The Keota news., 1919-10-10
COLORADO Hyws NOTES.

oSuV ~ tue past TWO
weeks which have put the soil In ex
cellent shape for fall plowing. and thi,
work 10 farther advanced than II usu
ally 70 at this season OF the year. Re
ports received by the Colorado Coop
erative Crop Reporting Service indI
cate that the amount Of winter whea,
planted this fall will bs somewhat les,
Than that planted In 1913. which wa,
the largest crop Of winter wheat evel
planted In the state. The season wa,
Unfavorable for winter wheat In most
sections Of the state this year ant
many farmers who were dissatisfied
with the yields obtained will grow les,
wheat this year. while a certain
amount Of uncertainty as to what the
price Of wheat may be next year Is up
parently influencing n few farmers te
decrease their acreage.
The National Wholesale Grocers' As
sociation. comprising brokers and man
ufacturcrs. will hold It's 1920 convcn
ton In Colorado Springs. starting Jun.
Z. according TO an Official announce
ment made by A. II. Beckman. general
secretary Of the association. who ha'
been In that city making arrangements
Preparations will be made for handling
1000 delegates and their wives. This
II the first time the association has
held q convention west Of the MIssIs'
sippl.
Application from the Grover. Colo,
high school for rifles for drill purposes
Gnd similar applications from other
schools Of Colorado led Col. d. +. Nc.
Cunniff. federal inspcctor.instructor
with the Colorado National Guard, Ia
tall these schools attention To the pro.
visions Of the army regulations under
which any school with uniformed ca
dct corps Of not less than forty mem
ocrs can obtnin both rifles and ammt.
naion from the War Department.
The reported dynamiting Of fish In
the Rio Grxndc has been amply veri'
fed. Hundreds Of dead fish have been
found floating and lodged along the
river banks all the wny from DecIl
creek to Wagon Wheel gnp. and all
those who have examined them de-
tlaresi that they had been killed by a
Llast Of dynamite or other explosive,
ms the bones were broken and pulled
loose from the backbone.
Tho manufacturing industry In Colo
rndo hud developed rathcr rapidly In
the past twenty years. During that
reriod the number Of manufacturing
blishnents hns nearly doubled. the
cspItnl Invested hns increased about
2os pcr cent. the number Of persons en-
sased has more than doubled. ana inc
value Of manufactured goods produced
annually has increased approximately
10 per cent.
state Treasurer Mulnix hns called IN
Sl75.OOO Of the Ss65. 900 issue OF ma
tionai defense bonds put out hy the
Guuter administration in 1917 to raise
funds for Colorados part In the nation.
al war program. This with $i.o'"o
previously called. makes n total oi
$500. 200 worth Of the bonds when nave
been retired. leaving s:'t,5.OOO of the ~
sue outstanding.
The Ward. Nclerlnnd road, II h'Sh-
,ine road connecting the two mountain
towns about twenty miles west OF ho"'.
der has been completed at cost OF
s4h 600. The road Is 1O.9 miles 'ohR,
md 4, through some Of the most rugged
mountains in the Colorado Rockies. IL
is thought to be one Of the most scenic
drives in the entire state.
The permanent state school iu",' ,
w,. incrcnsed by sD1. 1890 through