The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-05
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

While the fufm populhuoh III wv
country as n whole has increased much
less rapidly in the past decade than
the population of the cities, In Colo
RADIO the population OF the farming dis
trlcts has grown more rapidly than
that of the cities. Figures announced
by the federal census bureau and
compiled In the office of the state Inn
migration Department show that the
rural population OF Colorado Is now
81 10 per cent OF the total population
compared with 493 per cent in 1910.
In the United States the rural popu-
lntion is now 4s.7 per cent of the total
compared with 53.7 per cent In l0lo.
The rural population in Colorado IN
1920 Is 4S6370, compared with 39i,lS4
in 1910, the Increase being over u per
cent. The urban population In 1920
was 453, go, compared with 4OiS4O In
1910, the increase being slightly less
than II per cent In the United States
as a whole the Increase In urban pop
ulatlon in the past decade was 2S.6 per
cent, while the increase in rural popu-
latIon was only 81 per cent. These
was q strong movement from the
farms to the cities In the country as a
whole, the movement in the Rocky
Mountain states was from the cities to
the farms. and that this movement
was especially strong in Colorado and
Montana.
The total school population of Colo
4 a.. ha oil
katherine L. Craig, state superinten-
dent of public instruction, apportioned
a total of 1891. .14S.1S to the sixty
three counties OF the state. OF this
sum, Denver receives $72,959.S5, the
largest single amount apportioned.
This was the semi-annual apportion-
ment of the state school fund. The
amount distributed represents a total
Of S1.39 for each pupil, as compared
with $1.73 given out last July. Miss
Craig announced the sum of S1,133.13
withheld from the State Teachers col
lege by mistake last July was allotted
this time. Ell Paso and Weld counties
were the second and third largest
beneflclarles from the fund, receiving
$15,76O.4S and So, 2,396.1S, respectively.
Howard @. Wade, chairman of the
Denver branch OF the Military Train
ing Association, has been advised, by
telegraphlc communication from New
York that the Congressional committee
on military affairs has assured the ap-
preparation of adequate funds to pro-
vide for the establishment of eighteen
summer training camps during 1871. A
Joint committee of the Training Camps
Association and the American Legion
appeared before the Congressional
clude the establishment of two camps
in the Ninth corps area, in which Den
yer is included. An effort is being
made TO establish one of the camps
near Denver, Fort Logan having been
suggested as a suitable location.
Upward of 1,5O0 shopmen and track
men living in Denver and nearly 200
others on the Colorado division of the
Union Pacific are affected by a re-
duction in working hours which has
been announced. The shopmen are to
have a five-day week instead of five
and one-half day week, while trackmen
will work five days instead of six.
This method is taken in preference to
cutting the force.
Two thousand carloads of choice
Greeley potatoes will be ruined in the
dugouts unless unexpected relief is OBJ
tanned for the farmers. Potatoes are
now selling at less than 30 per cent of
the cost of the crop and apparently
available markets will take only u
very small percentage of the 5000
carloads of sound potatoes in the
hands of dealers and farmers.
r. b. McDermott, one of the best
known country newspaper men in the
state, has bought half interest in the
Fort Lupton Booster from the present
publisher, f. NJ. Walling, and the firm
name will be Walling 4 McDermott.
Mr.. McDermott will be the editor of
the paper.
Two hundred thousand rainbow
trout eggs have been received from
Oregon at the Fort Collins fish hatch
cry, to be Matched and put into the
streams of the county. The hatchery
already has on hand 100000 fry about
thirty days old. r. G. Haviland, sup
erintendent of the hatchery, an
nounces that within thirty days he will
begin the construction of a fish nurs-
cry pond in front of the hatchery 200
by so feet, and that the fish from the
hatchery will be grown in this pond
until they are finger length before
they will be released in the streams.
Hunters and fishermen of Boulder
county are to meet in Boulder to or-
ganize fish and game club and to dis
cuss protective legislation now before
the State Legislature. All of the local
clubs in the county are TO be affiliated