The Ordway new era., 1921-01-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

- ,r.. nsed for livestock grazing
-annruximately - per cent. me re-
-,ainisr Is barren, supports no forage
,r Is closed TO grazing uses 10 pr"'et'
-irv watersheds. Summer pasturaEe
,bus proyided for more than % Pe,
On, of the cattle and 30 per cent oi
b.a sheep owned in the state ApP'oN
tu,ately 10000 cattle, $500 horses =
usnr1 sheep and few swine useu
IN. n,opntain ranges under formal
perrnir. during the season OF l'-"' pe-
sides 5000 cattle and AGO horses
f,,uk stock or work animals) used In
farming or other operations. grazea
free Of charge.
Ground will be broken by the Noun
tain states Packing Company carry
next fall for new packing plant IN
Denver which will represent an invest
ment of approximately S2,3Ooooo' ae'
cording TO an announcement d!
Charles F. Kamrath. president of the
company. 1t is planned to erect the
plant on n fifty-acre tract bounded by
York and Race streets, Foriy-nlnth
avenue and the Burlington railroad
right of way. Negotiations are now
under way for the purchase of two
packing plants in the city, which, 1t is
manned. will be consolidated with the
new plant.
Statistics for the year 1920 of crime
and accidents. taken from records
COMPLIED by DR.. William II. Sharpley,
manager OF health and charity, and
from the police records of Denver
show that the increases of both have
made the year 1920 record-breaker'
According TO a report made public by
the police department, $40 persons
were arrested and confined in the city
prison during the year OF this mum
ber Of prisoners handled by the police,
2OO We're persons who had come vol
unfairly 10 the city jail for shelter
With the collection of $4,000 during
the month of December, the state In
heritance tax department got away tc
a flying start in the biennial period
which began on Nov 30 last, according
to announcement made by Attorney
General Victor L. Keycs Collections,
were made from twenty estates during
the last fifteen days, amounting TO 50,
G7S The largest amount collected was
from the estate of f. Il. Frost OF Lo.
gan county, totaling Sl3G9l3.
Five years from now the public lands
Of Colorado will he practically thing
Of the past, and their history may then
well be written According to the report
Of the commissioner of the general lant
office published in December, 1920
there are S,941 ,1S5 acres of vacant pub.
lie lands in Colorado; five years ago
there were 17,236,114 acres of public
lands in this state-showing that dur.
ing the interim S,294 500 acres have
been filed upon.
State lands valued at several thous
ands of dollars will be sold at public
auction by the Board of Land Com,
Jan. u at p. IN. The lands total
! nearly 1000 acres and are located In
Alamosa, Clear Creek, Elbert, Grand
Logan, Routt, Washington, Weld and
; Yuma counties. Nearly all of the land
is improved, some of it being appraised
: as high as $50 per acre.
A new corn king among the youth OF
Northeastern Colorado was deyelopef
with the holding of the second annua
Logan county corn show. Stanley Nit
chel of Tiff won the silver lovin,
cup, Wrestling the laurels from G r.
Mock, who held the cup the past wear
Mitchell carried off the hOnors for tb,
pest ten ears of corn of any variety
lie also won first on display of slngl,
ears
Two buildings were burned TO tb,
ground and several others were bod,,
damaged in a fire estimated betweo,
Slo'ooo and $4,000 which broke out i,
Darn IN the rear of the Swami build
llig' two-story structure at Brighton
only iull in the windstorm whicl
swept the town saved the entire busi
ness district from destruction.
Factory employees of the Great West
ern Sugar Company will receive an
, proximately 100000 in prizes for at
iiciency, according to an Announce
. iheht made by officials of that com
; pahy. The prizes are given to em
fsoyes at factories which exceed
: iiSed standard slicing and sugar o,
traction capacity.
t Inc storing away of 64,OOo.OO,
: pouhus OF Ice In the tremendous ic,
, houses at Grand Junction for the ri,
, urande railway and 100000 pound
at Delta' n total of $4,000, 900 pounds
mas gwen many men employment
Mrs, Ada Loupe has been appoipte,
probation officer to work under tho 4,
rection of Judge F. G. Mirick Of th
juvenile Court at Pueblo. Mrs. Ioun
will serve as an inyest;oo.