Gilpin observer., 1919-09-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


to the State immigration Department
show SO, 167 acres of beans in Colorado
this year, exclusive of snap beans
This includes 1856 acres of dry beans
for market, principally pintOs, and
| 11.5S1 acres of beans of various vari-
cites for seed This is the only i'm
portant crop showing decrease in
acreage this year as compared with
1919. Approximately $4,000 acres was
devoted to this crop in 1918, but the
yield was unsatisfactory in many dis
tricts and the price obtained was much
lower than the previous year. These
two facts are the principal reasons for
the low acreage this year El Paso,
Elbert and Weld counties lead in area
devoted to beans, each county having
in excess of 10000 acres Logan coun-
ty and other counties in the northeast
corner of the state, where large acre
ages of beans were grown last year,
report Il very light acreage this year,
the land being devoted principally to
winter wheat
The condition of the apple crop in
the state at this time is SO per cent of
normal, compared with 80 per cent at
this time last year and an average con-
dition of "a per cent The estimated
production is 2,839,OOO bushels, or
more than 1,OOO,OOO bushels in excess
of last years output. The quality of
thief ruit is good. The peach crop is
being marketed rapidly and is general
ly of excellent quality. The produc-
ton is estimated at 100000 bushels,
compared with 633,0O0 bushels last
year. The pear crop is also good, the
estimated production being 217.O00
bushels, compared with $4,000 bushels
last year.
Another name was added to the me-
mortal roll of Colorado Springs when
Sergt. Benjamin Harrison Bailey died
from the effects of shell shock and
poison gas at his home in that city.
The young soldier was one of the i'rst
enlistments from Colorado Springs and
served with the British before Mnpt-
didier and with the engineers ar Cam
brai. Time after time he escaped
death by fractions of an inch until, N
the closing days of the, war, he was
shell-shocked at the Argonne forest,
and while lying helpless on the battle
field became victim of poisonous
gas
According to the county assessors
abstract of assessment Jackson coun-
ty's valuation for tax purposes this
year is $5,755,455 There are 1920
of not of
erage of $4491 per head, total Of 81
036,760 which makes the largest item
on the list. There are 66,720 acres of
Lay land, assessed at 1857 ,450; graz
ing land. $67S,675; improvements on
land, S231 1,215. There are 3,747 head
of horses in the county, valued at
S1S3,145
A falling off of nearly 100000
bushels in the production of corn for
the state is indicated as result of dry
weather late in the season. The condi-
tion of the corn crop is found to be
only 81 per cent of normal, which in
dicates production, on approximately
100000 acres devoted to the crop, of
13,950,00O bushels. compared with
DusllelS OH
$4,000 acres last year. The acreage
planted this year is the largest on rec
ord.
The threatened street car strike i'm
Pueblo was averted after an all-night
session, when the employees of the com
pany voted to accept the offer of the
company for half Of the % per cent
wage increase now and the other half
Nov. 10, when the city ordinance grant
ing the company the privilege of
charging cents car fare in Pueblo be-
comes effective.
Breckenridge school children, who
were fourth in the national contest to
raise the largest amounts of War Saw
ings stamps subscriptions, will receive
II specially penned honorary testimOn-
ial from Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford.
"war president" of the National EGu-
cation Association and state superin-
tendent of public instruction
Increased traffic on Main avenue AT
Durango has made necessary the pass
ing of an ordinance by the City Coun-
ell preventing the parking of cars
along that thoroughfare for II longer
period than thirty minutes at any Ok
time A special traffic officer has
ieen added to the police force to en-
force the parking order.
A sugar shortage which has pre-
vailed in Colorado for several weeks
caused many merchants in Denver to
begin limiting their customers to tEc
amount that may he purchased mt auy
one time. The limitation, merchants
say. should cause no alarm among
housewives as 1t will he only tempo
iary.
Mrs. Cora Sulsar, pbout rs years old.
one of II party of tourists from Gilpln