The Arvada enterprise., 1920-11-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

COLORADO NEWS NoTEa.
According to reports made to the
State immigration Department By
rounty assessors, the area devoted to
wheat in Colorado this year is about
|, 400. 900 acres. of which SO.12 per cent
Is non-irrigated. The total area de-
voted to wheat in the state in 1909, a.
shown by the census bureau report for
that year, was 34O,720 acres, Of which
$50 per cent was irrigated. The non.
irrigated wheat acreage In the state
this year is nearly three times ~ great
as the entire area devoted to wheat in
1909. Logan and Weld counties this
year have larger acreage Of wheat
than the entire state had ten years
ago. Reports Of assessors show that
1916 per cent of the wheat grown In
the state this year Is winter wheat and
PAPA per cent is spring varieties. In
the northeast part of the state, whore
the largest acreage Of wheat IL grown,
about 80 per cent of the crop is winter
wheat.
The increase in acreage farmed
without irrigation In Colorado II In
creaslng 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
Ors to the State Immigration Depart
ment show that approximately 20 per
cent of the wheat grown in the state
this year Is irrigated, compared with
51.1 per cent in 1900. as reported by
the census bureau. The irrigated acre
age devoted to wheat has increased
from 174,116 acres in 1900 to 2G7, ,5S2
acres in 1920, while the non-irrigated
acreage has increased from 168,81S
acres to 1867 ,2S5 acres. In 1909, 60.1
per cent Of the oats grown in the state
were irrigated, while this year only
4S.1 per cent of the crop is irrigated.
In 1909, 88.3 per cent Of the hurley
crop was irrigated. compared with 32.4
per cent this year.
A total of $79O,2lO.s5 has been col
lected through 121,54S automobile IL
censes by the state ON motor vehicle
licenses during the first nine months
| of 1920, according to . report issued
By the state motor vehicle department.
This report shows licenses have been
issued for 3,16S motorcycles, Of which
l,O0S belong to residents Of Denver. It
also reveals that Denver citizens have
obtained licenses on 1894 passenger
cars and 1854 trucks, paying q total
Of $228, ,O0O. 40 In fees up to October LIST.
A total Of 100000 motor vehicle u.
censes were issued last year. 1t IL esti-
mated that the number will reach 150,-
600 throughout the state In 1920.
August Lick Is recovering from Q
fAll over a thirty-foot cliff recently
near Nucla. He is "a years old. He
was hunting lost rope some miles
from where he lived with his aged
wife. when he fell. He had been all
day looking for some cows and he lost
q rope and went back after 1t. He
stumbled off n rimrock In the dark
ners and fell about thirty feet. He
was not found until fourteen hours
later, and light snow had fallen while
he lay there injured. He was taken
home by the rescue party and 10 recov-
ering nicely.
Fire completely destroyed two new
dwellings on the Rosedale farm, ten
miles northwest of Grand Junction.
causing u 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. G. II. Rowe owned
one and his brother. 8. b. Rowe. owned
the other. The fire broke out before
the families had got out Of bed, and
they lost most OF their belongings and
furniture.
The 1920 corn crop in Colorado ID
estimated at 18.2l5,OOO bushels and ID
valued at $18.08s, ,7D5 in report IL.
sued by Howard Sullivan, deputy i'm.
migration commissioner. Other crors
Of the state are estimated as follows :
$4,000 bushels of barley at 8l.2
cents q busl,el, $4,000 bushels Of
oats at OO.7 cents bushel, 12,642.0lsI
bushels Of potatoes at $l,348 q bushel.
The people Of Colorado are called
upon by Governor Sh0up to observe
November 1lth ns Armisticc Day, In y
proclamation. The proclamation reads
In part ms follows: ut marks the lib
Grafton Of mankind from tho most ter
rible menace OF all history. 1t Is the
anniversary OF the dcfent OF military
barbnrism. In honor of the victory Of
allied arms, cnll the citizens TO pay
tribute to the heroes, living and dend,
who suffered and bled and trlumphed."
A rcadjustment OF the freight rate
on conl shipped from the Pike View,
Keystone and City mines TO Colorado
Springs. few miles south, IN asked
of the stnte public utilities commits.
sion In n petition filed by the Colo
rndO Springs Chamber Of Commerce.
The present rate IL 87h cents ton.