The Keota news., 1920-10-15
COLORADO NEWS NoT1A

county assessors on Agricultural ste
tisties, made BY the State Immigration
Department. show Q total Of 0.000.00l
acres In cultivation In the state thh
year. including Wild hay. compared
with l.a20.0l6 acres reported by coun
y assessors last year. Since present
indications are that the reports Of
county assessors are about ten per ceni
incomplete, the total area In cultiva
ton IN the state this year II above
$4,000 acres, not including orchards
These reports include 48.117 farms Of
which land was actually cultivated
this year. The Census Bureau fount
1910 farms In the state In 1910. apt
The AREA reported to the bureau a. un
der cultivation In 1900 was 226S. .lA
acres. According to these figures
there has been an increase Of IN
per cent In the cultivated a-ea In the
past II years. Since the reports made
to the Census Bureau were perhaps
not absolutely complete. the actual 10.
crease In cultivated AREA was no doubt
somewhat short Of the figure given
above. but It Was considerably more
than double that Of 1909.
Reports made to the State Immigra-
tino Department BY county assessors
indicate that there has been an In
crease In the percentage Of Colorado
farms operated By tenants since 1910
According to these reports a per cent
Of the farms reported this year an
operated By tenants, compared viii
162 PR cent reported to the census
bureau In 1910. About 1.5 per cent Of
the farms reported this year did moi
shoW the character Of the tenure Of thu
farm operative. while the remaining
farms weFo operated b. owners OF By
homesteadefs who have not yet proved
%. Homesteadess Of this class weFs
treated % owners By the census bu-
reau In 1910. OF The farm acreage 70
ported by assessors this year approx
0ateay % pr cent u being farmed b.
renters and u per cent By owners and
homesteadsfs. while about per cent
q opefatod by owners who rent some
land In addition to their own farms.
william g. Roe, for seven years
principal Of The Greeley High School.
WIN b the new principal Of the Colo
rado Springs High School, according
to IN announcement made at Colo
rado Springs. Mr.. Roe IL q well.
known educator Of the state and was
given consideration ~ principal Of the
East Denver High School. He takes
charge of his duties at once, relieving
etfllwe'l Moore, who has been acting
principal since the promotion Of Mr..
sair from principal to superintendent.
Pueblo WIN b invaded Nov. 4 for
Q thres-day visit By educators from
aa over Colorado. who win gather to
attend the sessions Of the State Etlu.
catiooal Association. At last years
session more than 1900 people at.
tended the meeting and more are q.
psctsd this year. Notable among tho
spsaksEs win b Ida n. Tarbell, Nrs.
Mary O. @. Bradford, state supesin-
eendent Of public instruction, and Dr..
Frank W. 0unsaulus, president Of Ar.
oour Institute. Chicago.
Delta friends Of Ross Barker. who
% now serving his sixth year In the
navy, have received q letter which
states that he has been recognized %
the prise shark catcher In the navy.
with an apparatus consisting Of f1sh.
nook thirty inches long which weiehs
Two poundA he has made record
catches In The West Indies, India, sa-
moa and at Manila. At the last place
40 caught his largest one, which meas.