The Arvada enterprise., 1923-04-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

wheat condition Is reported by corre-
This Is the lowest condition In recent
years, and Is % points below the ten
Year average, according to the April
report OF the division Of crop and live
stock estimates in cooperation with
the Colorado State Board Of mmigra-
tlon. Rye Is rated at 81 per cent, 2S
points below the ten-year average.
The number Of brood sows is reported
as 10 per cent above the number ut
this time last year.
nnyer.-Telcgrums to the COVER
nors of Wyoming, Utah and New Mex
leo, urging them to have representa-
,ivcs at the hearing of the federal
power commission In the office OF the
secretary of war. April is, on the ap-
plication Of James B. Grand for
power license ON the Colorado river ut
Diamond Creek, Ariz., were sent by
Is opposing G!rand's application, rs
well as others, In view of the fact that
the Colorado river pact has not been
ratified by Arizona.
Fort Collins.-The stock Judging
team of the Fort Collins high school
Will represent the scholastic institu-
tions Of Colorado at the international
meet In Chicago In November and the
Interstate meet In Denver next Janu-
AIRY, as II result of the stute contest
held here. Fort Collins won the state
championship with IL total of 2.59I out
Of Il possible $3.50 points. Rocky Ford.
1922 champion, was second with 1850
points.
Canon City.-A band Of daylight
robbers wns broken up here when the
police arrested Albert Ortez, Frank
Deporta and Alberto Montoya and
found II. their possession several hun
drcd dollars worth OF stolen goods,
most OF II the property Of local mer-
chants. The plan followed by the men
was for all three of them to enter Y
store and while two OF them engaged
the attention OF employees the third
man would lit the goods.
Cripple Creek.-The shaft on the
Cresson mine IL to be sunk 200 feet
farther In the hope OF developing rich
veins. the existence OF which has been
drill The seventeenth level is the
lowest In the mine AT present, ut u
depth OF 1000 feet. When the shaft
gets down twenty-five feet farther II
will encounter the water level. Pumps
have been put In to raise this water
and permit OF further sinking.
Durnngo.-Steve Elkins. o.. noted
hunter Of big game. fell from II hay
NOW at Willow Park, twenty-five
miles northwest OF Durango. during
the night and his body wns found with
the neck broken, at daylight few
days ago. Elkins was plotting II party
of Ensterners On game hunt and
went to sleep In the haymow. During
the night lie turned over, evidently,
and rolled TO sn opening In the floor.
Dcnver.-The storm which for sew
eral weeks has been br0odlng over the
federal prohibition office here, the
near approach OF which was sIRnaled
by the resignation OF Director McClen-
ahan, has burst. As n result, Ben Eng
lander, suspended some weeks ago, was
removed. -Four agents, Daniel J. Gaf-
fy, Charles J. Mattel. Fred +. Klein
and Dale Hunt. have been suspended
while charges are Investigated.
BOulder.-rrof and Mrs. 4. ID. A.
C0ckereli have applied for passports to
Siberia where they plan to spend the
summer investl eating new fossil bed
that has been opened UP there. Pro
fessOr Cockercll believes that from
samples he has received the Siberian
fossil bed is the same Nh that 1T Flor.
iasan,. Colo, where he and Mrs. Cock
erell have conducted extensive studies.
BOuldcr.-Tw0 hundred thousand
dollars are sought by H. r. Jones' Of
Eldorndo Springs In y suit that in To
begin trial here April 30 against the
Order OF Railway Conductors and the
brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen
whom lie charges with conspiracy to
prevent him from securing regular EN-
plOyncnt with the Colorado L South.
ern and the Denver lnterurban.
Pueblo. T.. Vey. u farmer. living
st Undercliff-. Colo, twenty'one miles
southeast Of Pueblo. narrowly escaped
death. and the new touring car he MAS
driving WAS destroyed while he WIS on
his way home. The ear slipped from
the highway. skiddlng In soff dirt.
overturned Into n ditch by the road.
side and caught fire. Ney succeeded
In crawling from under the machine
and escaped injury.
For, COllins.-A NOR. extensive and
more inicnsiS. religious work program
was launched nj the Fort Collins y.
NJ e. A. In u conference ~ local Off.
clals Of th. association md r"pr"sen.
ta,Iy-s Of tn. state association and
other Y. ~. &. A. workers.
Pu.blo.-FightIng Tx. II champion,
Bud Hamilton, Denver bnninmw"Isht.
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