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of Grand Junction. who was arrested
by Denver police officials, has been re-
leased. At the time of his arrest he
WAS returning to Grand Junction frolF
the state fire chiefs convention at
| Longmont.
Seasonal buying caused Il slight in
| crease in the coal production of the
state in August. according to report
issued by James Dalrymple. state coal
mine inspector. Production in the
twenty-three coal-producing counties
equaied 777,329 tons.
Complete returns from county as
SCISSORS to the State immigration De
pnrtment show the total area under
cultivation in the state this year to be
approximately $4,000 acres, com
pared with 5.0T2,340 acres reported by
county assessors for 1920 and 5o32,955
acres reported by the census bureau as
harvested in 1920, These figures in
all cases include native hay, but do not
include orchards.
Ben Wolf and William Harbaugh,
crew on Pueblo city street car, while
on their way to work, found wallet
containing $1,000 in checks and cash.
The wallet was the property of Capt.
C. Steele of the United States army
who went through Pueblo with the
Ninth infantry troops en- route south
from Fort Logan, and who had lost it
while on his way 10 where his men
were encamped over night.
William Terry, farmer living one
mile south of the La Junta, was killed
almost instantly by the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun. Terry was NOW
ing patch of cane and discovered
skunk in the field and was carrying
the gun with him on the moving ma
chine, when it slipped down into the
moving parts of the machine and was
discharged. Terry was hit in the
stomach and died almost Immediately.
Six prizes, aggregatlng $50, were
awarded to six youngsters of Love
land for keeping the best looking
lawns from May 1 to Sept /. Effie
May Walker got first prize, SO; We'll
don Riker second, $3.50; Clatha Warl-
ner third, 50. Peter Weigle May
Wright and Martha Fischer received
fourth, fifth and sixth. 1t was de-
cided by the business men who Of
fered the prizes at the first of the sea-
son to make the good lawn contest,
that was originally started to prevent
spread of the dandelion, an annual af-
fair. Children under - years old
were allowed to enter, and about thir-
ty were in the contest.
An educational exhibit, presenting
the work of five bureaus, will be
shown this year at the Colorado State
Fair by the Z. S. Department of Agri-
culture. Models of earth and gravel
roads; pictures of forest roads; fed
eral aid roads, irrigation and samples
of road building materials in their
proper proportion, are among the fea-
lures which will be displayed by the
bureau of public roads. A model of
an "Oliver house and colony growing
house." and colored pictures of loco
weed will be shown by the bureau of
animal industry. The Biological Sur
very will feature pictures in colors of
| the Townsend mole, Richardson
ground squirrel, prairie dog. various
| predatory animals and ways of exter-
minating these hindrances to farming
and stock business. A cabinet of
mounted birds. showing some of the
more beneficial ones, will also be on
| display.
Women students, arriving for the
| opening of the fall quarter at Colorado
| State Teachers College, Oct. 3, will
| find awaiting them three attractive
| buildings equipped with all the con-
| veniences and artistic features of mod
ern women's dormitories.
Approval of Denver as staff head
| quarters of the 103rd Reserve division
United States army, has been received
| by the commission of army officers
for the purpose of selecting officers
for the units that will compose the d.
| vision. Announcement of Denver as
headquarters was made by Col. Harry
| II. Lee, head of the commission and
the man who has been selected as chief
of staff of the division.
There are 59,934 farms in the state
of Colorado out of total of 6,44S, ,36G
| farms in the United States, according
to the United States census figures OF
| the farms in the United States 6,11S,-
956 report having pure bred live stock.
OF the 59,934 farms in Colorado, 56,93S
report having domestic animals and
the figures showfor the stock on Colo
RADIO farms: 420,704 horses, S,7S1 pure
bred; 1,756,616 CATTLE 1850 pure bred
1,S13,255 sheep, 10,47S pure bred S7,-
9O6 swine, 3,245 pure bred.
The body of man believed to be
Sam G. Samarzich of Seattle, Wash,
was found with bullet hole in the
right temple at the crossing of Park
avenue and the Interurban railroad in
Boulder. revolver was found near
the body. The pockets of the dead