The Elbert County tribune., 1919-12-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Henry A. Buclltei stated IN giving a
resume Of the work OF the school in
the fifty-fiye years OF its existence
The total pEnber of students en-
rolled this year IN NIL department is
l,sO0. the chancellor said. Thirteen
hundred of these nre from Denver
and the remaining 700 from forty dlf
fercnt states. DIR. Bucbtel said that
in spite of extensive advertising en-
pIoyed by all universities, the fact re
mains that every school draws the
great majority of it's students from its
immediate vicinity A total OF 3.772
degrees have been conferred by the
university TO date.
The carrier pigeons and equipment
of the Navy Department will be nsed
next year by the United States Forest
Service for conveying fire reports
from lookout stations and fire fight
ers -at the 'front.' to National Forest
Headquarters. The value OF The birds
in mountainous and lake regions
where. in many places, travel is diff
cult on account of the lack of roads
and trails, and there are but few tele-
phone lines, will he especially great
The test Of the birds for this use was
carried ont on limited scale this sea
son. but 1t encouraged the Forest Ser
vice officials to believe that pigeons
can be employed profitably on large
scale
Figures complied by the State Inn
migration Department show that the
per capita valuation of property in
Colorado for assessment purposes this
year is 1.405. compared with ST.
94 last year There is an increase
of approximately S71 100000 in the as
sessed valuation of property as re-
turned by the State Tax Commission,
the total valuation of property for as
sessment purposes In The state this
year being 81, ,495. .200.659 The high
est per capita valuation is In Cheyenne
county. S2,9sG6G. and the lowest is in
Huerfano county. $S0GGl These per
capita figures are based upon popu-
lation of approximately 100000 for
the state.
Appropriations to be asked of the
State Legislature under the special ses-
sion program will aggregate approx
mately S215,000, it was Indicated after
members planning to Introduce bills
covering the subjects stipulated 10y the
governor had made known The amounts
to be sought With Tie state already
facing the problem OF meeting appro-
rriations by the regular session that
were SITS. FOG 90 In excess of the esti-
mated revenues Tor the biennial
periad, officials in tile offices of tile
state treasurer and state auditor are
puzzled as to how the state viii OH
tain funds to meet the additional bur
den
Population In Colorado per square
mile of area this year. according to
compilations made In the state Immi-
grafton Department. is 1926, com
pared with 992 last year and ~ as
returned by the Census Bureau In
1910 The population Of the state APP
parentiy has increased approximately
rs per cent in the past ten years. as
comps sred with As per cent in the pre-
cedine decade. The comfy of Denver,
of course. is the most Genseiy popu-
lated. having Approximately 4.9ii per
sons per square mile. Hiusdale county
is the most sparsely populated, with
0.51 per square mile.
Denied the release of coal shipped
in by rail, Manager w. w. Campbell of
the Mesa flour mills is keeping the
mill in operation hy hauling in coal
by auto truck Mines of the upper
valley are operating with normal
forces of miners. but coal loaded out
is being conf.scated for essential in
dustries and railroads.
Two million bushels of wheat are
tied up in The wheat growing districts
of eastern and northeastern Colorado
on account of the impossible condition
of the roads following the recent storm,
according to William G.. Reid, inspector
for the State Utilities Commission.
Calculations made in the office of
the State Immigration Department
show that approximately 20 per cent of
area of the state ut the present time is
included in the national forests Min
cral county, with 93J2 per cent. has the
largest forest area in proportion to
It's total area. while Gunnison county.
with 1,125.096 acres, has the largest
actual forest area. There are twenty
counties having no forest area within
their borders and four counties having
less than > per cent of their area
within the national forests.
The Kobey block. large two-story
brick building in the heart of the
business section. occupied by business
firms on the ground floor and offices
on the second floor. was practically
gutted by fire OF Aspen, Colorado.
The loss to building and contents will
appreciate from $4,000 to 100000,
one-third of which is covered by in
Surance.