The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Department, show total of 5.0O9,99l
acres in cultivation in the state this
year, including Wild hay, compared
with 4.820946 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
/ 100000 acres not including orchards.
These reports include 49,117 farms on
| which land was actually cultivated
this year. The Census Bureau found
| 46, ITO farms in the state in 1910, ana
the area reported to the bureau as M
der cultivation in 1900 was 2,253, 14o
! acres. According to these figures,
there has been an increase of IA
per cent in the cultivated area III the
past IL years. Since the reports c,ade
to the Census Bureau were persaDs
not absolutely complete, the actual IN
crease In cultivated area was no Gnubt
somewhat short of the figure given
above, but it was considerably more
than double that of 1909.
Approximately 200 acres of heavily
have been cleared of timber and un-
derbrush by officials Of the United
States weather bureau and forest serv-
ice, to determine the effect on the
water flow and drainage Of barren
land formerly ti;nbered. Virtually a
year will be required to conduct the
experiment, according to p. Kuplinger.
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, to obtain data
and general information on the ex-
tent of the water flow from timbered
land.
Reports of county assessors to the
| State immigration Department show
that Phillips county again leads the
state in percentage of its land in
cultivation, with Logan and Sedgwick,
adjoining counties, ranking second and
third respectively. The report this
year shows that Phillips county has
| Abs per cent of its area under culti
walton, Logan county, 34.6O, and Sedg-
wick county, 30.O3. 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 is
only 737.
Denver is to have a new 6O0-acre
mountain park near Evergreen. Con-
gressman William n. Vaile notified
Walter B. Lowry, manager of improve
ments and parks, and Fred G. Stein
hauer, superintendent of mountain
parks, that steps will be taken by the
United States general land office to
segregate some mining claims which
have prevented the city from acuuir-
, ing 900 acres on Cub Greek. The city
has been trying to obtain this land for
months under the act of 1914, which
permitted 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 ut the
State Preparatory School, succeeding
, Prof. Charles Il. Burger, resigned. The
latter has taken up his new duties as
registrar at the University of Colo
RADIO. Fred E. Hagen, who has been
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 as
, one of Colorado's best improved cities.
At recent meeting of the city coun-
ell resolution creating paving dis
, trict, 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. new white way is planned
on the main streets when the paving
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-
the depth and quality of the coal on
the 500-acre tract recently purchased
by Mr.. Levy and his associates. Ten
tative plans call for the opening of
a mine fully equipped with every eff
ficiency and safety device and for the
establishment of 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 trip
over the newly completed Fall River
road thru the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional parks, was made by a group
of park Officials and business men of
Estes Park
The convict road gang, which was
taken into Garfield county for road