The Ordway new era., 1921-10-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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an increase of 34S,063 acres, or %
per cent. over the cultivated aereas
reported by county assessors las, yea.
and is the largest cultivated aore"
ever reported for the state lh'esus
tions and Inquiries made by the linlii,
grafton Department in lsZo anu i'iD
Indicated that the reports oi co""',
assessors were from 10 TO 10 per ce''
short of the actual acreage uhoer cur
livntion in the state. II they are Us
much as 10 per cent short thls year
the actual area planted in the s'n.e @ ,', ~,
,he 1921 harvest was close 10 ','oo'oo'
acres. If orchards are Included inc
area under cultivation In the state
This yenr apparently is approximately
100000 acres.
The large increase In cultivated
areas in the state this year has been
dnc almost exclusively to very large
increase IN acreage devoted to winter
wheat. No other important crop Win
the exception of potatoes SHOWS SUD
s,ontIal increase in acreage over iast
wear, and many leading crops ihciuu-
ing corn. hay. sorghums, rye, sugar
beets. beans. field peas and millet'
show actual decreases. SlSht III
creases are shown in the acreages re-
porfed for oats and barley. The IN
crease in acreage of winter wheat re-
ported is 374,1lT acres, or about 90
600 acres more than the total Increase
of cultivated acreage, showing that
all other crops with the exception OF
winter wheat, taken together SHOW
decrease in acreage as compared with
last year. There was also slight IN
crease in the acreage devoted to spring
wheat.
While hunting on Stcuben creek, fif-
teen miles west of Gu1nison, 'Iohh
Story accidentally discovered the
homes of Howard Carpenter, who was
lost in the hills nine years ago. The
remains were in thick timber and
were identified by Carpenters gun and
watch close by. The disappearance of
Carpenter. who was n popular young
man of 81, occurred on Oct. :, 1917,
and created great excitement. He was
leading a hunting party, consisting of
the Rev. C. f. O'Furrel, Catholic priest
of Montrose; Fire Chief Terry Owens
of Denver and two Colorado Springs
hunters. They were hunting on the
left fork of Steuben creek. and on the
return to Camp Carpenter left the
party and never was seen again.
Mistaken by a member of another
hunting party for deer, Walter Nc
Cafferty of Montrose was shot and fa-
tally wounded while hunting near
Lake City. The shot was fired by
Charles Mendenhall, also of Montrose.
who saw movement in the brush and
mistook the flash of McCafferty's coat
for buck. The bullet tore McCaffer-
tvs right arm to shreds and although
he mounted horse and rode to his
camp a mile away in hope of receiv-
ing help, he died of shock soon after
his arrival.
The University of Colorado Players
Club will present Moliere's "Le Bour-
geois Gentilhomme," or 'The Newly
Rich" to the alumni on Homecoming
day, Nov. 8, after the football game
between Colorado College and the
State. The play is of the musical ex-
rus of thirty-five men and women and
thirteen leads. The costuming, as
planned by Coach Francis Wolfe, will
be both unique and gorgeous.
Five deer were killed the opening
day of the hunting season, within four
miles of Breckenridge, all in the steep
hills and all in virtually the same re-
gion. The best kill was four-point
buck, weighing 800 pounds, shot by
Edward Stewart, town marshal. Adam
Hullender killed a deer
Weld county commissioners have un-
der consideration highway plans which
if carried out will shorten the auto
mobile distance from Greeley TO Den
yer from fifty-six to fifty-three miles,
saving of three miles.
Ivan Bader, Frank Blow and Roy
Henderson, farmers living near Ault,
have returned from hunting trip in
the Cameron Pass section. Among
their kill were three black bears. a fe-
male weighing 225 pounds and It's two
cubs, weighing ninety pounds each.
| The hunters first shot and wounded
the mother, which ran some distance
| to where the cubs were. The hunters
| followed and killed all three.
Linda NJ. Lee, said to be the only
woman justice of the peace in Colo
RADIO, recently administered justice in
the spirit of true Portia. When Earl
Pollard, waiter at Boulder hotel
was brought before her on an assault
charge, she fined him $3.50, and then
turned around and fined the complain.
ing witness, Walter Carter like
like amount for provoking a fight.
A coal miners strike of employees OF
the American Smelling and Refining
Company at Durango, which was in
| augurated by union LEADERS, Last Ma,