The Ordway new era., 1921-12-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

A va
in cultivation In 1921 was devoted 10
wheat than to any other crop, approx
imately one-third the cultivated urea
being devoted to winter ana sprn's
wheat combined. Corn ranks secohu
in this respect, with 1899 per ceh''
and alfalfa third, with ll.a2 per cent
The following percentages of the cu'ti-
voted area are devoted TO other iehd-
ing crops: Oats. 5.l3; barley, LAS :
rye. a3T sorshums. G.o6; sugar beets'
3.lO In many eastern Colorado coun-
ties more than 10 per cent OF 'i'e 'u''
tlvated acreage is devoted 10 wheh''
the largest proportion being reported
for Phillips, which shows 1e.2o ol ite
cultivated area devoted TO wheat. Ntne
counties in this section of tn" stare
have more than 20 per cent each "t
tnef cultivated areas assigned to
wheat.
Forty fires in the National Forests
OF district two were caused by smok-
ers. district two Includes the forests
Of Colorado. South Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Michigan and five III
wyoming. The data concerning these
fires wu- gathered for the purpose OF
securing the cooperation of all sinok-
crS. says District Forester Allen =
Peck. Statistics have, for a number
of wears, been gathered rs to how fires
are started. Those started by lumber
men. loggers, railroads and brush
burners have been fairly well classl-
fled for wears. Many more have been
charged against campers, but undonot-
edly many of these were started ny
smokers out in the forest for recreation
fishing, hunting. etc, and now TINS
wear it has been definitely established
that forty were SO caused.
Inheritance tax collections of the
State Inheritance Tax Department for
the first fifteen days Of November
were $25.351.2s. The largest single tax
WAS from the estate of Sam ;. Glau-
ber of Denver. The tax was S7,229.So
on gross value of estate estimated at
S26l ,592.11 The second largest tax of
81 S67 30 was on the estimated gross
value OF S2OO,051.70 on the estate of
Charles II. Wheeler Of Weld county.
other taxes from fourteen
counties netted the remainder of the
total. In addition. fIfty-seven waivers
brought S57 into the state Golfers; six
examination fees. $50 and eleven 50
fees, S55.
Federal Judge Lewis ordered the
sale of the airplane seized last June
when Eddie Brooks, its driver. was ar
rested on the charge of transporting
li,,,or i,, &, from, rouodu IN Cplorn In
The court denied the petition Of the
Nebraska Airplane Corporation. which
claimed to be the innocent owner OF
the plane, for an order restoring it TO
the concerns possession. Counsel for
the Nebraska company gave notice
hat an appeal would be taken.
Hog raisers of eastern FL Paso coun-
.y met at Colorado Springs to discuss
steps to prevent the spread of hog
cholera, which has appeared in four
herds in the vicinity Of Tructon. The
disease, mn infectional malady. is in
fectious and usually fatal. Serum vac
is regarded US n sure prevent
ntive md will be used TO avert an cpl
demic.
ne INN anu SIuIb tieNdlbi
at Craig caught fire and was total
loss. The building is just outside the
city limits, and beyond reach of the wa
ter system. The Cooperative Farmers
Company, which owns the elevator, is
one OF the few successful companies
Of the kind in the state.
Mrs. Peter Johnson of Denver, Colo,
lyi I'D he,
seriously wounded while riding in an
automobile forty miles east of Yuma,
Arlz. William S. Estaver, 30 years old,
who was riding with them when they
wer shot, was taken 10 Jail and held
in connection with the affair.
Recent SHOWS in eastern Colorado
has virtually saved the fall crops of
wheat and rye. With no moisture since
August, when they We're planted, il
was feared these crops would be a TO.
lal loss. The snow extended east from
Colorado Springs as far as Phillips.
burg, Kan, distance of 345 miles.
Harry H. French, forest supervisor
of the Holy Cross Forest with head.
quarters at Glenwood Springs, has
been transferred TO the Uncompahgre
National Forest with headquarters at
Delta, Colo. He goes to the Uncom
pahgre Forest with sixteen years ex
perience as forest officer, having
been appointed forest guard on the
Holy Cross National Forest In Novem
ber 1905, and supervisor of the same
forest year later, which position he
has held mp to this present time. The
UncOmpahgre is indeed fortunate IL
secure a man of such training ant
ability to fill the place left vacant b,
Supervisor letters, who resigned t,
become head of thc forestry school 81
Ames, Iowa.