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,