The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

thc same acreage was devoted To Win
fer whent, of which so per cent was
non Irrigated The spring wheat area
IS about 100000 acres, Of which Oh
ner cent is non-irrigatcd. Last year
lhout 90 per cent of the corn grown
n the state was non-irrigatcd. IS per
,cnt of the winter wheat and n per
cent of the spring wheat In 1910 81
Der cent of all the wheat grown IN the
state was irrigated and about ) per
'cnt of the corn. Fully 10 per cent
If the acreage devoted {" crops IN the
state in 1910 were irrigated. Will" TINS
year about - per cent of the cult
gated acreage is nou-irrigatcd.
Unless there is very considerable
'hangc in prices before November !,
he date when the value of farm crops
% the farmcr is generally estimated,
wheat will. for the first time, prove 10
~ Colorado'S leading crop. Final eS-
.matcS of production. based upon
acreage figures received by the State
Immigration Department from county
assessors, will put the crop somewhere
above 26,OOO.O0O bushels, which at
prices now prevailing Will hc worth
above Sl2.OOO.OOO. In the past hay has
always been this states most valuable
crop, but present Indications are that
Il will fall somewhat below wheat this
year Last years hay crop WAS worth
about Si5.OO0.OOO. and apparently the
crop this year vii! not be worth in "N
cess of S5O,O0O,OOO.
There are 900 more children in the
Denver public schools today than there
were at this time last year. according
to an announcement given ont from
the office of Jesse H. Newton. super
intcndcnt of schools. The largest in
crease is in the elementary schools
md the Junior high schools, in each of
which there is an increase Of 400 over
the number enrolled last year. The
figures for the enrolment in the Den
yer schools for September for the last
three years are as follows: 1918. 30.
Gl2; 1919, 4,5S4; 1920. 3j,493 pupils.
A picnic and celebration is being
planned for oct. T., Columbus day,
up the Poudre canon, when il is
hoped the road will have been com
pleted as far as Rustic. The Fort
Collins Commercial Club is making
the picnic arrangements. Il feature of
which Will be n barbecue. The road,
1t is stated, will be completed within
two weeks, as there is only one more
place to blast out before the road will
be opened as far as Rustic.
La Junta is soon to be ranked as
one of Colorado's best improved cities
At recent meeting of the city coun-
ell resolution creating a paving dis
trict, which includes all the down town
district, was passed. Work on the
actual paving will start early next
spring, while great deal of the pre-
liminary work will be started right
away new white way is planned
on the main streets when the paving
is put in place.
The problem of the teacher shortage
has been solved at Oak Creek by en-
listing the services of the citizens of
the community. Half of the faculty
of the public school is composed of
local married women who are eX-
teachers and possess first-grade GER
tificates. The experiment promises TO
be very successful, due TO the fact
that it also solves the boarding house
problem and insures permanent sys-
TEN.
True a. Smith has sold his famous
True Smith ranch" TO Walter Mac
kenzie for 5000. The farm, contain
ing over 100 acres, is one of the best
ranches in the Roaring Fork valley.
True Smith and family spent thirty
years developing the place. They are
moving into Aspen 10 make their
home, having purchased the Milton
Conner home, one of the best places in
chat city.
Peter Waltz, 10-year-old son Of
George Waltz, farmer living about
four miles from Loveland, was instant
~ killed when he fell from a truck he
longing to the Colorado Condensed
Milk Company, about mile from his
home. According to George McKie.
driver of the truck, Peter, in company
with his 12-ycar-old brother, John. and
MS sister, were riding to school. Peter
was standing on the running board
when the machine gave sudden
Iurch.
Albert Bernard Buss, 30 months old.
was drowned within three blocks OF
his home in Denver when he fell into
the city ditch while playing with other
children in vacant lot near Wash
ington park. He was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Buss.
Practically complete reports re
ccived by the State Immigration De
partment from county assessors show
that there has been an increase in the
percentage of nOn-irrigatcd land de-
voted to all the leading crops grown in
the state and that the total acreage
cultivated without irrigation in the
state this year is considerably greater
than it was last year, while there has
been but little change in tho irriro,,J