The Ordway new era., 1921-08-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ion Depnrtment show above a2'ooo
farms on which land is being cu''iN",eu
N Colorado this year, compared WIN
1917 farms reported by count!
SCISSORS last year. While tiere II "p
,arently n large area in cultNatioh !"
he state this year than last tie "p
parent increase in number oi iHrh's u
perhaps due to more complete returns
being made by county assessors '''s
year than previous years. The law re-
luirinc county assessors 10 collect az
-icultural statistics annually pe'alhe
effective in 1919. and this Is me 'h'rp
cear such statistics have neen cor
.ected. Assessors are improving thrlr
-eports this year, due largely 10 the
demands of local business men h'u
commercial organizations for complete
and accurate reports
Excavations now being made OF
ruins on the San Juan National forest
at Chimney Rocks. near Fae"sa
Springs. Colorado, are proving of great
interest. The ruins are doubtless the
oldest in the United States aud show
more primitive workmanship tnah
those in other localities permit
covering the san Juan forest was
granted the Colorado State Historical
and Natural History Society ana j. A
Icancon, director and curator of the
department of archaeology ana ethnoi-
,gy is in Charge Of the work.
Three iron bridges which were sent
to the forestry bureau for erection IN
Larimcr county by the government
during the war. and which have never
been put into service, are 10 lac taken
over by the State Highway Depart
ment and will be used on The South
Platte river not far from Denver.
They were intended for use on the
poudre river. but are only eleven feet
wide, and for this reason We're never
erected 1t is thought probable that
the bridges will be widencd wllen they
are put UP.
The state of Colorado was enriched
by SOL ,S4T.7T when the administrators
Of the estate of Iudson NJ Bemis,
Colorado Springs millionaire, who dieI
April G turned over to Roy II. Black
man. state inheritance tax collector, n
check for that amount This sum rep
reseuts the state inheritance tax on n
net estate of S1,394, 1879. Bemis was
heavily Interested in the Bemis Bag
Company OF Boston.
With the completion of tina half
mile track and the gigantic grand
stand and corrals, everything is now in
readiness for the opening Of The Ride
'em rough roundup" at Colorado
Springs, Aug2 ., 23 and "a. Already
more than 200 head of horses, incldd
ing some of the most famous buck
ers' in the West, are housed in the
corrals alongside the track
Four hundred and fifty vocational
students are to receive instruction at
the University of Colorado this fall,
according to w. j. Shirley, co-ordin-
ator for the government, who has
charge of the students sent to Boulder
There are $50 men in training now,
twenty-five of whom will be trans
ferred TO other schools.
Jake Cleveland, Boulder fireman,
has a badly broken right leg as re-
suit of jump of six feet from lad
der in the rear of the fire station at
Boulder. He was practicing fire fight
ing with other members of the depart
ment when the ladder on which he was
standing started to slip. To save him
self from fall he jumped.
William Mahar and ]. p. Henthorne
of Pueblo escaped death on the Sky
Line drive at Canon City by jumping
from their automobile just before it
backed off the road and plunged 400
feet below. Mahar attempted to shift
from high gear to low while ascending
the drive but the clutch and brakes re.
fused to work.
The long bridge over the Fountain
river was completely swept away on
the night of June 3, at Pueblo. 1t is to
be replaced at once. As soon as ac-
ceptable plans are made the contract
will be let by the city commissioners
and the structure started.
Fewer people in Larimer county will
he delinquent with their taxes this
year than for many years previous,
according TO County Treasurer vii.
liam j. Ralph, who says IS per cent
of the taxes We're paid on time. With
those who will pay before the list is
published, and after it appears in the
paper, it is thought that the sale OF
property for taxes this year will be
quite small
Weld county is being deluged with
hoboes as the result of the action of
the Union Pacific railroad in employ.
ing special agents to rid its trains oil
the non-paying travellers. Special
Agent Tom Cole, with posse of as
sistants. Cleaned two extra freight
trains at Pierce. a station twenty
miles north of Greeley, of sixty hoboes
many OF whom were negroes.
Glenn Hubbard of upper Californis
ahnuf cf