Gilpin observer., 1920-10-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

A. ]. Bryant and Navajo Martinas,
prisoners in the San Juan countySjail,
escaped by digging out motar between
the bricks in a wall of the jail, last
week at Silverton.
Denver will have another mountain
park In the hear future If plans of
Deputy City Attorney Minor E.
Gleaves for the requirement of $40
acres near Georgetown materialize.
William Norell of Walden accom-
panied shipment of cattle to Omaha,
and while the train stopped near
LaSalle, Colo, couple of tramps held
up one of the men who were with
Norell and secured between SIS and
$40
COlorado's coal production amounted
to $4,000 tons in August, according to
figures based on railroad shipments,
announced by the geological survey.
The August output exceeds that of
July by $4,000 tons, the figures show.
During the first eight months Of the
year 1920, Colorado produced 6,129, 900
tons.
Demands for skilled and common
labor are being met more promptly in
Colorado this fall than for several
years, according to a statement made
by Labor Commissioner w. L. Nor
rissey. Farmers and fruit growers in
many sections of the state, where hun
dreds of men and women are needed
for rush season, have been able to
secure ample help, reports coming to
this office show.
Benjamin ]. Salmon, Denver Stacker
who has been on a hunger strike in
st. Elizabeth's Military Hospital for
the insane at Washington, d. c., since
July Is, was declared sane by Justice
Bailey of the District of Columbia SUI
preme Court, according to dispatches
received. Salmon will remain in the
hospital pending the disposition of
court proceedings against the War De
partment for his release.
If present plans are realized, the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad will be
purchased by the Western Pacific
Railroad Company next month, accord.
ing to information received in Denver.
eral building in Denver, Nov. 20, un-
der an order of the United States Dis.
trict Court to satisfy a Judgment for
$4,000, 900 obtained by bondholders of
the Western Pacific Railroad.
District Judge G. II. Bradfield of
Boulder has set Oct. % as the date
for the hearing of the motion for a
change of venue in the murder trial
of Rienzi Dickens, who is now ut the
home of his mother in Longmont. At.
tOrneys for Dickens claim that preju.
dice is so strong against their client
in Northern Colorado that it would be
impossible for him to get a fair trial
in Boulder, Larimer or Weld counties.
Affidavits supporting this claim were
filed in the District Court two months
ago. Later District Attorney Fleming
filed counter affidavits denying that
this was true.
The average size of farms in Colo
RADIO this year, as reported by county
assessors, is 2S57 acres, compared
with 2S0.S acres last year. The aver.
age size of farms as reported by the
census bureau in 1910 was 2931 acres.
1t is possible that the average size of
farms as reported by the census bu.
reau this year will be considerably
greater than that reported to the I'm.
migration Department, since assessors
report only farms on which land is
actually being cultivated, while the
census bureau receives reports on a
considerable number of very large
farms used only for grazing purposes.
These pasture farms will increase the
average size of all farms considerably
over that reported by county assessors.
The celebration of the opening of
the Poudre canon road as far up as
to the Rustic which Is to be given
Oct. IL, Columbus Day, will be an elab.
crate affair, and plans are rapidly
taking shape for the occasion.
Complete reports made by county
assessors to the State immigration De.
partment show 3,427 farm tractors
owned and operated by the farmers of
Colorado an increase of 1,1S0 over the
number reported by assessors last
year. Every county In the state but
six reports farm tractors in operation,
and every county but three, Adams,
Arapahoe and Washington, reports a
larger number than was reported last
year. Some idea of the rapid Increase
In this class of farm equipment may
be gathered from the reports made by
"A few counties this year and last year.
Logan county reported P25 farm trac-
tors last year and 369 this year; Phil.
lps county, 146 last year and pa this
year; Elbert county, n last year and
131 this year; Prowers county, 81 last
year and 81 this year; Weld county,
865 last year and 504 this year. Weld
county ranks first In number of farm