The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-06-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

-Hdu U per cent OI the tOtuI area. Ou
Ian. l, 1919, there were 1871 acres
,f unappropriated state land in the
county. There are 1885 acres Of for
EST area and large acreage withheld
rom homestead entry under the Carey
act. On July l, 1919, there were l.
i28.863 acres of government land open
% homestead entry. Through the pat
snting of 208 claims, 54,137 acres Of
government domain were added to the
laxable area of Moffat county in the
last year. Local land officials say
that the present year will break all
records in the number of final proofs
which will be filed, and look for more
than 100000 acres to be patented.
Reports received by the Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service indicate that
the fruit crop this year will be some
what above normal unless 1t is sub
jected to unexpected unfavorable con-
ditions later in the season. There was
some damage caused by severe winter
weather in certain districts on the
western slope, but SO far the loss from
late frosts has been negligible. In por
tions of the peach-growIng districts on
the western slope the crop will be
short because of the severe winter, but
ger orally the outlook is for crop OF
normal proportions. The outlook for
apples is excellent on the western slope
and in the Canon City district, where
most of the commercial production OF
the state Is made.
Coln 10 Da
porting Service will publish prelimin.
ary estimates this month on the acre
age devoted to spring wheat, oats, bar
ley and alfalfa for the state, baset
upon partial return from county as
SCISSORS and upon percentage estimates
from reporters. Present indications
point to a very much increased acre
age of spring wheat and to only slight
changes from last year in the acreages
devoted to oats, barley and alfalfa.
More complete estimates of the acre.
ages devoted to all crops will be pub.
lished in August, based upon practi-
cally complete returns from county as
SCISSORS.
The bodies Of Arthur Dean, IS years
old, and William Lavery, SO. employees
Of the United States fish hatchery in
Park county, were found floating ID
the huge AnterO reservoir beside an
overturned rOwboat by two small boye
who visited the hatchery to delivea
mail The two men, who had both
been connected with the federal hatch
cry for several years, had been at the
reservoir during the past month gath
ering spawn for Matching.
The wheat crop of New South Wales
has been SO disastrOusly affected by
drought that the yield probably will not
be sufficient to meet domestic con-
sumption in Australia, said a report
from the American consulate ut Sgd
ney The crop was estimated at only
,296, 900 bushels, the smallest yield in
twenty years.
Grand junction office girls have or.
ganized two baseball teams and plan
to wear complete mems baseball suits,
absolutely ignoring bloomer style suits
They plan a series of games lasting
all summer, stenographers, clerks and
other office assistants being eligible.
When c. f. Thayer of Fort Morgan
attempted to crank his automobile the
machine bucked forward, knocking him
unconscious, and then continued its
course across the sidewalk and through
the plate glass window of a grocery
store.
The Bells Vista hotel, erected in the
early 70s at Golden, and perhaps al
one time the most beautiful hotel in
Colorado, is to be wrecked for the ma
terial it contains. The building is the
property of the Huston estate of Phil
adelphia.
James F. Creel, father of Charles A
Creel of Arriba, is dead at the age OF
SS years. Creel was born in Virginia
and came to Colorado nearly forty
years ago. He made his residence In
the northern part of Lincoln county.
The first consignment of absolutely
pure radium received in Montrose has
been received for the use of DR.. f. G
Didrickson in connection with a course
in radiotherapy at an Eastern univer.
sity. 1t weighs only 2613 milligrami
and is one inch long and three thirty
seconds of an inch in diameter, but i.
valued at $1,000 The material is KEEP
in series of tubes-glass, sterling sill
yer, lead, steel. This radium was
made from ore mined in western Mont
rose county and sampled at the Mont
rose sampler. In its crude form it rep
resented carload of twenty-five ton.
of ore.
The fifth annual interscholastic de
batting championship was won at Boul
der by Lamar from Montrose. A silver
loving cup is to be presented to tht
school and medals to the winners wht
were Gerald Beavers, ]. W. Merrill ane
Vivian Potter. They had previousl,
won from nine teams in their division
and from Idaho Springs, winner of tn,
Northwest league. Montrose was rep
resented by Elizabeth Trotter, Eliza