Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-08-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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40 ~ 6 Bureau of Markets ana crop
estimates, Colorado Cooperative crop
nanortinc Service. the apple crop IN
,ha st,tc This wear is about 65 per cent
of normal, compared with - per cent
last wear. The forecast OF productioi
is 3OO4,OOO bushels, compared WIN
o 1Go 600 bushels last year ABOUT oo
per cent of this crop this year Will De
nroduced on the western slope. where
the crop is making good progress. Ihe
STATE crop of peaches had a condition
of GO per cent, compared win ~ per
cent last year and 60 per cent the ten
yenr average. Tie total production
| for the state Is fOrecAsted at 72S,OOO
bushels. The pear crop in Colorado
on July !, on u 0J per cent condition
basis, was estimated at 32S,OOO bush
els. The condition of cantaloupes on
July l In Colorado was SO per cent Of
normal, compared with 80 per cent
July ] last year and 80 per cent the
ten-year average.
All Colorado hay had n condition
| figure of "a per cent on July l, as
compared with 9S per cent last year
and the forecast Of production Is 81
25O,OOO tons, compared with 3,392,OOO
tons last year. The area to be har-
vested this year Is estimated to be less
than last year or 1.57s.OOO acres, COM
pared with 100000 acres harvested
In 1920 The alfalfa in the state this
year indicates q good crop, the condi-
ton being 92 per cent Of normal. or
the above hay crop, about 1,7S0.OOO
tons will be alfalfa.
The family Of A. c. Claug left Love
land hurriedly for a trip in the noun
tains. In her haste, Mrs. Claug left nm
electric iron standing on nm ironing
board in the kitchen. She neglected to
turn off the current to the iron. Roy
Buck, friend of the family, who
knew they were absent, saw smoke
pouring from the residence. He broke
through door just in time to avert
. Il disastrous fire. The iron, heated
) white, had burned its way through the
: ironing board, Il table cover and two
layers of flooring.
Despite the fact that he drove hi!
, closed automobile off the side Of {
bridge between Colorado Springs ant
o AIanito,l, pinning himself in the wreck
t age on his head, H. c. Reynolds o
!, Oklahoma City. Okla, escaped injury
!: The machine landed upside down in
;: creek bed. Campers in the vicinit.
), witnessed the accident and rushed t.
the scene and eXtricated ReynOld
from the wreckage.
(. Two hundred cars Of apples will b
n harvested In the MOntrose district, az
4 cording to the estimate made by an eS
IS pert apple buyer who made thoi
= Ough inspection of the main orchard!
t. His report stated that there was yer
little early fruit, due to the heav
yield last year, that the apples wer
now thin on the trees, but that the
,e should make good size before harves
Id ing time.
re- A campaign has been launched |
IS the state by Paul c. Jameson, new e,
e. tension poultry specialist of the Coli
81 RADIO Agricultural College, who ha
10 Just taken up his work at Fort Co
"a Inns, gradually to bring about an in
ns prOvement In the stock Of the poultr
ea es flocks by eliminating scrubs and mol
ht producers and making the flOcks II
per cent profitable.
m Work has started on cabin thu
will accommodate forty at the Unive
sity of Colorado mountain camp, twel
~ ty miles west of Boulder. The regen
rs. Of the university have appropriate
* $1,000 towards the camp fund. I'll
he camp will be used as base II
x mountain climbs and as summer an
SO winter recreation point.
Buried under pile of furniture an
gs an old mattress, and with his hea
rel crushed, the body Of Robert Hodge
IN GO years old, n hermit who had reside
in Salida for years, was found In h
tiny shack by tourist from Denve
so The man had been dead for about thre
IT. weeks. Police are baffled by the cas-
es Robert Lee, % years old, of Puebl
lost his speech when he fell from u
automobile In Bessemer. Lee wa
standing on the running board of I'll
~ machine and when he stepped off Ii
!" fell to the ground, injuring his fac
and neck. His case is regarded I;
unique by the medical profession her
Twenty automobiles were destroye
by fire at Pueblo which resulted /
damage estimated at $4,000 at tn
OC Henderson Automobile Company. TIL
97 loss is partially covered by insuranc,
20 short circuit in the ignition systel
ss of an automobile is believed to hav
caused the fire.
Mrs. S. d. McCracken, GO years ole
so pioneer business woman and wid0,
90 of Il prominent Colorado Springs bank
20 err died after Il long Illness. Mr.. Nc
90 Cracken died year ago. Mrs. Nc
M Cracken owned several hundred thor
% sand dollars worth of downtown busl
ness property.
At the closing session of the annuu
y, convention of the Colorado Bar Assc
- citation, held at Colorado Springs, tn