The Ordway new era., 1920-07-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Immigration department from count!
assessors on July l, sixteen showed in
creases in the number of farms re
ported and eight showed decreases. the
total number Of schedules reported fol
the twenty-four counties being about
400 more tnan for last year. The
largest decrease shown was for Logan
county. which reported :. .521 farms last
year and only 2.295 this year. The
decrease Is due largely to the tenPor-
airy abandonment OF farms that were
cropped by renters last year and are
not being cropped at all this year. A
considerable number of wheat grow
ers whose winter wheat WAS blown
ont by the heavy spring winds did not
replant to any other crop and have
temporarily abandoned their farms.
The increases reported In most coun-
ties are small, and are perhaps ac-
counted for largely by the fact that
county nssessors have had better OPP
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 5,0Oc
greater than for last year, the reports
for the counties showing the largest
increases in number of farms not yet
being complete.
The Gore Range Pass, the pass from
Grand County into northwest Colorado.
and beyond. Is being reopened for
travel Mr. Franz Chapman of Yampa.
is In charge of the work. with a 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, a dis
tance of ten miles. Three miles of
this part $ almost completed. 1t is
nearly forty feet wide and comparn-
lively straight, and when completed
will he almost level. The remainder
of the road from the county line of
Routt and Grand over the top of the
range is TO be repaired with money
supplied by the State Highway Com
mission, 1t is said.
The number of inquiries being re-
ceived by the State immigration De
DuTtliell Ut lile DIeStlll lllnt lhuituAt
that the demand for Colorado lands by
people in other states is not quite sc
heavy as 1t was last fall and winter.
The general impression is that con.
siderable construction In the money
market has slowed down the demand
for land to some extent in all parts ol
the country, but that renewed de-
mand will be evident Immediately aft
er crops begin to market. Crop c0ndi--
tions In Colorado are exceptionally
good Mt this time and land men gener-
ally look for an excellent movement OF
farm land this fall.
Two fatal automobile accidents &C
Cured near Colorado Springs. Mrs.
c. n. Hutson was killed and her hus
band seriously injured on the Canon
City highway, about twenty-seveI
miles south of Colorado Springs when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing struck sandy stretch In the road
and overturned. pinning the two occu-
pants beneath the car. Mr.. and Mrs
Hutson are natives Of Kansas and were
spending short vacation in Colorado
Every winter some part of the state
Is hit by severe weather and higf
prices OF feed. To overcome this con
dition farmers should be providing n
certain acreage OF silage crops. These
crops put into the silo will reduce OF
obliterate heavy expenses and increase
the profits of the stockmen next win
ter, says r. w. Clark, livestock spe
cialist
The Great Western Sugar Company
have concluded negotiations for the
purchase of the w. A. Purvis ranch OF
300 acres, at Johnstown, on which II
will Immediately start the erection OF
n S2,000,0O0 beet sugar factory. The
price paid for the Purvis ranch was
100000.
During the month of June 3,689, OBS
the state of Colorado, according to u
report issued by James Duce, state oil
inspector, There is an increase of al
most half million gallons over the
same period last year, according to Mr..
Duce. The gasoline tax for the month,
based on a collection of 1 cent per gal
lon. was S36,69O.3S, as compared with
$31 ,9S507 during the month of June
year ago.
As the elimination of a movement
that has been in progress at Canon
City for many years and which has
failed from time to time owing to legal
md other difficulties. the voters of
the two school districts including
Canon City, South Canon and their
environs, in mass meeting at the
First Methodist Episcopal church.
voted to consolidate by a vote of $40
| to 75.
The annual Apple Pie day will be
held September and 3, at Rifle. The