The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-14
FIGURES FOR 1915.
CROP VALUE OF $1oo, 900 900 THE
PAST YEAR SHOWS COLO
RADIOS MAJESTY.
Mining Output and Live Stock Riches
Attest Growth Of State and Pros
perity of People of Cen
tenniai State.
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Western NewsDaper Union News Service
Denver.-Again the statisticians in
preparing Colorado's annual state
ment have brought forth a balance
sheet that shows nothing in the red.
In a material and a social sense. the
year 1915 was the most momentous
In the history of the state.
First In Importance from a material
standpoint comes: Agriculture, queen
of Colorado industries. Ceres bent her
beneficent head over the fertile
plains and valleys and serried ranks
of wheat, corn. beets. hay, the product
of the farm and the vegetable patch.
covered the ground. The unirrigated
lands of the eastern plains, blessed
again by heavy precipitation, sprouted
like the banks of the Nile. The wheat
crop was greater by 100000 bushels
than ever before. The potato indus
try revived. In beet sugar production
Colorado again led the nation Even
the apple crop, shortened by an un-
usually low summer temperature,
made up in quality what it lacked in
quantity. Colorado apples brought
fancy prices in all Eastern markets.
When the talesmen counted the re-
ceipts, they credited Agriculture with
a s1o0,O00,0OO crop.
Bonanza Year in Mines.
Mining, the rock upon which Colo
rado and Denver were founded, rose
again like volcanic rock from the
sea, and the hills and the mountains
poured forth river of precious metals
that closely approximated the bon
ANA days of the state.
From s19,ssS,O00 worth of gold in
1914 the production rose to s24,166,-
1853. 1t is an i'll wind that blows no.
body good The carnage in Europe
forced the price of spelter up and an
advance VI GO per cent was noted in
total production. Altogether, the
mines yielded $50 0,623, ,S6S in 1915, as
against s42.000,000 in 1914.
The wind from the grass-covered
ranges waited over the prairies to all
who would listen the mingled voices
and the million-hoofed stamping of
Colorndo's great herd of livestock
Trained judges of horses came from
far lands of shot and shell to take
from Colorado all 1t would offer in
the way of horseflesh. From $47 7.237,-
900, the output of the livestock mark
cts in Colorado rose to s60,208,000 in
years time. And the stock within
the state increased in value from S102,-
100000 In December, 1914, to $780,
100000 IN the December just closed.
With the coal mines once more op-
Grating at full blast, manufacturing
added another s5O0O0,0OO to the
states wealth.
While the outstanding feature of
the year in railroad circles was the
enormous traffic caused by the unpre-
cedentsd passenger movement to and
from the Pacific coast, resulting in a
total of 4,26S,34O passengers in and
out Of the Denver Union station dur
ing the year. the trial balance for the
twelve months ending Dec. 81 shows
record OF increasing traffic of all
kinds, and a number of notable events
in railroad history and excellent prom
Use for the future, especially in con
nection with the concerted statewide
campaign for fair freight rates.
Mesa Verde Park Great Attraction.
The government has published more
literature dealing with the Mesa
Verde National Park than any of the
other national Fairgrounds. In this
district are the finest and best-pre
served ruins that have been found in
North America