The Ordway new era., 1919-12-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale VIII
take place all over the United states
from December l to 10. 1919.
'0MING EVENTS.

Officials of the local district office
Of the United States forest service
have begun cooperative work with the
San Isabel Public Recreation Associa-
tion for the development of new
Colorado national playground on the
San Isabel forest.
Expert yeggmen opened the safe at
the Portland (Colo) postoffice and es-
capped with $1,000 in stamps, thrift
stamps and liberty bonds. and robbing
the drug store in which the postoffice
is located of another S1,20O worth or
iewclry and stock.
More than 1O.OO0.00O acres of the
patented land of Colorado, or about u
per cent of the area of the state, is
classed as non-irrigated farm land
This class of land has increased more
rapidly on the tax rolls In the past five
years than any other.
George Golden, negro, serving a
life sentence. made II sensational dash
for freedom at the state penitentiary ut
Canon City, hut was captured after lie
had scaled the twentyfive-foot wall,
swan the Arkansas river and reached
the foothills in South canon.
Two million bushels of wheat are
tied up in the wheat growing districts
of eastern and northeastern Colorado
on account of the impossible condition
of the roads following the recent storm,
according to William C. Reid, Inspector
for the State Utilities Commission.
| County school and road funds in
| Colorado will he swelled to the extent
| Of hn
days when checks aggrcgating that
amount will he mailed to the various
counties by the state treasurer. under
an allotment of receipts from grazing
fees and timber sales on forest areas
in the state.
The body of the unidentified man.
murdered several months ago, which
was found by three women strolling
across the prniries near Pueblo, is be-
lieved 10 be that of Tony Lnpresto, -
years old, II former saloonkeeper of
Aguilar. Colo, who disappeared last
January after threats of blackmail had
been made to him.
Fire of an unknown origin complete
lly destroyed the Hatcher building at
Pagosa Springs. The records of the
San Juan National forest We're COM
pletely destroyed by fire, but the price
less records in the offices of the coun-
ty assessor the county treasurer, Red
Cross and the Pngosa exchange were
removed before the fire got under way.
The loss is estimated at $1,000, accord
ing to fire officials.
II. L. Stringer. 53 years old, pioneer
fruit grower, who was placed on trial
at Canon City on a charge of murder
ing his stepson, A. II. Sutphen, 30
years old. was acquitted In the FIRE.
mont count District Court. Sutphen
was killed on the evening Of July 4th.
Stringer shot Sutphen with n shotgun
pleading self-defense. Joseph ii. Maui
pin, former attorney general of Colo
RADIO, handled the case for the defense.
Reports OF county assessors made to
the State Immigration Department in
dicate that approximately GO per cent
of the land IN cultivation in Colorado
this year is irrigated, compared with
about 80 per cent in 1909. The rapid
increase In the acreage of non-irrigated
land cultivated compared with very
slight decrease in the acreage of irri-
gated land, has resulted in sharp de-
crease in the average yields per acre
of nearly all crops grown in the state.
The decrease is especially marked in
winter wheat, where less than IL per
cent of the acreage is irrigated, COM
pared with 51.1 per cent in 1909
The proposed new highway over
BerthOud pass, between Empire and
I,,.,e al lot of tNx-a "
seven miles, will cost about S200,0O0,
according to the survey Just completed
| by crews working under the direction
of A. Il. Palem, senior highway en-
| gineer of the Federal Bureau of Pub
| lie Roads.
Stickers, human and otherwise, come
| in all varieties. The gayest of 1920
| stickers is the Christmas seal which
has been issued by the Colorado Pub
lie Health Association. It's redolent
of Christmas cheer as n fir tree nll
trimmed with candles or brisk snow
storm or bright red holly wreath
| hung in the window It's done in soft
blue, and green and red and has a
Santa Claus climbing down n chimney,
his back bent under the CHEEKY mes
sage he carries of "A Merry Christ
mas, Health and n Happy New Year"
| That's n new message for Old Man to
carry. It's the message of the Colo
RADIO Public Health Association to
every man, woman and child of Colo
RADIO. It's going on letters and bills
and Christmas packages and mail of
every description through the medium
of health" Christmas seals which are
a national institution.
Approximately $350,OOO will be
/ turned into the state treasury this year
by the state insurance department, rep
| rpsentinr the not earnings of the de-