The Keota news., 1921-02-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

country ~ a whole has increased much
less rapidly In the past decade than
the population Of the cities. In Colo.
rado the population Of the farming dis.
tricts has grown more rapidly than
that Of the cities. Figures announced
BY the federal census bureau and
compiled In the office Of tho State Im.
migration Department show that the
rural population Of Colorado IL now
61.70 per cent Of the total population,
compared with 40.8 per cent in 1910.
In the United States the rural popu-
latiOn IL now 4s.7 per cent Of the total,
compared with 5S.7 per cent In 1910.
The rural population In Colorado in
1920 10 46d.87O. compared with 80a, a,lS4
In 1910. the Increase being over q per
cent. The urban population In 1870
was 458.250. compared with 4O3.S4O In
1910, the Increase being slightly less
than IL per cent. In the United States
a. whole the increase In urban pop.
ulation In the past decade was $50 per
cent. while the Increase In rural popu.
lation was only 81 per cent. These
figures show clearly that. while there
was strong movement from the
farms to the cities In the country M n
whole. the movement In the Rocky
Mountain states was from the cities to
the farms. and that this movement
was especially strong In Colorado and
Montana.
Tho total school population Of Colo
RADIO II 258.Sl3, and on this basis Miss
Katherine l.. Craig. state superintcn.
dent Of public instruction. npportioned
a total Of &36i.ll TO the sixty
three counties Of the state. or this
sum. Denver receives <12.0s0.S5. the
largest single amount npportionctl.
This was the xcmi.annunl apportion-
ment Of the state school fund. The
amount distributed represents total
Of $l.D for each pupil. nx compared
with xl.73 given out last July. Miss
Craig announced the sum of <i.13.13
withheld from the State Teachers col.
lcge by mistake lust July was allotted
this time. FL Pnso and Weld counties
were the second and third largest
l,cneficinrics from the fund. receiving
&ia,70O4s and So :396ia, respectively.
Howard q. Wade. chairman Of the
Denver branch Of the Military Train.
ing Association. has been advised. by
telegraphic communication from New
York that the Congressional committee
on military affairs hns assured the ap'
propriation of adequate funds to pro-
vide for the establishment Of eighteen
summer training camps during 1921.
Joint committee of the Trimming Camps
Association and the American Legion
appeared before the Congressional
body aud outlined the needs. which In
cluie the establishment Of two camps
in the Ninth corps area. In which Den
YER is included. An effort is being
made to establish one Of the camps
near Denver, Fort Logan having been
suggested as a suitable location.
Upward of 1900 shopmen and track.
men living in Denver and nearly 2OO
others on the Colorado division OF the
Union Pacific are affected by re-
duction I'm working hours which has
been announced. The shopmen are to
have five-dny week instead OF i've
and onc-half day week, while trackmen
will work five days instead OF SIX.
This method is taken In preference to
cutting the force.
Two thousand carloads Of choice
Greeley potatoes will be ruined IN the
duRouts unless unexpected relief Is Oh
.i.,.a <or tho fnrmerS Potatoes are