The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

the acreage of land in cultivation in
Colorado is far in excess of what those
best informed regarding agricultural
development have believed it TO be.
These reports show that the area in
cultivation in the state this year, in
cluding native hay but not including
orchards, is approximately 100000,
or fully 100000 acres more than has
been shown by the estimates for any
preceding year. The Increase in cul-
tivnted area in the state in the past
few years has been so rapid that those
whose task it has been to keep records
on agricultural development have
been unable to show the full extent of
the growth. The census bureau showed
but 2,614,000 acres in cultivation ten
years ago. The United States Bureau
of Crop Estimates showed but G0O,OOo
acres of wheat harvested in the state
in 1916, whereas the records prepared
by county assessors show that more
than l. 100000 acres was harvested this
year. The records of the same bureau
showed but 2T,OO0 acres OF rye har-
vested in the state in 1916, while coun-
ty assessors records show approx
mately 143, 900 aeres harvested in 1919.
Since this was the first year records
of this chHraeter ever prepared
by county assessors ii is fair to as
sumo that they are not so complete as
they will be in the future. Data of
this character is especially important
in state where agricultural develop
ment is very rapid, as it has been in
Colorado in the past ten years.
Famous names in the horse show
world are scheduled for the great show
at Denver stadium beginning the night
of January 10. Loula Long Combs will
be there with her great string of thor
oughbreds trained TO the three and
five steps accepted by horsemen. John
Il. Thompson's fine stable will be on
hand. Other names are ]. X. Dering
Harry Gorhnm of Morris, H.; George
A. Heyl Of Washington, H.; Earl NJ.
Dixon of New Boston, ILL.,, and Reed
Bridgeford of JOY, Ill.
The largest increase ever made in
Il single wear is seen in the receipts
from the national forests for the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1919, which
were greater by $7S3,4S4 than in the
previous twelve months The receipts
totaled S4.36S, S,414, says Chief Forester
H. s. Graves in his annual report just
made public To this total the graz
ing business contributed more than
S2.60O,O00 and the receipts from timber
Drainage projects to reclaim about
$4,000 acres of rich land in the San
Luis valley, adjacent to Alamosa, are
either now under way or have been ar
ranged for and will be completed prob
ably by the end of this year. One of
the most important of these. the La
lara district, which will reclaim about
6,0O0 acres, is now under construction
by William O'Gara, Denver contractor.
Mr.. O'Gara has undertaken to have the
system completed by Dec 1, 1920.
Denver's postal receipts for 1919
showed an increase of almost 10 per
cent over the business done during
1918, according to a report issued by
Postmaster b. F. Stapleton and Assist
ant Postmaster Charles f Trotter. Dur
ing the year 1919 postal receipts for
the year 1919 reached S2,2S5, 95T Al.
This is S190,6S6T5 more than the bust
ness done by the local office during
1918, or an increase of more than per
cent
The Alamosa building program for
1920 includes public buildings and pri-
vate residences to the value of $780,
600 Among these will be high school
to cost $4,000, the foundations of
which are already under way. Another
important building, on which work is
already going forward. is the new
home of the Alamosa National Bank.
DIR. Charles d. SplvalS, Denver ply
sician and one of the founders of the
Jewish Consumptive Relief Society,
left Denver for New York City, where
he will join other members of Jew
ish war sufferers relief unit TO do re-
construction work in the devastated
countries in Europe. Dr. Spivak is
commissioner of health and sanitation
of the unit and will make reports of
conditions as he finds them
Inquiries over the counter of the
Denver Tourist Bureau were 43,S07 !;
Union station, 1890, making total
number of Inquiries for the two Denver
offices of GIFT; the number of in
quiries from the branch bureaus were
32,113, or grand total of 1920 in
quiries over the counter in 1919. Total
mail inquiries for all the bureaus was
10,457.
Over 100000 pieces of Denver and
Colorado literature, booklets. pam
| phlets and postcards were distributed
during 1919 through the main office