The Colorado statesman., 1919-09-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

show SO, 1877 acres of beans IN tolorhu"
this vear. exclusive of snap beans.
This includes II. $50 acres or dry pe"nS
for market. principally pintos' anu
II .5Sl acres of beans of various Vari-
etIes for seed. This is the only I'M
portant crop showing n decrease IN
ocreage this wear as compared with
1919. Approximately 252,OOO acres was
devoted to this crop in 1918, but the
WELD was unsatisfactory In many us
tricts and the price obtained was much
lower than the previous year. 1hese
two facts are the principal reasons for
the low acreage this year. El 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 were grown last year.
report a very light acreage this year.
the land being devoted principally 10
winter wheat.
The condition of the apple crop III
the state at this time is 66 per cent of
normal, compared with 30 per cent at
dition of 81 per cent. The estimated
production is 2,S39,0O0 bushels, or
more than 1,O0O,OOO 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 100000 bushels,
compared with 633,000 bushels last
year. The pear crop is also good, the
estimated production being 217,OOo
bushels, compared with 1914, 900 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 the J'rst
enlistments from Colorado Springs and
served with the British before Mont
didier and with the engineers ar Cam
brai. Time after time he escaped
death by fractions of an inch until, n
the closing days of the war, he was
shell-shocked at the Argonne forest,
and while lying helpless on the buttie-
field became a victim of poisonous
gas.
President ]. It. Welborn, of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at
Pueblo, has ordered the company
mines at Sunrise, Wyo., where the
bulk of the raw material used at the
local plants is mined, shut down for
an indefinite period. Five coal mines,
employing approximately 800 men in
the southern field, have also been or
dered closed These mines have sup
piled the local plants with fuel There
il no intention on the part of the com
pany of closing its commercial mines
at this time.
According to the county assessors
abstract of assessment Jackson coun-
tvs valuation for tax purposes this
year is S5,755,455. There are 1920
head of range cattle, assessed at an av-
erage of $44.91 per head, total of ST.
O36, 76O, which makes the largest item
on the list. There are 66,72O acres of
Lay land assessed at 81 1857 ,450; graz
ing land, S67S,675; improvements on
land, 1921 ,215. There are 3,747 head
of horses in the county, valued at
S1S3,145.
A falling off of nearly 100000
bushels in the production of corn for
the state is indicated as result of dry
weather late in the season. The condi-
tion of the corn crop is found to be
only 60 per cent of normal, which in
dicates a production, on approximately
100000 acres devoted to the crop, of
13,950,000 bushels, compared with
production of 20,5S5,000 bushels on
S95 900 acres last year. The acreage
planted this year is the largest on rec
ord.
Mining in the La Plata district shows
more activity at the present time than
at any other time of the year and plans
are under way in many of the proper
ties for an all-winter operation.
Painters at Trinidad, who were pre-
pared to go on strike for higher wages,
are at work on the basis of wage
compromise reached at a meeting OF
employers and journeymen and Arl.
Fincher, investigator for the state in
dustral commission. The painters
formerly received rs cents an hour.
They agreed to return to work at S1k
cents an hour until Jan. 1, after which
their wages will be 90 cents. Twenty
eight men were affected.
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
charging 6 cents car fare in Pueblo be-
comes effective.