Cheyenne record., 1919-09-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

for market, principally pintos, and
| 11.5S1 acres of beans OF various vari-
| cites for seed. This is the only Inn
pOrtant crop showing decrease in
4 acreage this year as compared with
1919. Approximately 252, 900 acres was
devoted to this crop in 1918, but the
yield was unsatisfactory in many dis
tricts and the price obtained was much
lower than the previous year. These
two facts are the principal reasons for
the low acreage this year. Ell PasO,
Elbert and Weld counties lead in area
devoted to beans, each county having
in excess of 10000 acres. Logan cOun-
| ty 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 condition of the apple crop in
the state at this time is 66 per cent Of
normal, compared with 80 per cent at
this time last year and an average con-
ditiOn of 81 per cent. The estimated
production is 2,S39,OOO bushels, or
more than l,OOO,OOO bushels in excess
Of last years output. The quality of
thief ruit is good. The peach crop is
| being marketed rapidly and is general
| ly of excellent quality. The prOduc-
tion is estimated at 100000 bushels,
compared with 633,OOO bushels last
year. The pear crop is also good, the
estimated production being 211.OOU
bushels, compared with 194, 900 bushels
last year.
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 thar city.
| The young soldier was one of the Inst
enlistments from Colorado Springs and
| served with the British before MINT
| dider and with the engineers ar Cain
brai. 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 forest,
and while lying helpless on the battle
| 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 $5,755,455. There are 1920
head Of range cattle, assessed at an av-
| crage of $44.91 per head, Il total of S.
| O36, ,76O, which makes the largest item
| on the list There are 667 100 acres of
| lay land, assessed at 81 ,S57 ,450; graz
ing land, $6TS675; improvements on
land, $231,215 There are 3,747 head
| of horses in the county, valued at
S1S3,145
A falling off of nearly 100000
bushels in the production of corn for
the state is indicated as result of dry
| weather late in the season. The condi-
tiOn of the corn crop is found to be
only 62 per cent of normal, which in
dicates production, on approximately
l. 100000 acres devoted to the crop, of
| 13,950,OOO bushels, compared with Il
| production of 2O,5S5,OOO bushels on
| 5000 acres last year. The acreage
| planted this year is the largest on rec
ord.
The threatened street car strike in
Pueblo was averted after an all-night
| session, when the employees Of the com
pany voted to accept the offer of the
company for half of the % per cent
wage increase now and the other half
Nov. 10, when the city ordinance grant
ing the company the privilege of
charging cents car fare in Pueblo be-
comes effective.
Breckenridge school children, who
were fourth in the national contest to
raise the largest amounts of War Saw
ings stamps subscriptions, will receive
n specially penned honorary testimon-
ial from Mrs. Mary c. C. Bradford,
"war president Of the National E'n
cation Association and state superin,
tendent of public instruction.
Increased traffic on Main avenue nj
Durango has made necessary the pass
ing of an ordinance by the City Coun
ell preventing the parking of cars
along that thoroughfare for a longer
period than thirty minutes at any Oh
time. special traffic officer has
leen added to the police force to en-
force the parking order.
A sugar shortage which has pre-
vailed in Colorado for several weeks
caused many merchants in Denver to
begin limiting their customers to tie
amount that may he purchased at ANY
one time. The limitation merchants
say, should cause no alarm among
housewives as it will he only tempo
Iary.
Mrs. Cora Sulsar, abOGt 3S years old.
one of party of tourists from Gilpn
City, Mo, was instantly killed when
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
,..ro r;dinr on rho Lincoln highway