Gilpin observer., 1919-10-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

weeks which have put the soil in ex-
cellent shape for fall plowing, and this
work is farther advanced than 1t usu-
ally is at this season of the year. Re
ports received by the Colorado Coop
erative Crop Reporting Service indi-
cate that the amount of winter wheat
planted this fall will be somewhat less
than that planted In 1918, which was
the largest crop of winter wheat ever
planted in the state. The season was
unfavorable for winter wheat in most
sections of the state this year and
many farmers who were dissatisfied
with the Yields obtained will grow less
wheat this year, while a certain
amount Of uncertainty as to what thc
price of wheat may be next year is ap-
parently influencing n few farmers tn
decrease their acreage.
The National Wholesale Grocers' AS
sociatiOn, comprising brokers and man
ufacturers, will hold it's 1920 conven
| tiOn In Colorado Springs, starting June
Z, according to an official announce
ment made by A. H. Beckman, general
secretary of the association, who has
pecu III tiiut City ludhlHS dTTuHSeliltHtS.
Preparations will be made for handling
1000 delegates and their wives. This
is the first time the association has
held convention west Of the Missis-
sipp.
Application from the Grover, Colo,
high school for rifles for drill purposes
and similar applications from other
.hn Of In InI ro1 In
Cunniff, federal inspector-instructOr
with the Colorado National Guard, to
call these schools attention to the pro-
visions of the army regulations under
which any school with uniformed Ca
det corps of not less than forty men,
bers can obtain both rifles and ammu-
milton from the War Department.
The reported dynamiting of fish in
the Rio Grande has been amply veri-
fled. Hundreds Of dead fish have been
found floating and lodged along the
river banks all the way from Deep
creek to Wagon Wheel gap, and all
those who have examined them de-
Clared that they had been killed by
blast of dynamite or other explosive,
as the bones were broken and pulled
loose from the backbone.
The manufacturing industry in Colo
RADIO had developed rather rapidly in
the past twenty years. During that
Period the number of manufacturing
establishments has nearly doubled, the
capital invested has increased about
225 per cent, the number of persons en-
gagged has more than doubled, and the
value of manufactured goods produced
annually has increased approximately
ITO per cent
$175,OOO of the $S65,OO issue of ma
tional defense bonds put out by the
Gunter administration in 1917 to raise
funds for Colorado's part in the nation
al war program. This, with $685.
previously called, makes total of
S300,OO0 worth Of the bonds which have
been retired, leaving $565, 900 of the is
sue outstanding.
The Ward-Nederland road, high
line road connecting the two mountain
towns about twenty miles west of Boul-
der, has been completed at cost of
$4,000. The road is 100 miles long,
and is through some of the most rugged
mountains in the Colorado Rockies. 1t
is thought to be one of the most scenic
drives in the entire state.
The permanent state school fund
was increased by sol 1880 through
auction sale by the State Land Board
of $3.50 acres of state school land
The sections sold are situated in Baca,
Washington, Douglas, Moffat, Logan,
Prowers, Rio Grande, Elbert, Lincoln,
Morgan and Montezuma counties.
Farming under irrigation came in
Colorado almost as soon as gold min
ing. Its development was not rapid in
the beginning, but it was steady and
persistent, and today the value of the
annual output Of the states irrigated
farms is more than four times as great
as the gold mines.
AS result OF the excellent work
done by county assessors in Colorado
this year in the collection of statistics
showing the acreage of the various
crops grown in the several counties,
the State Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service will be. able this year for the
first time to determine with reasonable
accuracy the production of all crops by
counties. instead Of only for the state
as "A whole.
Approximately S3,500,0OO will be ex-
rsnded in Colorado this year on new
school buildings, 1t Is estimated by
Mrs. Mary C. G. Bradford, state super
intendent of public instruction, on the
basis of reports now received from
two-thirds Of the sixty-three counties
in the state. Buildings costing S3.0OO,-
900 are actually in course of construc-
tion, and others will be building soon.