The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-10-23

the total value of crops grown will be
perhaps fully as large rs that for last
year. because OF the large incrsass In
acreage cultivated. The increase In
acreage was largest in the case of
wheat, and the total production OF
wheat for the state is estimated BY
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service at 1884, 600 bushels,
the largest crop on record for the state
Corn makes much poorer showing.
The acreage planted was the largest
ever reported, but reports received by
the Crop Reporting Service indicate
that only 66 per cent Of the acreage
planted was harvested for grain, which
would indicate a production of approx
imately II ,O0O. 600 bushels. or some
thing short OF last years crop. The
production of oats IL estimated at D.
842. 900 bushels, compared with $3.50. go
bushels last year, the averase yield
per acre being in the neighborhood of
twenty-six bushels, compared with thtr-
ty-three bushels the year before. The
average yield Of harley M reported to
the Crop Reporting Service is but
twenty-five bushels per acre this year.
compared with twenty eight bushels
last year, and the total production s.
100000 bushels, compared with 1925
600 bushels last year.
With the discovery Of the bodies Of
two young women Identified by the po-
lice as those Of Mrs. Thomas Loren
sen, % years old, known In Denver a.
Edith Cook, and her sister, Ethel Cook.
%, floating in Berkeley lake by park
attendants, the police were confronted
with one Of the most startling death
mysteries encountered In recent years.
The two women were formerly OF Lis
bon, Iowa, 1t was found, after hours
Of work on the part OF city detectives.
who discovered the Identity through
the medium Of pawn ticket. How
the death of the women occurred sug-
gests number of theories, most plaus-
lille of which. in the minds Of the po-
lice. II suicide.
The discovery Of rick vein Of ore
on the southwest slope OF Carbonate
hill, about one-half mile from the city
lImifs Of Cripple Greek, 10 reported by
John L. Macdonald. pioneer prospec-
tor Of this district. After finding rich
float at the surface, Macdonald dug
trench for a distance OF a few rods.
His efforts were rewarded by opening
Up what appears to be one Of the rich
est veins Of ore uncovered In the east
end Of the district for years.
Governor O. H. Shoup has received a
check for S115,O4S6S from the United
States Treasury Department In Wash
ington, representing the forest receipts
for the fiscal year ending June 30 last.
The check represents = per cent Of the
total revenue received by the federal
forest service for timber sales and
grazing fees, and the sum will be ap-
portioned among the counties In which
are situated federal forest areas.
The State Land Board, Governor
Shoup and Secretary Of State James
II. holland are made defendants In a
mandahps action filed in the Denver
Distrett Court in which George e.
Cronk, 4 resident Of Durango. Colo,
seeks to force the land boerdl-to issue
a patent on 100 acres Of STATE land in
Moffat county.
The State Board Of Immigration. at
meeting. practically decided to offer
cnsh prizes aggregating $500 to the
farmers Of Colorado for the best grain
grown in the state next year. The
prizes are Intended to encourage the
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