The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union New. Service
COMING EVENTS.

LArimer County Fair. Loyeland. Aug
Boulder County Fair. Lonsmont. Sept.
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Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Merxan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept 3
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. s.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept .
Moffst County Fair. Maybel. Sept. IL
Plateau Valley State Fair. coibran.
Bsea County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
rrinldad-Las Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept. 1918. ,,.. s.n,
Western Slope Fair Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept
Yuma County Fair. Yuma Sept. 1920.
PhiiDps County Fair. Hoiyoke. sept
saeuaehe County Fair. saguache. Sept
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Colorado New Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colombo State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. az
Grand County Fair. Kremmiing. Sept.
| 1921.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. 3.
Douglar County Fair. Castle Rock.
| Oct. rs.
Jim Wong, II, committed suicide in
Denver by hanging himself in his laun-
dry. This Is believed TO be the second
suicide of Chinese in the history of
Denver.
| SAI tor In, ha oh
basin country, recently killed one of
the largest brown cinnamon bears ever
seen In that locality, and the animal
weighed 1000 pounds.
More than 1000 acres of land in the
districts north of Greeley, centering
about Eaton, Pierce and Ault, are be
ing Irrigated this year with water
rnlsed from underground by electric
pumps.
The Western Slope Fair Association
hus offered a purse Of S40O to the win
ner of the three-day baseball tourna-
ment which will be held this fall. The
Telluride, Delta, Olathe and Montrose
teams will play for the purse.
Colorado has collected SAB, ,699.03 in
Inheritance taxes since January .1st,
says Attorney General Victor E. Keyes,
head OF the Inheritance department.
OF this amount, according to the re-
port Issued, s21.456.S2 was collected
the last two weeks of July.
The figures show that there are ap-
proximately 22,0OO motor cars In the
city and county of Denver alone and
10000 elsewhere in the state. The
Increase Of machines in Denver this
year Will easily be 20 per cent. 1t is es-
tImated.
| Approximately 21 per cent Of the
wheat grown In Colorado this year ID
on irrigated land. compared with 81
per cent in 1909. The acreage of wheat
on nonirrigated land In the state has
Increased nearly 100 per cent in the
past ten years.
Every part OF Weld county has been
drenched by heavy and repeated rains
recently Both the Platte and the Pou-
DIRE rivers have big flows of water and
all danger of damage to late crops such
ms potatoes and cabbage resulting
from drouth Is believed to be past.
Inquiries received by the State
Board of immigration indicate that the
demand for Colorado lands, which has
been exceptionally strong for the past
eighteen months, Is continuing and
promises to be almost as good during
the coming fall and winter as 1t was
last fall and winter. Such checks as
It is possible to make through the
agencies ut the command Of the board
Indicate that people from other states
have invested fully S2,OOO,0O0 In Colo
RADIO lands In the past twelve months
The Colorado registration law wal
enacted in 1913, when 1880 cars were
licensed; In 1914 the number increased
to 43,296 In 1917, to 66,S50; in 1913
to 1924. and to date this year mp
proximately 100000 cars have beer
registered. This number will tota
10000 before Dec 81. The 1919 rev
enues will reach about $450,0 to bs
divided accordingly between the coun
ty and state road funds, after deduct
ing 8 per cent for administering ths
law.
Statistics compiled In the assessors
reports on agriculture, and submitte,
to the State immigration Department
indicate that there are more than 2,50t
farm tractors now owned and operated
by farmers in Colorado. The reports
not yet cOmpletS show that there ar,
2,S30 fnrm tractors owned by farmer,
who are actively engaged in farming II
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 1856, an,
the enstern plains section has NOR,
than 10 per cent of the total numbe
in the state.
The Delta County Farmers Suppl.