The Ordway new era., 1920-01-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


roads.
In Montana. Wyoming. Colorado and
New Mexico there are little less than
81 100000 acres Of land subject tc
entry.
During 1919 the value gain in the
output OF misunderstanding ores In Colo
RADIO WIS sGI5,OOO, or - per cent. in
creaslng the total under this head to
s3,3T5,OOO.
Final figures on shipments raised
the production OF pears for the state
much above the preliminary estlmate.s
The total production Is placed at 311,-
800 bushels compared with 24S,OUO
bushels in 1918.
1t is reported that new town. Pc
oria, to be located six miles west of
Deer Trail, will soon lee started by
cinlty, and arrangements are being
made 10 open a general store. garage,
bank, and perhaps n lumber yard and
u cooperative elevator.
Charles Thomas was awarded a YER
diet Of $1,000 by Il jury in district
court at Greeley against John q. Loh-
rey, GiIcrest fariner, ns damages for
cycle collision la Greeley which re-
suited In the aInpurntion of Thomas
right leg.
Colorado and Wyoming naval re-
servists who served during the war
with Germany may obtain Victory but
I.x 4 fntt
TI,eiss Of tile Denver Navy Recruiting
Station or 10 the petty officer In
charge of the nearest recruiting STA
tlon.
Under the stockraising homestead
act OF Dec. 20, 1916. more than 3,29i,-
3s3 acres of land have been taken mp
In this state, according 10 a statement
issued by NJ. u. McEniry. chief of the
Denver field division. In addition Ia
HAT amount, he estimated That nearly
G.0OO.OOO more acres are available for
homesteadIng under that act.
Mrs. Lois Allen of Cahon City. edi-
tor of the Fremont County Leader,
was elected president of the Colorado
Editorial Association Ht the convention
In Denver. The other officers elected
by the association are l.. l. Griffin of
the Ordway New Era. vice president
and George r. Hnubrlch OF the Weld
County News. Greeley, secretary and
treasurer
Delta is to have n new canning plant.
spent several days In Denver working
out the details. They are going Ia
deal with a large cistern slope can-
ming company The plant will he put
up on large scale. Delta plans many
big improvements this year, and the
outlook WAS never brighter for u big
business campaign.
Assessors from fifty-five Colorado
counties who held their annuol confer
ence with the State Tax Commission
In the Senate chamber at the state
house, voted to assess automobiles OIL
the same basIs as employed last year
with the exception that second-yeaI
valuations shall he 60 per cent of orig
innl value instead of being left chiefly
to the assessors discretion.
Weld county farmers will receive
SGOO,OOO additional payment from The
1919 sugar beet crop MS the result OF
the action of the Great Western Sugar
Company in raising the price paid for
the beeis already ground into sugar
from $40 ton to Sll. Three factory
districts, Greeley, Windsor and Eaton
raised approximately 1OO,OOO tons oI
beefs each and more than 3OO,OO tons
were raised by farmers in southern
and western Weld county for factories
at Longmont. Loveland and Brighton
That the output of colorado's farms
in 1919 was worth more than the com
bined output of all Its manufacturing
establishments and its metal mines, vel
the agricultural department OF the
state is only fairly begun. Colorado
at the present time ranks abOu,
lwenty-eighth among the states In the
value OF all crops grown, though il
ranks seventh i'm area. OF course there
is II large area OF mountainous land IN
the state that can never be made to
produce crops.
The output OF Colorado's farm.
Adjutant General Spangler permission
10 organize n new National Guard
composed of I,6S3 men in Colorado
Colonel Spanrler went to Washington
several days for the purpose of dis
cussing the formation of a new guard
with The War Department. The new
guard will be composed OF the follow
ing units. all of which will he equipped
by the government: One regiment %!
infantry. one machine gun battalion
one battalion OF engineers and head
quarters company, one ammunition
train, one battalion of signal corps
one squadron of cavalry, one battalion
of light horse artillery, and two ambu
lance companies.
Reports OF county assessors showed
2,j02 acres of potatoes planted IN