The Glenwood post., 1913-11-01

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aaAs . tzi1 - ~ cAasAsr ntns On
Salt creek yesterday. This mine is
owned and operated by J. o. and J. +.
Buchholz. VIM. Johnston and John
Welsh and gives promise of opening
up into q steady shipper.
Jim Buchholz is in charge Of the
work at the mine and they have the
tunnel in over 100 feet, and have
very good showing of copper and silver
ore, and, from the present indications
We expect them to be shipping before
rpring.-Eagle Enterprise.
1t will soon be time for those citi-
sens who have been called upon 20
serve as district court jurors to jour
ney to Glenwood Springs, and in this
connection the Telegram can prophesy
that the November, 1918, term of this
court will be the most important and
interesting to the taxpayers ever held
in Garfield county. That's the way
things look at this time, and . few
weeks hence more definite statements
will probably be forthcoming from the
county seat.-Rihe Telegram.
z. b. Higgins expects to leave early
next month for Texas to investigate in
person the potato markets in the south
and west. and as q result of his trip
may ship his crop direct to that state
He asks that other potato growers who
have not already disposed of their
crop to confer with him before pro
ceeding to do SO, and it may be that a
regular market will be permanently es-
tablished in Texas for Rife grown
spuds.-Rihe Telegram.
Sugar Dsst Crop
Eagle is getting to be quite = potato
town. During the month of septem.
ber there were 32 car loads Of spuds
shipped from the Eagle depot, and dur.
ing October up to the e2nd, there were
l03 car. shipped, making = total Of
1875 carloads to be shipped this fall.
This is quite an item when it must be
taken into consideration that there are
many farmers who are holding their
potatoes for higher priees.-Eagle En-
terprise.
The sugar beet crop in Colorado this
year will be the largest in the history
Of tho beet INDUSTRY in tnis STAT. an:
the increase in yield will be larger
pr"port' onately than any other sing'"
rro,. cclording to estimates us com
filed ny merchants and by the Gre:
Western Sugar company. Reports from
the beet growing districts show that
the yield per acre is much greater tina
in 1912.
James Porter was county seat Wis
itor on Monday, and was escorted
the handsome new building re-
Gently completed and occupied by the
Citizens National bank. of which insti-
tuition Mr.. Porter has been director
since the charter was issued.-Rife
Telegram.
The figures show that the beet acre
age has been increased to 10000 over
5000 last year. Based on this acre
age the estimated value of Colorado's
beet crop for 1918, including the by
products, will be $50, 100000 or an ad-
vance over the year previous of $l0,-
100000.
This alone will mean, according II
the merchants, . corresponding increase
in the returns to the farmers. 1t In
estimated that last years sugar best
crop was worth S10, ,000, 900 to the farm
ers. whereas this year the returns
should be sl5,ooo, 900.
1t is estimated the sugar beet efsp
this season viii bring this industry IN
to close competition With the mineral,
agricultural and livestock industries.
In northern Colorado, according to 10
ports, the yield has shown . phenons,
nal growth.
1t is predicted that the sugar mana-
in Colorado this year will be
more than doubled. The figure. for
1912 show that 193, 900 long tons were
turned out. 1t is believed the 500, 900
mark will be reached this year.-Fruit
Journal and Western Farmer.