The Dolores star., 1921-09-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
Washington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
3lScpt = Joe X, Powelson, seere-
Teller County Fair. cripple Creek, Sept.
5; ID. J. Upton. secretary.
Larimer County fnir, LoNeland sept
5-s. !. W. Thompson, secretary
Inter Mountain Live Stock and fair'
Grand Junction. Sept IS
Moffat County Fair at Mayeell' Sept
Boulder County Fair. Lonsmont. Sept
1877; Harry L. Niven, secretary.
Phillips County Fair, Holyoke, Sept.
10
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept ID
l6; II. T. Shelton. secretary.
Logan County Fair. sterling sept. is-
l6: G. J. Funk manager.
Delta County Fair, Hotchkiss; A. n.
Minton. secretary. Sept lS-l6.
Ssguache County Fair Sagus"he, Sept.
15-l7; William tellcrs. secretary,
Western Slope Fair Montrose. Sept
20-23.
Adams County Fair. brighton. Sept
2o-?3; George II. Smith. secretary.
An automobile belonging 10 +. i.
Yates was stolen from the Rockhoid
garage at Fort Morgan and recovered
a few hours later in Cheyenne. man
'and woman who had the car in their
possession We're lodged in jail
Chicken thieves and allied crafts are
waglng strong campaign upon the
town of Wellington. Every night u
dozen or more rooSts have been
robbed, garden truck is pulled up. and
two five gallon cans of gasoline were
stolen from an irrigation well.
c. A. Finch. president of the Colo
RADIO Anti-Saloon League. in an address
FL.
ing made in this country against the
eighteenth amendment is being staged
by English brewers. He minated that
workers for the amendment faced
harder fight to enforce the law than
they did to secure its passage.
Charging that lie was robbed by
Mexican soldiers, Illegally held in the
Jail at Juarez. Mexico, and that he
was beaten with swords while pris-
oner, John O'Byrne. tourist driver, liv-
ing in Colorado Springs, brought ac-
ton thru the secretary of state TO
collect claims of $4,000 against the
government of Mexico.
The filling station of the Continen-
tai Oil Company at Lake and North
ern avenues in Pueblo was robbed by
man and lad not over IL years
of age. Raleigh Tracy, in charge OF
the station, was forced by the man,
who had pistol, to stand with his
hands up and face the wall while the
boy rifled the cash register of $50.
The city of Fort Collins has just
purchased water right that will in
crease its available supply of water
for domestic. irrigation and fire pur-
poses by oneeight, increasing its total
water volume from 1.15l feet per sec
ond to S0Ol feet The additional 80
foot per second acquired cost the city
$2,125. The water right was obtained
from ditch No. l, division No /, dis
trict 3, known as the j. II. Yeager
ditch. and is an excellent acquisition
as ii has all prioritles.
Sugar beets ranks first in value
among the irrigated crops grown in
Colorado, though the acreage devoted
to this crop is smaller than that de-
voted to either alfalfa or wild hay
The records of the census bureau
showed that 90 per cent Of the sugar
beets grown in the state in 1909 were
irrigated, while for 1919 only S2S per
cent were irrigated. In both 1920 and
1921 the acreage Of sugar beets culti-
rated was greater than for 1919 and
the acreage cultivated under irrigation
was greater each year than that shown
by the census bureau for 1919. The
census bureau report shows only 1877
800 acres Of sugar beets grown under
irrigation in 1919, while the records of
the immigration Department Indicate
that over 100000 acres We're grown un-
der irrigation in 1920 and nearly 2OO,-
900 In 1921.
An inspection trip Of the COlOra do
to-Gulf highway will be made by the
executive officers of the North Star
Highway Association OF Colorado, Ne
braska and the Dakotas the second
week in September The trip will he
made In conjunction with the Colo
rhdo-to-Gulf Highway Association, ac-
cQrding to plans being worked out at
present by G. ii. Walker, president of
that organization, and f. X. KieIgas,
president of the North Star orya,. .iza-
tion in Sedgwick.
The largest increase in acreage
grown under irrigation shown for any
crop in the decade is for alfalfa. The
census bureau showed that GJg,gl2
acres of alfalfa was grown under irri-
CATION in Colorado in 1919, compared
with 4S0,5S6 acres in 1909 There was
also a considerable increase In acreage
OF alfalfa grown without irrigation.
the census bureau reports showing
that 94.4 per cent OF all alfalfa grown
In the state in 1909 was irrigated
while only Si.4 per cent Of 1t was ir.
rigated in 1919. Records Of the State
Immigration Department show that
the acreage Of alfalfa grown without
irrigation in enstern Colorado coun-
ties is increasing rather rapidly each
year.
Manuel Ybarro, 1S months old baby.
probably was fatally wounded while