The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-25
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

EIuhi IepoTtS IrOm county obDeeoOtb.
to the State immigration Department
shoY S3.16 acres Of beans In Colorado
this year, exclusive Of snap beans.
This includes 1853 acres Of dry bean q
for market, principally pintos. and
ll,5S1 acres Of beans of various vari-.
cites for seed. This 10 the only i'm
portant crop showing q decrease In,
acreage this year as compared with
1919. Approximately 1900 acres was
devoted TO this crop In 1918, but the,
yield was unsatisfactory In many dis
iricts and the price obtained was much
lower than the previous year These
two facts are the principal reasons for
the low acreage this year Fl Paso,
Ebert and Weld counties lead In area
devoted TO beans, each county having
In excess Of 10000 acres Logan coun-
iy and other counties In the northeast
corner Of the state, where large acre
ages Of beans were grown last year.
report very light acreage this year.
the land being devoted principally to
winter wheat
The State immigration Department
has had prepared Wheat Map Of
Colorado for 1919" the first map OF
the kind ever made for the state. 1t
shows the distribution OF both winter
and spring wheat In the state, as In
dieated by the reports Of county as
SCISSORS. A glance at the map will
show where wheat is grown In Colo
RADIO and how extensively. A small
symbol Is used to represent each 1000
acres Of wheat grown, and the coun-
Ties in the northeast corner Of the
state are SO crowded with these SYM
tolls that there Is hardly room left for
the names Of the counties. Four coun-
lies in this district have grown more
wheat this year than was grown In the
entlre state In 1903, and seven coun-
ties here have about two-thlrds Of the
states wheat acreage.
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 thai city
The young soldier was one OF the i,rst
enllstments from Colorado Springs and
served with the British before Mont
didler and with the engineers n CAM
bral. 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 forcsi.
and while lying helpless on the ba,t.e-
field became victim OF poisonous
gas.
According TO the county assessors
abstract Of assessment Jackson coun-
ty's valuation for tax purposes this
year Is S5,755, ,455. There are 1920
head Of range cattle. assessed at an av-
erage of s44.9l per head. a total Of ST.
036,7 ,760. which makes the largest item
on the list There are 66.720 acres Of
Lay land, assessed at Sl.s57, ,450; graz
ing land, s61S.8I5; improvements on
land. s23l.2i5. There are 3.747 head
of horses in the county, valued at
s1S3,145.
A meeting Of the pioneers OF north
western Colorado will be held In
Steamboat on October 0 at the home
nf Nr1 ltrar-fara
the founder Of Steamboat Springs,
and among the first settlers In north
western Colorado. Pioneers. altho
their number Is growing fewer every
year, Will come from all over the
county TO talk over the old days
when this country was but wilder
ness.
one Colorado county. Weld, reports
through its county assessor 43f silos
this year and the number is being con-
stantly increased. The silo Is becom-
ing an important factor in the agricul-
tural development Of the state, partic-
ularly In the counties east Of the
mountains and In few counties in the
Grand river watershed.
Mrs. Cora Sulsar, about 3S years old.
one OF party Of tourists from Gilpin
City, Mo, was instantly killed when a
runaway team OF mules. drawing a
load OF hay crashed into the automo-
bile In which she, her husband, two
children and an 1S-year-old nephew
were riding on the Lincoln highway.
Three-quarters of million pictures
were taken In and around Colorado
Springs this summer, according to es-
Inmates OF local camera shops, where,
for three months, double shifts OF
workmen have been engaged In an ef-
fort to keep up with the clicking Of
$4,000 shutters. Not less than fifty
miles Of film were exposed.
Breckenridge school children, who
were fourth In the national contest to
raise the largest amounts Of War Saw
ings stamps subscriptions. will receive
specially penned honorary testimon-
ial from Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford,
"war president" Of the National Ecu
cation Association and state superin.
tendent of public instruction.
The Leveland Masonic order will
have n new temple when the work on
the State Mercantile building. which
was purchased some time ago by the