The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Final tabulations Of returns OF
county assessors on agricultural sta.
tistics, made by the State Immigration
Department, show total Of 5,OO9, ,99l
acres In cultivation In the state this
year, including wild hay, compared
with 4,S20,9 ,946 acres reported by coun.
ty assessors last year. Since present
indications are that the reports OF
county assessors are about ten per cent
incomplete, the total area In cultiya.
;tion In the state this year Is above
$500 900 acres, not including orchards
These reports include 49,117 farms on
which land was actually cultivated
this year. The Census Bureau found
46,l10 farms In the state In 1910, and
the area reported to the bureau as un.
der cultivation In 1909 was 2.253, l4s
acres. According to these figures,
there has been an increase Of IA
per cent In the cultivated area 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 1t was considerably more
than double that Of 1900.
william s. Roe, for seven yeart
principal Of the Greeley High School
will be the new principal of the Colo
RADIO Springs High School, according
to an announcement made at Colo
RADIO Springs. Mr.. Roe Is a we'll
known educator Of the state and wai
given consideration as principal Of the
East Denver High School. He takes
charge Of his duties at once, relieving
Sdlfwell Moore, who has been acting
principal since the promotion Of Mr.
Bair from principal to superintendent
Pueblo will be invaded Nov. 4 TO,
a three-day visit by educators froir
all over Colorado. who will gather &c
attend the sessions Of the State Edu
cational Association. At last year'i
session more than 1900 people at
tended the meeting and more are ex
pected this year. Notable among the
speakers will be Ida N. Tarbell, Mrs
Mary G. c. Bradford, state superin.
tendent Of public instruction. and DR.
Frank W. Gunsaulus, president Of Ar
mour Institute, Chicago.
Delta friends of Ross Barker, who
Is now serving his s'xth year In the
navy, have received letter which
states that he has been recognized al
the prize shark catcher In the navy
With an apparatus consisting Of q fish.
hook thirty inches long which weigh,
two pounds, he has made recorS
catches In the West Indies, India, Sa.
moa and at Manila. At the last place
he caught his largest one, which meas
ured more than eighteen feet in length
Hugh Beers Of the East Denver
High School faculty has been appoint.
ed instructor In mathematics at the
State Preparatory School, succeeding
Prof. Charles r. Burger. resigned. Tbs
latter has taken up bis new duties as
registrar at the University Of Colo
RADIO. Fred f. Hagen, who has been
registrar since 1905, goes to Fort
Logan to begin his duties as a CAP
tain In the quartermaster's department
Of the regular army.
La Junta is soon to be ranked a,
one Of Colorado's best improved cities
At recent meeting Of the city coun.
ell a resolution creating a paving dis.
trlct, 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. A new white way Is planned
on the main streets when the paving
Is put In place.
For offering for sale meat that had
not been inspected by the Pueblo
health department, John Grosich
grocer. received a SO fine. Jim
Liapes, butcher, also received a sim.
liar fine last week.
What is believed to be a record
buck killed during the open season
was brought down by T. c. Seals OF
MOntsose. This was killed the first
day Of the season and tipped the scales
at 400 pounds.
District Judge G. Fl. Bradfleld OF
Boulder has set Oct. % as the date
for the hearing Of the motion for
change Of venue In the murder trial
Of Rienzi Dickens, who Is now at the
home Of his mother in Longmont. At.
torneys for Dickens claim that preju.
dice Is SO strong against their client
In Northern Colorado that 1t would be
impossible for him to get fair trial
In Boulder, Larlmer or Weld counties
AffidavIts supporting this claim were
filed In the District Court two months
ago. Later District Attorney Fleming
filed counter affldavits denying that
this was true.
New York sends out report that
rich radium-producing ore (carnotite)
has been located near Telluride. The
probable yield is placed at ninety