The state herald., 1919-08-08
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union New. Services.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
lerimsr n as County Fair. Loveland. Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
MeSIssn SuS; County Fair. For. Morgan.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. s-s.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. 3
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. .
Adems County Fair. Brighton. Sept. 8
MGii.s County Fair. M.ybell. Sept. IL
Plst.su Valley state Fair. colbran.
BAG. county Fair. Springfield. Sept.
Trinidad-I.as Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept. 1919.
cons1os County Fair. MAnassa. Sept.
Western Slope Fair. Montross. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. sept
Yuma County Fair Yuma. Sept. 1880.
PhilliE: salIa' County Fair H0ly0k'' Sept
s.Eu:sh' County Fair. s.su.chs. Sept.
colo,:dc,N:w , ;,: Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. a.
arsrs ,s.s, County Fair. Kr'mmlins. Sept,
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter-Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. :.
Do19las County Fair. Castle Rook.
Announcement has been made Of the
marriage Of Miss Matru Emmett Scott
Of Montrose and Roy n. Chapman Of
Grand Junction, blind overseas war
hero, at Los Angeles, Calf. The couple
were engaged before the war.
The name, The Editor, was ordered
given to 9.000-ton steel ship to be
launched at Seattle Aug. 18 In honor Of
the National Editorial Associations
convention, which will meet In Seat
tie. Chairman q. N. Hurley Of the
shipping board assigned the name. Mrs.
Guy U. Hardy, wife of Congressman
Hardy Of Canon City, Colo, president
Of the association, will sponsor the yes
sci.
Coal prices at the mine have gone
up % cents ton and was followed al
once BY the retailers announcing an ad
vance Of from 25 cents to IS cents o
ton on coal, with the information that
further advances would probably fol
low Sept. and still more as the winter
wore on. The explanation for the re
tail advances is that increased cost al
the mine, increases In freight rates and
wages would force them to advance thu
prices to the consumer.
Approximately q per cent Of ths
wheat In the state at the present time
Is grown on irrigated land. according
to reports made BY county assessors Il
the State Board Of Immigration. tn,
census report for 1909 indicated q
that time 81 per cent Of the whsa
grown In the state was irrigated. Tn,
very rapid increase In acreage o.
wheat cultivated since 1909 has bess
accounted for chiefly by the breaking
Of new nou-irrigated land. One Of thu
results Of this large excess Of non.irri
gated over irrigated wheat has been 4
very marked decrease In the avsrag,
yield per acre for this crop.
Statistics compiled In the assessors
reports on agriculture. and submitted
to the State Immigration Department
indicate that there are more than 2.50l
farm tractors now owned and operated
by farmers In Colorado. The reports
not yet complete. show that there ART
$3.50 farm tractors owned by farmer
who are actively engaged In farming l,
the state this year. There are also I
large number Of tractors. owned b,
town residents. that are being rentet
to farmers. Weld county leads In tn,
number Of farm tractors with 385. an,
the eastern plains section has NOR,
than 70 per cent Of the total number
In the state.
The greatest wheat crop In the his
tory Of Phillips county Is being hauled
TO the elevators and the harvest II
Just about done. The total is safely
placed mt 2,OO00OO bushels Of wheat
and the yield Is running from twent,
to forty.two bushels mn acre. the aver
age being twenty-six. The grim Il
testing sixty pounds to the bushel and
Is selling at the local elevators foI
S1.00. II is placing II conservatively
to say that Phillips county farmers
will be richer by $3,GO0,00O this fall.
Assessors reports on agrIcultura
statistics mnde to the State Immigra
tion Department. Indicate that there
are In excess OF $500 farm tractor,
now owned and being operated b,
farmers In tho state. The report is MOI
complete and shows at this time 2,'sp
farm tractors owned by farmers wht
ars actually engaged In farming In III,
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