The Colorado statesman., 1919-08-09
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

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Larimer County Fair. Loveland' Aug
Boulder County Fair. Longmont, Sept.
2-5
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford
Mergan County Fair. Fort Morgan
Routt County Fair, Hayden, Sept. 3-5.
Logan County Fair, Sterling Sept 3
Delta County Fair, Hotchltiss Sept. O.
Adams County Fair. Brighton, Sept. o
Mqffat County Fair. Maybell. Sept IL
Plateau Valley State Fair. coibran'
Baca County Fair, Springfield, Sept.
Trinidad-Las Animas County Fair,
Trinidad, Sept. 1919.
| Conetos County Fair, Manassa, sept
Western Slope Fair, Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
Yuma County Fair, Yuma, Sept. 1920
Phillips County Fair, Holyoke. Sept
saguache County Fair. saguache, Sept.
Colorado-New Mexico Fair, Durango.
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo, Sept 22-
Grand County Fair. Kremmling, Sept.
Crowley County Fair, Sugar City, Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair,
Grand Junction, Sept. 80 to oct. 3.
Douglas County Fair, Castle Rock.
Oct. 10.
Colorado has collected S443,699.03 in
inheritance taxes since January LIST,
says Attorney General Victor E. Reyes,
head of the inheritance department.
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port issued, $21, 456.S2 was collected
the last two weeks of July.
The figures show that there are APP
proximately 22,000 motor cars in the
city and county of Denver alone and
10000 elsewhere in the state. The
increase of machines in Denver this
year will easily be 20 per cent, it is es-
timated.
Approximately 81 per cent of the
wheat grown in Colorado this year is
on irrigated land, compared with 81
per cent in 1909. The acreage of wheat
| on nonirrigated land in the state has
increased nearly. 700 per cent in the
past ten years.
Every part of Weld county has been
drenched by heavy and repeated rains
recently Both the Platte and the Pou-
DIRE rivers have big flows of water and
all danger of damage to late crops such
as potatoes and cabbage resulting
from drouth is believed to be past.
Joseph Koleski, rancher residing
at Eastlake, in Adams county, was in
stantly killed by lightning. Koleski left
his home during a severe storm for the
purpose of looking after some live
stock. When he did not return, a
searching party was organized and he
was found dead in field. He Is sur
vived by his widow and several chill
dren.
Coal prices at the mine have gone
up % cents ton and was followed at
once by the retailers announcing an adj
vance of from % cents to 80 cents
ton Oh coal, with the information that
further advances would probably fol-
low Sept. l and still more as the winter
wore on. The explanation for the re-
tail advances is that increased cost at
the mine, increases in freight rates and
wages would force them to advance the
prices to the consumer.
Board of Imm grafton indicate that the
demand for Colorado lands, which has
been exceptionally strong for the past
eighteen months, is continuing and
promises to be almost as good during
the coming fall and winter as IL was
last fall and winter. Such checks as
it is possible to make through the
agencies at the command of the board
indicate that people from other states
have invested fully S2,00O,000 in Colo
RADIO lands in the past twelve months.
The Colorado registration law was
enacted in 1913, when 1871 cars were
licensed in 1914 the number increased
to 1896 in 1917, to 66,S50; in 1918,
to 1924, and to date this year APP
proximately 100000 cars have been
registered. This number will total
10000 before Dec. 81. The 1910 rev.
enues will reach about S45O,OO0, to be
divided accordingly between the coun-
ty and state road funds, after deduct
ing per cent for administering the
law.
Statistics compiled in the assessors
reports on agriculture, and submitted
10 the State immigration Department,
indicate that there are more than $500
farm tractors now owned and operated
by farmers in Colorado. The reports,
not yet complete, show that there are
1880 farm tractors owned by farmers
who are actively engaged in farming in
the state this year. There are also a
large number of tractors, owned by
town residents, that are being rented
to farmers. Weld county leads in the
number of farm tractors with 1856, and
the eastern plains section has more
than rs per cent of the total number
in the state.