The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-01-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

S2o,OOO to S3O,OOO per mile on concrete
roads,
In Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and
New Mexico there are little less. than
S7,0O0,O00 acres of land subject to
entry.
During 1919 the value gain in the
output of Misunderstanding ores in Colo
RADIO was $675,OOO, or % per cent, in
creasing the total under this head to
$3,375, 900.
Final figures on shipments raised
the production of pears for the state
much above the preliminary estimates.
The total production is placed at 311,-
600 bushels compared with 24S,OOO
bushels in 1918.
1t is reported that new town, Pc
oria, to be located six miles west of
Deer Trail will soon be started by
persons who are interested in that vi
cinity, and arrangements are being
made to open general store, garage,
bank, and perhaps lumber yard and
a cooperative elevator.
Charles Thomas was awarded YER
dict of $4,000 by jury in district
court at Greeley against John G.. Lob
rey, Gilcrest farmer. as damages for
injuries received in an automobile-bi-
cycle collision in Greeley which re-
suited in the amputation of Thomas
right leg
Colorado and Wyoming naval re
servists who served during the war
with Germany may obtain Victory but
tons by applying to Lieut.. Com. P. S.
Thesis of the Denver Navy Recruiting
Station or to the petty officer in
charge of the nearest recruiting sta
ton
act of Dec. 30, 1916, more than 1924
1888 acres of land have been taken up
in this state. according to statement
issued by NJ d. McEniry. chief of the
Denver field division. In addition to
that amount. he estimated that nearly
100000 more acres are available for
homesteading under that act.
Mrs. Lois Allen of Canon City, edi-
tor of the Fremont County Leader,
was elected president of the Colorado
Editorial Association at the convention
in Denver The other Officers elected
by the association are l.. l. Griffin of
the Ordway New Era, vice president
and George T. Haubrich of the Weld
County News, Greeley, secretary and
treasurer
Delta is to have new canning plant
A committee of Delta business men
spent several days in Denver working
out the details. They are going to
deal with large eastern 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 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 on
the same basis as employed last year
with the exception that second-year
valuations shall he 60 per cent of orig
inal value instead of being left chiefly
TO the assessors discretion.
Weld county farmers will receive
$600,0O0 additional payment from the
1919 sugar beet crop as the result of
the action of the Great Western Sugar
Company in raising the price paid for
the beets already ground into sugar
from so ton TO S11. Three factory
districts, Greeley, Windsor and Eaton,
raised approximately 100000 tons of
beets each and more than 100000 tons
We're 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 yet
the agricultural department of the
state is only fairly begun. Colorado
at the present time ranks about
twenty-eighth among the states in the
value of all crops grown, though it
ranks seventh in area. OF course there
is large area of mountainous land in
the state that can never be made to
produce crops.
The output of Colorado's farms
Adjutant General Spangler permission
to organize a new National Guard
composed of 1858 men in Colorado.
Colonel Spangler went to Washington
several days for the purpose of dis
cussing the formation of new guard
with the War Department. The new
guard will be composed of the follow
ing units, all of which will be equipped
by the government: One regiment of
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
92,502 acres of potatoes planted in
1919 Since county assessors for the
most part compiled their reports in
Anril they learned what acreage farm