The Ordway new era., 1921-09-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News serise1
COMING EVENTS.

COMlNG EtI-NiS-
Washington County Fair. Akron. Aug
S1-Sept. 2; Joe X. Powclson, secre-
Teller County Fair. Cripple Creek. Sept.
5; ID. J. Upton. secretary.
Larimer County Fair. l.oveland sept
5-s; J. w. Thompson. secretary
Inter Mountain Live stock and fair'
Grand Junction; sent.. - 6su San,
Moffat County Fair at Maybsll, Sept.
$40.
Boulder County Fair. Lonemont Sept
1871; Harry f. Nivem. secretary.
Phillips County Fair. Holy oke. sept.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept H.
16: &. T. Shelton. secretary.
Logan County Fair. Sterling, Sept. lS-
IS: c. J. Funk. manaset. :,
Minton. secretary, Sept l3-l6.
i5-i7; William Feiidrs. secretary.
Western Slope Fair. MoEtrose. sept.
Adams County Fair. brighton. Sept.
20-25, George Il, Smith, secretary.
An automobile beiong'uG to Z. L.
Yates was stolen from the RocShnld
garage at Fort Morgan AMI recovered
few hours later in Cheyenne. y man
and woman who had the ear in their
possession We're lodged in jail.
Chicken thieves and allied crafts are
waging strong campaign upon the
town of Wellington. Every night Il
dozen or more roosts have been
robbed. garden truck is pulled up, and
two five gallon cans of gasoline were
stolen from an irrigation well.
c. A. Finch, president of the Colo
rado .inti-Saloon League. in an address
at Colorado Springs. said the fight he
ing made in this country against the
eighteenth amendment * being staged
by English brewers. He iutimated that
workers for the amendment faced 4
harder fight to enforce the law than
they did to secure lis passage.
Charging that lie was robbed by
Mexican soldiers. Illegally held in the
jail at Juarez, Mexico. and That he
was henten with swords while pris-
oner, John O'Byrne. tourist driver, liv-
ing in Colorado Springs, brought ac-
ton thru the secretary of state to
collect claims of $4,000 against the
government of Mexico.
The filling station of the Continen-
tai Oil Company at Lake and North.
ern avenues in Pueblo was robbed by
man and lad not over 10 years
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the station, was forced by the man.
who had pistol, to stand with his
hands up and face the wall while the
boy rifled the cash register of $50
The city of Fort Collins has just
purchased water right that will in
crease its available supply of water
for domestic, irrigation and fire pur-
poses by one-eight, increasing its total
water volume from 7.l51 feet per sec
Ond TO S.001 feet. The additional 80
foot per second acquired cost the city
81, ,125. The water right was obtained
from ditch No. l, division No. /, dis
trlct 3, known as the ]. II. Yeager
ditch. and is an excellent acquisition
as it has all prioritics.
Sugar beets ranks first in value
among the irrigated crops grown in
Colorado, though the acreage devoted
to this crop is smaller than that de-
voted TO either alfalfa or wild hay.
The records of the census bureau
showed that % per cent of the sugar
beets grown In the state In 1909 were
irrigated, while for 1919 only 1913 per
cent were irrigated. In both 1920 and
1921 the acreage of sugar beets cult
vated was greater than for 1919 and
the acreage cultivated under irrigation
was greater each year than that shown
by the census bureau for 1919. The
census bureau report shows only 137,-
300 acres Of sugar beets grown under
Irrigation in 1919, while the records of
the immigration Department indicate
that over 100000 acres Were grown un-
der irrigation in 1920 and nearly 200,-
900 in 1921.
An inspection trip of the Colorado
to-Gulf highway Will be made by the
executive officers of the North Star
Highway Association of Colorado, Ne
brsska and the Dakotas the second
week in September. The trip will be
made in conjunction with tho Colo
radO-to-Gulf Highway Association, ae-
cording to plans being worked out at
present by C. II. Walker, president of
that organization, and e. r. Kielgas,
president of the North Star orgaLiza-
ton in Sedgwick.
The largest increase in acreage
grown under irrigation shown for any
crop in the decade is for alfalfa. The
census bureau showed that 659,912
acres of alfalfa was grown under irri-
CATION in Colorado in 1919, compared
with 4sO,5S6 acres in 1909. There was
also a considerable increase In acreage
Of alfalfa grown without irrigation,
the census bureau reports showing
that 94.4 per cent of all alfalfa grown
in the state in 1909 was irrigated,
while only S44 per cent of it was ir-
rigated in 1919. Records of the State
Immigration Department show that
the acreage Of alfalfa grown without
irrigation in eastern Colorado coun-
ties is increasing rather rapidly each
wear