The Dolores star., 1919-10-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.
As, result of the experience Of coun-

| on which statistics are gathered, mas
decided to make number of changes
| in the blanks for next year. II has
| been found that most of the mistakes
made this year resulted from making
entries under the wrong heading. as
the blanks are large and the lines that
| must he followed are long. \ system
| of double line and coloTcd line ruling
| will be followed next year which VIII
| make il easy for assessors and their
deputies to follow the proper lines.
| both across the blanks ana from top T."
| bottom II has also been found this
year that with the blanks now in use
ii is impossible to obtain accurate in
| formation regarding the less import
ant crops. such as tomatoes, garden
peas, flax. snap beans and others that
are grown only in restricted localities.
| Special blanks will he furnished next
| year for gathering information regard
| ing these crops which are grown only
in restricted ureuS Reports from all
parts of the United States indicate that
no state has obtained better result in
the collection of agricultural statistics
upon the first attempt than Colorado
| did this year and nm effort will he
made next year 10 bring the report rs
near as possible to perfection All as
SCISSORS did excellent work this year
and n few Of them Obtained as com
plcro reports as it will ever be pos~ihi"
TO obtain.
| Even though the season just closing
has been oue Of the most umfuvorahle
crop seasons in the history Of Colorado
the total value Of crops grown will he
| perhaps fully aS large as that for last
! year. hocauS" Of the lurg" increase in
| acreage cultivated. The increase in
acreage WIS largest in the case Of
wheat. and the total production of
| wheat for the state Is estimated by
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
! porting Service at 1769i.OOO bushels
| the largest crop on record for the state
| Corn makes much poorer showing
| The acreage planted was the largest
ever reported. but reports received by
| the Crop Reporting Service Indicate
| that only 66 per cent Of the aCrca gr
| planted was harvested for grain, which
would iudicat" Il production of approx
| imstely 100000 bushels. or some
| thing short Of last years crop. The
| production Of oats is estimated NJ d
| Gi2.gou bushels. compared with G.336 600
| bushels last year, the average yield
| per acre being in the ncighborhoOd Of
| twe:,ty-siN bushels. compared with rhir-
| ty-thrce bushels the year before The
average yield of barley aS reported to
| the Crop Reporting Service is bur
| twenty-five bushels per acre this year
compared with twenty-"ight bushels
last year, and the total production B.
| 1872. 900 bushels. compared with 1925
600 bushels last year
The Flower and Vegetable show Civ
on ur:e,:' the auspices of the Denver
Soc.rry of Horticulture. Parent-TeaCh-
erS Association and Denver Garden
| club, will be held in Denver. in the
AUDITORIUM. Oct. 29-3O-31. The Audi
| forum has been donated by the city as
the show is q free exhibition. Twenty
five dollars will be given as Il prize for
| the best Premier Rose. which is one
of the most beautiful grown and Il
Colorado developed product. Florists
from Colorado Springs, Pueblo. Buul-
| der and other points will assist in max
| ing the show success The high
schools of the city will choose Il set of
Judges TO work in conjunction with the
regular judges.
The State Land Board. Governor
| Shoup and Secretary of State Jumes
X. holland are made defendants in Il
mandamus action filed in the Denver
District Court in which George f.
| Cronk, "A resident of Durango. Colo
seeks TO force the land board to issue
a patent on 100 acres of state land in
Moffat county
| With the discovery OF the bodies of
two young women identified hy the no
lice as those of Mrs. Thomas Loren
sen, % years old, known in Denver ns
Edlth Cook. and her sister, Ethel Cook
~, floating in Berkeley lake by park
attendants, the police were confronted
with one of the most startling death
mysteries encountered in recent wears
The two women were formerly of Lis
bon, Iowa, it was found, after hours
or work on the part OF city detectives,
who discovered the identity through
the medium of pawn ticket. How
the death of the women occurred sug-
gests number Of theories. most plaus-
lille Of which, in the minds of the po-
lice, is suicide.
Spencer PenrOse, multi-milionaire
capitalist, presented his Dale street
residence in Colorado Springs, valued
| at Sl25,OU, to the BrOadmoor Art
Academy, which was Incorporated to
| receive the place. The residence will
| be used AS school for artists, and it
Will be the headquarters for the lead
| ing artists. The residence is one of
| the finest in the state, contains twenty
rooms and overlooks Monument Valley
park In addition no will ,,iyo e, nnn