The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS,

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efficiency, says Dr. james A. Miller,
head of the Rockefeller Foundation IN
France, who recently has been In Den
yer and Colorado Springs studying
health problems in Colorado. due to
| the outdoor life of the West, children
of Colorado normally measure and
weigh more than eastern children
says Or. Miller "rhe state has the
natural advantage of a wonderful eli
mate which is conducive to outdoor
| life With proper interest I'm public
| health matters, and | believe the peo-
pie of this state are alive to the need
and are going to push health programs,
| Colorado can produce a wonderful gen
erntion."
Inquiries made by the state lmml-
| grafton Department through county
| assessors, show very rapid Increase
| in the number of farm tractors owned
and operated by farmers themselves
in the more important Agricultural
counties in the state. The reports
made by county assessors early this
year indicated that there were approxi-
mately $500 such farm tractors in the
state on April LIST, and later reports
from dealers show that the number is
now perhaps 1000 greater than The
assessors showed
| Reports compiled by the State I'M
migration Department from the rec
ords of the State Tax Commission
show that the area of farm land re-
ported for assessment this year is 26,-
574,201 acres, compared with 2o,l29,-
| 943. acres last year. Most of the IN
crease is in the acreage of dry farm
| ing land, which assessors now report
as 1882, 1872 acres. There is also IA
| slight increase in irrigated land, the
area reported this year being 2,22O, I39
acres, compared with 2,144,617 acres
last year.
| Only three applicants presented
| themselves at the court house in
| Canon City for the special federal eX-
animation preliminary to appointment
as enumerators in the government
census work in Fremont county next
year The census will begin January
2nd and must be completed in thirty
days. as it will require about twenty
enumeIatOrs to collect the census TIA
ia, another examination. will have To
be held to get the required number
necessary to do tha work.
Continued dry weather for the past
month has been somewhat unfaNoinble
for fall blowing and the planting of
winter wheat and rye. The planting OF
| these crops is practically complete ana
| i'm most districts there has been suf-
| ficient moisture TO bring the grain up
Dartially. Farmers report that little
damage has been suffered by these
| crops so far, and good rains in the
next week ortwo will bring them, up
| in fine shape. The acreage planted ev-
| identity is considerable short of that
| planted Inst fall, though detailed re
ports on planting have not yet been
| gathered by the State Cooperative
| Crop Reporting Service.
Reports received by the lmmigra-
| ton Department from all sections OF
| the state Indicate that the population
| of Colorado is now approximately l.
| 100. 900, an increase of about 3S per-
cent in the past ten years. The cen
| sus bureau found the population of
| the state in 1910 to he Tg9.O24, an in
| crease of 4S percent over that FOR the
| preceding ten years. The increase III
t9thesysieca,le, just endlngs'is confined
| largely to the agricultural districts ana
| is greatest in the non-irrlgated sections
| of eastern Colorado.
BY the warning cries Of Polly Mr..
and Mrs. George McQuown and the
| entire family were aroused from slecI.
| and saved horrible death when the
| electric light building, the back part
| t.,
| of which they occupied, took IRE III
| the middle of the night and burned TO
| the ground at New Raymer The fire
| started in the engine room, which *
| i'm the front part of the building, and
| the McQuowns, occupying the rear
were not disturbed by the smoke pour
ing through into their sleeping apart
ments until aroused by the screams
of Mrs McQuown's pet parrot
| Jesse Harris, former mayor of Fort
| Collins and one of the most noted
| horsemen in the United States, died nj
Ft. Collins of neuralgia of the heart. an
ailment that had kept him inactive in
public life for many years. He had
been a member of the state board of
| agriculture, of the penitentiary and re-
formation board and was elected may
| or of Ft Collins in 1911 by the greatest
ma ajority ever polled by candidate.
Governor Shoup has officially en-
| dorsed the health-educational wOrl
which is being carried on by the Colo
RADIO Public Health Association and the
campaign which the organization has
launched to raise S150,000 for its work
in 1920 by the sale of health bonds and
Red Cross Christmas seals from De-
cember list to 11th.