The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-05
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

total farm acreage has increased sos
per cent since that year and the Inn
proved acreage so per cent. Thirty
six and nlnetenths per cent Of the
land area OF the state Is In farms, and
31.7 per cent OF the farm land Is i'm
tproved. The tables show that the
value of all farm property in the state
is S1,076,79i,749, as compared with
s40I. All ,sOG in 1910. an increase of
110.1 per cent. Land and buildings
have increased in value 1l2 per cent
with total value of SS66,0l3,6OO; i'm
plements and machinery, 2S9.4 per
cent, with n total value Of S49, ,SOi, ,5O2
today live stock, 1904 per cent, with
n total value of S160,976.5S0. There
are 59,934 farms, with an average val
ne of land and buildings Of S14,449
each, as compared with $S,S34 In 1910,
the figures show. The value or the
farm land an acre Is S31.22, as against
S26.S1 ten years ago. Another inter
esting. fact given is that there are 3D.
BS1 white farmers In Colorado, OF
which 1886 are native born. or the
nntlve white farmers, 37,750 are own
ers, S07 managers and IL, ,2S0 tenants.
| There are also 1,769 women farmers,
including 1874 owners, four managers
and 11S tenants.
The county commissioners of Min
eral county have received notice from
the State Highway Commission OF an
appropriation of $4,000 for the Creede
and Lake City highway. The money
will be available about July /. This
money will be sufficient 1t is thought
TO provide n good auto highway from
Creede TO Lake City, and with proper
extension to the southwest this road
would be one of the main highways of
travel from that section of the state
to Pueblo and Denver.
c. p. weyr of Holyoke was elected
president of the Northeast Colorado
| Pythian Association at the election of
officers at Sterling. ]. A. Gilbertson,
Brush, was chosen vice president;
Charles r. Peter. Holyoke, secretary,
and C. Fl. Woodward, Sterling, treas
urer The new directors are e. l.. Bill
lot Brush w. NJ. Shumway, Sterling,
and w. II. Shoal, HolyOke. Holyoke
was selected as the next meeting place.
According to reports the Interstate
| Commerce committee of the House of
Representatives at Washington has re-
ported favorably on a bill TO change
| the name of the Grand river TO the
| Colorado river The State Senate has
passed on third reading a bill intro
duced by Senator o. +. Bannister of
Grand Junction, making similar pro-
posal and the lower house is expected
| 70 Ui1-a = final npprpynI shortly
Tar being warmed on an oil stove in
the home of ID. A. Gregg, a prominent
I.Redlands rancher, near Grand juno
tion, exploded and sent blazing tar
over the room. Mr.. Gregg seized the
blazing bucket of tar and carried II
from the house, and in so doing sus-
tanned severe burns. Two neighbors
happened to be passing and aided Mr..
Gregg in saving the house from de
struction His burns were serious.
A plan to harness the waterpower
now going to waste in the pipeline of
the Canon City waterworkers as 1t
descends the reservoir hill, and trans
form it into electrical energy to illu-
| inmate the hills and streets and parks
adjacent to the Colorado state peniten'
tiary, is now under consideration by
the penitentiary authorities and the
city council of Canon City.
Frank Kates, % years old, an over
seas veteran, was instantly killed at
Cripple Creek at the Stratton indie
pendence mine, where he was employed
as a miner, when a rock weighing sew
eral tons fell on him. Hates is sur
vived by his wife and child, who are
living at Wichita Falls, Texas.
Fifty farmers in the vicinity of Mos
ca in the north end OF Alamosa coun-
ty have notified the Chamber of Com
merce Mt Alamosa that they will fur
nish teams and men to assist in build
ing the road over Mosca pass, in the
east side of the San Luis valley
Evidence of one of the most effect
i've causes of the stringency that has
existed in the money market for some
time is found in the compilation of the
reports of all banks of the state for
December 20, 1920, just completed by
| the State immigration Department
| This report shows that the total de-
poslts in all banks of the state on the
above date were S296,2OS ,939.74. com
pared with $319,594, ,25911 on Decem'
her 81, 1919. Loans and discounts
were S219, 9,304. .440.99, compared with
| S211. .O91 ,5650S year previous. In
other words, in the twelve months Gov
cred by the report bank deposits de
creased more than per cent, while
| loans and discounts have increased
nearly 4 per cent.
william Fl. Rathbun. mining engineer
and head of Electro Copper Company,
| located Mt Mile Post 155, on the Mof-
/ Iad nI,o af q