The state herald., 1919-11-14

of that portion of South Delta was
begun and is making satisfactory pro-
gress.
The 100000 bond issue for me-
mortal park for returned service men
carried by small margin In the BOul-
der election. The issue carried by
seventeen votes. Eight hundred and
two We're cast.
The State Board of Land Commits
siOners sold at public auction in the
state house l0,S5i.09 acres OF land,
distributed over seventeen counties,
for S2l9,OT0.l2 The average price
paid per acre was SPOIL. The record
price realized from the sale was $128
an acre, paid by Mary j. Hauck OF
La Junla for II parcel of land in Otero
county, containing 1857 acres.
The first stretch of government
state concrete II ghway to be built in
Pueblo county Is completed and Will
he seasoned for travel not later than
December list. II is known as the
first leg on the Santa Fe trail. is
5000 feet long, and extends from San
III Fe avenue, to the main gateway of
the ltoscawn Burial park Cost of
one and three-fourtls miles is approx
imately $4,000.
Records ut the postoffice show that
during the first eighteen days of Oc-
tOber fifty-scven tons Of parcels post
matter was mniled through the Grand
Junction office this exceeding all pre-
vious records The growth of Grand
Junction as II wholesaling center Is re-
sulting in the heavy increase In par
GELS post shipments. Parcels post ship
ments OF fruit from the smaller cities
| surrounding Grand Junction have also
heen exceptionally heavy this fall.
The largest acreage ever devoted TO
corn In Colorado was planted for this
| years crop and the State Co-opera-
| tive Crop Reporting Service is making
II special effort 10 determine Just what
proportion uf II have been harvested
for the various purposes for which
corn Is used in This state. Advance
crop reports Indicate that about Go per
cent of the crop hns been harvested
| for grain, the remainder being cut for
siingc or for dry forage. fed TO stock
| In the fields without harvesting.
Final compilation Of returns made
10y county nssessors. with reports from
three counties sim incomplete. show
| i.I.,S9 ncrcs under cultivation In
| Colorado this year. compared with 2
253, 1ib acres harvested In 1909. No
| figures are available nj this time to
show what percentage Of the acre. re
| planted for this years crops was hot
harvested. In; the percentage In some
sections of the state was rather high
hccnuse Of the continued dry weather
early In the season. The census report
| OF 1900 does not show what acreage
was planted for that wears crops. but
only what WAS harvested.
The Cooperative crop Reporting
calculation of the total production OF
NIL principal crops IN the various coiin-
ties In Colorado and viii complete the
necessary inhulailons for publication
In the December number NJ the Crop
Eullctln. In these calculations the
ncrcnge reports furnished by county
nssrssors win he used. which are very
complete for most counties In the
state. and which give much larger total
acreage for The state Than have been
furnished before from any source.
There ARE some counties, however. In
which the ncrragc reports ARE incom-
pleie. and such counties VIII he given
have made.
| For the flrsi time since the Grent
Western Sugar Company established
n factory AZ brighton, ca,fie VIII he
fed NJ the company fnrm. Already
several hundred hcnd Of cnttle have
been placed on the farm and win be
fed the beet pulp. The pulp has nj.
ways been dried IN the past and
shipped to oih"r points for feeding.
| II the prrs"n, plans of the United
States Department Of Agriculture nre
carried out there VIII he available. he
ginning with next year. much more
complete and detailed Information re-.
| INV lHhNNiN w
states ti,nn In available nj the present
time. These plans provide for frc
dncnt reports showing The number of
livestock Of different kinds on hand
In the various counties OF "nch
state, the number of animals born. III"
number marketed. The number slnughi
erred and other Important Information
not now n,nllnhic. In Colorado this
new program ~ furnishing III. public
Information regarding the livestock In.
dnsiry will be handled largely by the
Colorado Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service. In which the United Stnics
Burcnu ~ Crop Estimates md the
Colorado Immigration Department nrc
represented,
Walter \. clark. one Of The found
er ~ Aspen. md prominent In min
Ing circles for nearly hnlf century,
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