The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-08-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service

Lar!Iner ri ae County Fair. Loveland. Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
2-5.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Mersan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. as.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. g.
Delta county Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. s.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept 8
Moffat County Fair. Maybell. Sept IL
Plateau Valley State Fair. colbran.
Baca County Fair. Springfield. Sept
Trinidad-Las Animss County Fair.
Conet2s County Fair Manassa. Sept.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept
Yuma County Fair, Yuma. Sept 1920
Phillips County Fair. Holyoke. Sept.
Saeuache County Fair. Saguache. Sept.
1920.
Colorado-New Mexico Fair. Durango.
Sept 1926.
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept 22-
Grand County rair. Kremmling. Sept.
Crowley County Fair Sugar City. Aug.
| ZI-ZS.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction Sept. 80 to Oct g.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
| Oct. 10
Fire destroyed the Royal Cafe and
the City Meat Market, causing loss
of $1,000 at Haxtun
Charles Place of Sawpit was instant
ly killed when an auto plunged over
Hairpin Tour curve and dropped thirty
feet to the bottom of the canon. The
rear wheel rim broke and the sharp
spokes pierced Places head and stom-
ach.
Mesa county, according to the tax
roll just completed by the assessor, is
million dollars wealthier than last
year. The increase is attributed to the
larger number and better grade of au-
tomohiles and the increased valuation
Of farm property directly resulting
from the rapid development of the
country 1t is stated that the number
of automobiles In the county is practi-
oally 100 per cent greater than last
Year
Coal prices at the mine have gone
up % cents ton and was followed at
once by the retailers announcing an ad-
vance of from % cents to 35 cents a
ton on coal, with the information that
further advances would probably fol-
low Sept l and still more as the winter
wore on. The explanation for the re-
tail advances is that increased cost at
the mine, increases in freight rates and
: wages would force them to advance the
prices TO the consumer.
The greatest wheat crop in the his
tory of Phillips county is being hauled
to the elevators and the harvest is
Just about done. The tosal il safely
placed at 100000 bushels of wheat
and the yield is running from twenty
, to forty-two bushels an acre, the aver
! age being twenty-six. The grain is
testing sixty pounds to the bushel and
is selling at the local elevators for
S190. 1t is placing 1t conservatively
to say that Phillips county farmers
!, will be richer by S3,600.O00 this fall.
- Approximately p per cent of the
wheat in The state at the present time
: is grown on irrigated land, according
+ to reports made by county assessors to
= the State Board of immigration. The
5 census report for 1909 indicated at
that time 81 per cent of the wheat
r, grown in the state was irrigated. The
:. very rapid increase in acreage OF
l. wheat cultivated since 1909 has been
l. accounted for chiefly by the breaking
d Of new non-rrigated land One of the
e results of this large excess of non-irri
n gated over irrigated wheat has been a
: very marked decrease in the average
yield per acre for this crop.
II Placerville, which has been practi.
II cally destroyed twice by fire, Is being
v rebuilt on plan that will insure both
e beauty and permanency.
: While attempting to save Dan
I Grove, 15-year-old boy, John We'll
g and, 80 years old, homesteader, was
o drowned in the Jackpot reservoir SIX
l. miles south of New Raymer. Weilahd
! was the second victim of the Jackpot
- within four weeks, as Mrs Edward
Ficken was drowned in the reservoir
July l.
Assessors reports on agricultural
statistics made to the State Immigra-
tion Department, indicate that there
are in excess of $500 farm tractors
now owned and being operated hy
. farmers In the state. The report is moi
= complete and shows at this time 2,33C
farm tractors owned by farmers who
l. are actually engaged in farming in the
r state this year. In addition to the trac-
e tors owned by farmers there is a con.
e siderable number owned by persons liv.
,, ing in cities and towns who use then
J. in farm work on rental basis. Weld
d county leads in the number of farm
e tractors, with 365, and the eastern
n plains section has more than rs bel
4 cent of the total number in the state.
e Except in the southwestern part OF
n the state, range pastures have suf-
/ fered very severely from the eontin
y ued drought and the condition of live
e stock generally has deprecated as a