The Keota news., 1920-11-05
COLORADO NEWS MOTIFS.

state Immigration Department "
county assessors. the area devoted to
wheat In Colorado this year u about
l.4OO. 900 acres. Of which SO.l2 per cent
Ia nOn.irrigatsd. The total area de-
voted to wheat In the state In l9O0. a.
shown by the census bureau report for
that year, was S4O.728 acres, of which
$50 per cent was irrigated. The non
irrigated wheat acreage In the state
this year Ii nearly three times as great
NJ the entire area devoted to wheat In
1900. Logan aud Weld counties this
year have larger acreage Of wheat
than the entire state had ten years
ago. Reports of assessors show that
1870 per cent Of the wheat grown In
the state this year IL winter wheat and
?4.24 per cent Ii spring varieties. In
the northeast part Of the state. where
the largest acreage Of wheat Is grown,
about % per cent Of the crop II winter
wheat.
The Increase In acreage farmed
without irrigation In Colorado 10 In
creasing rapidly each year. while there
has been but little increase In the cul'
tivatsd irrigated acreage In the past
ten years. Reports Of county assess
0rs to the State Immigration Depart.
ment show that approximately 70 per
cent Of the wheat grown In the state
this year II irrigated. compared with
5l.l per cent In 1900. NJ reported by
the census bureau. The irrigated acre
ase devoted to wheat has increased
from l74.ll8 acres In 1900 to ~. Sc:
acres In 1890. while the non.lrrigated
acreage has increased from l0A6lJ
acres to los. 235 acres. In 1909. dB.1
per cent Of the oats grown In the state
were irrigated. while this year only
4s.l per cent Of the crop Is irrigated.
In 1909. 0a3 per cent Of the barley
crop Was irrigated. compared with 82.l
per cent this year.
A total Of $7o0.2lO.s6 has been col.
lectsd through l2l, $40 automobile II.
eeuses BY the state on motor vehicle
licenses during the first nine months
OF 1921. according to q report issued
By the state motor vehicle department.
THIS report shows licenses have been
issued for S.l63 motorcycles, Of which
1908 belong 10 residents of Denver. Il
also reveals that Denver citizens have
obtained licenses on 1884 passenger
cars and 1854 trucks, paying 4 total
Of S22a. O0O.i 10 In fees up to October LIST.
A total Of 10000 motor vehicle II.
ccnses were issued last year. II II esti.
mated that the number will reach 49,.
600 throughout the state In 1910.
August Lick is recovering from Q
fall over thirty.foot cliff recently
near Nucla. He In a years old. He
was hunting lost rope some miles
from where he lived with his ngcd
wife, when he fell. He had been all
day looking for some cows and he lost
rope and went back after II. He
stumbled off rimrock In the dark.
ness and fell about thirty feet. He
was not found until fourteen hours
later. and q light snow had fallen while
he lay there injured. He was taken
home by the rescue party and IL recov.
sring nicely.
Fire completely destroyed two new
dwellings on the Rosedale farm, ten
miles northwest Of Grand Junction,
causing loss Of $4,000. The houses
had just been completed when one
took fire, supposedly from the new
fireplace, and soon ignited the other
dwelling nearby, and nothing could be
done to save them. @. X. Rowe owned
one and hts brother, s. i. Rowe, owned
tho Other Tho Pleo hroLo ... 49,