The Raymer enterprise., 1920-11-04
CENTENNIAL STATE 1TE.1s.

ten years. Reports Of county assess
ors to the State immigration Depart.
ment show that approximately 20 per
sent Of the wheat grown In the state
this year is irrigated, compared with
51.1 per cent In 1909, as reported by
the census bureau. The irrigated acre
age devoted to wheat has increased
from 174,118 acres In 1909 to 267 ,532
acres In 1920. while the non.irrlgated
acreage has increased from 166,6l3
acres to 1867, ,235 acres. In 1909, 69.7
per cent Of the oats grown in the state
were irrigated, while this year only
4S.1 per cent Of the crop is irrigated.
In 1909, GS.3 per cent Of the barley
crop was irrigated, compared with 32.4
per cent this year.
A total Of $79O,21O.S5 has been col.
lected through 121,54S automobile IL
censes by the state on motor vehicle
licenses during the first nine months
Of 1920, according to report issued
BY the state motor vehicle department.
This report shows licenses have been
issued for 3,183 motorcycles. Of which
l,09S belong to residents Of Denver. 1t
also reveals that Denver citizens have
obtained licenses on 2S,074 passenger
cars and 1884 trucks, paying total
Of SOS, ,06O.40 In fees up to October 1st.
A total of 100000 motor vehicle H.
censes were issued last year. 1t Is esti-
mated that the number will reach 150,-
600 throughout the state In 1920.
The people Of Colorado are called
upon by Governor Shoup to observe
November 11th as Armlstice Day. in u
proclamation. The proclamation reads
In part as follows: 1T marks the lib
eration Of mankind from the most ter
rible menace Of all history. 1t is the
anniversary Of the defeat Of military
barbarism. In honor of the victory Of
allied arms, l call the citizens to pay
tribute to the heroes, living and dead,
who suffered and bled and triumphed."
A readjustment Of the freight rate
on coal shipped from the Pike View,
Keystone and City mines to Colorado
Springs, few miles south, is asked
Of the state public utilities commits
sion In petition filed by the Colo
RADIO Springs Chamber of Commerce.
The present rate Is 87la cents n ton.
The petition asks the restoration of
the 25 cents a ton rate, which was
effective prior to June 25, 1918.
Gov. Oliver H. Shoup appointed II
delegation of forty prominent fariacrs
throughout the state to represent ColU-
RADIO at the Farmers National t"ll-
gress to be held In Columbus, ONO,
on Nov. 16 to 10. Included In the
number are officers Of the State Farm
Bureau as follows: J. d. Flint Broom
field, president; Z. +. Denhart, Brigh.
ton, vice president, and Frank Aichel-
man, Brighton, secretary-treasurcr.
More than 11.5OO,OOO acres of stock
raising homestead land and $500 acres
of land embraced under the enlarged
homestead laws were classified during
September In eight Western states, ac-
cordlng to a statement given out by NJ.
d. McEniry, chief Of the field division
Of the United States general land of
flee. Almost $4,000 acres Of land In
Colorado are embraced under both
classifications, 1t was announced.
Charles Capra, n Rockvale merchant,
was held up and robbed of $1,000 In
cash by two unmasked bandits on the
Florence-Pueblo Highway The high.
waymen escaped In the bad lands
along the Arkansas river. Capra was
en- route to Pueblo to purchase ntr.
chandlse when the robbery was coin
mitted.
The 1920 corn crop In Colorado Is
estimated at 16,215,0O0 bushels and Is
valued at $l9,66S, 795 in a report Is.
sued by Howard Sullivan, deputy i'm.
migration commissioner. Other crors
of the state are estimated MS follows
100000 bushels of barley ut 91.2
cents a bushel, S,128,OOO bushels of
oats at COT cents a bushel, 1852, ,OOJ
bushels Of potatoes Mt 81, ,34S a bushel.
A model mining camp has developed
ut the Standard Chemical Company
plant In the west end of MOntrose
county. While the settlement Is more
than forty miles from the railroad, It
is equipped with electric lights, water
Is piped into the houses and every.
thing necessary for the comfort OF me
employees and their families has been
installed by the company.
Mrs. Stella Francis, 35 years old,
fatally shot her husband, Ray Francis,
81, at their home, four miles east of
Num-, Colo, upon his return home from
Pierce, where he Is said to have been
drinking mOonshine. Francis was shot
in the abdomen and died in the Gree.
ley hospital.
Telluride is enjoying mining boom,
probably the first in its history, al
though the camp has been a steady
producer The boom Is In vanadium
mining and already Arge number of
locations have been made at the out
skirts of the city.
Colorado now has 266 state banks.