The state herald., 1920-11-12
hy News Notes
From All Pasts of
Colorado
/, Newspaper Union News Service.

Theodore Anderson, 20, suffered the
loss OF his left arm, which was caught
In corn shredder on a ranch near
Castle Rock.
Golden, Colo. John Kerr, under.
sheriff, WAS elected sheriff of Jeffer-
scn county. succeeding Bert Jones,
who rived for two terms. william
Woo,s vas elected coroner.
Patrolman Albert Cox was killed by
a shot fired by his wife with fel0nious
'-'"nt- according to verdict returned
~ me coroner's jury In Denver. Cox
dec In the county hospital following
reratlon performed In mn effort to
---- rs life. Mrs. Cox IL said to
admitted the shooting.
Practically every department In the
city government of Colorado Springs
presented requests for additional mp
preparations for the remainder of this
year when the City Council met. The
total amount needed, according to the
estimates, Is S6S73.S2 In addition to
Si,26h74 already expended for neces.
sary outlays not included In the years
budget.
Among the subjects considered by
the rwenty-third annual convention OF
The american Mining Congress, No.
veWher 1919, Will be legislation in.
cluding tariff pertaining to the prod
ucts OF the mines, uniformity OF ma.
90 u md state mining laws, revision
of he general mining code, state and
national 'blue-sky" laws, employers
linn'Iiiy laws.
State lands aggregating G,600 acres,
sold ut public auction In the state
capitol, brought q total Of S144, 200, ac-
cordng to John F. Vivian, register OF
,he slate land board. The lands were
located In seven counties and the
ave We price was s2l.s4 per acre. One
b,o,k OF 100 acres Of irrigated land,
ivcA,cd In the Rio Grande county,
:. II. 500 per acre. This was one
"f the biggest sales conducted by the
sui.c lard In several months.
A total of S4S.OOO has been received
by HE State Highway Commission
from Washington, ID. c., us federal aid
money since Oct. 10. ]. Il. Maloney, en-
g'necr for the commission declared
Ia u nver. "This Is the first money
80 havc received from Washington on
Tho SS0i.OO0 due u.s. This money was
'ue ine commission as the federal gov
)rnueit's half Of the cost OF certnin
.iplivnc projects which we have com.
p % the increase and shifting of |
''''''''l'' on In Colorado during the past
tea yolrs. the four-district congress
zap may have Its boundaries
III ably changed by reapportion-
{ the new Congress, which will 1
Ge after the decennial census Is |
uif"trlly announced. A rcapportlon- |
i..u. af the representation In the |
legislature also is believed &c /
bt. d urnbabllliy. In view Of the greatly }
lue d population OF certain farm /
ine G'rlcts and the decrease In min. |
'nr -ommunitics.
Senn OF the principal crops grown
IN colorado declined In value S20.323,- |
SO during the month OF September or
l2s per cent, according TO calcuia-
lions made by the State Immigration
n"''H HriInent. based upon average
Sept. I and Oct. !, as reported
D. United States Bureau OF Crop
Esi'ra es. The crops In question are
corn, wheat, oats. rye. barley. potatoes
and ly. Their value on Sept. I NJ
prices prevailing on that date was
SlSS I''G 2s0. md on Oct. It had fallen
10 S''| s20.iS0. The decline in values
IN Colorado was not quite so severe ms
for the country Mt large. the percent.
age oi loss on the principal crops for
the United States being i56 per cent,
accord ng to the calculations made by
The I $. Bureau OF Crop Estimates.
Governors OF Wyoming. New Mexico
and Colorado. mayors Of the principal
cities IN these three states. educators,
professional men and citizens who are
Interested In education are 10 be In.
yited 10 intend the Citizens Confer.
cncn on Education to be held IN the
state house nt Denver Dee, s and o.
The best milk md butter production
record ever made By nny COW on the
western slope was made by cow
owned by Locsch Bros, prominent Hoi.
stein breeders OF Monirosc county. In n
seycn-day test the COW produced .:
pounds OF butter and 600 pounds Of
milk. This was mn offlclnl test. This
,s g. n Montrosc county product.
having been born aud raised here.
rrry.four counties In Colorado VIII
get sils,5i2 from national forest bust.
n.ss IN the Rocky Mountain district OF
the United States Forest Service dur.
ing the fiscal year 1920. Thlrty.two
---n''cs In Wyoming, South Dnko,n.
S-N-nstn. Michigan md Minnesota
v'l nhare f06.l20 The total amount
mrned over 10 the several stntcs from
shs source In 1910 was sio1.OI4. The
money goes TO road md school pur-
poses.