver, $o.f34 for cop
per, sO.O57 for lead, $O.O57 for zinc. US
compared with 81 for silver, $O.1S for
copper. $0O45 for lead, and 5000 Tor
zinc in lp21s. The, situation N 7the
Colorado anstal-mining indtttfy thltns
the first half of 1922 was dlsappoint-
Ing, but there was marked improve
ment as the year drew to close, par
ticularly when the November prices
for lead and zinc warranted hope Tor
stability OF market. There WAS also
Increased interest by capitalists In In
vestigation of the Industry. The price
of nearly 81 IN ounce for silver from
domestic ores under the Pittman act
was all that kept many Colorado mines
In operation In 1922, and the fact that
the governments purchases OF silver
under this act will probably be COM
pleted within the next twelve months
give cause for serious thought. The
price Of lead was low until November,
and iead-silver ores depended on the
silver content to carry the costs.
Denver.-1Notices that the structural
Iron workers Of Colorado and the
weOd, wire and metal latliers are de-
n,anding an Increase In wages effec-
tive April I, 1923, were received BY the
State Industrial Commission. These
notices were In compliance with the
provision Of the state industrial act
which requires the unions demanding
IN Increase u wages tO file notice
with the Industrial c0rnmission Vt least
thirty days before the increase de-
manded is expected to take effect.
The structu:l al iron workera according
to the notice filed by the head Of their
union. want an Increase from $S.25 to
x0.25 du.. The wood. wire and met.
III lathers are demanding an Increase
from the present scule Ut ~ und xlO.
to SO and $11.
Denver.-GOvernOr Sweet will not
sign the joint resolution, originating
In the Senate, which recommended to
President Harding the appointment Of
Representative Frank W. Mondell Of
Wyoming ~ sscEslurY oe he he inferior
to succeed Secretary Albert Il. Fall.
He hus two reasons. One IL that DR..
Hubert Work Of Colorado, now post.
master general, IL being considered.
and the second Is that next to Dr.
Work he favOrs former Governor
Campbell Of Arizona.
Denver.-Frank W. HOwbert. cOllec-
tor Of internal revenue, announced
that the 1872 blanks for income tux re-
ports Of individuals having incomes un.
der 5000 have been forwarded
through the muhls. Prompt returns
after the receipts Of the blanks are re-
quested by the department. Assistance
will be given by officials Of the depart
ment II the taxpayers come early and
avoid the rush. The lust day for III.
ing returns IL March Is.
Denver.-knut Brandt, l8-year-old
orderly at Fitxsimons hospital, who
;as found dead ut Sixteenth avenue
and Grant street, was murdered. This
finding Of the special army board prob.
ing his death was Indicated In conduct
ing a military funeral for the youth.
Although the .ctual report Of the
board IL carefully shielded, Maj. H. ID.
P0rterfield, In charge. admitted that
military services are not conducted for
4 suicide.
Grand Junction.-For every i've
couples In Mesa county who said II
will" In 1922 there was coupe part
Ing At the Cross roads with "Nsvsr
again" on their lips, according to the
records kept by the county clerk and
the county Judge. Two hundred ard
fifty-One couples were wed, while nj
ty-fIve bade farewell to marriage vows
and sought uguln the solitude Of single
blessednesS
Denver.-GOverno ShOup made the
following recommendations In his fare
well message to the Colorado l.egisla.
ture: Continuation Of the state
ranger force. Appropriation Of from
k5O.OOO to $lOO.0OO for prohibition en-.
fOrcement. Abolition Of the State
Board Of Equalization. Increased
powers for the tux commission. Leg.
islatiOn to make possible the taxation
Of intangible wealth. Improvement Of
the state hospital for the insane Ut
Pueblo. Conversion Of the home for
mental detectives ut Ridge into hos
pltal for the Insane for northern Colo
rado. Larger appropriations for state
educational Institutions. Continued
appropriations for water defense. Pro.
vision for compensation Of state pris-
Oners. A'-F =f ~