The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

| Ing grace OF u0cOnSclOuSneSS, john
Crayton passed through one of the
most narrowing experiences In the an
mails nf local industry. Working in a
/ fIfteen-foot hole one OF the sides of the
excavation suddenly collapsed ana
! Crayton was buried beneath five feet
| Of earth The fast that severul lurge
| clods of earth stuck about his head
was the only thing that saved him
from suffocatioL. After about twenty
minutes of furious digging movement
of the loose soil disclosed the location
of the entOmbed man to the workers.
Denver.-Pnyment of approximately
$yOOO.OOO to beet growers on April 2
ern Sugar Company The distribution
of moneys. haiied by business men of
the beet growing districts ns u great
boon to farmers and the sugar factory
towns, represents 81 additional per ton
for the 1922 beet crop grown under the
company's sliding scale contract. This
dollar will bring the total payment per
ton in the Colorado and Nebraska dis
trcts of the Great Western Sugar
Company to 81.
Dcnver.-The condition Of live stock
in Colorado continues very favorable
and stock in feed lots are doing well,
according to reports Of the Crop and
Live Stock Division Of the United
States Department OF Agriculture. 1t
is too early to note any change in the
condition Of winter wheat which
ranges from poor to fair. Plans are
being made for spring work and an In
| crease In the acreage OF corn, spring
wheat and beans Is expected, but de-
crease In the acreage of potatoes.
Denver.-The Colorado Stockgrow-
ers Association has authorized com
mission firms ut the Denver Union
stockyards to deduct rs cents from the
proceeds Of each shipment Of cattle,
sheep, hogs, horses and mules billed
from stations In Colorado, except from
Denver to river points, for the main
tenance and development Of the asso-
citation, and In promoting and guarding
the interests Of the live stock industry
Of Colorado.
Colorado Springs.-Marsden G. Scott.
former president Of the International
Typographical Union. died here after
an illness Of ten days. Born In III
mira, N. Y, fifty-eight years ago, Mr..
Scott was educated there, and about
thirty-eight years ago. entered the
printing trade. For years he was en-
ployed In various shops and newspa-
per offices. both as writer and print
er, throughout the state Of New York.
Denver.-Ten thousand children in
the Denver schools are seriously under
weight for height; this Of. a total of
nearly $1,000 children weighed and
measured by the Denver tuberculosis
| Society in cooperation with the play
ground department of the schools last
Ices that SO many of our children are
beginning life handicapped.
Boulder.-Dominic Mostriane of La
faycttc was sentenced to a term in the
penitentiary of not less than fifteen
months nor more than three years by
Judge George II. Bradfield lie plead
cd guilty to violating the liquor laws.
This was MOstriane's second Offense.
It Is the first penitentiary sentence for
liquor violation to be imposed In Houl-
| der county.
Denver.--SenatOr Samuel ID. NichOl-
son of Colorado, who has been Ill for
| the past two weeks. has left Washing
ton, II. c., for Rochester, MIMI. where
he Will enter the Mayo hospital for ex-
| animation. Puzzled as to the exact
cause OF the senator's illness, Mr..
Nichols"n's physician suggested he
visit the Mayo brothers, who are ex-
perts on diagnosis.
Pucblo.-Alfred J. COmbers Of Mo
line, ILL.,. was taken from a train here
after violent struggle and was
lodged in jail pending an investigation
Of his sanity. He had been employed
as u machlnlst ut Minturn, Colo, and
was on his way east when he was
stricken with tit of insanity, police
said.
Cripple Crek.-Vcry high grade ore
now sacked for shipment to the Golden
Cycle mills was recently developed In
the old Golden Cycle bonanza and Ia
showing I'm assay value Of 81 to the
pound sack. This means close Ia
$1,000 to the ton. The first carload
sent out returned close TO $4,000
Sullivan and partners nrc the fortu.
nate leascrs. They are old Golden Cy.
Gle miners.
Denycr.-What police and federal
agents believed was IA hot tip toward
capture of three men suspected OF i'm
plicntion in the S2OO,OOO robbery In
front of the Denver mint on Dec. Is,
fel! short Of realization when three
men trapped In II cabin near Liberty
Mo-, proved to be others than the men
sought, according to IA press dispatch
from Liberty.
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