The Dolores star., 1921-11-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

,pre in the non-irrtgnted uIhtti''S %
coIorodo in the past dozen years 10
forcefully illustrated by the Reports VI
rho Census Bureau for 1903 ana l'i'
and Inv the reports OF county assessors
to the State Immigration Department
for 1921. which show that acreage chl-
tiyated under irrigation in the s'"'e
has increased only about is per cen.
since 1909, while acreage cultlNattu
without irrigation has increased cuh-
siderably more than 100 per cent ine
census reports show that G2 per cent OF
All crops acreage harvested III 'oloTuu'
in 1909 were irrigated, while in lol'
only IS per cent of the acreage mar
vested was irrigated. The total acre
age harvested in the state IN lsla' .ae'
cording to the census report, was d
O52 $50 acres, an Increase OF "''S per
cent over the acreage harvested Ihe
irrigated area harvested i'll 1917, ac-
cordinE to the same census report, was
go5.q5l acres, an increase OF nut 10
per cent over the irrigated acreage
harvested in 1909. Reports of county
assessors TO the Immigration Depart
ment show that close to o,SoO,"oo acres
were devoted to crops, exclusive OF or
| chards, in the state this year, OF Whch
approximately 20 per cent WAS non
| irrigated. Figures are not yet avail
able showing the acreage harvested IN
the state this year, though the acreage
abandoned was light except in the
northeast corner of the state, where
drought caused heavy damage to non
irrigated crops.
A two-year battle with beetles was
ended with the return Of w. -. Ed
monston, government cntomologist for
Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and
| New Mexico, who has his headquar-
tiers in Colorado Springs. Edmon-
| ston has been waging II long fight with
the beetles along the northern rim of
| the Grand Canon. Approximately -
900 trees were cut down. 1T is diff
cult to combat the pests AS the trees
are not noticcably affected until n
year after the damage is done Edmon.
| stOn said. "As many as 80 trees in
single group We're destroyed by the
insects"
Thirty representatives of the Pub
| lie Utilities Companies of Colorado.
| New Mexico. Wyoming, met in Den
yer and perfected an organization to
be known as the Rocky Mountain com
mittee on public utility information.
| The oh ject OF the committee is to work
up and give out useful. instructive and
| interesting information on the opera
| ton, founding, history and news of gen.
eral interest to the general public on
public corporations of Colorado, Wyo-
ming and New Mexico.
Construction of Seibert's $4,000 wa
| terworks system has been started by
the Beeson Machinery Company of
| Kansas City. Work on the $4,000
| light system also started. current to be
brought by heavy transmission lines
from Flagler, twelve miles to the west
| The $4,000 addition to the high school
building was recently completed and
the consolidated district now brings
pupils from the most distant parts. in
four big school busses, the largest in
this part of the state.
Adams county tax collections for the
month of September this year were
more than 80 per cent in excess of the
collections for September, 1920, ac-
cording to the county treasurer. The
1921 figure was $4,000, as against
500, 600 for 1920. This indicates an i'm
pr0vement in general conditions.
There are 1884 farms with o4,482,-
Ola acres in Colorado and the value
Of farm property is S1,076,794,749, and
the average size of the farms is 4OS
acres. Now the question: Are you do
| ing your share in buying the products
OF these farms to make them prosper
| GUS? That's real home industry.
Colorado is one of the Lending pro-
| tucins states In alfalfa meal, there
being several large mills scattered in
| the agricultural districts of the state.
| Those familiar with this product de-
clare that Colorado alfalfa makes the
| finest meal of any alfalfa grown in
| the country.
Sight of mans hand sticking ont
Of the ground led TO frantic, though
| unsuccessful, attempt TO save the life
of j. c. Grain, 60, teamster. who was
buried beneath sand slide in a gray
el pit near Colorado Springs. Police
officers and street department en-
ployes dug Grains body out of the nit
but his pulse, which had been flutter-
Ing feebly in his hand when he was
discovered, had stopped
There are 272,OOO dairy cattle in
Colorado and the dairy products az
gregate $27,75G,967 in value annually.
These products are butter, ice cream,
cheese, condensed milk, milk. cream
matted milk and other manufactured
products. If you make It n point to
buy Colorado dairy products YOU are
doing your bit In the upbuilding of one
or the states most promising indus
| tries.
An auto truck belonging to the Page
transfer Company was demolished