Cheyenne record., 1920-07-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.
OF tweuty-four counties for which
complete reports on agricultural sta
tistics had been received by the State
Immigration Department from county
assessors on July i, sixteen showed in
creases In the number Of farms re-
ported and eight showed decreases. the
total number Of schedules reported for
the twenty-four counties being abeut
400 more tSfan for last year. The
largest decrease shown was for Logan
county. which reoorted 2,621 farms last
year and only 2,296 this year. The
decrease 10 due largely to the temper
ary abandonment Of farms that were
cropped by renters last year and are
not being cropped at all this year. A
considerable number Of wheat grow
ers whose winter wheat was blown
out by the heavy spring winds did not
replant to any other crop and have
temporarily abandoned their farms.
The Increases reported In most c0un-
ties are small, and are perhaps ac-
counted for largely BY the fact that.,
county assessors have had better op-
portunities for obtaining complete re-
ports this year than they did in 1919.
Present indications are that the total
number Of farms reported for the
state this year will be close to 5000
greater than for last year, the reports
for the counties showing the largest
increases in number Of farms not yet
being complete.
Almost famished, thirsty, feet swol-
len and sore from aimless wandering,
Carl Carlson, 16-year-old son Of Mr.,
N. A. Barto: of Peach Valley, stumbled
into his mothers home at Delta after
having been lost In the wilds of the
GunnisOn River canon above Peach
Valley for three days and nights. He
had been fishing and became lost
when he started home and wandered
for hours before getting his bearings.
He had no food and no shelter. The
youth suffered greatly from exposure.
One of the biggest oil shale land
deals in years took place ut De Beque,
when the Dan Burns ranch, the Boyd
brothers place and the Owen C.
Phares ranch, comprising about 1000
acres of land on Brush Creek, seven
teen miles north Of De Beque, was sold
to the w. p. Harmon oil shale inter-
ests. Harmon Is associated with the
Jackling interests and San Francisco,
New York and Boston financiers. The
purchasers expect to develop vast oil
shale interests this year.
The bodies of 400 Colorado boys who
were killed in action or who died in the
military or naval service overseas will
be brought to Denver and Colorado for
burial within the next six months. This
is the statement of o. A. Brown, men,
ber of the relief committee of Leo
Leyden post of the American Legion.
The legien has started a movement to
raise funds with which to provide i
suitable funeral for each of the Den
yer soldiers whose bodies are brought
to Denver for burial.
A petition asking the Colorado Su-
preme Court to reverse a decision
made by Judge Charles c. Butler has
been filed by Victor E. Keyes. attorney
general, in the case of the State
against the United Mine Workers of
America, tried last November. Jud
Butler ruled that strike of the coal
miners could not be considered vio-
lation of the Industrial relations law,
because the coal mining industry, as
conducted in the state, Is not affected
by public interest.
Approximately 100000 had been
collected from automobile licenses up
to July this year with several large
counties yet to be heard from, accord
ing to figures at the secretary of
state's office. During the entire year
of 1919 $46S, 900 in licenses were is
sued. Floyd Fairhurst, state autOmo-
bile supervisor, said that Colorado is
almost out of tags and that no posi-
bility of obtaining more Immediately
now exists.
During the month Of June 1893. .OSS
gallons Of gasoline were consumed in
the state of Colorado. according to
report issued by James Duce, state oil
Inspector. There is an increase Of al
most half a million gallons over the
same period last year, according to Mr..
Duce. The gasoline tax for the month,
based on a collection of cent per gal
lon. was $50. .69O.3S, as compared with
S31 ,0S5.O7 during the month of June a
year ago.
The Fort Collins city council has
adopted a report OF committee ap-
pointed to ascertain whether the rates
of the Poudre Valley Gas Company
should be raised. No action will be
taken, however, until decision in the
case Of the city against the Mountain
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