The Dolores star., 1920-01-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

best informed regarding agricultural
development have believed it to be.
These reports show that the area in
cultivation in the state this year, in
Guiding native hay bur not including
orchards, is approximately 5,5OO,OoD,
or fully 1,OOO.OOO acres more than has
been shown by the estimates for any
preceding year. The increase in cul-
tiyated area in the state in the past
few years has been so rapid that those
whose task II has been 10 keep records
on agricultural development have
been unable to show the full extent of
the growth. The census bureau showed
but 2,Gii.O00 acres in cultivation ten
years ago. The United States Bureau
of Crop Estimates showed but 6oo,oun
acres of wheat harvested in the state
in 1916, whereas the records prepared
by county assessors show that more
than 100000 acres WAS harvested this
year The records of the same bureau
showed but 2T.OOO acres Of rye har-
vested in the state in 1916, while coun-
ty ASSESSORS records show approx
matcly $4,000 acres harvested in 1919
Since this was the first year records
Of this character ever prepared
by county assessors it is fair to as
sumo that they are not so complete as
they will he in the future. Data Of
this character is especially important
in state where agricultural develop
mcnt is very rapid, aS it has been III
fnlnrnIa in tho f,n
Famous names in the horse show
world are scheduled 70" the great show
at Denver stadium bcgilnm- the night
of January 10. Loula Long Combs will
be there with her great string of thor
oughbrcdS trained to the three and
five steps accepted by horSom"n. John
Il. ThompSOn'S fine stable will he ON
hand. Other names are j. X. Dcring
Of Chicago, w. +. Dee of Chicago,
Harry Gorham Of Morris. H.: George
a, IIeyI of Washington, III. Earl NJ.
Dixon of New Boston, ILL.,. and Reed
Bridgcford of Joy, III.
The largest increase ever made in
n single year is seen in the receipts
llblll lilt Ilt tll'lIl'l Ibl'NlS l'II llh' llS-
cal year ending June 20. 1919. which
were greater by STS3.4Si than in the
previous twelve months. The receipts
totaled Si,3GS, ,4l4, says chief Forester
II. 5. Graves in his annual report just
made public. TO this total the graz
S2,6oO.OOO and the receipts from timber
We're somewhat more than 81 l,JOO,O0O
Drainage projects to reclaim about
$4,000 acres of rich land in the San
Luis valley, adjacent to Alnmosa, 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
6,OOO acres, is now under construction
by William O'Gara, Denver contractor.
Mr.. O'Gara has undertaken to have the
system completed by Dee. l, 1920.
Dcnver's postal receipts for 1919
showed an increase of almost 10 per
cent over the business done during
1918. according TO report issued by
Postmaster B. +. Staplcton and Assist.
ant Postmaster Charles + Trutier. Dur
ing the year 1919 postal receipts for
the year 1919 reached S2.2Sj ,95T Al.
This is S19OGSG7J more than the bust
ness done by the local office during
1918, or an increase of more than y per
cent.
H.. A Il.
1920 includes public buildings and pri-
vate residences to the value of $3.50
900. Among these will be IL high school
to cost $4,000, the foundations of
which are already under way. Another
important building, on which work is
home of the AlamOSa National Bank.
DIR. Charles ID. Spivak, Denver ply
Sician and one Of the founders of the
Jewish ConSumptive Relief Society,
left Denver for New York City. where
he will join other members of Il Jew
iSh war sufferers relief unit to do re-
construction work in the devastated
countries in Europe. Dr. Spivak is
commissioner of health and sanitation
of the unit and will make reports of
conditions AS he finds them.
Inquiries over the counter of the
Denver Tourist Bureau were 43,SO7
Union station, 1890, making n total
number of inquiries for the two Denver
offices of GIFT; the number of in
quireS from the branch bureaus were
~, l3, or grand total of 81 .29O in
quires over the counter in 1919. Total
mail inquiries for all the bureaus was
10,457.
Over 100000 pieces of Denver and
Colorado literature, booklets, pam
phlets and postcards were distributed
during 1919 through the main office
and Union station offices in Denver
and branch offices in Colorado
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