The Colorado statesman., 1920-08-28


Hugo. Coio-The Lincoln County Fair
viii be held AT Hugo sept 2e-So'
Oct l-2.
w. Il. Enfield has sold his iO-acre
ranch near AIontrose for 100000 to
Frank Chase of Paxton, Neb. This
is probably one of the fnnciest prices
ever paid for land in that region.
William Herndon. Santa Ee rail-
road employe AT La Junta, Is dead, and
four others are injured seriously as the
result of midnight race between au-
tomobiles on the road from la Junta
to Rocky Ford.
Rapid progress is being made ON the
new Liberal Arts building thar is being
erected ON the University of Colorado
campus at Boulder under the personal
direction and supervision Of members
Of the engineering faculty.
National conferences 10 revive the
metal mining industry of the United
States will he held in Denver the week
of Nov. -. Two thousand producers,
flnanciers. government officials and
experts will participate. Oil and coal
men will also meet in national conven-
tions.
A Boulder, Colo, contractor has
signed an agreement to build teach
erage" at NiwOt at once. The new
building will have five rooms for the
accommodation of instructors at the
local school This is the fourth in the
Boulder district
Contracts carrying salary increases
Of 30 per cent have been insufficient
to obtain signatures Of enough teach
ers for the rural schools in Boulder
county. The new figures range from
SS5 to S13j, the highest amounts he
ing for the schools IN the mountain
districts.
The chance passing of Clarence Nc
Loughan on a little frequented road
near Loveland saved from critical, If
not fatal. injury of Nal EdmOnds. He
was near suffocation from being
pinned under his overturned auto, with
II great weight resting on his lungs,
having been held helpless for half
hour.
John Brown of Golden. % years old,
member of the Excelsior hose team
of volunteer firemen. dropped dea1
shortly after the team had finished
practice run down Washington avenue
Brown and several other members OF
the team were practicing for race to
he demonstrated mt the state fireman s
tournament.
Warrants amounting TO 81. 1905 .63
were issued during July by the state
auditor. according to Il report flied
with the auditing board. The amount
is represented in 3,J62 warrants, the
largest number ever issued in Il month.
The average number issued each month
is about 5000, according TO Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong.
Collection from twentyfour states,
from July II to August II, netted the
state S66I1 AZ in inheritance tax
money, according TO the monthly report
made by Attorney General Victors g..
Keyes. The largest estate from which
a4taX collection was made was that of
Jennie NJ. Harvey of Denver. The
estate was appraised at Sl4S,OOO.
There will he six big days and six
big nights at the 1920 Colorado State
Fair. Opening on Sunday, September
10 II will close on the night of Friday,
and there will not be a dull moment
during that entire time. There will be
some good racing on the opening day
-Smday-and some other appropriate
ractionS beside the multitude of dis
plays. There will be major attractions
which it would require whole news
paper to mention, much more to de-
scribe.
Remarkable progress in the agricul-
tural development of Moffat county is
shown for the last wear by the report
of the state board of immigration. The
report shows there are TGl land own
ers and homcsteadcrs and fiftyfive
renters. with Il total of 3S,3IS acres
under cultivation. GIFTS acres of farm
land not vet broken, and with an in
| crease of 1916 acres of land raising
crops
Compilations made by the State I'm
migration Department from prelimi-
nary reports received from the federal
census bureau show that the pop
ulatlon Of forty-nine counties in Colo
RADIO announced up to this time is
1925. The same counties showed
population in 1910 of 5Si,226, and
the thirteen counties for which re-
ports have not been received had a
popuIation in 1910 of 214.I9S The
population of the entire state in 1910
was 799,O24 and the counties so far
reported had approximately 73 per
cent of the population that year. If
they maintain the same ratio this year
the population of the state as reported
by the census bureau will he in the
neighhorhOod of 9T5,OO0.
Antonnhile hnndits entereh the An