The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-30
cEnrxxs1AL STATE ITEMS.

| ty assessors this year In cOIlectln8 AZ
| ricuitural statistics under the recently
enacted law the State immigration De
partment, which prepares the blanks
| on which statistics are gathered, mas
| decided TO make a number OF changes
| in the blanks for next year. II mas
been found that most of the mistakes
made this year resulted from making
entries under the wrong heading, as
| the blanks are large and the lines that
must he followed are long. A system
| of double line and cOlored line ruling
| will be followed next year which VIII
make it easy for assessors and their
| deputies to follow the proper lines,
both across the blanks and from top to
bottom. 1t has also been found this
wear that with the blanks now In use
ii is impossible to obtain accurate IN
formation regarding the less import
ant crops, such as tomatoes, garden
peas. flax, snap beans and others that
are grown only in restricted localities.
Special blanks will be furnished next
year for gathering information regard
ing these crops which are grown only
in restricted areas. Reports from all
parts of the United States indicate that
no state has obtained better result in
the collection of agricultural statistics
upon the first attempt than Colorado
did this year and an effort will be
made next year to bring the report as
near as possible to perfection. All as
SCISSORS did excellent work this year
and II few of them obtained as com
plete reports as it will ever be possible
to obtain.
Payment. of S165.931.3l ION account
of the Inheritance tax" due on the es-
tate of Werner T. Reed and prospect
that $155.0OO on other large estates
will he paid within two months will
alone bring the total collections OF the
state Inheritance tax department to
Ss1O.OOO in the first year of the biennial
period which began Dec. ! last. This
total will exceed by S145.OOO the esti-
mate made for the biennial period. or
S725OOO. The sum of S549, 123.4S had
been collected by the department
Oct. II.
Plans were formulated at II meeting
of citizens and university officials at
Boulder for the most comprehensive
social survey. according to DIR. Lornn
| D. Osborn head of the university eX-
tension department. that has ever been
made in the West. The survey will in
clutle the collection and compilation of
data concerning the vital statistics fl
nancial statistics. school statistics, and.
in fact, every bit of information that
can he used TO aid In welfare work
A skull discovered accidentally by
Charlie Wilson, n rancher on Coal
creek i'm jefferson county, prompted n
search which revealed n clothed skele-
ton caught in fork of a tree fifty feet
up the hillside. a short distance from
PIainview. The identity of the man
whose bones were found could not be
established by Coroner William Woods
Of jefferson county to whom Wilson
reported at Golden.
n Lehrman. well-known merchant.
was seriously injured at Brighton when
his daughter. Sarah. accidentally drove
machine over him in front of his gar
age The clutch slipped as she was
putting the car into the garage, after
returning home from Denver, and the
car gave Il sudden squirt and ran over
the merchant.
In raid on farm two and one-half
miles north of Brighton in Weld coun-
ty. Sheriff F. A. Gormley of Brighton
arrested Mike KaZlowsky and two bro
Tiers. who were taken to Greeley to
be charged with making liquor. Six
gallons of distilled alcohol and fifty
gallons of raisin wine were seized by
the sheriff.
Arthur Taggart, aged prospector,
was found guilty at Boulder in the
first degree for the murder of George
Spencer. who was found dead In his
cabin nt Spring gulch on Aug g. The
jury was out forty-five minutes He
was given life sentence.
Archuleta county has fallen short
fhis year in the production of potatoes.
Ranchers are realizing that they have
once more made n mistake in not
planting a larger acreage for the coun-
ty produces fine spuds without irriga-
ton. Many car loads were shipped out
Inst year but fear Of not getting good
price and lack of demand has ham
pered the crop this year.
A net decrease Of $2OO,5sO in the
states total assessed valuation for the
next year was shown when the State
Tax Commission completed compila
tiOn of changes made by the board OF
equalization, which ended its annual
work RoductiOna made wora H7O0 q
and increases were $5OS, $3.50, making
the approved valuation for the entire
state 81 ,494. S43. .449.
Greeley building contractors have re
fused demands of the union carpenters
for an Increase In pay from IS to 81