Cheyenne record., 1920-08-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EvENTs.
Huge; Colo.IThe LINCOLN County Fer al
Oct. 1-2.
ranch near Montrose for $4,000 to
Frank Chase of Paxton, Neb. This
10 probably one of the fanciest prices
ever paid for land in that region.
William Herndon, Santa Fe rail-
road employe at La Junta, is dead, and
four others are injured seriously as the
result of a midnight race between au-
tomobiles on the road from La Junta
to Rocky Ford.
Rapid progress 10 being made on the
new Liberal Arts building that is being
erected on the University OF Colorado
campus at Boulder under the personal
direction and supervision OF members
Of the engineering faculty.
National conferences to revive the
metal mining industry of the United
States will be held In Denver the week
of Nov. Is. Two thousand producers,
financiers, government officials and
experts will participate. Oil and coal
men will also meet in national conven-
tiOns.
A Boulder, Colo, contractor has
signed an agreement to build a teach
erage" at Niwot at once. The new
building will have five rooms for the
accommodation of instructors at the
local school. This is the fourth in the
Boulder district.
Contracts carrying salary increases
Of 30 per cent have been insufficient
to obtain signatures of enough teach
ers for the rural schools in Boulder
county. The new figures range from
$S5 to 1886, the highest amounts be-
districts.
The chance passing of Clarence Nc
Loughan on a little frequented road
near Loveland saved from critical, If
not fatal, injury OF Nal Edmonds. He
was near suffOcation from being
pinned under his overturned auto, with
great weight resting on his lungs,
having been held helpless for half
hour.
John Brown Of Golden, % years old,
a member of the Excelsior hose team
Of volunteer firemen, dropped dead
shortly after the team had finished a
practice run down Washington avenue.
Brown and several other members Of
the team were practicing for a race to
be demonstrated at the state fireman's
tournament. s- 41
Warrants amounting to 81 400, 9,911. .63
were issued during July by the state
auditor, according to report filed
with the auditing board. The amount
is represented in 1862 warrants, the
largest number ever issued in IL month.
The average number issued each month
is about 5000, according to Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong.
Collection from twenty-four states,
from July IS to August 15 netted the
state $6,671.42 in Inheritance tax
money, according TO the monthly report
made by Attorney General Victor C.
Reyes The largest estate from which
tax collection was made was that OF
Jennie NJ. Harvey of Denver. The
estate was appraised at $148,OOO.
There will be six big days and six
big nights at the 1920 Colorado State
Fair. Opening on Sunday, September
IA, it will close on the night of Friday,
and there will not be a dull moment
during that entire time. There will be
some good racing on the opening day
-Sunday-and some other appropriate
attractions beside the multitude of dis
plays. There will be major attractions
which 1t would require whole news
paper to mention, much more to de-
scribe.
Remarkable progress in the agricul-
tural development of MOffat county Is
shown for the last year by the report
of the state board of immigration. The
report shows there are 761 land own
ers and hOmcstea,lers and fifty-five
renters, with total Of 4S,31S acres
under cultivation, 61,77S acres of furn
land NOT yet broken. and with an in
crease of 1916 acres Of land raising
crops.
Compilations made by the State I'M
migration Department from prelinli-
nary reports received from the federal
census bureau show that the pop
ulation Of forty-ninc counties in Colo
RADIO announced up to this time is
Tl4.29j. The same counties showed
a population in 1910 Of 1S4.226, and
the thirteen counties for which re-
ports have Got ben received had a
population in 1910 of 214.79S. The
populatiOn of the entire state in 1910
was 199,O24 and the counties so far
reported had approximately 73 per
cent Of the population that year. II
tbev maintain the same ratio this wear