The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-28

C0AIN0 Dv0NT0.
TIE Red Gross. Christians Sal sale Will
sson Be: 81 eI' e 70 e. asss
Assessor this year found 2.4o5. 100
acres Of irrigated land in Colorado. or
about $40 per cent Of the total AREA
Of the state. This includes bearing
orchards and natural hay land.
The State Immigration Commission
predicts an unusually heavy influx OF
settlers into Colorado from other
states next spring. due to present con-
ditions In other parts Of the country.
Jefferson county post No. q Of the
American Legion has gone on record
- absolutely opposed to the plan Of
universal military training % proposed
By tie United States War Department.
without putting o. . "drive" and
without the assistance Of helpers. one
woman, Mr.. Melissa Hayden. chair
man Of Summit county In the war sav.
lngs campaign. trippled its quota in
les than two weeks WORK.
The total assessed valuation Of
property In Colorado. - returned By
The state tax commission. 10 q. lo6..
9oao0o. IN increase Of about @70.000.-
600 over that for last year. Final ~
ports from county treasures are *.
pected to increase this to approxi-
matsly $780, 100000.
Fire Of IN unknown origin complete
u destroyed the Hatcher building at
Pagosa Spring. The records Of tha
San Juan National forest were com.
pleteay destroyed By fire. but the price
lee records In the offices Of the coun-
u assessor. the county treasurer. Red
Cross and the Pagosa exchange were
removed before the fire got under way.
The Ion 10 estimated ut $1,000 accord
ing to fire officials.
n. L. Stringer. 5 years old. pioneer
fruit grower, who WAS placed on trial
/ ut Cahon City on q charge Of murder
ing his stepson, A. II. Sutphen. 80
years old. was acquitted In the Ere
mont count District Court. Sutphen
was killed on the evening Of July 4th.
Stringer shot Sutphen with q shotgun
! pleading self.defense. Joseph b. Aau-
| pin, former attorney general Of Colo
rado. handled the case for the defense.
4 Sixteen Nexicans, including nine
arrested In Denver. have been
taken to FL Paso. Tex, In charge OF
kWuliam r. Mansfield. federal immlgra.
ltion inspector, to be dsported to Mex
leo % q result Of being arrested fre-
}Quently, officials say, on charges OF
Ipetty crime. Four Of the number
were placed on the train at Colorado
Springs and three more at Pueblo. OF
those taken into custody at Colorado
Springs and Pueblo two were women
and three girls.
One hundred and fifteen separate
road projects, Of which the United
States government will bear half the
cost. will be carried out IN Colorado
during the coming year. These roads
total $40 miles and will cost, It 10 esti.
mated, S6,8l2,8Ao.16 Work On num-
Der Of them has already been conn
menced and quite number are near
INK completiou, according to reports
made BY the state highway commits
sion's engineers in charge. This 10 the
groateot roadbullding program ever
undertake. In the states history.
Colorado viii b. represented at the
annual meeting Of the National
League of Compulsory Education o.
fneiels, 10 b held at Philadelphia,
Dec. 3 to q. BY Alfred q. Hosl. direct
or vocational training Denver
schools; George Noriin, president Of
I'M Unlvaralty Of Colorado: Fillmore