The Ordway new era., 1920-01-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| thN sStattb
Department of the Interior, amounted
10 81, 1892, 600 In gold, 5,630,O 600 ounces OF
silver, 3J,850OO0 pounds of lead, 3.4OO,-
600 pounds of copper, and 52,3OO.OOo
pounds of zinc, having total value OF
81, 522 900 ms compared with $l2,75f,-
71S In gold, 7,O63, ,5J4 ounces of silver.
g., 900, 100 pounds of lead. 6,2I7 49,
pounds of copper, and 9s,133,9Ol
pounds of zinc, having a total value OF
$34, ,1GO,172 in 1918 This estimate
shows n decrease of $500, 600 in gold,
], 10000 ounces of silver. 81, 1eO,OOu
pounds of. lead, 2,s77.OOO pounds OF
copper, and &c, S34 600 pounds of zinc.
Even at the increased value of silver
Of Sill (average) as compared with
81 In 1918, the value of the silver pro-
duced In 1919 was S6,2i9.OOO as com
pared with 81 .O63, ,5J4 in 1918, and with
the lower average prices for lead, cop
per and zine there were respectively
decreases of S2,651 900, $4,000 and
81 1905, 900.
There will be no free admissions to
the National Western Stock and
Horse Shows which open at Denver
on January nth. Even stockinen ex-
hibltors and their employees will have
To pay. However liberal rate IL
made of $50 for season ticket good
at all times. This year the stock show
cut loose from the stock yard manage
ment, rents its buildings and is stand
Ing on its own base. 1t must be made
to pay. Heretofore there has been
liberal distribution of paper" but
that is all cut off this year. Secretary
johnson announces that there Will be
no profiteering regarding anything at
the show. The general admission is
so cents, the same as always.
The largest increase ever made in
a single year is seen in the receipts
from the national forests for the fis-
cal year ending June 80. 1919, which
were greater by SIS3,4S4 than in the
previous twelve months. The receipts
totaled $4,36S,414, says Chief Forester
II. s. Graves In his annual report just
made public To this total the graz
ing business contributed more than
81. 100000 and the receipts from timber
were somewhat more than 81 100000.
DTOJtflS 10 ItNlulln dbohI
$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
5000 acres, is now under construction
by William O'Gara, Denger contractor.
Mr.. O'Gara has undertaken to have the
system completed by Dec. !, 1920.
The GuadaIodhe mine. near, ouray,
has cut large vein of ore and since
July 1t has shipped $4,000 worth OF
ore. For several years this property
has been worked by leasers, who drove
tunnel 100 feet in their effort to find
ore. Last summer they threw up the
lease and the Guadaloupe company re-
sumed work 1t had continued the tun-
mel fifteen feet when this large body
of ore was struck.
Reports of county assessor show
228, 1856 acres of oats in the state In
1919, which. with 10 per cent added
for incompleteness, gives total of
1000 acres, compared with correct
ed figure of 251, 600 acres in 1918.
The average yield per acre, as deter
mined from reports OF thresherInen and
from other sources, was 26.2 bushels,
compared with II corrected figure of
30 bushels for last year.
A twelve-mile stretch of road from
the southern sbOrder of Colorado to
Santa Fe will be graded and put in
shape for tourist travel early this
spring, 1t was decided at a meeting at
Antonito of the AntonitO Commercial
Club. Representatives of the Alamosa
and Monte Vista commercial clubs AT
tended the meeting and pledged their
support to the movement.
1t is estimated that 1880 birds and
head of pet stock will be on exhibition
at the chicken show this year that Is
held in connection with the National
Western Stock Show 1t is the elev-
enth annual poultry show. and w. c.
Schuman again is in charge. The
Judges will he George NJ Wells of Wis
consin and 4. NJ Brnuch of Missouri
C. 8. Gibson of Detroit Mich, will
Judge the pet stock. Entries close OH
| Jan. 10 and there have been notifica.
tions from all Western states from Mis-
souri, to California. All leading breeds
| are represented, the Mediterranean di-
| vision of Leghorns taking about so per
| cent.
Colorado's national forests are six
| teen in number, with a total area OF
more than IA, 3,26O, 600 acres. They cover
| for the most part the high mountain
Gus country Of the Rockies. Within
| these forests are some forty Of the
peaks of the state which exceed 14,0O0
| feet In elevation and more than 3N
| peaks over 10000 feet. 1t Is these