The Colorado statesman., 1919-07-19
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
N.wpeper Union News seryiee.


Ouray. The vote was unanimous.
William Wise, years old, son of
Robert Wise, rancher living -FOUR
miles from Paonia, was instantly Killed
as a result of being accidentally shot
by his sister, Mary, 7 years old.
G. S. Kelch, superintendent of the
American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany is in Grand Junction making ar
rangements for handling approximate
ly $500 cars of fruit and 800 cars OF
potatoes.
The total acreage of corn grown in
Colorado in 1909, according to the CEN
sus report, was 326,559 acres. In 1919
five counties in the eastern part OF the
state have more than 100000 acres OF
corn in cultivation.
The per capita assessed valuation of
property in Colorado for 1918 was ST.
3S494, compared with $1,27e39 for
1917. Jackson county leads in this re-
spect, with S4,70S79, and Huerfano
county has the lowest, $7SS.33.
The total acreage of wheat and corn
planted for the 1919 harvest in Colo
RADIO is slightly greater than the entire
acreage under cultivation in the state
in 1909. The wheat acreage Is in ex-
cess of 100000 acres and that of corn
is very close to the million mark.
All the jefferson county men who
served in Uncle Sans military or nav
al forces during the war were guests
of the city of Golden and people came
from all section of the county to at
tend the "Welcome Home" day cele-
bration held there.
Work has started on clearing away
the ruins of the Ice plant owned by B.
It. Stauffer, which was burned at
Rocky Ford, to make space for the
erection of a cold storage plant which
will be larger than the building that
was burned. The loss caused by the
fire is estimated at $4,000.
When Mrs Hannah T. Walpole, wild
ow of the late Richard G. Walpole,
one of the most prominent of Kansas
City's pioneer business men, died in
Denver as the result of burns inflicted
when defective electric warmer set
fire to her bed in q hotel, Fremont
ton Of her son, Herbert A. Walpole,
became a realized sorrow.
The superintendent of transportation
of the Cashin mines, which recently
opened in the Paradox section after
three years of idleness, has offered to
contribute $4,000 toward the construc-
ton of road from their mines to
Montrose If the county will contribute
like amount, so that they can locate
their offices in this city instead Of at
the mines as now situated
The real estate bureau of the Civic
and Commercial Association of Den
yer has been asked to present recon-
mendations to the board of directors
with regard to the proposed "Presi-
dents summer home" on Mount Fal-
con. This action was taken after re-
quest was made by John Brisben
Walker for consideration of further ac-
ton. This project has been before
Denvers business men for several
years.
The binoculars which Denver citi-
Zens loaned the United States govern
ment last fall for use of the navy in
war are being returned to their own
ers through the bureau of navigation
at Washington. More than 100 of
these instruments, according to Off
GERS of the navy recruiting station,
We're loaned the government by Den
yer citizens, and several of these have
reported that their binoculars have
been returned, accompanied by a 81
check, the payment of the United
States government for their rental.
Six Colorado counties, Weld, Morgan,
Logan, Adams, Washington and Yuma
have more land planted in corn this
year than was planted in the entire
state. These figures, although not yet
complete, indicate that the acreage de-
voted to corn in the state this year will
more than double that of 1909 and con-
siderably larger than that of last year.
A tent city, splendidly decorated,
will be established at City park in
Denver as part of the Colorado day
celebration on Aug. 1 this year. The
forty-third anniversary of the admis-
sion of Colorado to the SisterhCod OF
states will take the form of "wel-
come home" for the returned fighting
men of the army and navy and for the
war nurses.
An auto accident which resulted in
the death of Emil Hedstrom, widely
known rancher, and caused injury to
three others, occurred when the auto
in which the four were riding turned
over. The car was travelling at high
rate of speed, when one of the tires
Nd of n
complete somersault. This is the sec
ond fatal accident that has occurred
near Haxtun recently.
The returned United States service
men of Summit county have laid plans