The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-23
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS,

outstanding features In the state-ted-
eral crop report for July, based upon
the conditions of all crops on July l,
inst issued by the Colorado Co-opera-
live Crop Reporting Service. The con-
dition of winter wheat on July was
50 per cent Of normal, the same as that
for June and for July l last year. but
seven points above the ten-year aver
age. Revised acreage figures, hnsed
upon nearly complete reports from
county assessors, place the area OF
winter wheat left for harvest at 1,1OO'-
900 acres, compared with l,O96oOO
acres harvested in 1920 and 1,032'OoO
acres returned by the census bureau
I'm 1919 II condition at harvest time
is the same as that on July 1 the pro
duction win be about 27,312,OOO bush
els, compared with final estimate OF
9.S41 900 bushels last year and 49,
675,OO0 bushels reported by the CEN
sus bureau for 1919.
Organization of a new north-and-
south highway has been completed at
Yuma. Articles of Incorporation were
completed and the name of the North
Star Highway Association of Colorado
was adopted at a convention held at
Yuma, Colo, and attended by more
than 100 delegates from the towns
along the route. The present highway
runs from Cheyenne Wells, Colo, to
Beaverton, Stratton, Joes, kirk, YUMA
Bryant, Haxtun, Sedgwick, and then
to Chapel, Neb. From the enthusi-
asm shown and the prominent men OF
eastern Colorado present, the highway
is assured of wonderful success. IL
will pass through the richest and best
of eastern Colorado agricultural couh-
try, and form a real link to the pro-
posed Gulf Canadian highway.
A total of 1915, ,s4O.72 will be distrib-
uted among the public schools or the
state of Colorado during the next three
or four weeks. This sum represents
the earnings of the state permanent
school fund, and the revenue of the
state land board during the last six
months from leases on public lands.
Distribution of the money will be made
through Katherine NJ. Craig, state su-
perintendent of public instruction, on
a basis of school population. On jan
uary l 1857, 1887 was divided among
the sIxty-three counties in the state.
Death was cheated out of victim
when Hugh Quick, Colorado Springs
Boy Scout, saved a companion from
drowning Elmer Moore, lad IA years
old, had gone down twice when Quick
reached the scene. He Immediately
plunged into the water and succeeded
in bringing his companion to the bank,
although the drowning lad put up
struggle The accident happened IN
Ridge lake, located in the Garden of
the Gods.
The Western Light and Power Com
pany have voluntarily put an order
INTO effect reducing street car rates
in Boulder from 10 cents to ~ cents
ride. Less than four months ago
they were granted permission to raise
the fare from cents to 10 cents. The
company found that the higher rate
reduced the travel to such an extent
that instead of profiting by the raise
the company lost.
The old settlers of the Arkansas val
ley will hold their annual picnic at the
Fair Association, in Pueblo, August L,
which in this state is holiday, ana
there is every prospect that this years
celebration will be the greatest In the
history of the organization, which is
made up of people who have made the
valley their home for twenty or more
years.
Charles l.. Conrey Post of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars will hold two
weeks membership campaign in Fort
Collins, four teams captained by John
Hurdle, Ted Herring, Ray Combs and
Harry Nudge competing for honors.
The two teams getting the most mem
bers will be the guests of the other
two teams at banquet August 2.
Work has been begun on the tempo
rary bridge over the Arkansas river
east of Rocky Ford, one of the steel
spans of which was carried away In
the flood, is progressing satisfactorily.
and it is expected that travel over the
STRUCTURE will be possible within
week, when that city will again be In
touch with Holbrook and Cheraw.
The Seibert Kanred Wheat Growers
Association has been organized at Sci
bert to take charge of the sale of the
immense crop of Kanred wheat now
being harvested. Seibert is the only
place in Colorado with a large acre
age of this wheat, which was devel-
oped during fifteen-year period by
the Kansas experiment stations.
The National Association of Auto
mobile Manufacturers will meet In
Colorado Springs next June, according
to definite information. The conven-
ton will be represented by 1,2OO dele
gates from manufacturing centers of
the country.
Sixty-two students of the Colorado