The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

| throughout the entire marketing sea
son. Millions of dollars will come in
TO western Colorado from this years
harvest, and while the country at large
IL experiencing dull times, this section
is blessed with exceptional business
conditions. Up to this time, there mas
been shipped total of 1910 carloads
of fruits and vegetables, and win the
apple shipments still heavy, 1t Is esti-
mated that the 10000 mark VIII De
renched before the harvest Is COM
pleted.
Inheritance tax collections of the
State Inheritance Tax Department Tor
the first fifteen days of November
were S25,3512S. The largest single tax
was from the estate of Sam 5. Glau-
her of Denver. The tax was $7,229SO
on gross value of estate estimated al
S26l, ,59211. The second largest tax OF
| 81 So. 30 was on the estimated gross
value of S2O0,651.70 on the estate OF
| Charles H. Wheeler of Weld county
| Thirty-two other taxes from fourteen
counties netted the remainder of the
| total. In addition, fifty-seven waivers
brought S5T into the state Golfers; SIX
examination fees, $50, and eleven 30
fees, $55.
Samuel Leck, an aged recluse, was
found dead in his cabin at Cripple
| Creek MS a result of shot from his
own gun, fixed as trap over the door
and evidently intended for intruders
according to authorities. The gun was
nlaced over the door with string
from the trigger to the door knob. The
weapon discharged when the door was
| opened Leck was called man OF
mystery. He has resided there twen-
ty wears without visible means of sup
| port. Suicide is not suspected, as au-
thorities believe he accidentally walked
into the trap.
The preliminary estimate of the ap
pie crop of the state is 100000 bush
els or about 42S,0O0 bushels less than
the crop of 1919, which was reported
by the census bureau as 3,41S,OOO bush
els. The national crop declined slight
Iy from Oct. and Nov. 1 was figured
ut 1O2, 100000 bushels, compared with
244, ,O22, 600 bushels in 1920. The com
mercial apple crop of the United
States dropped from 19,T66,OOO barrels
in October to 100000 barrels Nov. /.
John Phillips, 76 years old, shot him
self TO death in his store at Canon
| City following an alleged fit of insan-
| ity during which he beat his wife Sc
verely. Mrs. Phillips returned from
church, a quarrel arose and Phillips
started beating her. She appealed to
neighbors for help. They succeeded in
uuieting Phillips, but later in the night
he left the house and went 10 his store
where he shot himself in the right tenn
pie with a .3S-caliber revolver.
Approximately 5000 acres of state
lands will be sold at public auction to
actual settlers or to persons who VIII
improve them, Wednesday, Dec. Z, by
the State Land Board, Register George
Stephan announces. The sale Of the
lands, which are located in Alamosa.
| Crowley, Ell PasO, Logan, MOffat, Ote-
ro, Pueblo, Rio Grande and Washing
ton counties, will be held in the office
of the land board at the state house.
A crop of 1882, 900 bushels is the
Nov. forecast for Colorado corn, ac-
cording to the report just issued by the
State Federal Crop Reporting Service,
/
of 1S,940OOO bushels last year and 10,
100000 bushels of corn harvested in
1919 as reported by the federal census
bureau. The average yield this year Is
estimated at IL bushels per acre, as
compared with 20.7 bushels last year.
| Hog raisers of eastern Ell Paso coun-
| ty met at Colorado Springs to discuss
steps to prevent the spread of hog
cholera, which has appeared in four
herds in the vicinity of TructOn. The
| disease, an infectional malady, is in
| fectious and usually fatal. Serum vac
cination is regarded as sure prevent
ative and will be used to avert an epi.
| demic.
| The Farmers mill and grain elevator
| at Craig caught fire and was a total
loss. The building is just outside ;he
| city limits, and beyond reach of the wa
ter system The Cooperative Farmers
| Company, which owns the elevator, is
one of the few successful companies
of the kind in the state. The loss will
be about S150,000.
| Mrs Peter Johnson of Denver, Colo,
was shot and killed and her husband
seriously wounded while riding in an
automobile forty miles east of Yuma,
Ariz. William S. Estaver, 80 years old,
who was riding with them when they
wer shot, was taken to jail and held
| in connection with the affair.
Recent SHOWS in eastern Colorado
has virtually saved the fall crops of
wheat and rye. With no moisture since
August, when they were planted, it
was feared these crops would be to-
tai loss. The snow extended east from
Colorado Springs as far as Phillips
| nnrr KAN q distance of 345 miles