The Keota news., 1919-09-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Final reports from county oSooaeOtS
to the State Immigration Department
show 81. 1877 acres Of beans In Colorado
this year. exclusive OF snap beans.
This includes II. .586 acres Of dry beans
for market, principally pintos, aud
1881 acres Of beans Of various vari-
eties for seed. This II the only i'm.
p0rtant crop showing q decrease In
acreage this year NJ compared with
1919. Approximately 252. 600 acres was
devoted to this crop In 1918. but the
yield Was unsatisfactory IN many dis
tricts aud the price obtained was much
lower than the previous year. These
two facts are the principal reasons for
the low acreage this year. FL Pas0.
Eibert and Weld counties lead In area
devoted to beans. each county having
In excess Of 10000 acres. IOgnn cOun'
~ and other counties In the northeast
corner Of the state. where large acre
lgex Of beans were grown last year.
report very light acreage this year.
the land being devoted principally to
winter wheat.
The condition Of the apple crop In
The state ut this time n 0I per cent of
FORMAL. compared with 80 per cent .;
his time last year aud IN average con.
iitiou Of q per cent. The estimated
production II 2.SsO.O0O busheis. or
more than l.O00.O(O bushels In excess
4 last years output. The quality Of
hef ruii Is good. The peach crop is
einx marketed rapidly and II general.
y Of excellent quality. THE prsAltic.
lon In estimated ai aEs,DO bushels.
ompareti with G:ta 1000 bushels last
ear. Tie pear crop II also good. the
stimated production heinx :i1.OOO
.usheis. compared with 10000 bushels
ast year.
Another name was added to the me.
norlal roll Of Colorado Springs when
serEt. BENJAMIN Harrison Bailey died
'rom the effects Of shelf shock and
,oison gus At his home In that city.
The young soldier Was one Of thA j.rst
.nlIxtments from Colorado Springs .n'i
'crvesl with the British before N"ui.
iidier and with the engineers AZ Cam.
,rai. Time after time he escap<d ID
ieath BY fractions Of an Incl, until. N
he closing days Of the war. lie was
.heal. SHOCKED ut the Arxonne forcs,.
md while lying helpless on the hattie.
field became q victim Of poisonous
zax.
According to the county assessors
distract Of assessment jackson coun.
.y's valuation for tax purposes this
year In &6.75A4S5. There are 1890
head Of range cattle. assessed at an av.
rage Of $ll!Dl per head. total Of e.
1a. .7oO. which makes the largest item
IN the list. There are o. acres of
Lay land, assessed at 81 i.S57. 40: graz.
ing land. $67H17S: improvements on
land, &23l.?i5. There are 37@7 head
Of horses In the county. valued at
sl63, l4S.
A falling off Of nearly 100000
bushels In the production Of corn for
the state II indicated as q result Of dry
weather late In the season. The condi.
tion Of the corn crop Is found to hc
only e. per cent of normal, which In.
jicates q production. on approximately
100000 acres devoted to the crop. of
l3.aiO.OOO bushels, compared with
production Of 2O.5S6. 900 bushels on
10000 acres last year The acreage
planted this year is the largest on rec
ord.
The threatened street car strike In
Pueblo was averted after an all.night
session, when the employees Of the com.
name ~osoxa In ncccnf the offer Of the