The Keota news., 1919-06-20
COLORADO G1Ws xor1s.

Burning of land u IN Injurious
practice without adequate benefits"
says Prot. w. J. Morrill, Of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College. ut n .
common practice In most parts Of the
United States, and one formerly used
to some extent BY the Indians. yet q
careful investigation leads to the con-
eiusion that the benefits are mostly
imaginary and the evils are very real.
When the dead grass is removed BY
fire. the young sprouts Of the grasA
are exposed to view In early spring
when otherwise no new growth u evi.
dent. This lads to me fallacy that
the burning has Increased the forage.
Occasionally . drop In temperature or
drying wind viii cause the exposed
shoots to be killed back: and the ~.
currence Of ehis misfortune In the
course Of some years naturally results
10 the elimination Of the tendsrest spe'
cies which give place to the tougher
aud less nutritious spscies."
Tho total value Of gold. silver. cop.
per. lead and sinc produced In Celo-
RADIO to the end Of 1918 Is approxi.
matsly Sl.4l0.00100Q according to
metal production tables soon to be
published in the 1919 year hook Of the
State Board Of Immigration. These
tables are compiled from data furn.
ished By the United State Geological
Survey. and give the total productioa
q the i've metals In each mstal.pro
ducing county since 1853 Gold leads
the metals In total value Of output
with approximately e08A. 600 900. Lake
county holds first rank among the
nsetal.producing counties, With an out
pft valued at &4lA 1000. 900. and teller
county 10 second, with 500 900
Silver holds first rank In value among
The metals produced In Lake county,
though sine far surpasses silver In thu
value Of its o1tput at tn.s time. Tealss
county holds flrst place In the Value
e IT. oold production. more than ook
per cent of its metal values being gold
TAe o0o0 packages Of whisky, r.
900 quarts In all, that has been Q sub.
jsct Of anxiety to the Denvsr eitissns
b whom tAe packages were cooslSned
md Q cause oe litigation lasting since
he first Of the year. u On itS way back
70 Cheyenne. The Supreme Court By
nnal decision. upheld the ruling OF
Judge Deoisou that the liquor b d.
strpyed or shipped out Of the state
and the American Railway Express
Company, In whose possession the
whisky had been since Ut December
sent the packages back to Cheysona
Frank Walters, Salt Lake City. ane
Richard Mccoy. Chicago. were ar
raigned before Justice Black In the
District Court at Nontross aud plead
cd guilty to the charge Of stealing
an automobile from the Rev. PhilliD
Easlsy In that city. They were givss
q term Of from three to five years II
the penitsotiary. Mary King. ARRESTED
with Walters and Mccoy. was re
leased. Thay have been in the eoun
y jail here since taken into custod,
By 0lsnwood Springs officers.
A direct Information charging muir
der in the first degree. was filed In the
wea Side Court in Denver against
Detective George Klein, chief Of the
city police bootleg squad" for the
shooting Of Jerry Corbetta, "a, q dis
charged soldier. during q raid on the
soft drink establishment Of Corbstta
Brothers and Ouida, West Fortieth
sssuue and 'Pecos street. Corbetta
Died at the county hospital Of gun.
shot wound IN the back.
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