The Keota news., 1919-09-12
COLORADO NEWS Noru.

W0gSuuIS tooUcU " tU0 Dt8tO OOxSUU
August exceeded In total amount thoss
issued In August. 1918. by $lSS 90o.SA.
or ~ per cent. says State Treasurer
Harry Il. Nulnix. due principally to
what he termed natural growth Of the
state" aud additions to the pay rolls.
Cash warrants issued last month mum.
bered $50 and were for q total OF
&447. $3.50. AZ compared with l.Ss6 for
eSS6. &S In August. 1918. an increase
this year Of &llO.7S2.O7. Revenue. or
time warrants In August. 1918. were
7S5 In number and tOtaled 500. HAT.
Last month there were 1905 Of them
for q total Of sl08.Oil.sS. This II an
Increase OF 68.a87O6.
During their four months Of exist.
ence the four state employment offices
which are operating in conjunction
with the State Labor Department. have
placed 1850 discharged soldiers In 20.
sitions. according to figures just made
public by w. /. Aorrissey. state labor
commissioners. The two offices main.
taineti In Denver secured work for l..
020 men. the one In Pueblo for Gu
men, aud for $40 men at Colorado
Springs. A total Of 8.776 applications
for Jobs were received at the offices.
william wrightiey. q farmer Of the
Grover district. has demonstrated the
possibilities Of raising fruit on nonirri.
gated land Of eastern Colorado To the
satisfaction Of all observers this year.
Wrighilcy harvested 40 bushels Of
= AR<>k>s ~ at
coo trees. which just came into the
stage Of heavy bearing this year. The
fruit II fully a. large and uniform In
quality ~ that grown In the irrigated
orchards Of the l.oveiand and Fort
Collins districts.
Abstract Of assessment Of Pue6ao
county property. prepared by County
Assessor ~. A. Carey for the state tax
commission. shows the taxable proper
u to total this year 97l.17S.00Q. an In.
crease Of 1901. .406 over the valuation
Of last year. Merchandising and manu'
featuring show the largest increase.
$6SS. .10A and automobiles come next
with an increase Of $4,000. Most ~
forms Of personal property show
marked increase this year over last.
Detective Charles Baty was exoncr.
ated by a CORNERS jury sitting st
Pueblo, from the charge Of murder In
connection with the shooting and Kill
Ing Of Aurcilio Carrillu. the Mexican.
alleged to have been one Of the two
men who shot and killed two other
Alexicans on the night Of August 10Th.
The shooting took place when the DE-
tcctive went to q roosninx house where
II was learned the Mexican WAS In
hiding.
Ninety.flvc losses Of live stock by
fire and lightning have occurred 10 the
farming regions Of Pueblo during the
past twelve months, and 0O per cent oi
these have been caused BY lightning.
Wire fences, near which most Of the
animals have been found dead. are
said to have been TIE dcafhs,olt car.
ricrx, sometimes for considerable dis
tunccs. LOSSES have occurred among
cattle, hogs, sheep and horses.
Mr.. william Rathmeil, deputy asses
sor Of Ouruy county. has completed
the assessment roll for 1919. The to-
tai valuation II &i,057. .ll5 rs compared
with &5,8l5.7G4 in 1918. The differ
cnce is principally made by the tax
reductions made on the Camp Bird
Limited Company, whose valuation
wus 500 an acre last year and FL
this year because Il II q nOnprOducine
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