The Keota news., 1919-12-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

represented BY at least one student
at Denver University. Chancellor
Henry A. Buchtel stated In giving
resume Of the work Of the school IN
the flfty.flve years Of its existence.
The total number Of students en-
rolled this year In all department u
1900. the chancellor said. Thirteen
hundred of these are from Denver
and the remaining 500 from forty diff
fercnt states. DR.. Buchtel said that
In spite Of extensive advertising em'
ployed by all universities, the fact re-
mains that every school draws the
great ma ority Of its students from Its
immediate vicinity. A total Of S.772
degrees have been conferred by the
university to date.
The carrier pigeons and equipment
Of the Navy Department will be used
next year by the United States Forest
Service for conveying fire reports
from lookout stations and fire fight.
ers "at the front" to National Forest
Headquarters. The value OF the birds
In mountainous and lake regions
where. In many places. travel 10 diff
cult on account of the lack Of roads
and trails. and there are but few tele-
phone lines. will be especially great.
The test Of the birds for this use was
carried out on q limited scale this sea-
son, but It encouraged the Forest Ser.
vice officials to believe that pigeons
can BE- employed profitably on Q large
scale.
Figures compiled BY the State Int
migration Department show that the
per capita valuation Of property In
Colorado for assessment purposes this
year In 8l,40A compared with 81.
884.04 last year. There n an increase
Of approximately 81. 100000 In the as
sessed valuation Of property rs re-
turned by the State Tax Commission.
the total valuation Of property for ~.
sessment purposes In the state this
year being 81. 4o6. 200.oGo. The high.
ct per capita valuation - In Cheyenne
county. 92oo6o4 and the lowest II in
Husrfano county. &e066l. These per
capita figures are based upon . popu.
lation Of approximately 100000 for
the state.
Appropriations to be asked Of the
State Legislature under the special scS.
sion program will aggregate approx.
mately $4,000. It was Indicated after
members planning to introduce bills
covering the subjects stipulated BY the
governor had made known the amounts
to be sought. With the state already
facing the problem of meeting appro.
priations by the regular session that
we're SITS. 70800 In excess Of the esti.
mated revenues for the biennial
period, officials in the offices of the
state treasurer and state auditor are
puzzled as to how the state will oh.
tain funds to meet the additional bur.
den.
Population in Colorado per square
mile Of area this year, according to
compilations made In the State Immi.
grafton Department, 10 1925, com.
pared with 0.02 last year and ~ a.
returned by the Census Bureau in
1910. The population Of the state ap-
parently has increased approximately
80 per cent in the past ten years, as
compared with 4S per cent in the pre-.
ceding decade. The county Of Denver,
Of course, In the most densely popu.
lated. having approximately 4.O1A per.
sons per square mile. Hinstlale county
Is the most sparsely populated, with
O.51 per square mile.
Denied the release Of coal shipped
In BY rail-. Manager w. w. Campbell Of