The Keota news., 1920-10-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

The state highway commission will
open bids Oct. II for the construction
OF seven federal road projects, which,
1t is estimated. will cost more than
&250.OOO. The first provides for the
grading. drainage and gravel surfac-
Ing Of little more than three miles
on the Burlington highway between
Wray and Schramm In Yuma county.
The work will reduce grades and elm.
mate bad sandy stretch ut an esti.
mated cost Of $4,000. Nearly five
miles Of the old Ylorence-C Cripple Greek
railroad grade between Victor and
Cripple Greek 10 to be improved by
putting wagon decks on the railroad
bridges and widening the grade at an
estimated cost OF $4,000. Four miles
OF road between Norwood and Natu.
rita. In Aontrosc county. IL to be con.
structed at an estimated cost Of $780,
600. Grading and surfacing on a re-
located road between Kremmling and
Muddy Pass. In Grand county-six
miles In length-will cost $24.60O. It
10 estimated that $4,000 will be ex.
pended to grade. drain and surface
nearly four miles between Craig and
Maybell In Moffat county. Grading
and paving Of mile and quarter Of
the Denvcr-Arvada concrete road, be-
ginning at the jefferson county line.
will require an expenditure Of &50. 500.
A mile and one-eighth of the Rifle.
Aeeker road In Rio Blauco county is
to be drained and covered with ten
inches Of shale surfacing at an esti.
mated cost Of &l7,642.
Fred Smith, IS. Q healthseeker from
Dcs Aoines, Iowa. who has lived In
Colorado Springs several years, died Of
heart disease following . near COLL.
sion between two automobiles three
miles north Of Palmer Lake on the
Colorado Springs.D Denver road. The
automobile In which Smith was riding
turned into Q ditch to avoid hitting .
racing car which sklddsd into ditch
on the opposite side Of the road and
was wrecked. The near collision 10 be.
lieved to have brought on the stroke OF
heart disease which killed Smith.
A picnic and csisbrction IL being
planned for Oct. II. Columbus day.
up the Poudre cahon. when II 10
hoped the road will have been COM
pleted as far a. Rustic. The Fort
Collins Commercial Club II making
the picnic arrangements. feature OF
which will bs q barbecue. The road.
II 10 stated. will be completed within
two weeks, ~ there II only one more
n1sna tn b,oost n,,t k,ofoen sh> mad ,s.l11
be opened as fdf ~ Rustic.
La Junta 10 soon to be ranked %
one Of Colorado's best improved cities.
At q recent meeting Of the city coun-
ell q resolution creating q paving dis
trict, which includes all the down town
district. was passed. Work on the
actual paving will start early next
spring. while . great deal Of the pre-
iiminary work will be started right
away. A now white way 10 planned
on the main streets when the paving
IL put In place.
The total value Of the 1920 Colo.
rado wheat crop will be approximately
$50 OOO, 900. according to figures com.
piled by Howard Sullivan. deputy state
immigration inspector. The production
ls estimated Mt 38,OOO.OQO bushels,
wAeh will make the wheat crop the
states leading crop II there Is no ap-
precinble change in thep rice Of wheat
by November 1, which II the date that
the crop values are generally csti.
mated.
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