The Dolores star., 1919-09-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

HIS lnttuitS l.'tSp u'itN w VI ''"''r
tor market, principally pintos, and
.5s1 acres of beans Of various rnri-
eties for seed This is the only i'm
portant crop showing decrease III
acreage this year as compared with
1919. Approximately 252,0oo acres was
devoted TO this crop in 1918. but the
yield was unsatisfactory in many dis
tricts and tlH price obtained was much
lower than the previous year. These
Two facts are the principal reasons Tor
The low acreage this year. I'll Paso,
Elbert and Weld counties lead in area
devoted to beans, each county having
in excess of 10000 acres. Logan coun-
ty and other counties in the northeast
corner OF the state. where large acre
ages of beans We're grown last year,
report very light acreage this year,
the land being devoted principally to
winter wheat.
The condition of the apple crop in
the state at this time is &C per cent of
normal. compared with 80 per cent AZ
this time last year and an average con
dition of 81 per cent The estimated
production is 2.S390oo bushels, or
more than 1.OoO,00O bushels in excess
of last years output. The quality of
thief ruit is good. The peach crop is
being marketed rapidly and is general
ly of excellent quality. The produc-
ton is estimated at 9O2,Ooo bushels,
compared with 633,OO0 bushels last
year. The pear crop is also good. the
estimated production being 21I,oOO
bushels. compared with $4,000 bushels
last year.
Another name was added to the me-
mortal roll of Colorado Springs when
Sergt Benjamin Harrison Bailey died
from the effects of shell shock and
poison gas at his home in that city.
The young soldier was one of III. jrst
enlistmcnts from Colorado Springs ',ud
served with the British before Mnnt-
didier and with the engineers NJ Cam
bra. Time after tim. he escaped
death by fractions of an inch until, q
The closing days of the war. he was
shell-shocEed at the Argonne fOrc"i,
and while lying helpless on the balt!e
field became a victim of poison us
gas.
According TO the county assessors
abstract of assessment Jackson coun-
Tvs valuation for tax purposes this
year is S5,755,455. There are 45,2IC
head of range cattle, assessed at an av-
crage of S4i.91 per head, IA total of S.
03G, ,T6O. which makes the largest item
on the list. There are 66,T2O acres of
Lay land. assessed at Sl.S57. .450: graz
ing land. S67S,675: Improvements on
land, S231.215. There are 3,I47 head
of horses in the county, valued at
S1s3.145
\ falling off of nearly 7,OOO,OOO
bushels in the production of corn for
the state is indicated as a result of dry
weather late in the season. The condi-
ton of the corn crop is found to be
only 81 per cent of normal. which in
dicates production. on approximately
100000 acres devoted tn the crop, of
l3.95O,00O bushels, compared with Il
production of 2O,5Sj,o0O bushels on
$4,000 acres last year. The acreage
planted this year is the largest on rec
ord
The threatened street car strike in
Pueblo was averted after an all-nIght
session, when the employees of the com
pany voted to accept the offer of the
company for half OF the % per cent
wage increase now and the other half
Nov. 10, when the city ordinance grant
ing the company the privilege OF
comes effective.
Breckenridge school children, who
were fourth in the national contest to
raise the largest amounts of War Saw
ings stamps subscriptions, will receive
specially penned honorary testimon.
al from Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford,
"war president" of the National Eau.
cation Association and state superin.
tendent of public instruction.
Increased traffic on Main avenue al
Durango has made necessary the pass
ing of an ordinance by the City Coun-
ell preventing the parking of cars
along that thOroughfare for longer
period than thirty minutes at any OIL.
dine. A special traffic, officer has
teen added to the police force to en-
force the parking order.
sugar shortage which has pre-
vailed in Colorado for several weeks
caused many merchants in Denver to
begin limiting their customers to tie
amount that may be purchased at ANY
one time. The Limitation. merchants
say, should cause no alarm am0n;.
housewives as it will be only tempo
AIRY.
Mrs. Cora Sulsar, about 3S years OLD.
one of Il party of tourists from Gilpin
City, Mo-, was instantly killed when a
runaway team of mules, drawing n
load of hay crashed into the automo-
bile in which she, her husband, two
children and an 1S-year-old nephew
were riding on the Lincoln highway.
More than 1900 people, the largest