The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Department of the Interior, amounted
to 9,S92 900 in gold, 5,630000 ounces of
silver, 35,650000 pounds of lead, 3,4O0,-
600 pounds of copper, and 52,30O,OOo
pounds of zinc, having total value of
ST., SO 900 as compared with Sl2,I5l,-
71S in gold, 7,063,554 ounces of silver.
1890 760 pounds of lead, 6,2tI,332
pounds of copper, and 9S, l33,ool
pounds of zinc, having total value OF
S34, 16O172 in 1918. This estimate
shows u decrease of $2,S60,0O0 in gold,
,430 900 ounces of silver, -, 100000
pounds of lead, 2,S7T,000 pounds of
copper, and 36,S34, 900 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 S6,249,000 as com
pared with S7,063, ,554 in 1918, and with
the lower average prices for lead, cop
per and zinc there were respectively
decreases of $2,651 900, $4,000 and
S4,39S,000
There will be no free admissions to
the National Western Stock and
Horse Shows which open at Denver
ON January 18th. Even stockmen ex-
hibitors and their employees will have
to pay. However II liberal rate is
made of $3.50 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 adm ssion is
30 cents, the same as always.
The largest increase ever made in
IL single year is seen in the receipts
from the national forests for the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1913, which
were greater by $7S3,4S4 than in the
previous twelve months. The receipts
totaled S4,36S, ,414, says Chief Forester
III. 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 S1,5O0,OOO
Drainage projects to reclaim about
$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
Jara district, which will reclaim about
5000 acres, is now under construction
by William O'Gara, Denver contractor.
Mr.. O'Gara has undertaken to have the
system completed by Dec. l, 1920.
The Guadaloupe mine, near Ouray,
has cut Il large vein of ore and since
July it has shipped $4,000 worth of
ore For several years this property
has been worked by leasers, who drove
a 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
226, 1856 acres of oats in the state in
1919, which, with 10 per cent added
for incompleteness, gives total of
249,OOO acres, compared with a correct
eu llSulc VI -Jl,ooO hNito IL 'c'O'
The average yield per acre, as deter
mined from reports of threshermen and
from other sources, was 26.2 bushels,
compared with corrected figure of
30 bushels for last year.
A twelve-mile stretch of road from
the southern border of Colorado to
Santa Fe will be graded and put in
shape for tourist travel early this
spring, it 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 1,500 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 II is the elev-
enth annual poultry show, and w. c.
Schuman again is in charge. The
judges will be George NJ Wells of Wis
consin and E. NJ Brauch of Missouri.
c. S. Gibson of Detroit Mich, will
Judge the pet stock. Entries close on
Jan. Is 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 80 per
cent.
Colorado's national forests are six
teen in number, with total area of
more than 13,260,000 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 $4,000
feet in elevation and more than $50
neaks Oyer 10000 feet 1t is these