The Colorado statesman., 1920-06-12
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

ScssurS ana upon percentage estimates
from reporters. Present indications
point to very much increased acre
age of spring wheat and 10 only sligh'
changes from last year in the acrcHge>
devoted to oats, barley and alfalfa.
More ccripletc estimates of the acre
ages devoted 20 all crops viii be pub
liShed IN August, based upon practi-
cnlly complete returns from county as.
SCISSORS
A schedule OF seventeen trips, six OF
them for three days each, has been
arranged by the officers of the Rocky
Mountain climbers club for the 1920
season. The first trip will he takeh
June 10Th to Green canon, near Bout
der and will bc followed a week later
by an all-night trip on Flagstaff noun
tain. The first three-day trip will he
conducted July "a to Devils Thumb
and Jasper lake The club Is starting
its activities three weeks earlier than
usual AT the request of out-of- state
members, who already are beginning
to arrive in Boulder.
Grand valley fruit growers have
learned sad but nevertheless true news
| about the 1920 fruit crop. 1t was be-
lieved that the apples had escaped
damage from the winter cold, and all
varieties but one did escape, but the
popular Winesap suffered almost com
plete extinction in that valley, II is
| declared, so far as the 1920 crop is
concerned. The winter cold damaged
a, In haI N.ffa
and although they bloomed as usual
the blooms fell off and the trees will
| be bare of fruit.
Ranchmen along Muddy creek in
Grand county have bought the tele-
phone lines of the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company in
that district and have organized the
Muddy Creek Telephone Association.
They will extend the lines from
Kremmlng twcnty-thrce miles north,
to the Martin postoffice ut Whitley's
peak Fifteen phones will he connect
ed with the now lines
A. Power, farmer of Youghal, was
drowned in the Yampa river while
wading to the stake fastening of the
DDHt uStl IOI II fIoSSllS. ! llt ilNtl -
higher than usual and the boat moor
ing is considerable distance from the
shore 1t is thought the swift current
in the new channel swept Mr.. Power
off his feet.
Carlos NJ. Cole, superintendent of
Denver's public schools since 1919.
died at st. LukeS hospital in that city.
s.I, all
was due to influenza. his attending
physicians declared, contracted while
he was in weakened condition fol
lowing an operation for appendicitis
The proposed new highway over Ber-
thoud Pass, between Empire and Fra
iZcr, Colo, distance of twenty-seven
miles. will cost about 100000. accord
ing to the survey made by crews work
ing under the direction of \. Il. Palen-
senior highway engineer of the United
States Bureau Of Public Roads.
The whole town of Fosston, on the
branch line of the Union Pacific rail
road TO Briggsdale, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The town consists of
one large building, which includes the
phone exchange and general store. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Senate has doubled the appro-
priation for the Rocky Mountain Nh
tional park, according to dispatches
from Washington. Senator Phlpps'
amendment increasing the appropria-
ton from $4,000 to $4,000 was adopt
ed by the Senate.
James f. Creel, father of Charles A.
Creel of Arriba, is dead at the age of
SS years. Creel was born in Virginia
and came to Colorado nearly forty
years ago. He made his residence in
the northern part of Lincoln county.
The state school fund was enriched
by S149,IS0 as the result of the June
sale of state school land. The State
Board of Land Commissioners sold g.
$40 acres for that sum. The average
price per acre, $3.50, is the highest
obtained by the board for months. Con-
siderable rivalry developed in the bid
ding for certain parcels of land. The
highest price was realized for tract
of irrigated land in Weld county. For
this the board obtained $170 an acre.
A ten-pound son was born to Mayor
and Mrs. f. w. Slower at their home
in Fort Collins. In addition to being
born the son of the mayor of Fort Col
lins, the new arrival has been named
william Charles-William for his pa
ternal grandfather, pioneer and the
Af hn
Bank of that city, and Charles for his
maternal grandfather, Congressman
Charles b. Timberlake.
Building permits for the first five
months of 1920 represent S2,211 $50