The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-08

advertise for bids on construction to-
falling nearly $1,000,000 at once, ac-
cordIng TO the statement of President
John G. Crabbe of the college.
Reports of field men for the Holly
Sugar Corporation show that the sugar
beet crop over the western slope is not
one-half harvested. One-thlrd of the
beets have been delivered to the fac
tory and with the ideal weather condi-
tions wv prevailing. the harvest of the
remair pr of the crop Is being rushed.
At a. election held at Haxtun the is
sue of $4,000 additional bonds for the
finishing of the grade school buildinr
was adopted by unanimous vote. The
previous bond issue was for 100000,
but the amount proved inadequate.
Haxtun's grade school attendance has
increased in the last year from 100 to
25T.
The Rev ]. NJ. Barnett, recently re-
turned from service overseas, where
lie served as II private in the ranks. en-
listed in the same capacity in the
Grand Junction company of the Colo
RADIO National Guard when that unit
was called for service. He is rector
of st. Matthew's Episcopal church of
that city.
Great encouragement is being met
by the committees who are soliciting
stock subscriptions for the new muni-
cipal sanitarium, which Will be eon-
structed in Paonia in the spring, II
present plans materialize. The COM
mittee on building has already several
proposed sites under consideration,
and at meeting in the near future
one of these will be chosen for the new
hospital, which will be one of the best
on the Western slope.
Records at the postoffice show that
during the first eighteen days of Oc-
tober fifty-seven tons of parcels post
matter was mailed through the Grand
Junction office, this exceeding all pre-
vious records. The growth of Grand
Junction as wholesaling center is re-
sulting in the heavy increase in par
GELS post shipments. Parcels post snip
ments of fruit from the smaller cities
surrounding Grand Junction have also
been exceptionally heavy this fall.
Final compilation of returns made
DIV county dSSeSSOTS. WIFI itl'oi 70 iipih
three counties still Incomplete. show
4. .53S 960 acres under cultivation in
Colorado this year, compared with =,
25314 acres harvested in 1909. NO
figures are available at this time 10
show what percentage of the acreage
planted for this years crops was not
harvested. but the percentage in some
sections of the state was rather high
because of the continued dry weather
early in the season. The census report
of 1909 does not show what acreage
was planted for that years crops, but
only what was harvested.
The Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service began on November 1st, the
calculation of the total production of
all principal crops in the various coun-
ties in Colorado and will complete the
necessary tabulations for publication
in the December number of the Crop
Bulletin In these calculations the
acreage reports furnished by county
assessors will be used. which are very
complete for most counties in the
state and which give much larger total
acreage for the state than have been
1u1llSnpu DcloIt lIoil any SUM-
There are some counties, however. in
which the acreage reports are incom-
plete, and such counties will he given
credit for smaller production than they
have made.
The night service of the express
| company at Florence will'be discontin-
ued, the company having decided to
close the office at night until the fruit
season opens up next year Express
from the East will be taken through tc
| Canon City. and returned on Rio
Grande train No f.
If the present plans of the United
States Department of Agriculture are
carried out there will be available, be-
ginning with next year, much more
complete and detailed information re-
sarding the livestock industry in all
states than is available at the present
time. These plans provide for fire.
ouent reports showing the number of
livestock of different kinds on hand
in the various counties of each
state. the number of animals born. the
number marketed, the number slaught-
cred and other important information
not now available. In Colorado this
new program of furnishing the public
information regarding fhe livestock in
dustry will be handled largely by the
Colorado Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service. in which the United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates and the
Colorado Immigration Department are
represented.
Following up President Wilson's
virtual command TO the coal miners 10
call off their threatened strike in ,h"
bituminous fields, government officials
disclosed that the adoption of drasric