The Ordway new era., 1919-08-08
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Lartmer County Fair. LoveIand. Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Lonsmont, Sept.
Ark.n... Valley Fair. Rocky Ford,
MsSSs:n SS; county Fair. Fort Morgan.
Fouft County Fair. Hayden. Sept. s-s.
Logan County Fair. Sterling, Sept y
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept 8
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. g.
Moffat County Fair. Maybeli. Sept. IL
Pisteeu Valley State Fair. coibran.
pses County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
Trinidsd-Las Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept 1913. ..... s.,,
western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma, Sept. 1920.
Phillips County Fair. Holyoke' Sept.
ssKuashe County Fair. saguache. Sept.
Colorado, New Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept, 22-
Grand County Fair. Kremmiing. Sept
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter-Mountain Live Stock and Fair,
Grand Junction. Sept 80 to Oct. 3.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. TO.
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
HoIrpiu rCnur curyo and s1rnnppd thirty
feet to the bottom of the canon. The
rear wheel rim broke and the sharp
sposes pierced Places head and stom-
ach.
Mesa county, according to the tax
roll just completed by the assessor, is
million dollars Weather than last
year. The increase is attributed to the
larger number and better grade of au-
tQmoblles 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-
Cally 100 per cent greater than last
year.
Coal prices at the mine have gone
up 25 cents n ton and was followed at
once by the retailers announcing an ad-
vance of from 25 cents to 35 cents
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 total is 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
S1.90. 1t is placing 1t conservatively
to say that Phillips county farmers
will be richer by $3,6OO.OOO this fall.
Approximately 21 per cent Of the
wheat III 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
census report for 1909 indicated at
that time 81 per cent of the wheat
grown in the state was irrigated. The
very rapid Increase in acreage of
wheat cultivated since 1909 has been
accounted for chiefly by the breaking
of new non-irrigated land. One of the
results of this large excess of nOn-irri-
gated over irrigated wheat has been
very marked decrease In the average
yield per acre for this crop.
Placerville, which has been practi-
cally destroyed twice by fire, is being
rebuilt on plan that will insure both
beauty and permanency.
While attempting to save Dan
Grove, 15-year-Old boy, John Well
and, 80 years old, homesteader, was
drowned in the Jackpot reservoir six
miles south of New Raymer. Weiland
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 by
farmers In the state. The report is not
complete and shows at this time 2,330
farm tractors owned by farmers who
are actually engaged in farming in the
state this year. In addition to the trac-
tors owned by farmers there Is con-
siderable number owned by persons liv-
Ing In cities and towns who use them
In farm work on rental basis. Weld
county leads in the number of farm
tractors, with 1855, and the eastern
plains section has more than 10 per
cent of the total number in the state.
Excent in the southvesfern Darf of