The Raymer enterprise., 1920-01-29
Pitly News Notes
From All Paris Of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union New. ssrvie.

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roads.
In Montana. Wyoming. Colorado ant
New Mexico there are little less thar
s.. 900, 900 acres Of land subject te
entry.
During 1919 the value gain in tn
output Of radium-bearing ores in Colo
RADIO was S67A000. or Is per cent, In
creasing the total under this head tc
s8,S75.000.
Final figures on shipments raised
the production Of pears for the stAts
much above the preliminary estimates
The total production u placed at 3ll,'
900 bushels compared with 2lAOoC
bushels In 1918.
Beet growers of the Longmont dis
trict VIII get ~ extra e2l4000 from
the payment Of Il additional q ton oi
beets by the Great Western Sugar
Company. according to an announce
ment made BY N. K. McCreery Of the
Lonsmont factory.
Mrs. Nevada J. Haywood, so years
old, and wife Of william D. Haywood,
general secretary Of the I. w. W., who
was recently released from Leavsn'
worth prison, died In Denver at san.
itarium Of which she had been an In.
mate since last August.
Frank s. Lane, living near Grand
Junction, is under arrest, charged with
having killed two deer out of season.
The report Of the game warden, c. B.
Nichols, was that Lane was found
with the butchered carcasses OF two
fine venison In his home.
William G. Jenkins, one Of three sur.
living members Of the famous light
brigade which took part In the bloody
battle Of Balaklava in the CrImea,
made famous by Tennyson's poem,
The Charge of the Light Brigade, y
died at Pueblo. He was 90 years old.
Under the stockralsing homestead
act Of Dec. 20. 1919. more than 1924.
383 acres Of land have been taken up
In this state, according to a statement
Issued by NJ. d. McEnlry, chief Of the
Denver field division. In addition to
that amount, he estimated that nearly
6000,0 more acres are available for
homesteading under that act.
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 be 90 per cent Of orig
inal value instead Of being left chiefly
to the assessors discretion.
That the OUTPUT Of Colorado's farms
In 1910 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.
Monte vista's fifth annual stock
show will be held this year on Feb. II.
~ and Is. The State Board Of Stock
Commissioners has donated $3.50 to.
ward the premium list for the big show.
This stock show 10 the premier event
Of the kind in the valley and Is given
under the auspices Of the H. o. @. As
sociation, the local growers and
commercial association. This year a
total of $500 In live stock prizes will
be awarded. 1t ID estimated that $780,.
600 worth Of livestock viii be on ex-
hibition.
Colorado and Wyoming naval re-
servists who served during the war
with Germany may obtain Victory but
tons BY applying to Lieut.. Com. r. 8.
Theiss Of the Denver Navy Recruiting
Station or to the petty officer in
charge Of the nearest recruiting sta.
tion.
Delta IL 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 a large eastern slope can
ming company. The plant will be put
up on large scale. Delta plans many
big Improvements this year, and the
outlook was never brighter for O big
business campaign.
Weld county farmers will receive
$6OO, 900 additional payment from the
1919 sugar beet crop - the result Of
the action Of the Great Western Sugar
Company In raising the price paid for
the beets already ground into sugar
from $40 ton to $l1. Three factory
districts, Greeley, Windsor and Eaton,
raised approximately 100000 tons Of
beets each and more than 800, 900 tons
were raised by farmers In southern
and western Weld county for factories
at LongmOnt. Loveland and Brighton,
Charles Thomas Was awarded q yer.
dict Of $4,000 BY q jury in district
court at Greeley against John G. Lob