The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

hut 1p1 $50 acres of privately owned
Innd In MOffnt county, or a little more
than 9 per cent of the total area. On
Jan. I, 1919. there were 1871 acres
of unappropriated state land In the
county. There are 7,535 acres of for
est nren and n large acreage withheld
from homestead entry under the Carey
net. On July l., 1910. there were l.
TBS, 1893 acres of government land open
to homestead entry. Through the pat
enting of 20s claims. 5i,13 acres Of
government domain were added to the
taxable area of Aioffat county In the
last year. Local land officials say
that the present year will break all
records in the number of final proofs
which will he filed, and look for more
than 100000 ncres to be patented.
Reports received by the Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service Indicate that
the fruit crop this year will be some
what above normal unless. 1t IL sub
jected to unexpected unfavOrable con-
ditiOns later in the season. There was
some damage caused by severe winter
weather In certain districts on the
western slope, but so far the loss from
late frosts has been negligible. In pOr-
tions of the peach-growing districts on
the western slope the crop will be
short because of the severe winter, but
generally the outlook is for u crop Oi
normal proportions. The outlook for
apples is excellent on the western slope
and in the Canon City district, where
most of the commercial production of
the state is made.
The Colorado Cooperative Crop RE
porting Service will publish prelimin-
ary estimates this month on the ncre-
age devoted to spring wheat, oats, bar
ley and alfalfa for the state, has
upon partial return from county as
SCISSORS and upon percentage estimates
from reporters. Present Indications
point to very much increased acre
age of spring wheat and to only slight
changes from last year In the acreages
devoted to oats, barley and alfalfa.
More complete estimates of the acre
ages devoted to all crops Will be pub
lished in August, based upon practi-
cally complete returns from county as
SCISSORS.
The bodies of Arthur Dean, 25 years
old. and William Lavery, SO. employees
of the United States fish hatchery in
Park county, were found floating in
the huge Antero reservoir beside an
overturned rowbont by two small boys
who visited the hatchery to deliver
mail. The two men, who had both
been connected with the federal hatch
cry for several years, had been at the
reservoir during the past month gath
ering spawn for Matching.
The wheat crop of New South Wales
has been so disastrously affected by
drought that the yield probably will not
be sufficient to meet domestic con-
sumption In Australia. said report
from the American consulate Mt Sgd
ney. The crop was estimated at only
4, ,296, 600 bushels, the smallest yield in
twenty years.
Grand Junction office girls have or
ganized two baseball teams and plan
to wear complete mems baseball suits,
absolutely ignoring bloomer style suits
They plan series of games lasting
all summer, stenOgraphers, clerks and
other office assistants being eligible.
When c. F. Thayer of Fort Morgan
attempted to crank his automobile the
machine bucked forward, knocking him
unconscious, and then continued Its
course across the sidewalk and through,
the plate glass window of grocery
store.
The Bells Vista hotel, erected in the
early 7Os at Golden, and perhaps at
one time the most beautiful hotel in
Colorado, is to be wrecked for the ma
terial 1t contains. The building is the
property of the Huston estate OF Phil
adelphia.
James F. Creel, father Of Charles A.
Creel of Arriba, is dead at the age of
SS years. Creel was born In Virginia
and came to Colorado nearly forty
years ago. He made his residence in
the northern part of Lincoln county.
The first consignment of absolutely
pure radium received in MOntrose has
been received for the use of DIR. F. G.
Didrickson in connection with. course
In radiotherapy at an Eastern univer-
sIty. 1t weighs only 26.13 milligrams
and Is one inch long and three thirty
seconds of an inch In diameter, but is
valued ut $1,000. The material Is kept
in a series OF tubes-glass, sterling sill
yer, lead, steel. This radium was
made from ore mined in western Mont
rose county and sampled at the Mont
rose sampler. In its crude form 1t rep
racanfad "a IN rlnad M =. ftvo toms