The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-18
CENTENNIAL STATE rrzlm.

county assessors to the State Immiyra.
ton Department show above $1,000
farms on which land y being cultivated
In Colorado this year, compared with
40.117 farms reported by county -
SCISSORS last year. While there 10 ap.
parently q large area In cultivation In
the state this year than last. the ap-
parent Increase In number Of farms d
perhaps due to more complete returns
bslng made BY county assessors this
year than previous years. The law ~
quiring county ASSESSOR to collect ag.
ricultural statistics annually became
effective In 1919. and this ID the third
year such statistics have been col.
lected. Assessors are improving their
reports this year, due largely to the
demands Of local business men and
commercial organizations for complete
and accurate reports.
Excavations now being made Of
ruins on the San Juan National forest
at Chimney Rocks, near Pagosa
Spring., Colorado, are proving Of great
interest. The ruins are doubtless the
oldest In the United statss and show
more primitive workmanship than
those in other localities. A permit
covering the San Juan forest was
granted the Colorado State Historical
and Natural History Society and ]. A.
Jeancon, director and curator Of the
department Of archaeology and ethnol.
ogy IL In charge Of the work.
One man was blinded for life and
another may never recover his sight
- the result Of an explosion In q lime
stone quarry at Ingleslde, near Fort
Collins. The men, Lee Chavez and
Frank Florez, were lowering keg Of
black powder into a shaft when the
keg struck a rock. The explosion
blew the eyes Of Florez almost entirely
from his head. All the skin was blown
from Chavez face, but physicians said
his sight might be saved.
Colorado Springs is going to attempt
to rival Cheyenne's Frontier Days. A
contract was signed by the Chamber
Of Commerce with Irwin Brothers,
who for twenty-three years have
staged Wild West affairs. and the
event will be held Aug. %, q and "a.
A site northeast Of the city Is being
secured and grandstands win be built
Immediately. 1t Is the plan to make
the event an annual one and to ar
range festivities on a large scale.
Believed to have been one Of the
victims Of the Pueblo flood the night
Of June 8, and given up for dead by
his daughters, the Rev. G. g. Prentiss,
q retired Methodist minister, returned
to his daughters house near Mosca,
unable to tell the story of his disap-
pearancs. Mr.. Prentiss recovered his
memory In a hospital In Oglethorpe,
Ga, last week, but was unable to tell
the attending physicians how he Or.
rived there.
The federal census bureau has
placed an average Of $81.22 on farm
lands In Colorado. This ID nearly twics
the figure fixed by the county asses
sors, which was $1645 In 1920. An In
crease Of 10.000, 900 acres Of farm land
In the state ID shown BY the report.
The average Increase In value has been
1921 an acre. Nearly $4,000. 900 acres
Of farm land ID reported by the county
assessors tax rolls.
City Commissioner James L. Lovern
Of Pueblo sent kilograms to leading
engineering firms Of the United
States inviting them to send repressn-
tatives to Pueblo to discuss flood pre-
vention measures which may be taken
here. A date Is to be set for the con-
ference. Among the firms invited Is
the J. NJ. O'Rourke Company Of Chi.
cago, builders Of the Galveston sea
wall.
Dry land wheat 10 running heavier
yields this year thnn irrigated fields,
the average being forty bushels to the
acre, but some run much higher. The
best yield yet reported came when
forty acres Of Tom McCloughan's land
southeast Of Loveland, gave a machine
measure Of slxty-two bushels to the
acre, with the wheat weighing ont six-
ty-one pounds.
George Sargher, % years old, for
twenty-four years In business In Vie
tor, Il dead. Although In Ill health
for number Of years. It has not been
though that his death was imminent
He had attended a picture show and
had returned to bis store, when, ten
minutes after entering, he expired. he
was one Of the wealthlest men In
Victor.
Thomas Reed. IS year old. formerly
q sailor and . patient In the Unitsd
States military hospital at Fort Logan,
ended his life By drinking poison In q
room In the Peer hotel at Las Animaa,
the body being found BY the owner Of
the hotel.
What ID said to b. the best yisld At
grain yet reported In Larimsr county
comes from the Clyde Young plase,
near La Porte Forty acres Of eals
that have inst bean thrsshsd Yielded
an average of sighty.two bushels %
the acre.