The Colorado statesman., 1920-06-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


| FIRST rust infected barberry bushes
were found near Lnveand, Colo.
These bushes were mostly small seed
ings which had come up after the larg-
~ bushes had been eradicated. New
sprouts were found arising from roots
left in the ground when the other bush
cs were dug up These small burnerry
plants, which were scattered over II
considerable area in the midst of II rich
| farming district, were heavily Infected
with the rust and will in all probhhil-
| ity be the starting point of local OF
perhaps widespread epidemic OF
wheat rust this summer,
Inheritance tnN collections from
June l to 10 total Sl2,332 from twenty
| .hrce estates, according TO state
mcnt made by the Inheritance tax d'-
pnrtment This brings the aggregate
for the biennial period to Sl,OI ,oN'.99'
The three largest payments were cor
lected from the estates of Samuel W.
Ecllman, S4.209.l 10; IIarootune Enfia-
liam, an Armenian importer of Persian
and Oriental rugs, S2,194.II, ana JOS
ephlnc Buernard, S1,j0G.6l. All were
residents of Denver.
Complete reports on the acreage of
crops in cultivation this year had been
received by the State migration De
partment from eight counties ON June
20. and partial reports from all coun-
ties in the state where agriculture is
followed, but ten. Word has been re-
ceived from all counties but two that
the collection of agricultural statis-
tics is well under way and will be
completed in all except few motn-
tain counties by July l.
c. G. Sutton, who has been making
arrangements for wild west show at
Fort Collins July and 6, announced
that he has signed up fifteen wild
horses from the Buckeye ranch and fif-
teen bucking horses of the orig
inal variety from various places.
-Four strings of relay mounts
have been entered, and Mr.. Sutton says
that he will have full program OF
first-class events booked before the end
of this month
Upwards of $1,000 acres of land in
southeastern Colorado in the Lamar
land district has been thrown open for
| homeStenderS by the secretary of the
| interior, under the GIO-acre stock rails
ing homestead law These lands are
already covered by applications of 200
residents of this district Pursuant to
applications received 4,520 acres in
the Sterling district has been similarly
opened for settlement.
Motorists who visit Colorado this
summer will find in the San Isabel
National Forest lying thirty-five miles
of Pueblo and Trinidad, an attractive
vacation land in which there are un-
surpassed opportunities for outdoor
life and enjoyment. Nowhere will the
"motor gypsy encounter such di-
versity of scenic splendor as is found
in the new Fairgrounds which are be.
ing developed on this forest
A gift of 100000 from the general
board of education (the Rockefeller
fund.- to Colorado College toward an
endowment of S1,O0O,0O0 for the per-
manent increase of salaries of the col
lege faculty has been announced by
President G. A. Duniway.
The Larimer County Purebred Live
stock Association has reelected OF
ficers for the coming year. They are
!. ID. Pancake of Loveland, president ;
s. III. Clammer of Fort Collins, vice
president, and Elmer johnson of Fort
Collins, vice president.
John w. Galbreath, 80, lessee of the
Franklin mine, near Idaho Springs,
was killed by premature explosion of
dynamite while at work. Galbrcath
was working alone and the body was
not found until next morning.
Otto Matzen, As years old, we'll
known Phillips county farmer, was in
stantly killed and his three children
were knocked unconscious by bolt
of lightning near their home at Holy
oke.
Copy for the 1920 edition of the
Colorado Year Book is nearly all in
the hands of the printer and the Immi-
grafton Department, which issues the
| book, expects to receive it from the
press about the middle of July. II will
be somewhat larger than the 1919 edi-
| ton ana VIII ne tlle IoSl toihplete
general book of statistical and other
official information on the state OF
Colorado ever published.
Good heavy horses for farm work
are at a premium in some sections
Buyers state that when a reasonably
good heavy horse is for sale he must
be taken for there is a large number
of buyers on the waiting list for such
horses. City users of horses are get
ting at wits ends to know what to dc
for good horses. The farm is not pro.
ducing them as formerly and they can.