The Dolores star., 1920-10-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ZCEES IN CLNhdtAtlA a. tA'N
year. including Wild hay, compared
with 1. 81. .a46 acres reported 10y c"uh'
~ ssss>S1rs last year Since present
indications are that the reports oi
,,,t1urv assessors are about ten per cehi
Incomplete. the total area In culuNa
rfau in the state this year is above
10000 acres, not including orchard5
Thes. reports include i9.ll1 farms Oh
which land was actually cultivated
this wear. The Census Bureau touhp
46.lTO farms in the state in 1910 ana
rh.. area repOrtsd to the bureau a. un-
der cultivation in 1893 was 2-2sS- II
acres. According to these figures
there has been an increase ot lt4
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 n
crease in cultivated area was no d"ub'
somewhat short o: the figure gwen
above. but it was considerably NOR,
than double that OF 1909.
Approximately zoo acres Of heavily
furesred land In Wagon Wheel CAP
have been cleared OF timber and ur-
derbrush by officials Of the United
States weather bureau and forest serr.
ice. to determine the effect on the
water flow and drainage OF barren
land formerly timbered- Virtually
year will be required TO conduct the
experiment. according TO p. kupl!nger
forest examiner. following an inspec
tion OF the work An experimental
station has been maintained Jointly
by the forest service and United
States weather bureau at this point
for the last ten years, 10 obtain data
and general information on the eN'
tent Of the water flow from timbereC
land
Reports Of county assessors TO The
State Immi igrution Department show
that Phillips county again leads the
state in percentage of It's land in
cultivation. with Logan and Sedgwick
( adjoining counties, ranking second and
third respectively. The report this
year shows that Phillips county has
II 80 per cent Of its area under Guilt
walton. Logan county, 34.60. and Sedg
wick county, 3O03. OF six counties
in the northeast corner Of the state
each shows more than 20 per cent of
its area in cultivation, while for the
state as whole the percentage l.
only 7.37.
Denver is to have new 6oC-acre
mountain park near Evergreen. Con.
gressman william y. Vale notified
Walter B. Lowry, manager of improve
nents and parks, and Fred c. Stein.
hauer, superintendent OF mountain
parks, that steps will be tuken by the
United States general land office tc
Sesregate some mining claims which
have prevented the city from acquir.
ing 900 acres on Cub Greek. The city
has been trying to obtain this land fOI
mOnths ender the act OF 1914, which
peruSited cities TO buy land in the
public domain for park purposes.
Hugh Beers of the East Denver
High School faculty has been appoint.
ed instructor in mathematics at the
b State Preparatory School, succeeding
/ Prof. Charles II. Burger, resigned. The
/ latter has taken up his new duties as
( registrar at the University of Colo.
/ RADIO. Fred f. Hagen. who has been
/ registrar since 1906, goes to Fort
Logan TO begin his duties as cap.
tain in the quartermaster's department
Of the regular army
/ La Junta is soon to be ranked as
one Of Colorado's best improved cities.
At recent meeting OF the city coun.
Gil resolution creating a paving dis.
trict, which includes all the down town
district, was passed. Work on the
actual paving will start early mex,
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 pawn.
is put in place.
George A. Levy, president, and Ezra
X. Baer, secretary, of the Liberty Fuel
Company of Denver, were in Craig re.
Gently to perfect arrangements for the
development Of a 100000 coal mine
on their property near Craig. A dia.
mond drill will be used to determine
the depth and quality of the coal on
the 5OO-acre tract recently purchased
by Mr. Levy and his associates. Ten.
tative plans call for the opening of
a mine fully equipped with every ef.
ficiency and safety device and for the
establishment of a model mine.
The first deer hunting fatality of
the season has been reported. Wal.
ter II. Herrod, prominent Fort Collins
man, was killed when his rifle was
accidentally discharged in the wilds
twenty miles northwest of Walden,
near Pearl, Colo.
The first official motor car trlp
over the newly completed Fall River
road thru the Rocky Mountain M.
tional parks, was made by group
of park Officials and business men of
Estes Park.
The convict road gang, which was
T taken into Garfield count, 10. .aa,