The Ordway new era., 1919-09-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

lisho1 ss.Is7 acres Of beans IN Colorado
This year, exclusive Of snap beans
This include 7f,5sS acres Of dry beans
for market, principally piDfos- and
II.ssI acres Of beans Of various Tari-
cites for seed. This is the onIy i'm
porfant crop showing decrease IN
sereage this year as compared ~lti.
1913. Approximately Zi2-Dpp acres vas
devoted TO this crop ia 1915, but the
yield was, unsatisfactory in many dis
fricts and the price obtained was much
lower than the previous year These
two facts are The principal reasons for
the low acreage this year II PaS"-
| Elbert and Weld counties lead In ares
\ Devoted to beans each county having
In excess Of 1900 scres- Logan e0un-
Is and other counties iD the northeast
corner of the state. where large acre
ages Of beans were grown last year,
report a yery light acreage this year,
the land being devoted principally to
" inter wheat.
The State Immigration Department
has had prepared a Wheat Slap Of
Colorado for 1919. the first map Of
the kind ever made for the state II
shows the distribution Of both winter
aud spring wheat in the state, as in
dicated by the reports OF county az
s.1ssors A glance at the map VIII
show where wheat j. grown In Colo
rsdo and how extensively. small
symbol Is used To represent each l,OvI
acres Of wheat grown, and the eoun-
lies IN the northeast corner of the
I q
tols that there is hardly room left for
The names OF the counties Four coun-
ties In this district have grown more
wheat this year than was grown in the
entire state in 1909. and seven coun-
ties here have about two-thlrds OF the
states wheat acreage.
The Industrial Sugar Company, ii
81. 10000 corporation financed by
sugar beet growers. Is to build its
first factory at Fort Lupton, according
to announcement OF the board Of
directors. The factory will contract
1900 acres in the vicinity Of the town
1t is piaiDed 10 have the factory
ready 10 handle beets In the fail Of
1920. As Fort Lupton already has
two cannerles and large milk con
dcnsary. the new sugar factory will
make II the biggest manufacturing
center In the county
A meeting Of the pioneers Of north
western Colorado will be held in
Steamboat on October 8 at the home
Of SIr. and Mrs James ii. Crawford.
the founder Of Steamboat Springs,
and among the first settlers in north
western Colorado. Pioneers, altho
their number Is growing fewer every
year, viii come from all over the
county 10 tnlk over the old days
when this country was but wilder
ness.
Three-quarters Of million pictures
were taken in and around Colorado
Springs thisesmnmer, according to es-
Inmates of local camera shops, where,
for three months, double shifts of
workmen have been engaged in an eff
fort to keep up with the clicking OF
10000 shutters Not less than fifty
miles Of film were exposed.
One Colorado county, Weld, reports
through Its county assessor 431 silos
this year and the number is being con
stantly increased. The silO IL becOm-
ing an important factor in the agricul-
turaI development of the state, partic-
ularly In the counties east Of the
mountains and in few counties In the
Grand river watershed.
The 1919 sugar beet crop In Colo
RADIO will break all previous records,
according to reports received from the
four beet sugar producing companies
of the state. The prediction OF ban
ner yield Is considered remarkable, i'll
view of the drought and the destruc-
fion wrought by the web-worm in GER
tain localities.
While Illegally hunting ducks, 1t is
said, fifteen miles north OF Durango,
Frank Mcconnell, aged 3S, and owner
of "A poolroom in Silverton, lost his life
In a mysterious drowning.
Under new regulations announced by
officials OF the Colorado National
Guard members of the guard are to re-
celve regular pay under the provisions
Of the national defense act of June,
1916, provided drill requirements are
met Pay for privates will be one
fourth that allowed men in the regular
army.
The production of wheat in Colorado
this year will be 1s.O49,OO0 bushels, ac-
cording to the September forecast just
issued by the state cooperative crop
reporting service. This is the largest
production ever recorded in the state,
the previous record crop being that of
191s-i3,536.O 600 bushels.
Despondent because of i'll health,
Joseph l.. Parker. 32, formerly drug
gist at Cullmnii, Ala, committed sui
eide In lonely cabin near Evergreen
by shooting himself thru the head.
Parker was suffering from tuberculo-