The state herald., 1919-11-21
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts Of
Colorado
w..,.r. N.-.p.,.r uale. N.-. service.

$lOU,UUU OF the $6,UUU,UUU TO Oo roisoO
In the United States in December to
combat Tuberculosis In this country.
according to statements made ut the
opening dinner Of the local campaign
committee in Denver.
The average yield Of potatoes in
Colorado this year il apparently
about ITO bushels per acre. This Is
considerably below the normal aver
age, the low yields In some of the
principal producing districts being
due to unfavOrable weather condi-
tlons.
A 8-cent fare has gone into effect on
all local street car lines Of the TrinI-
dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for in
creased fare was granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission. No
Increased fare is effective on the In
terurban coal camp lines.
The body Of an unknown Mexican
was founI partly concealed In hay
stack on the farm of G. N. johnson,
two miles northwest Of Atwood. by Mr..
Johnson, when he went to the stack to
repair a fence. The body Of the un-
known Mexican with bruises about the
head and face Indicated that his death
had been a violent one.
Mrs. 7. e. Rea Of LOngmOnt, while
In Boulder, said that she was feeling
fine, despite the fact that no food has
passed her lips for twenty-six days.
She was advised by her physician to
fast for month In order to reduce her
flesh. She has lost at the rate of u
pound day. She Is still able to do
fpart Of her housework.
Residents and the town govern
ment Of Haxtun. Phillips county. filed
before the State Public Utilities Com
mission a petition which asks that
the Burlington railroad be ordered to
erect q new railroad station at Hax-
tun. Growth of the town and the In
crease of business at the station make
new depot imperative. the petition
declared.
A tremendous explosion awakened
the Inhabitants of Golden and investi-
CATION showed that great part of the
big M" on Mt Zion had been blown
away. Students at the School OF
Mines blame the explosion on men
from Denver University. believing 1t
done In revenge for the dynamite ex-
piosions which broke many Of the win
dows at the Denver University.
Every Colorado doughboy who has
been "over there" knows II as the LIB.
erty Cross" The kaiser calls It the
double cross. To the Knights Templar
It ID a mark Of their readiness to fight
for the good and the true. And that Ii
the reason why the double-barred Red
Cross has been adopted rs the emblem
Of the Colorado Public Health AssOcia-
ton which is fighting for a hundred
per cent health record In this state.
Preliminary figures on the produc-
tion OF winter wheat In Colorado this
year. now being complied by the Stat
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service,
show that Logan county leads all other
counties In the state In the production
OF this crop. with total output Of
close to 100000 bushels. Only three
other counties. Washington, Weld and
Yuma. have produced more than 1000.
600 bushels OF winter wheat this year
md ten counties In the state, Chaffee,
| Clear Creek. Denver Gilpin. HInsdnle,
Lake. Mineral, Rio Grande. San Juan
| and Teller. report no production OF this
crop. The totnl production is approx.
matciy 100000 bushels, the larges,
on record.
The State Board Of Capitol Man
ngers have awarded the contract for
building the states new 100000 Of.
flee building at Colfnx avenue and
sherman street. Denver. The bid was
x457. 600. the lowest OF four received.
Final estimates by the State Coop.
erative Crop Reporting Service on the
total production Of potatoes In Colo
RADIO this year apparently will show q
considerable increase In the output
over the 100000 bushels Indicated by
the October estimate. Though II In yet
too early to give definite figures II now
appears that the production will be
above 1O.O0OO0O bushels and perhaps
a. high ns II. .000. 900 bushels.
Three scenic routes from the East
10 the Pacific will touch Montross
when the new scenic route between
silverton and Durango II completed,
placing that city on the direct route
from the eastern slope to Durango and
the west. The SIlverton route will
probably be the most beautiful of'thess
three routes and tho most Travelled.
This route will 20 from Montrose to
Ourny and Durango. thence Into New
| Mexico. through Arizona near the
Grand Canon Of the Colorado and on
Into southern California.
AS Governor OF Colorado. desire
to heartily approve Of the work which
hns been carried on by your orsanixa.
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