The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-01
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Rocky Foed.LThs annual meeting Of
the Otero County Poultry Association
was held recently u Rocky BUrd. when
the following officers were electsd:
President, g. n. Herrsa Of La Junta !:
Vice presidents James Oevenger Of
Rocky Ford and Oscar Houston Of Ia
Junta: secretary. Ars. z. Il Phillips
Of Rocky Ford; treasurer. Mia H. r.
Beatty OF Rocky Ford. Plans sce being
laid for an even greater shsw ut the
Arkansas Valley Fair than was given
last year. and james Ceveaysr was
appointed superintendent 1t 10
planned to conduct IN educational
campaign this winter with meetings
the flrst Of each month, b which ah
Interested In the breeding OF better
poultry will b welcomed ind at which
sumo Of the best experts In the c0un-
try Will b. heard. It 10 planned to use
three judges 1t the coming show In
connection with the fair. one Of whom
Will judge the American cixssss, one
the Neditsrranaaa and the third tlse
others
Fort ColllnA-Ths valustioa & Lar.
liner county for le22, - shswa hy the
tax roll completed BY County Asssssor
H. b Hammond. 10 x62,27%&0. This
70 q reduction from the lg2l valuation
Of &4l0,220 Although tho county has
. lower assessment tor l822 tnun for
1921 the taxes to be collected will be
more than the previous yea.. This V
due to the fact that twoaty-elght Of
the f0rty-six school districts Increased
their levies for the current years ex-
psnses. There were eight districts un-
able to meet their expenses with the
Increase provided By Law. They up
pealed to the tax commission tos per.
mission to increase the levy and the
petitions were granted Al the towns
In the county made the same levy for
1922 as for the year previous except
Fort Collins and Timnath. Foet Col
lins Increased its levy from II 10 l1.34
and Timnath reduced its wv from ~
to niils.
Montrose.-The five creameries Of
the Uncompahgre valley. located at
Montrose, Delta, Hotchklss. Cedaredse
and Nucla, unable to make individual
car shipments Of butter to the eastern
markets, have united and have just
completed the first car shipment Of
butter ever made from this section.
This will bring $4,000 to the valley
and will represent the most valuable
shipment ever made from this com
munity. The shipment was assembled
at Delta, with the MOntrOse creamery
providing about one-third Of the cargo.
Future car shipments will be made BY
the alliance of c,eameries. 1t 10 esti-
mated that at prertn Mt prices It would
require a shipment Of 125 cars Of po-
tatoes 10 eqnal the value Of the butter
shipment, winch has made many farm
ers iealize the value OF dairy herds.
Denver.-Suit to collect $1.406.l5
was filed In the County Court against
Mrs. Gertrude 0ubinsky. LDveland,
Colo. by the Baer-Weil knitting Com
pany. 1517 Arapah0e strost. and the
Van Antwerp Company. 14S7 Lawrence
street. The complaint charges that
some time ago MrA 0ubinsey pur.
chased q blu Of goods from esch place,
declaring that she owned the store at
Loveland for which the 0oods were
purchased. Investigation proved that
the store was owned BY her husband
and suit was filed against hes. each
store charging $500 exemplary damages
In additional to the original blu.
Grand Junction.-High priced cattle
iced and low priced potatoes recently
gave q Nootrose farmer aa Idea that
hs claims 10 now netting him q coosid-
cradle sum Of money. With hundreds
Of tons Of spuds on his ranch that be
couldn't sell and not q ton Of hay 70
teed the stock an old looomtive boiler
was purchased for q song. converted
into . pressure cooker. and now cattle
are eating home-cooked potatoes By
the ton with q relish that they nevss
showed for the commoasP varieties of
cattle feed.
Colorado sprinsA-NrA L A. Nltles
q Colombo Springs, fosoer Dsesidsnt
a he Colorado Fedeeattsa q Wsm-
sn's Clubs. was appointed pest laurs'
ate II the state By Govaaee Swsst.
Boulder.-University e Colorado
studeats and faculty are UespaFiAg 70
entertain 10000 persons e their axfh
biennial Nay fete. May 10. An ale
sosical drama written ~ Ma lrma
Rssd White. 10. preseahsA b. ~
dancers trained BY the physleal edsca-
tioa department viii be ~ feature Of
the celebration.