The Arvada enterprise., 1924-01-03
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

pdEluleutS, an uuult COlNpleteu Dy TIE
state auditors office shows. A cash
balance Of $22O.70 remained in the
land commissioners cash fund which,
with collections made by this depart
ment, equaled the sum of $22,337 40
From this amount S1S,956.05 was de-
Quoted for salaries and disbursements,
leaving balance OF $3,3S1.37, the
report states. The sum Of $3S,2SS.4S
was expended last year for salaries
and miscellaneous expense for all en-
leaving $31 1,411.51 Of the original ap-
preparation yet to be expended. The
Interest on farm loans last year
amounted to $37,124.45, all Of which
was paid in to the farm department
of the land board.
Denver. - Appointment of Harry
zimmerhackel, an attorney and George
W. Beck. an insurance man, rs joint
receivers for the Scholtz Mutual Drug
Company was made by United States
District Judge ]. Foster Symes, after
counsel for creditors, stockholders and
the company itself had made the re-
quest that liquidation of the firm be
ordered. Operation of the numerous
branches of the concern, which in
clude one each In San Francisco and
Los Angeles, six in Denver and one
each in Brighton, Longmont and Gree
ley, has been carried on since July 20
by creditors committee Of five men,
]. B. johnson and G. D. Blount of Den
yer and F. MacFarland. ]. ]. Wilson
and J. T. Sheron Of Los Angeles.
Colorado Springs.-Dlrt soon will
begin to fly for Manitou's new $780,
900 amusement pavilion and hotel pro-
ject sponsored by group Of Chicago
capitalists headed by w. H. Darrach,
president of the Pixies Peak Hotel
Company, which has acquired $780,
600 site just across from the Cliff
house and bathhouse in Mnnitou. In
commenting on plans for the future.
Mr.. Darrach declared that he ex-
pected representatives of the Rapp
Brothers. Chicago architects; Collins
Brothers. Kansas City. No.. contrac-
tors, and bonding company soon
after the first Of the year. when the
deal would be closed.
Fort Morgan.-When the Fort Nor
gan factory Of the Great Western Su-
gar Company closed its slicing cam
paign 4 few days ago 1t had produced
$4,000 sacks Of refined sugar-37. .00O.-
600 pounds of the sweet. The cam
paign here lasted ninety-flve days, ten
days longer than last year. The aver
age daily slicing at the local factory
was 1,467 tons. which Is above last
years record and gives the Fort Nor
gan factory practically an undisputed
claim to the efficiency pennant offered
Great Western factories. The average
sugar content Of the beets in this dis
trict was 14.15. several points higher
than 1t was last year
Colorado Springs.-Three workmen
were injured. one Of them probably fa-
tally, when the scaffold upon which
they were working on the new gymna-
sium unit Of the Colorado Springs
high school collapsed and hurled them
from a height Of fourteen feer to the
ground. Z. B. Norwood. who was un-
conscious when rushed to the Bethel
hospital, was found to have sustained
a conclusion Of the brain. Hospital
attaches held out little hope for his
recovery. J. l.. Beam, another work
man, incurred q number Of broken
bones in his left heel. and Walt John
son fractured left ankle.
Loveland.-The IIoveland w. c. T.
U. filed = petition with Mayor W. e.
Banks asking that the deportation Of
the family Of Conrad Schafer to Rus
ola be taken up BY city authorities
Immediately. Conrad schafer. head Of
the family. 10 now In Jail In Fort Col
Inns facing a bootlegging charge. the
petition states. He has been arrested
three times for the same offense.
Denver.-Federal District Judge J.
Foster symes declined immediate &C.
ceptancs Of an offer Of $500. 900 by
the Western Pacific and Missouri Pa.
cific roads to the Denver 3 Rio
Grande Western, which offer was cal.
culated to terminate speedily the pres
ent receivership and pave the way for
putting into operation the reorganisa.
tion plan.
Iongmont.-Relntives Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Barker are worried over
failure to receive word from them.
They are thought to have been caught
In the blizzard In New Mexico. as they
were en- route by nuto to California
Mt the time Of the storm. The last
letter received from them was dated
Dec. II and was sent from Lns Vegas,
N. NJ.
Colorado SprlnEs-Aiarlon Sanders,
undersherlff Of FL Paso county, was
killed when his revolver exploded nc.