The Monte Vista journal., 1919-10-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

r~il~nt shape fer fall pl"wins. anu 'h's
~ork 4. farther advanced than u usu'
niiy ~ at this s~asNn NJ the year, It"'
ior,. received by the C"l"rad" Coop
-rat,,- crop iirt,or,ins s-rvlc~ ihd''
cate that the amount of winter wheat
planted this fall viii he somewhat i~ss
than that planted In ipis, which was
the largest crop of winter wheat ever
planted In the state. rh~ season was
, Norphi- for winter wheat IN in">'
sections of the state this year nnd
many farmers who were dissatisfied
with the Yields obtained viii grow less
wheat thi. year. while certain
amount ~ uncertainty n. io what III"
price of wheat may h- n~st Year i "p'
tsrrntiy Influencing u few farmers I"
decrease their acreage.
All previous records Tor visitors
w~r broirn In the Rocky Mountain
National Park during the past 'a-"h.
sccor,iinx 4" report just iss"d ny
stephen r. Mnthcr. director NJ the M.
iional park service. According ." stu.
ii.tics taken vt the park. iGi.0D have
he-n visitors during the past summer.
while last year only iOi .OD visitors
ere recorded. Last year :O!;ss motor
cars passed through the park. while
during the past .rason this number has
be~n nearly doubled with \ total of
sO.8Il
Decrease In the amount of land
lvailable for ho,nesteading In Colo
rsdo has reduced the number Of apPli.
cations this year by one.thir'l. as c"'o-
rar~h with 1919 records, according 10
| State Immigration Commissioner Ed.
ward Foster. the inquiries are n. many
this fall as three years ng". There is
sim n total Of 0.jOO.MD xcrcs open 10
6Diry. records Of the department shGw',
but this total IL 100000 acres less ihon
that available Y year ago and 5.OOO,CO
,crcs less than on July !, 1915.
Application from the Grover. Colo.
high school for rifles for drill purposes
.nd similar applications from other
| schools Of Colorado led Col. u. T.. Nc
Cunniff. federal Inspector
with the Colorado National Guard. to
call thes~ schools attention to the pro-
visions Of the army regulations under
which any school with n uniformed Gu
| dct corps Of not less than forty men,
bers can obtain both rifles aud ammu-
milton from the War Department.
&. =. Burke Of Pueblo was elected
secretary treasurer Of the Colorado
Duroc Jersey Hog Association ut u
meeting held In Pueblo. Professor
Morton Of the Colorado State Agricul-
| tural College, Fort Collins, was elected
president. J. W. Brewer Of COlta-adO
Springs was chosen vice president. The
association members plan on taking u
large number of head Of fancy Duroc
Jerseys, possibly thirty, to the Denver
stock show this winter.
The reported dynamiting Of fish In
| the Rio Grande hns been amply veri-
fed. Hundreds Of dead fish have been
found floating and lodged along the
river banks all the way from Deep
creek to Wagon Wheel gap. and all
those who have examined them de-
olared that they had been killed by Il
blast Of dynamite or other explosive,
as the bones were broken and pulled
loose from the backbone.
The manufacturing industry In Colo
RADIO had developed rather rapidly In
the past twenty years. During that
reriod the number Of manufacturing
establishments has nearly doubled, the
capital invested has Increased about
::.25 per cent. the number of persons en-
gagged has more than doubled, and the
value OF manufactured goods produced
annually has increased approximately
40 per cent.
The shipping season for pinto beans
rs just opening In this state, and Colo
RADIO Is facing very serious situation
In this industry. Bigger marketing
problems are confronting the pinto
lean producers than last year, because
there vii! be no big government orders
to be filled, such as there was during
the season OF 19lS-19l9.
Approximately $3.5OO,OOO will be ex-
Tended In Colorado this year on new
school buildings, 1t Is estimated by
Mrs. Mary c. G. Bradford, state super
intendent Of public instruction, on the
basis OF reports now received from
'wo-thirds of the slxty-three counties
In the state. Buildings costing $3,OOO,-
GOO are actually In course OF cOnstruc-
tion, and others will be building soon.
james Rithey, II years old, son of o.
Rithey, rancher west Of Monte Vista, is
dead Of injuries received when he was
hooked by u cow. Young tithey was