The Dolores star., 1920-07-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


,fSti,s hnd been received Icy th" state
Immigration Department from county
assessors on July |, sixteen showed III
creuScs In the number "t iarihe ~
pnrted and eight showed decreases, me
total number Of schedules reported i"r
tlIr twenty-fOur counties being amour
I,o mare, tnnu for last wear lh'
Iurp,st decrease shown was for Logan
cnIinty. which reported I'M farms laSi
wear and only 2,29h this year Tue
dccrrnsc is due largely Ia til" temper
urV abandonment Uf farms that were
cropped by renters last year hnd are
not being cropped at all this year.
considerable number of wheat grow
,rs whose winter wheat WAS blown
ont by the heavy spring winds did NOT
rcpInnt to any other crop and have
temporarily abandoned their farms.
The increases reported in most c"uh-
ties are small. and are perhaps a'-
counted for largely by the fact that
county assessors have had better op-
portunitieS for obtaining complete re-
ports this year than they did in 1919.
Present lllUliNllbllS il' A'l.il Wv '''''
number of farms reported for til"
state this year will he close To 5000
greater than for last year, the rep"rlS
for the counties showing the largest
increases in number of farms not yet
being complete.
Tn. Gore Range Pass. the pass from
Grand County into northwest Colorado.
and beyond. is being reopened for
travel Mr. Franz Chapman of lampa.
is in charge of the work. with II crew
Of about fifty men and ten teams, and
equipment furnished by the State
Highway Commission. 1t is understood
that Routt County is to spend from
two to five thousand dollars on that
portion of the road lying between
ToponaS and the county line. dis
tancc of ten miles. Tire" miles Of
this part IS almost completed. II is
| nearly forty feet wide and compara-
lively straight. and when completed
will he almost level The remainder
of the road from the county line of
| Koutt and Grand over the top of the
range is 10 he repaired with money
supplied by the State Highway Com
mission, il is said.
The number of inquiries being re-
| ceivcd by the State Immigration De
partment ;lt the present TINE indicate
| that the demand for Colorado lands hy
| people in other STATES is not quite SO
| heavy as ii was last fan and winter
| The general impression is that Il CON
siderable construction in the money
market has slowed down the demand
| for land to some extent in all parts Of
| the country, but that IL renewed de-
mand will he evident Immediately aft.
er crops begin to market. Crop c"ndt-
| tionS in Colorado are exceptionally
| good ut this time and land men gcu"r-
| ally look for an excellent movement OF
farm land this fail.
Two fatal automobile accidents oc-
CURED near Colorado Springs. Mrs.
| {. NJ. HutS"n was killed and her hlS-
band seriously injured on the Canon
City highway, about iw"uryScvcn
miles south Of Colorad" Springs when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing struck Il sandy stretch in the road
and overturned. pinniny the Two occtl-
pants beneath the car Mr.. and Mrs.
| Hutson are natives Of Kansas and were
| spending n short vacation in Colorado.
| Every winter some part of the state
is hit by severe weather and high
| prices of feed. To overcome this con
ditiOn farmers should be providing II
| certain acreage of silagc crops. Thrs.
crops put into the Silo viii reduce or
| obliterate heavy expenses and increase
the profits of the stockmrn. next win.
ter, says X. W. Clark, livestock Spc
cialist.
| The Great Western Sugar COMPANY
have concluded negotiations for III,
purchase of the W. A. Purvis ranch of
300 acres, at JOhnstown, on which /,
will Immediately start the erection of
Il S2,0O0,OOO beet sugar factory. The
$4,000.
During the month of June 1868 OBS
gallons of gasoline were consumed in
the state of Colorado. according to a
|
inspector. There is an increase of al.
most half Il million gallons over the
same period last year. according to Mr.
Duce. The gasoline tax for the month
based on a collection of cent per yal.
lon. was S3G,G3O.3S rs compared win
S31.9S5.OI during the month of June a
year ago.
AS the elimination of movement
that has been in progress at Canon
| City for many years and which has
failed from time to time owing to legal
and other difficulties, the voters of
| the two school districts Including
Canon City, South Canon and their
environs, In n mass meeting at The
First Methodist Episcopal church
voted to consolidate by vote Of $40
| to 15.
The annual Apple Pie day will be
held September and 3, at Rifle. Tn.
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