Cheyenne record., 1919-10-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

cellent shape for fall plowfng, and this
| work Is farther advanced than IT usu-
ally Is at this season of the year. Re
ports received by the Colorado Coop
erative Crop Reporting Service indi-
cate that the amount Of winter wheat
planted this fall will be somewhat less
than that planted in 1918, which was
the largest crop of winter wheat ever
planted In the state. Ine season was
unfavorable for winter wheat In most
sections of the state this year and
many farmers who were dissatisfied
with the Yields obtained will grow less
| wheat this year, while certain
amount Of uncertainty as to what the
price of wheat may be next year is ap-
Earently influencing a few farmers to
decrease their acreage.
The National Wholesale Grocers' AS
sociation, comprising brokers and man
ufacturers, will hold its 1920 conven-
ton in Colorado Springs, starting June
Z, according to an official announce
ment made by A. II. Beckman, general
| secretary Of the association, who has
been In that city making arrangements.
| Preparations will be made for handling
| LOCO delegates and their wives. This
| Is the first time the association has
held Il convention west of the Missis-
| sippi.
| Application from the Grover, Colo,
high school for rifles for drill purposes
and similar applications from othe:
| schools of Colorado led Col. d. E. Nc
Cunniff, federal inspector-instruct0
with the Colorado National Guard, to
call these schools attention to the pro-
| visions of the army regulations under
| which any school with uniformed ca
| det corps of not less than forty mem
| bers can obtain both rifles and ammu-
| milton from the War Department.
The reported dynamiting of fish in
the Rio Grande has been amply veri-
fled. Hundreds of dead fish have been
| found floating and lodged along the
river banks all the way from Deep
creek to Wagon Wheel gap, and all
those who have examined them de-
| clared that they had been killed by
blast of dynamite or other explosive,
as the bones were broken and pulled
loose from the backbone.
The manufacturing industry in Colo
RADIO had developed rather rapidly in
the past twenty years. During that
Period the number of manufacturing
establishments has nearly doubled, the
capital invested has increased about
o25 per cent, the number of persons en-
gagged has more than doubled, and the
value of manufactured goods produced
annually has Increased approximately
| ITO per cent.
| State Treasurer Mulnix has called in
$4,000 Of the $s65,OOO issue of ma
tional defense bonds put out by the
Gunter administration in 1917 to raise
| funds for ColOrado's part In the nation
al war program. This, with $125,OOO
previously called, makes total of
$500, 600 worth OF the bonds which have
been retired. leaving $5G5,OOO Of the is
sue outstanding.
| The Ward-Nederland road, high
line road connecting the two mountain
| towns about twenty miles west Of Boul-
| der, has been completed at cost of
$45,OOO. The road is 10.9 miles long,
and is through some of the most rugged
mountains in the Colorado Rockies. 1t
is thought to be one of the most scenic
drives in the entire state.
The permanent state school fund
was increased by sol 1886 through
auction sale by the State, Land Board
| of 6559 acres of state school land
| The sections sold are situated in Baca,
Washington, Douglas, MOffat, Logan,
Prowers, Rio Grande, Elbert, Lincoln,
Morgan and Montezuma counties.
| Farming under irrigation came in
| Colorado almost as soon as gold min
ing. Its development was not rapid in
the beginning, but it was steady and
| persistent, and today the value of the
annual output Of the states irrigated
! farms is more than four times as great
as the gold mines.
As result of the excellent work
done by county assessors in Colorado
this year in the collection of statistics
showing the acreage of the various
crops grown in the several counties,
the State Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service will be able this year for the
first time to determine with reasonable
accuracy the production Of all crops by
counties. instead of only for the state
as whole.
| Approximately $3,5OO,O00 will be ex-
| Eended in Colorado this year on new
| school buildings, it is estimated by
| Mrs Mary c. c. Bradford, state super
intendent of public instruction, on the
basis of reports now received from
| twO-thrds of the SiNty-three counties
in the state. Buildings costing $3,OOO,-
600 are actually in course of construc-
tion, and others will be building soon.
| Administration, as well as fire pro-
| lection, of national forests by wireless
| telephone is the most recent innovation