Gilpin observer., 1920-10-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| ucreS III CULTIVATION IN Cne state tnlS
year, including wild hay, compared
with 4,S20,946 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 cultiva-
tion in the state this year is above
5,5OO,OO0 acres, not including orchards.
These reports include 49,117 farms OIL
which land was actually cultivated
this year. The Census Bureau found
46,17 farms in the state in 1910, and
the area reported to the bureau as I'M
der cultivation in 1909 was 2,253, las
acres. According to these figures,
there has been an increase of IA
per cent in the cultivated area in the
past IL years. Since the reports made
to the Census Bureau were perhaps
not absolutely complete, the actual in
crease in cultivated area was no doubt
somewhat short of the figure given
above, but it was considerably more
than double that of 1909.
Reports made to the State Immigra-
tino Department by county assessors
indicate that there has been an in
crease in the percentage Of Colorado
farms operated by tenants since 1910.
According to these reports "a per cent
of the farms reported this year are
operated by tenants, compared with
1872 per cent reported to the census
bureau in 1910. About 1.5 per cent of
the farms reported this year did not
show the character of the tenure of the
IN xx,hSI ;n,.,
farms were operated by owners or by
homesteaders who have not yet proved
up. Homesteaders of this class were
treated as owners by the census bu-
reau in 1910. OF the farm acreage re-
ported by assessors this year approx
mately 20 per cent is being farmed by
renters and 72 per cent by owners and
hOmesteaders, while about per cent
is operated by owners who rent some
land in addition to their own farms.
William S. Roe, for seven years
principal Of the Greeley High School,
will be the new principal of the Colo
RADIO Springs High School, according
to an announcement made Mt Colo
RADIO Springs. Mr.. Roe is we'll
known educator of the state and was
given consideration as principal Of the
East Denver High School. He takes
charge of his duties at once, relieving
Stillwell Moore, who has been acting
principal since the promotion of Mr..
Bair from principal to superintendent.
Pueblo will be invaded Nov. 4 for
a three-day visit by educators from
all over Colorado, who will gather to
attend the sessions of the State Edu-
cational Association. At last years
session more than 1000 people at
tended the meeting and more are ex-
pected this year. Notable among tho
speakers will be Ida NJ. Tarbell, Mrs.
Mary G. G. 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 sixth year in the
navy, have received letter which
states that he has been recognized as
the prize shark catcher in the navy.
With an apparatus consisting of a fish
hook thirty inches long which weighs
two pounds, he has made record
catches in the West Indies, India, Sa-
moa and ut Manila. At the last place
he caught his largest one, which meas
ured more than eighteen feet in length.
The expansion OF the soldiers train
ing school and the establishment of
shops and n laboratory to be used in
conjunction with classroom work is
now under consideration by repre-.
sentatives Of the federal board for yo-
cational education.
For offering for sale meat that had
not been inspected by the Pueblo
health department, John Grosich.
grocer, received $40 fine. Jim
Liapes, butcher, also received a sim
liar fine last week.
The purchase of the Cushman ditch
and stock was completed at the Octo-
ber meeting of the Uncompahgre Val.
ley Water-Users' association at Mont
rose. The price paid by the govern.
ment for this irrigation ditch was ST.
100 One thousand one hundred and
fifty of this will be subscribed by the
farmers who will use the water from
the ditch and the government will nav
the remaining $4,000.
Mrs. Carl White, wife of n farmer
who lives thirty miles east Of Hugo,
was Instantly killed and their 2-year-
old son seriously injured when a shot.
gun was accidentally discharged while
going to town with truck load of
wheat.
What is believed to be a record
buck killed during the open season
was brought down by Il. G. Seals of
Montrose. This was killed the first
day Of the season and tipped the scales
at 400 pounds.