The Ordway new era., 1921-10-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

The Colorado Year Book tor i''-i'
aow being distributed hy the s'a'e i,n
migration Department cohtalis "o
most complete set Of statistical taples
for the state and its various eouhtieN
aver issued by any state department
If contains seventy-five pages oil sut''
tables. or about twenty-five pus''
more than were contained in the ie'r
Book for 1920, which was me tnos'
complete statistical record ISSUED ny
the state up TO that time. oii "'Suu'
nf the large amount of space ulii'"'"
hv statistical tables II has been neces-
.ory this wear To omit tn" county $40
rios that were contained in previous
.diffous Of the Year Book These Will
he available in the future only III INV
district booklets published by ihe l'n-
MIGRATION Department These booklets
will be revised aud rcissucd early next
year. The 1921 Year Book contains
many features that were not found III
previous editions, most Important "i
which is sci uf statistical tahies
showing agricultural Development III
the various counties,
L. Il. Wigram, prominent rancher
of this section. was attacked by doi-
stein bull at his ruuch near Delta ana
seriously injured. The bull had es-
capcd from corral and Wieram led II
back. and just as he turned TO close
rhr .nte the animal attacked nm
Wigram was knocked down and paved
one of Wigram's legs was broken ana
he was bruised from head to feet. Wig
ram finally crnwlcd under n fence
which act probably saved his life as
he was completely at the mercy OF the
maddened animal.
Colorado stOckmen have been lent
ST2447l by the StOckgrowerS Finance
CORPORATION, the SjO.OOO,OOO live stock
pool. The two or three applications
for loans refused were for small
amounts and are considered MS neElig-
ible. This is a record. 1t is said, that
has not been equalled any other place
I'm the United States, and is taken by
Denver bankers as showing the
strength and stability OF the live stock
industry in Colorado and of the char
acter of the men and the safety of
their securities.
The United States Agricultural De-
purtmeut has announced that the estl-
mated sugar beet crop or Colorado
this year would he 2.229,OOO tons, com
pared with 2,325,OO3 tons in 1920, This
is on the basis of 90 per cent com
pared with a ten-ycur average Of 30
per cent. All reports of the Great
Western Sugar Company previously
announced in Denver have indicated n
lower tonnage, but an increase in sugar
content.
So far this has been one of the best
seasons for the harvesting of the seed
crop known for years in the Rocky
Ford country, and the quality of the
vine seeds of all varieties is the best
known for long time Thousands of
pounds of melon and cucumber seed
are being harvested and already ii is
said that orders for more than so per
cent of the crop have been received, II
large portion from California.
Ralph HendricksOn, IA years old,
was instantly killed at the close of the
first day of the fair at Holyoke. A
plane had just alighted from a flight
over the grounds, and the propeller
was still in motion when the boy
walked into it. He was thrown into
the air, and when he struck the ground
was dead. He was the son of Henry
Hendrickson, manager of the Cont
mental oil station.
Thwarted in an alleged attempt at
delivery of Company L from their bar
racks in the State Industrial School
for Boys. Sam Friedman, Leo McGrail
and Fred Shabouh, three Denver
youths, each about 1S years old, are in
the Golden jail They were captured
inside the institution grounds.
Woody Rogers, alias Bill Davis, 2G
years old, who was arrested in Denver
month ago charged with passing
short checks in Fort Morgan, has con.
fessed to the murder of II man in Geor.
gia in 1915, according to Sheriff Erne
Morse.
After week Of legal fighting in the
Fort Morgan court, jury hearing the
trial of f. ]. Grace versus the Mack.
lem Baking Company for damages in.
Cured in collision of Macklem
truck driven by Robert Walker of Fort
Morgan, and an automobile driven by
f. j. Grace of Omaha on the Brush
road Jan. %, returned Judgment
against the baking company for ST..
75O.
The bondholders of the Orchard Me-
sa district in the Grand valley, neal
Grand Junction, are to be paid S15O,.
900 for cancellation of their bonds, by
the federal government. This agree.
ment was reached by Secretary of the
Interior A. b. Fall, Arthur P. Davis
chief of the reclamation service, his
lawyer, the representative of the bond.