Elbert County tribune., 1921-11-25
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

sors to the State Tax Commission
show an increase of more than l,4oo,-
900 acres In patented land In Colorado
this year as compared with 1920. rms
Increase is due chiefly to the patent
ing of government homestead land ana
of state land on which payments have
been completed. The reports for ls2l'
as compiled by the State immigration
Department. show 3O,877, ,235 acres of
patented land. including town and city
lots and railroad rights of way com
pared with %, 462, 459 acres last year.
Patented land now represents 1884
per cent of the total area of the state,
compared with 44.41 last year. AT the
present rnte of increase Of patented
land, one-half of the states area
should be on the tax rolls by the end
of 1923. Non-patented land in Colo
RADIO is made up principally OF nation
al forests. homestead land and state
land. There ls about 100000 acres
of land that Ia not classified ms to
ownership. consisting chiefly of home
stend land that has been filed upon
but not yet proved up and state land
that has been sold but not yet fully
paid for Such land is not included In
either state or homestead land and
neither is II included in patented land
1t Is such land that is being patented
each year, accounting for the very
large annual increases in the area of
land on the tax rolls.
Prosperity prevails over the western
slope today as the result OF the abund-
ant fruit harvest and the excellent
prices which have been received
throughout the entire marketing sea-
son Millions of dollars will come in
to western Colorado from this years
| harvest, and while the country at large
is experiencing dull times, this section
is blessed with exceptional business
conditions. Up TO this time, there has
been shipped total of 1873 carloads
Of fruits and vegetables, and with the
apple shipments still heavy, 1t is esti-
mated that the 10000 mark will be
reached before the harvest is COM
pleted.
The meeting of farmers Mt Fort Col
lins Dec 9 TO . will include represen-
tatives from all the local and state
and housewives organizations, as well
as nine delegates at large from the
state and one from each county. Spe
cinl fare-anda-half rates have been
granted by all railroads in the state to
those who attend the congress. The
three days discussions will be confined
to the problems of finance, transpor-
tation and marketing.
The preliminary estimate of the ap-
| pie crop Of the state is 100000 bush
els or about 42S,O00 bushels less than
the crop of 1919, which was reported
by the census bureau as 3,41S,000 bush
els The national crop declined slight
| ly from Oct. | and Nov. was figured
at 102,00O,000 bushels, compared with
pa 022, 900 bushels in 1920 The com
mercial apple crop of the United
States dropped from 19,T66000 barrels
in October to 1S,600,00o barrels Nov. l.
A glare of automobile lights caused
the death of William Hopkins, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hopkins of Pueb-
| 10, when the automobile in which he
and Marvin c. Woodward were driv-
ing to Pueblo from Colorado Springs
ran into small buggy driven by Il
prospector who was on his way to
| Breckenridge. at a place three miles
north of Pueblo. Woodward was driv-
Ing, but not injured.
Imemdiate enlargement OF Fitzsim-
ons General Hospital to capacity of
$500 beds, at an additional cost of
| 81, 100000, is being considered by gov
| ernment authorities. Lieut.. Col II. c..
| Hutton of the surgeon generals of
flee at Washington, and Capt. Frank
| c. Starr of the quartermaster gener-
ais department, recently made sur
vey for the proposed improvements.
Frank Daywalt, 30 years old, pioneer
mining man of Aspen, and in the early
days well known in railroad circles,
was killed. and Allen Van Horn, fell
low workman, was badly injured, by
cavern In the Cowenhoven tunnel.
John Phillips, 76 years old, shot him
self to death in his store at Cafon
City following an alleged fit of insan-
| ity during which he beat his wife Sc
verely. Mrs. Phillips returned from
church, quarrel arose and Phillips
! started beating her. She appealed to
neighbors for help. They succeeded In
| quieting Phillips, but later In the night
| he left the house and went to his store
where he shot himself in the right tenn
pie with .3S-caliber revolver.
The Colorado Supreme Court issued
stay OF execution in the case of NJ.
| Stoltz, Denver real estate man, con-
victed by jury in the West Side
Court month ago on n charge of en-
bezzlement. Stolz's attorney an
nounced he would furnish bond for his
client, who has been confined in the
county Jail since his conviction. Stolz
was found guilty of embezzling $500
from Mrs. ]. Kennedy, who lives on
| the Golden road near Denver