The Arvada enterprise., 1924-02-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

.ouiity Fair Association at the close
o. Its seventh annual meeting here,
I've convention will be held In Denver
REQ. 10 and 10 of next year. Prior to
.ne close of the convention the fol-
| lowing officers we're elected and in.
stalled: j. II. King, Sterling, presi-
dent; Il. H. Hanna, Greeley, vice pres
'dent; ]. l.. Miller, Rocky Ford. see.
retary; and Mrs. J. y. Richards Of
NOVA county. treasurer.
MISUNDERSTANDING a gunnysack
containing about half the bones OF
"hat was once Juan Meastav, n Mexi-
| Gun sheepherder, Sheriff Maupin OF
san Juan county, n. NJ. arrived in Du-
| range last week en- route to Aztec. In
MS custody was Edumenio Meastaz,
seif-confessed slayer, who led the Of
| hcers to clump Of scrub oak five
miles south OF Tiffany. Colo, and Just
over the line into New Mexico, where
he had concealed the body on June II,
l923, the day OF the killing.
Boulder five million Hitter.
ates In the United States and 5000
OF them In Colorado, n big problem OF
our rural school system Is to educate
these people," said Mrs. Mary G. c.
bradford, state superintendent Of pub
lie instruction, In an address on "The
1924 Viewpoint on Rural Education
before the thirty-eighth annual session
of the Boulder county teachers asso.
ciation at Prep school here.
Littleton.-One man Is in Jail, a sec
ond and two women, wives Of the two
men, are suffering from bruises and
laceratlons as result Of general
| free-fOr-all fight between the two cou-
pies here. The man in Jail, Marino
Ieonetti. is alleged to have attempted
to shoot Leroy West during the course
OF the fight. Wives of the two men are
alleged to have taken an active part in
the quarrel with their bare hands.
Meeker.-State prohibition officers,
assisted by score Of deputized citi-
zens, conducted booze>and gambling
cleaning, arrested twenty men and
wrecked what they declared was the
existence Of well manipulated moon
shine dispensing clique, which had op-
Grated uninterruptedly for months. The
raids were led by Officers james w.
Melrose and w. l.. Reece Of the staff
Of Director John II. Smith.
| Burlington.-The Better Farming"
campaign organized by the Rock Island
railway for the eastern part Of Colora-
do opened at Burlington with we'll
attended gathering Of farmers. dairy
men and cattle growers. The agricul-
tural party held meetings at vona, Sci
bert. Flagler. Arrlba. Genoa. Iimon,
Simla. Ramah, Calhan and Peyton.
Greeley.-A rich vein of gold has
been struck In Poudre canon, sixty
miles west Of Fort Collins, It was re-
ported here. f. NJ. Ely. one Of the
leaders in the company, which Is made
up Of Fort Lupton men. declared that
4 ten-foOt vein Of gold. silver ana lead
was found several days ngo mile
west of the -POudre tunnel.
Wiley.-Natural gas in strong flow
has developed in the deep water well
being sunk on the William Rudolph
ranch, three miles northwest Of Wiley,
in Bent county. At a depth Of 5l5
feet the flow coming from between two
sets Of casing Is SO strong that pro-
gress with the drilling Is made only
with extreme difficulty.
Denver.-Carcasses OF twenty.three
mountain sheep have been found three
miles from Tnrrynll, in the Lake
George district, State Game and Fish
Commissioner Il. G. Parvin announced
here. They are victims of the epidemic
which threatens to extermInate the
few mountain sheep left In that part
| OF the state.
Pueblo.--A convention for District
| IS. United Mine Workers OF America.
will be held In Pueblo March II and lS.
according to announcement OF Felix
POgliano, secretary Of the district. Re
vision Of the constitution and outlining
Of policies for the forthcoming year
are the objects Of the meeting.
Brighton.-Rolnnd G. Pnrvin, state
fish and game commissioner. an
nounced that Colorado has received
100000 rainbow trout eggs recently
purchased from Utah. These eggs Will
be taken to the hatchery near Brigh-
ton, where they will be hatched prepnr-
atory to bcir: placed In streams this
summer. This shipment brings the to-
tal OF eggs 80 fnr received up to 1000
600.
Denver. - Denvcrs "biggcst booze
seizure" In the form Of n freight cnr
loaded with sacramcntal wines, fell
with flop when Denver police who
had stood guard over the car for more
than twelve hours received summary
orders from the federal prohibition
agents to release the cnrl0ad Of liquor
and permit the shipment to continue
under an authorized government per
nit.
Dcnver.--I.cports which have just