The Keota news., 1920-07-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


OF twenty.f0ur counties for which
complete reports on agricultural sta
tistics had been received BY the State
immigration Department from county
assessors on July ]. sixteen showed In
creases In the number Of farms ne
ported aud eight showed decreases, the
total number Of schedules reported for
the twenty.four counties being about
400 more lhan for last year. The
largest decrease shown was for Logan
county. which reported 1881 farms last
year and only 2.2295 this year. The
decrease is due largely to the temper
ary abandonment Of farms that were
cropped by renters last year aud are
not being cropped ut all this year. A
considerable number Of wheat grow.
ers whose winter wheat was blown
out by the heavy spring winds did not
rcplant to any other crop and have
temporarily abandoned their farms.
The Increases reported In most coun.
ties are. small. and are perhaps &C.
counted for largely by the fact that
county assessors have had better OI-
portunitIes for obtaining complete re-
ports this year than they did In 1919.
Present Indications are that the total
number Of farms reported for the
state this year will be close to 1000
greater than for last year. the reports
for the counties showing the largest
Increases In number of farms not yet
being complete.
Almost furnished. thirsty. feet xwol-
len and sore from aimlcsx wandering.
Carl Carlson. l6-year.old SOU Of Mrs.
n. A. Barto Of Peach Valley. stumbled
into his mothers home nt Delta after
having been lost In the wildS Of the
Gunnison River cnhon above Peach
Valley for three days and nights. He
had been fishing and became lost
when he started home and wandered
for hours before getting his bearings.
He had no food and no shelter. The
youth suffered greatly from exposure.
The bodies Of 400 Colorado boys who
were killed In action or who died In the
military or naval service oversens will
be brought to Denver and Colorado for
burial within the next six months. This
10 the statement Of O. A. Brown. mem.
Der Of the relief committee Of Leo
l.eydcn post Of the American Legion.
The legion has started Q movement to
mise funds with which to provide q
suitable funeral for each Of the Den.
vsr soldiers whose bodies are brought
10 Denver for burial.
A petition asking the Colorado su.
preme Court to reverse q decision
made by Judge Charles G. Butler has
been filed by Victor +. kcyes, attorney
general, In the cnse Of the State
against the United Mine Workers Of
America. tried last November. Judr
Butler ruled that a strike Of the coal
miners could not be considered a vio.
lation Of the Industrial relations law.
because the coal mining industry, AZ
conducted In the state, is not affected
by public interest.
Approximately 100000 had been
collected from automobile licenses up
to July l this year with several large
counties yet to be heard from, accord.
ing to figures mt the secretary Of
states office. During the entire year
OF 1910 $i8S.OO In licenses were is.
sued. Floyd Fairhurst. state automo.
bile supervisor, said that Colorado IN
almost out Of tags and that no posxI.
btlity of obtaining more Immediately
now exists.
During the month Of June 3,080. .O00
gallons Of gasoline were consumed in
The state Of Colorado. according IN .