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VOLUME XV.—NO. 41. TOWN REVENUE IS ALLOCATED TOWN BOARD PASSES ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE; NEW PUMP ALSO SETTLED FOR IN MONDAY NIGHT SES SION OF BOARD. The town board of trustees, at an adjourned meeting Monday night, passed the 1924 appropriation bill, alloting the revenues of the town. The ordinance in detail appears in another column of this paper and is worth of careful perusal. A total of $20,259.41 is expected to be derived from the various rev enues of the town. $3,232.50 has been apportioned as principal and in terest on water works bonds, and a further interest charge on water works extension_bonds of S9OO is be ing provided for, and SBOO for prin cipal and interest on water bonds of the town, Trunk line sewer bonds will take $1,100.00 for interest and the orna mental street lighting system wur rants and interest have taken some over SI,OOO. Operating expenses of the town in clude S3OO for the fire department; SSO for the health department; S9OO for the water works system; $2,239 for street and alley work and $4,535 for salaries, The general fund has been set at $2.200. The board also completed the con tract for the new pump of the town, paying in full for the equipment with the exception of one disputed item between the contractor and a sub contractor. Town Engineer Sydow was present at the meeting and explaired some features of the newly assessed sani tary district sewer roll. Cocmpletion of the assessment roll is hoped for at an carly date, delay being occasioned by the fact that various parcels of ground in the city are not properly abstracted and described. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO MEET IN PUEBLO MARCH 25, 26, and 27 The Colorado *Municipal Officers’ league will hold its second annual conference in Pueblo, at the city hall March 25, 26 and 27. Speakers at the conference will in clude Don Sowers and William Bracy of the Untversity of Colorado, James H. Pershing of Denver, Harry N. Burhans of the Denver tourist bur eau, A. C. Cross of the state counn cil of health agencies and George E. \Mnrton. state dairy commissioner. LOUIS W. STINGAL FALLS DEAD MONDAY MORNING Lous W. Stingal of South Wads worth avenue, dropped dead Monday morning while helping Mr. Zimmer of the same neighborhood. Neigh bors carried him to the Zimmer home and summoned medical aid, but he died two hours later without craining consciousness. Mr. Stingal is survived by his wife, Nora Stingal and one daughter, Paul ne. Funeral services will be held Fri 1y morning from the Hofman par ors in Denver. Interment will Le ade at Crown Hill. SHORT NEWS OF ARVADA Pete Gorter was quite ill the fore art of the week. Mrs. Mike Root visited her mother n Denver Tuesday. H. Layne is erecting a new garage n his property on Ralston avenue. H. Layne has sold three-quarters f an acre to C. W, Stallings of Tex- Laura, the little daughter of Mr. nd Mrs, George Johnson, is on the ek list, M. Fraser of Golden spent Satur ay and Sunday with his family in rvada, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Nolte attend d a convention held in the Berkeley laptist church last week. W. M. Miller of Denver is visiting is week with his son, W. A, Miller, nd famly of East College avenue, J. H. Simmons has rented the A. . Bell residence on West College venue and will move in next week. Mrs, Henry Pixley of South Wads 'orth avenue, who has been on an xtended trip in the east, returned to er home here last week. Henry Wingert sprained his back st week in a full off a boxcar on ¢ C. & 8. sidetracks. He is re orted as doing very nicely. , Otis Brintnall of Chester, Okla oma, and Mrs. Jennie Black of heeler, Kansas, visited last week ith their sister, Mre. A. L. Elgin, | THE ARVADA ENTERPRISE With Which is Consolidated the Arvada Sun MARGARET RUMPF WINS THE JEFFERSON SPELLING BEE Miss Margaret Rumpf of the Bth grade of the Wheatridge schools won the county spelling contest held at Golden in connection with the Jef ferson county Teachers association Saturday. By her victory Miss Rumpf will represent the county at the state con test, the winner of which will be the guest of the state teachers for threc days in Denver. GIRLS' GAME IS POSTPONED |MIXUP BETWEEN DEERTRAIL ! AND FREDERICK POSTPONES ARVADA GIRLS’ GAME—PLAY | OFF EITHER SATURDAY OR j MONDAY NIGHT. | Due to a ball-up in the first of he girls’ championship basketball games the Arvada team was not in action last week-end as had been an ticipated. The game played last week be tween Frederick and Deertrail north ern and eastern champitons respec tively, broke up in a disagreement as l'to time. The trouble arose when the ‘timekeepers. who were calling the time from an ordinary watch, dis agreed as to whether time was out, or whether two minutes to play re mained. The Deertrail team refused to return to the floor to play out the two minutes, protesting the game as a whole. ‘ A meeting of superintendents of Ithe leagrue has been called for Satur day nicening in Denver, when the | protest will be either allowed or ov | erruled. y ‘ The score for the protested game at the conclusion was 24 to 22 in lf:n'or of Frederick. In case the Frederick team is held !thc winner, theeArvada team will play them on the Regis college gym | floor at eight o'clock Saturday night, March 22, ] Should the Deertrail protest be al {lowed, the Frederick-Deertrail game I'will be played over in the Arvada | high school gym Saturday.night, the ]locul team to meet the winner at { Regis Monday night. As much notice as can be given in either event will be arranged. Word received recently from Mrs. Al Belgin, who is at the bedside of a sister at Atwood, Colo., states that the sister is still quite ill. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hollingsworth | of Fraser, Colo., are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter, Anna May. Mrs. Hollingsworth was formerly Miss Gertrude Arkell of Arvada. |Mot.her and daughter are doing nice ly. Registration Board to Sit on Tuesday If you want to vote in the com ing municipal election, be sure your name is on the registration lists. . The supreme court of Colofado has decided that registration ap plies to municipal as well as state and national elections. The Board of registration for the April 1 election comprises A. A. Jackson, Chas. Wilber and Au gust E. Schultz. The board will sit at the town hall all day Tuesday, March 25, and all ncw voters or those who have not been registered must get their names on the list if they care to vote. ARVADA, COLORADO, THUR.\'D;\\', MARCH 20, 1924. ARVADA HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday morning of this week, Miss Lowe's roll call staged a very entertaining assembly program. Neva Weaver recited two Irish recitations, “Carrying Out a Theory” was the name of a play put on by Paul Leich nitz, Andrew Langworthy, Violet Al len, Pascal Lovelace and George Summers. Lillian Leichnitz played the march at the beginning and close of assembly. James Asa White of the Colerado Woman's college spoke to the as sembly Wednesday morning and cer tainly had a worth-while message for everyone, “If you arce tempted to slight your work, to do ¢nough simp- Ito ‘get by', forzet it! Throw your soul into it and if you have the .p --portunity of building veur founda tion deep and broad, baild it so that NEAR EAST TO GET CLOTHING | TOWN HALL WILL BE USED AS | DEPOT FOR USED CLOTHING ! TO BE SENT TO NEAR EAST ORPHONS—PICTURES AT THE THEATER TWO NIGHTS. i —_— | Further plins have been made by the local committee in Arvada to as sure success for the campaign "1 be half of the Near East Relief for the orphan children gathered in the or | phanages in Armenia, Palestine and | Greece by the American people. In | addition to Sunday services arranged iin the local churches for next Sunday as announced in The Enterprise last week, representatives have already been appointed by the Parent-Teach ers association, and the Woman's he lief corps. Moving pictures will be shown in the Arvada theater on K ;(lll)' and Saturday evenings, ir addi tion to those planned at the high school auditorium Friday. | Mrs. F. D, Hutchings, president of the Parent-Teachers association, has named George H. Wheatley, super intendent of the local schools, and Mrs, J. H. Wilson, principal of the grade school, as members of the local Near East Relief committes to com plete plans for the drive for used clothing and contributions Myre, Lillian Newton, chairman f the Woman's Relief Corps, has asked Mrs, Lucile Emory of Berkeley, who is chairman of the Near Kast Rellef section of the corps, to represent that organization in the campaign, At the next meeting of the Wom an's club April 2, Mrs. A, Parfitt, president, and Mrs. W. W. Benson, chairman of the community Near East Relief committee, will present the matter in detail to the members of the club, Friday and Saturday evenings, R, A. Preus, owner of the Arvada the ater, has arranged to show a one-reel film “What the Flug Saw' between the two shows as an added attrac tion in connection with his eleven reel features for those two evenings, Those in Arvada who are assisting the state headquarters in the move for the relicf of the homeless or phan children in the Near East, have decided to make a success of their effort, Through the cooperation of Miss Hazel Garlick, town clerk, the town hall will be used as headquarters for the used clothing campaign, and bun dles may be left there from now on until the collection hus been com pleted. It is planned to make a con certed offort along this line the re mainder of this week, and also from April 2 to 5, after the meeting o1 Ithc- Woman's club, Bundles should be addressed to “Near East Relief, 712 Central Sav ings Bank building, Denver, Colo."” and left or sent to the town hall, Marooned!! in the days to come you will be able to build the super-structure that will be ¢ joy to yourself and a joy to your parents and the community.” Mr White’s main thought in his ul dries was that “education should es tablish a basis of control and serv ice © ‘V.dnesday afternoon ac 2.00. the Arvada Parent-Teachers association met in the high school auditorium-- the meeting beinr one week late this morth owing to the inclem nt weath er of last Wednesday. It was a very successful meeting and a much larg er attendance than usual was noted. The children of the kindergarten and 1B grades were the chief source of entertainment and they did excep tionally well. Refreshments were served by the mothers at the close of the meeting. R NEW LINE PLAN ON W. 38th AVE. ZIP CLUB BACKS MOVE TO EX. TEND PRESENT W. 38th AVE. TRAM LINE INTO WHEAT. RIDGE—JOHN BACHER HEADS STALL PRICE COMMITTEE. West 38th avenue will have an ex tension of the Denver tramway lines at an early date if plans being laid by the ZIP club progress favorably. I The Tramway company has tukc-n‘ ‘(‘ug"\izun('u of the club’s request and {early this week took a census of the lpooplc living along that avenue. On ly one objector was found to the new :s(-r\'ic« within a stetch of some three "miles, l The regular monthly meeting of ithe club was held Saturday and the | fight on the high price of marketing I.\'lulls in Denver was discussed, | John Bacher was appointed chair {man of a special committee to lunh‘ ;inlu the matter thoroughly with a view to lowering the prices and also to investigate a proposal of a new, lareer and more adequate market, which the club declares is badly needed by the fruit and vegetable growers and the: Denver grocers. ! The following vice chairmen for their various districts were appoint ed at the Saturday mecting: Gold den, Teagarden Brothers; Maple Grove, Paul Wallick and J. B, Colby; Wheatwidge, Joseph Bacher and J, L, Conley; Arvada, John Kemmett, Nick | Keller and Carl Extrum; Edgewater, [ Bert Morchead, A. F. W. Anderson cand James W, Shirley, ! Plang are now under consideration | for another mass meeting of affected Lgrowers to be held in April, COMMUNITY CHORUS AT A. L. LONG HOME MONDAY ‘ The Arvada Community chorus will meet Monday evening, March 24, {nl the A. L. Long home Ralston ave nue and East First street, I Some new members were present [ast Monday night and it is hoped ' that more will attend Monday, ' It 'is again urged than any who en joy chorus work join with the chorus, A full attendance +x desired to pre "pare for the coming concert, planned [in April, ! Miss Elln Holmes, who has been (spending a vacation in California, re returned to her home here Friday, | from which place they will be gath ered and forwarded to the Near East orphanages by Frank W. Heilman, | regional and state director for Colo rado and Wyoming. 1 Harry C. Green, who has been ax | wisting Mr. Heilman in his work in I Denver and vieinity ths winter, is ]rl-pr(-u.-n(inu the state office in Ar vada, CANON CITY VOTES BONDS FOR NEW SCHOOL HOUSES Canon City has recently voted in favor of a bond issue of $250,000 with wheih to erect new school build ings. The new structures will include a senior high school, a grade building and an industrial building. The new bond issue carried by a majority of 1250. Prof. O. B. Drake, who was for 16 years superintendent of the Arvada schools, is Canon City's superinten dent., CITIZEN’S PARTY NAMES LEADERS HENRY JUCHEM SELECTED FOR MAYOR; C. R. BUCK, FRANK E. WEST AND ROY A. PIERCE NAMED TO MAKE RACE FOR BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES. Henry J. Juchem was selected as the nominee for mayor at the meet (ing of the Citizens' party held in the town hall Friday night. C. R. Buck, Frank E. West and Roy A. Pierce were named as candidates for town trustees., A spirit of confidence was cxprcxs-‘ ‘ed by all present that the Citizens’ Party would carry the election nnd‘ speeches were made by the candi dates and others. ‘ The meeting was presided over by C. V. Jackson, chairman and J. M. Price, who acted as secretary. “I am not making any pledges to secure my election,” declared Mr. Juchem Friday night. “l have no promises to make—and regret later, The one pledge I will make is to | handle the office to the best of my ability and as ‘1 would run my own business, if elected.” | - No platform was adopted at the ‘meeting, but the remarks made and their tentative acceptance by all ipr.«-.-m. links the party to a recom mendation of the past actions of the ilm;u'd in regard to public improve ments and declares for the continued Cprogress of the town along improve ‘ment ideas, Mayor F. C. Murchison made a talk of considerable length, telling of the actions of the present board, its aims and the inside of a few moves which have aroused comment. Es pecial emphasis was made by the mayor upon the fact that while per haps certain things had not been un dertaken in the shorest and best way, vet no fraud or corruption could be attached to any of the council. | The meeting adjourned at an early hour after laying some plans for the coming campaign, 4 ‘ e Fat and Lean Men to Play Basketball | —_— Fat and lean business men of the town will engage in the next week's wame of basketball at the Community (M.E.) church Monday night at 7.30, - Joe Munal and Rev, Hoover are leaders for the lean players and Juck Olson and Judge Wilber will di rect the play for the big boye, No admission will be charged but a silver collection to pay for the doctors' and surecons’ fees and dam age to the floor will be taken. | Last Thursday night the Leyden miners tromped on the husines: mer ‘ by n 32 to 18 score and on Monlay night of this week walloped the Cuke Faters of the town by an even worae | TH’ OLE GROUCH $2.00 PER YEAR WESLEY STALEY TAKES OWNLIFE iDESPONDENT OVER FAILURE TO REGAIN HEALTH, ARVADA ~ BANKER TAKES LIFE—WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE ‘ STATE. | | Wesley B. Staley, president of the ivst National bank of Arvada and vice president of the Globe National t Bank of Denver, took his own life at (noon Sunday by shooting himself through the head. Melancholy in duced by failure to regain his health following o complete breakdown a year or more ago, wis responsible for his act. For some time Mr. Staley had heen watched very carefully to avoid (iust cuch an end, but he seemed in suen a cheerful mood Sunday morn- Inl;.' that Mvo. o 0 went to church with a friend, leaving wa. ooy at home alone. Upon the return of the two ladies search was made for Mr, Staley, the friend discovering his lifeless body stretched in front of a mirror, a re volver clasped in his right hand. Mcdical aid_ was summoned but it was' too late) Affairs of the First National bank were found in excellent shape, it be ing shown that no financial worries had entered into the trouble. Mr. Staley left no word. His will was found in the vault at the bank, and leaves the bulk of his estate, val ued at approximately SIOO,OOO to his widow, Wesley B. Staley was born on a farm in Mason county, Hlinois, in 1865, He came to Colorado in 1889 and homesteaded in the San Luis val ley. He later went into business in Hooper, Colo., and then became connected with the First National bank of Windsor. He came to Ar vada in 1910, He was clected to serve Jeffer son county as representative in the Twenty-first Colorado general oy sembly and was elected to the state senate for the twentieth and twenty second assemblies, acting as chair main of the senate finance commit tee. He was o candidate for state treasurer on the Democeratic ticket at the last general election, llnxi-lv.v. his widow, Mr, Staley s survived by a son, Wesley B. Staley of Houston, Texas; five brothers, Daniel H. of Denver, Albert M. of Brighton, Frank M. of Nevada, Mo, and Roy of Arvada; and four sisters, Mrs. C. A. Pace of Nevada, Mo., Mrx. Viola Lenhart, Mrs. Elizabeth Wind sor and 3\!1". Bertha Smith, all of Los Angeles, California, Funeral services were held from the Olinger Mortuary chapel Wed nesday afternoon at four o'clock. Interment was made at Crown Hill. BIBLICAL AUTHORITY TO SPEAK ON “THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE” HERE TONIGHT I'vof. 1. R, Hean, of Toronto, Can ada, an wuthority on Biblical topics, and alecturer of note, will speak at the Arvada Preshyterian chureh to night at 7:30, Mr, Dean will speak on the sub jeet of “The Bible und Science,” Lacture 1 Denver by the same ipeaker have been glowingly recom mended by religious pecile and a nre trent promized local church OCTH, COLORADO & SOUTHERN FREIGH IRAIN JUMPS RAIL IN ARVADA TODAY A freight train on the Colorado & Southern got skittish this morning und jumped the rails o short distance cast of the tramway hridge, Traffic on the line wax tied up for some time and pascengers o Denver on the early morning train were tak en into town by street car, Enterprise Grange Fifty Years Old Enterprise Grange No. 26 plans o big celebration for Monday night, April 21, when they will celebrate the fifitieth anniversary of the foun dution of their lodge, Detailed arrangements nre heing made by the committees in chorgo of the eclebration, speakers of wtate wide Importance, an open meeting to veryhody, n program and big wup per belng on the list, Despite the fifty years of age, the Grange s far from heing feeble, Wednesduy night, the degree team of Clear Creek Valley grange initinted ten new members into the Enterprise grange, A big oyster supper with plenty of ice cream and enke waw served after ghe Initintory ceremon jen,