The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
FIGURES FOR 1915
CROP VALUE OF $too.oooooo 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.
w-s,een NexfDaper Union New, servios.

Denyer.-Again the statlsticians in
preparing Colorados annual state
ment have brought forth a balance
sheet that shows nothing in the red.
In a material and q 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
heneficent head over the fertile
plains and valleys and serried ranks
oil 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 l,O0O0G6 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 ii lacked in
quantity. Colorado apples brought
fancy prices In all Eastern markets.
When the talesmen counted the re-
ceipts. they credited Agriculture with
sl00.006.O 900 crop.
BONANZA Year in Mines.
Mining. the rock upon which Colo.
RADIO 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 approaimated the bon.
ANA days Of the state.
From sl9.SSs.000 worth OF gold In
1914 tho production rose to s2i.lG6.-
1853. II Is an i'll wind that blows no
body good The carnage In Europe
forced the price OF spelter up and an
advance II GO per cent was noted in
total production. Altogether. the
mines yielded $50 ,sGS In 1916, as
against si2.000.D00 in 1914.
The wind from the grass-coyered
ranges waited over the prairies to all
Who would listen the mingled voices
aud the milllon-hooied stamping of
colorado's great herd OF livestock
Trained judges of horses came from
iar lands OF shot and shell to take
from Colorado all II would offer In
the w.g of horseflesh. From SIT ,237, Z
100. the output OF the livestock mark
els In Colorado rose TO sG0, ,20S, 900 in
a years time. And the stock within
the state increased in value from slO2.-
100000 in December, 1914, to $l26.-
100000 In the December just closed.
With the coal mines once more op-
Grating at full blast. manufacturing
added another s51.OoO.00o to the
states wealth.
While the outstanding feature OF
the yesr In railroad circles was the
enormous traffic caused by the unpre.
eedented passenger movement to and
IRON the Pacific coast, resulting In a
total Of i.2GS.s40 passengers in and
out d the Denver Union station dur.
ing the year. the trial balance for the
twelve months ending Dec. 81 shows
a record OF increasing traffic Of all
kinds. and number OF notable events
In railroad history and excellent prom.
ise 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.