The Ordway new era., 1920-05-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ules from approximately 2.400 farm
ers, indicate that there will be slight
increase in the total acreage of land
cultivated In the state this year,
though there will be decreases, appar-
emily. in the acreage devoted to some
of the principal crops. The largest
increases appear to be in the acreage
devoted TO corn, sorghums, rye and
spring wheat. There is apparently a
small decrease I'm the acreage devoted
to winter wheat and potatoes, and a
more marked decrease in the acreage
devoted to beans. The reports so far
received show n very considerable
amount of raw land being put in cul-
tivation this. year in the nonirrigsted
districts, though In some districts
much of the land that was farined
last year is being allowed TO lie fall
low because of shortage of farm labor.
Five Denver persons and nearly a
dozen others, mostly COloradoans,
were injured when Rio Grande SoIth-
ern passenger train No 9 was wrecked
about eight miles east of Alancos. The
accident was caused by waterlogged
track, a rail being torn loose by the
heavy private car of Supt. c. B. Car
penter, who wns going over the road
on an inspection trip. 1t is reported
that none of the passengers We're ia
tally hurt, but several are badly
bruised about the face and body. The
about 100 feet of the track was torn
up.
A. +. Evans Dunwody, wealthy res
ident of Colorado Springs for twenty
years, dropped dead in Philadelphia,
Pa, of heart disease, according TO IL
message received from there. He and
his wife, Mrs. Sarah Dunwody, LEFT
Colorado Springs with the intention of
spending several weeks in the East,
where they visited frequently. Mr..
Dunwody, who was 73 years old, came
TO Colorado Springs many years ago
for his health and had lived part of
each year since then in that city.
The state last year paid an average
of S163.54 for the education of teach
ers ut the State Teachers College, Mt
Greeley, and $l02.50 at the State Nor
NAL School. Gunnlson, according to
two financial reports filed by State
Auditor Arthur NJ. Stong. The ex-
penditures Mt the State Teachers Col
lege reached S227,41S, while the aver
age attendance was 1890, while oper
ating expenses at the State Normal
School were $780, and the attend
ance 53S.
With few hard crumbs of bread
gripped in his hand, Thomas Ryan, 35
years old, n well-knOwn homesteader
of the Five Pines mesa, seven miles
south of Ynmpa, was found lying dead
on the floor of his cabin by neigh
Dor. Coroner william II. Bashor of
Routt county, after investigating the
case, declared that Ryan died from
zard. BashOr believed that he had
been dead for about three weeks.
Teachers in the Colorado Springs
public schools have made formal re
quest to the board of education for an
increase in salaries for the 1920-21
term, that will amount to practically
$500 year. it has been announced,
anu tHt IItluDtES VI tliC Dputh uit SlN-
Ing the subject their close study and
consideration before announcing their
stand.
Caught between two freight cars on
the Denver & Salt Lake railroad at
Utah Junction, John Gruber, IS, n
brakeman, was crushed so badly that
he died a few hours later ut the st.
Luke's hospital in Denver, where he
had been removed following the ecci.
dent.
With the selection of La Junta as
the place for holding the next annual
convention and with the election of
officers for the ensuing year, the Col
OradO state convention of the KNIGHTS
of Columbus closed their meeting Mt
Trinidad.
Colorado's sugar beet acreage con-
tracted for by the Great Western
Sugar Company this year. totals 1884,
7S3 acres, compared with 1S4,7S3 last
year, 1t was announced by the COM
pany. While this shows a slight de-
crease, the grand total contracted for
in this state, Nebraska and Montana,
In which the company operates sugar
factories. is 27S,673 acres, compared
with 265,952 year ago. Nebraska
contributed most of the increase.
Corporation income taxes for 1920
amounting to $1a1,259. were collected
by Secretary of Stnte James r. No
land during the period from january
1st to May LIST, according to report
just Issued The 1919 tax collections
for the same period last year aggre-
gated $192,259, and the total amount
of the 1910 tax collected TO May 1st of
this year was S218,2SS.
Curios of all kinds, including Indian
dolls and various aboriginal relics,