The Elbert County tribune., 1919-08-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

to reports made by county assessors to
the State Board OF immigration. The
census report for 1909 Indicated Mt
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 a
very marked decrease in the average
yield per acre for this crop.
Margaret Ennis of Denver and Engle-
wood has been appointed deputy sher-
iff of Arapahoe county. She is said
to be the first woman deputy sheriff
In Colorado. Miss Ennis is daughter
of Thomas Ennis, prominent Grand
county rnncher, and sister of Mrs X.
A. Blackman, state inheritance tax ap-
praiser During the war Miss Ennis
was chief clerk of the local draft board
of Arapahoe county, and attained
| many high honors for her good work
| during her fifteen months service.
Miners of Boulder county and repre-
tions have lately held a meeting and
decided TO hold silver jubilee at
Chautauqua park on Labor day. The
jubilee will be to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the discovery Of silver
at Caribou Sam Conger, who pros
pected In Boulder county In the early
days will be In Boulder to take part in
the celegration w. NJ. Martin, discov
erer of Caribou mine, Will also take
part in the jubilee.
Eight thousand acres of land In
Montrose county has been reclaimed
by the laying of 365 miles of tillng, ac-
cording to an estimate made by Mont
rose authorities. For years, with
| thousands of acres remaining idle be-
cause Of seepage, the drainage has
been the greatest problem facing the
Uncompaghre valley farmer. However.
| this has been to II great extent over
come by the use of such large guam
| tity of tillng.
The Board of County Commissioners
nas advertised for bids for the con
struction of n concrete road from the
corporate limits of Grand Junction in
to Fruitvale The estimated cost of
ihe construction will De $4,000. 1t
was stated that the contract probably
will be let within the next thirty days
and that construction work will start
Immediately, afterwards. The money.
1t is reported, Is available at this time.
A thorough examination of the wheat
fields of Montrose county revealed on
ly one place where the barberry rust
had attacked the grain. Walter ]. Roth
and several assistants of the United
States Department of Agriculture un-
der the supervision of the Colorado
Experimental Station have completed
two-day inspection of the wheai
fields of the county and gives this en-
couraging report.
The name, The Editor, was ordered
given to 9.600-ton steel ship to be
launched at Seattle Aug. 10 In honor of
the National Editorial Associations
convention, which will meet in Seat
tie. Chairman f. n. Hurley of the
shipping board assigned the name. Mrs.
Guy U. Hardy, wife of Congressman
Hardy of Canon City, Colo, president
of the association, will sponsor the YES
sel
Colorado Elks will hold Liberty
Victory reunion at Loveland Aug. %
to 81. Between 1000 and 5000 mem
bers are expected to attend the cele-
bration, which is the first state re-
union since America entered the war.
The American Beet Sugar Company
has purchased a large tract of valua-
BILE land near Rocky Ford, Plans are
future thirty dwelling houses with
modern conveniences for their help.
Weld county now leads all Colorado
counties in the number of consolidated
and centralized schools. There are
seven centralized and nine consolidat-
ed schools in the county.
Total destruction of the large beet
crop of Montrose county was averted
only by the timely application of a
spray of arsenic of lead to kill the
army worms which were rapidly eat
ing up the beet leaves and thereby kill
ing the plant. This danger was exper-
fenced on the eastern slope recently,
with considerable loss however, an
inspection of the fields where the
spray was applied without delay shows
that the loss is light in Montrose
| county.
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-
tomobiles 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-
eally 100 per cent greater than last
| Year