The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

Oct 8. I, s.
Oct. 40: James E. Tressler. secretary.
Oct. SIS: j. NJ. Hefner. secretary
El Paso County Fair Caihan. Oct. 6-s:
d. E. Nance. secretary.
AT a meeting the Pueblo Rotary
Club authorized Treasurer C. w. Pres.
sey to send to the people Of San An
tonic, Texas, through the Rotary Club
of that city, the sympathy Of the local
people and check for $500 to be used
in flood relief The city commissions
ers have also sent Il message.
Complete returns from county as
SCISSORS to the State immigration De,
partment show the total area under
cultivation in the state this year to he
approximately 5.31O,oo0 acres, com
pared with 5.O12,340 acres reported by
county assessors for 1920 and l0529j5
acres reported by the census bureau as
harvested in 1920. These figures in
all cases include native hay but do not
include orchards
Ben Wolf and William Harbaugh,
crew on Pueblo city street car while
on their way to work, found Il wallet
containing $1,000 in checks and cash
The wallet was the property of Capt
c. Steele of the United States army.
who went through Pueblo with the
Ninth infantry troops en- route south
from Fort Logan, and who had 4ost il
while on his way to where his men
were encamped over night.
William Terry, a farmer living one
mile south of the La .Iunta, was killed
almost instantly by the accidental dis
| charge of shotgun. Terry was NOV.
ing a patch of cane and discovered a
skunk In the field and was carrying
| the gun with him on the moving ma
| chine, when II slipped down into the
| moving parts of the machine and was
! discharged. Terry was hit In the
| stomach and died almost Immediately
There are 59,934 farms in the state
! of Colorado out of n total Of 6.44S.3s6
| farms in the United States, according
| TO the United States census figures. OF
the farms in the United States GUS.
| 95S report having pure bred live stock.
| OF the 1884 farms in Colorado, SO, ,93S
report having domestic animals and
the figures show for the stock on Colo,
| RADIO farms: 400. .7O4 horses, S,781 pure
bred 1856 cattle, $3.50 pure bred
1.S13,25a sheep. l0,4TS pure bred: 81,
oO6 swine. 3.245 pure bred
Sidney H Bourne, SO years old. suf.
fered fracture OF the skull In a fan
! down two stories to the basement of
| the town hall OF I.ittleton He is at
Mercy hospital His condition is seri.
pus County authorities said Bourne
was in the habit of calling at the town
hall TO z" 10 lunch with his friend.
Claude Cartwright, county treasurer
| of Arapahoe county. He evidently in,
tended TO enter the council chamber of
the second floor but instead entered
another door, lost his balance and fell.
| Six prizes. aggregating $35, were
awarded to six youngsters Of Love
land for keeping the best looking
lawns from May ] to Sept. I. Effie
May Walker got first prize. $40; Wei.
don Riker second, $3.50; CIatha Wari.
ner third, So. Peter Weige, May
Wright and Martha Fischer received
| fourth. fifth and sixth. 1t was de-
cided by the business men who Of
fered the prizes at the first of the sea
son TO make the good lawn contest.
that was originally started to prevent
| spread of the dandelion. an annual af-
| fair. Children under Is years old
were allowed to enter, and about thir.
! ty were in the contest.
Jack Hynes, fire department chief
of Grand Junction, who was arrested
by Denver police officials. has been re-
leased. At tire time of his arrest he
was returning to Grand Junction from
the state fire chiefs convention at
LongmOnt.
| An educational exhibit. presenting
the work Of five bureaus. will he
shown this year at the Colorado State
Fair by the u. S. Department, Of Agri.
culture Models OF earth and gravel
roads pictures OF forest roads: fed
eraI aid roads. irrigation and samples
Of road building materials In their
proper proportion, are among the fea-
lures which will be displayed by the
bureau Of public roads. A model OF
an "Oliver house and colony growing
house, and cOlOred pictures of loco
weed will he shown by the bureau OF
animal industry. The Biological Sur
very will feature pictures in colors of
the Townsend mole, Richardson
| round squirrel. prairie dog. various
| PREDATORY animals and ways Of exter.
ninating these hindrances to farming
and stock business. A cabinet OF
mounted birds. showing some Of the
more bcnef fetal ones, will also he on
display.
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