The Arvada enterprise., 1923-12-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

serlousiy injured when an automobile
crashed into bob-sled party four
miles east Of here. The dead: Jack
Simpson OF Denver: Thomas Ward.
son OF Ethelbert Ward. Denver attor-
ney: Henri Vidal. son Of Henry G.
Vidal. Denver attorney; Ray Saunders
Of Boulder. The injured: Manlcy
Belts, Richmond. Va. may die
Charles Parker Of Orange. Calf. con-
dition critical: ]. g. Williams Of
Boulder, driver Of car. seriously in
jured.
Estes Park-Jack Moomaw. forest
ranger. narrowly escaped death from
nm attack by = vicious bobcat nj
Horseshoe Park. eight miles northwest
OF here. according to word reaching
this village few days ago Moomaw
had gone out to bring In bobcst the
rangers had trapped when q second
| bobcat leaped upon him from a tree.
Moomaw engaged in a fierce struggle
with the animal before he could grasp
his pistol and kill It, Moomaw was
badly lacerated from the bobcats
sharp claws
Denver.-Checks totaling upward Of
&o,OOO,OOO were sent out a few days
ago by the Great Western Sugar Com.
pany as an initial payment on the 1923
sugar beet crop In the territory which
It serveA The checks were for beets
delivered In November to the COM
pany's ten factories in Colorado. four
In Nebraska, one in Montana and one
In Wyoming. They brought the total
initial payments Of the Great Western
Company on the 1923 crop up TO be-
tween slo.O0O,OOO and S2O.OOO.OOO
Loveland.-Walter Gurkink. tester
Of the Johnstown Cow Testing Asso-
citation, reports that the average pro.
duction Of the 2SO cows tested in the
month Of November was 7O4h pounds
Of milk and 27.8 pounds Of butterfat.
A Holstein belonging to N. H. stew
art Of LASalle held the highest score.
while the high herd was tho Crowley
and Letford herd Of Milliken with an
average income Of 100 pounds Of
milk and 3S.l pounds Of butserfat.
Colorado sprinRs.-Bond and lease
Of the Stratton mining properties In
the Cripple Greek district to W. Spen.
Ger Hutchinson and associates of Bos.
ton for seven years was announced
last week by David P. Strickler. presi-
dent Of the stratton Cripple Greek
Mining Development Company. on his
return from Boston. where the trans.
action was consummated. The con.
adsration 10 said to Approximate g..
10000.
Denver.-Wiscondn. leading milk
producing state. will b represented
In the dairy cattle division OF the
eighteenth annual National Western
Stock show scheduled for Denver dur
ing the week Of January 10 to Jan.
uary 20. Announcement was made by
Secretary Robert II. Boyce that entries
have been received from r. J. RuepinE
Of Fon Du Lac. Washington. for fif.
teen head Of Guernsey cattle In the
milk COW classes.
Boulder.-Compromiss Of . damage
suit for $1,000 was made in the district
court here when T. N. Netherton. Den.
YER motorist. paid $500 to Margaret
Lucille Yates. 6year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Yates. Neither.
tons car struck the child playing In
front Of her home last February. The
parents sued Netherton. claiming the
little girl was permanently injured.
Fort Collins.-George Il. Morton.
state dairy commissioner. will veceivs
the unqualified support Of the state
board Of agriculture In his eontro
versy with members Of the Colorado
Dairymen's Association over co-Opera-
tive contracts between the association
and the milk producers, the board
decided At Q meeting here.
Nunn.-F1ve school Children Of
Num-. were seriously injured and sew
eral others suffered minor hurts when
a school bus upset two miles north
east Of Greeley. Twenty-three chill.
dren were In the bus NJ the time.
Denver.-Penitentiary sentences Of
nine 20 twenty years and fines sxKre.
eating $4,000 were pnxs~d on Mauric.
hiandell. 26-year.oid broker convicted
Of completely In entertainments Of al
most half million dollars from the
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company. by
Judge Samuel W. johnson In the West
Side court. Nineteen different sen.
tences were imposed on MnndelI for
his part In the bank loOting plot. All
the sentences are 10 run concurr.n'iy
uenvcr.-Thc Western Wool Grow.
ers Association hns voted nm nssess.
mcnt Of per cent sheep by its mem
bers 10 provide fund to nssls' the
federal burcnu Of geological survey In
Its campaign 20 erhdicntc coyotes on
the western slope. according 10 word
received here by Sinnlcy y. Young,
junior biologist In charge Of predatory
nnlmnl control work In Colorado.
Fort Morgnn.-Nniurnl gns In Guhn.
titles sufficient 10 burn with n blue
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