The Keota news., 1919-08-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

sOs~s VI 1ApoSSO VSss0CsesVs NOso
will be required to handle ColOradO's
fruit aud vegetable crop. one Of the
largest on record. this year. according
to figures compiled BY the State Public
Utilities Commission on the basis OF
requisitions received. The Palisadc
peach crop will require more cars for
shipment than ever before. $50 cars
being asked. Fifteen hundred cars for
apples will also bs used In that district.
The San Luis district has asked for L.
2O0 cars to handle its potato aud veKe-
table crops alone. OF the total cars
needed In the state from July to De-
cember. Inclusive. l.S00 will be used In
transporting peaches, $500 for apples.
1855 for potatoes and vegetables. 40
for pears and mixed fruit shipments.
Suspension of assessment work dur.
Ing 1919 on unpatsnted mining claims
has been granted by Congress, the
Senate adopting the House resolution.
which now goes to tho President for
signature. There are 5000 inpatient.
ed ore claims In Colorado which will
he benefited by the resolution. II
signed by the President. This means
relief from assessment work amount.
lug to $500. 900. and will stimulate pro.
ductiou. according to n. Is. Tomhlin.
secretary Of the Colorado Metal Niu.
Ing Association.
The 1919 Issue Of the Colorado Year
Book In now In the hands Of the print
ery and will be issued early In August.
An effort was made to have the book
ready for publication about July LIST.
but tho difficulties encountered by
county assessors In some counties In
completing their work Of collecting NJ.
ricultural statistics delayed the work
materially. The volume will contain
for the first time \ set OF tables show
Ing by counties the acreage Of all the
principal crops planted for the har-
vest Of the current year.
Alfalfa. the great hay and feed crop
Of the irrigated districts Of the West.
II bsing rapidly developed ~ . dry
farming crop In Weld county. In the
Grover district. fifty miles northeast OF
Greeley. farmers are putting UP their
second crop Of alfalfa. The crop 10
planted In rows and Ii cultivated until
II has gotten a good start. The Gro
yer Community Club Is urging every
new settler to put In from twenty to
forty acres Of alfalfa for hog posture
and for hay.
A total of a6Si.35 acres Of public
land. located In Alamosa, Racn. Elbcrt.
Fl Paxo. Kit Carson, Lincoln. 1.o-
gnn, Moffat, Montexuma, Pueblo
and Weld counties were sold by the
State Land Board at public auction In
the state representatives hall In the
state capitol building. The average
amount received for each acre Of land
Was $3.50. or an aggregate amount of
SlOS. .42l. 40. The snle reserves mineral.
coal. asphaltum aud oil rights on the
land.
Dr. ]. Walter Fswkes Of the Smith.
sonian Institute. Washington. d. C.. -
at the Mesa Verde national park.
where he will spend the next six weeks
to two months In cxcavating new ruins.
He expects to make many new discov-
cries In these ruins, leading. perhaps.
to more definite Information concern.
Ing the prehistoric dwellers Of the most
ma yni ficent ruins on the American con.
tinent.
Az q result Of the survey Of bust.
ness and professional openings In the
various smaller cities and towns OF
the state, conducted early this year BY
a.. oe>ea t,nr,t urn tlou 1lpnn fmont n