The Dolores star., 1921-08-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

According TO inc sthe-i'ue"
report for July /, issued by w. W.
Putnam, agricultural statisticlah Oh
the L. s. Bureau of Markets and crop
Estimates, Colorado Cooperative crop
Reporting Service, the apple crop III
the state this year Is about Go per cent
of normal. compared with - per cent
last year. The forecast of production
Is 8,OO4. 900 bushels, compared WIN
2, 100000 bushels last year. About 81
per cent of this crop this year VIII ne
produced on the western slope, where
the crop is making good progress. Inc
state crop OF peaches had condition
of 60 per cent, compared with % per
cent last year and 80 per cent the ten
wear average. The total production
for the state Is forccasted Mt I2S'ooo
bushels. The pear crop in Colorado
on July !, on 65 per cent condition
basis, was estimated ut 32s,ooo push-
els. The condition of cantaloupes on
July l in Colorado was So per cent OF
normal, compared with 90 per cent
July l last year and 50 per cent the
ten-year average.
A field man for the county assessor
has completed the reassessing OF i"ur
townships along the Platte river in the
southwest part of Weld county and
turns in figures showing n loss OF
SlS4. 800 to property along twelve miles
of the course OF the river. one thou
sand acres of land is damaged for a
total of Sl17,5O0. ON this land prop
erty loss of $4,000 is given, including
Il total loss of $50 acres of bccts. $780,
600; 80 acres of cabbage, $1,000; 2oO
acres of wheat, $1,000; 200 acres OF
corn, $1,000; 100 acres of oats, $500.
All Colorado hay had condition
figure of % per cent on July !, as
compared with 9S per cent last year
and the forecast of production is B.
100000 tons, compared with 3,3a2,opO
tons last year The area TO be har-
vested this year is estimated to be less
than last year or l.57S,OOO acres, com
kaitu VIII 1,V'H,'VV a'ltS Illl N'Sl'h
in 1920. The alfalfa in the state this
year indicates good crop, the condi-
ton being 90 per cent of normal. OF
the above hay crop, about 1,1So,OOO
tons will be alfalfa.
The family of A. c. Claug left Love
land hurriedly for trip in the noun
tains. In her haste, Mrs Claug left an
electric iron standing on an ironing
board in the kitchen. She neglected to
turn off the current to the iron. Roy
Buck, n friend of the family, who
knew they were absent, saw smoke
pouring from the residence. He broke
through door just in time to avert
n disastrous fire. The iron, heated
white, had burned its way through the
ironing board, II table cover and two
layers of flooring.
Colorado Springs doesn't intend
that it shall be known as II heaven on
earth, though its streets are to be
paved gold. This gold will be poured
into cement mixtures and used to fin
ish 100000 paving job. The rock
which will be used to make the paving
is TO come from the dump of the old
Nindicator mine ut Cripple Creek In
this dump, according to reports made
by mining engineers and assayors, may
be found thousands Of dollars worth
of pure gold.
The last of the great plains cattle
10,
memory when Bill Shanahan, George
Baxter and Nern Simpson move their
herds from the Seibert country to
homesteads which they will take near
Meeker, Colo.
Donald Couse 10 years old, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Couse of Cripple
Creek, was drowned in pond at Gil
lette, eight miles northeast of Cripple
Creek, while in swimming.
The Schooley drug store at IIillr0sc
was entered by burglars and iowrry.
fountain pens and other articles, all
valued at about 5000, stolen, according
to information received.
John Morgan, 9-ycar-old son of
Frank Morgan, Il shccpman, was in
stanily killed on Barlow creek. ten
miles north of Rico, when he was
caught by rock slide. His head was
crushed and his body badly bruised.
Members of the family and friends
from the Morgan sheep camp on
Lizard Head were spending the day
fishing and picnirkinp III. ,,hflu.,