The Keota news., 1921-03-11
COLORADO NEWS Hor1s,


migration Department from county a.
SCISSORS In Is counties. covering sched.
ules from approximately 2.4OO farm.
ers, indicate that there will be slight
Increase In the total acreage Of land
cultivated In the state this year,
though there will be decreases, appar.
emily. In the acreage devoted to some
OF the principal crops. The largest
increases appear to he In the acreage
devoted to corn. sorghumx. rye aud
spring wheat. There IL apparently q
small decrease In the acreage devoted
to winter wheat aud potatoes, and
more marked decrease In the acreage
devoted to beans. The reports 70 far
received show very considerable
amount Of raw land being put In cul.
tivation this year In the nonIrrigated
districts, though In some districts
much Of the land that was far,netl
last year II being allowed to lie fal.
low because Of shortage Of farm labor.
Revised figures compiled by the
State Immigration Department from
the records of the State Tax Commits
sion for use In the Colorado Year
Book show that the total assessed val.
uation Of property In Colorado on
which 1920 taxes are being paid II
81. .48e OG3. l2S. This II an increase Of
about $74.O00.O00 over the assessed
valuation for the preceding year aud
an increase of about &3.OnO00 over
the preliminary figures. Denver c'un.
~ ranks first. with &si2. .O00.O0 and
Weld county second. with sos. 900 900.
These are the only two counties In the
state showing assessed valuations
above &lO0OO000. There were In.
creascs In the valuations for nearly all
agricultural counties. while most OF
the mining counties showed dccreasca
Pinned beneath the wreckage Of an
automobile In seven feet Of water In
Rear Greek caaon. Stanley Mccall. q.
living at Denver, WAS drowned before
the efforts of four companions. ont OF
whom Was his brother. could save him.
The party Was returning from dance
at Starbuck park. and ~ their car
reached q point about five miles above
the mouth Of the cahon the creek
bank, softencd by the recent heavy
rains, gave way beneath the weight Of
the car.
The state last year paid an average
Of $l0S.A for the education OF teach.
ers at the State Teachers College. at
Greeley, and &l02.5O at the State Nor.
NAL School. 0unnison. according to
two financial reports filed by State
Auditor Arthur n. StonE. The ex.
pendltures at the State Teachers' Col.
iese reached &2:7. .4ls. while the aver.
age attendance was 1890. while oper.
ating expenses at the State Normal
School were $6al9i and the attend
ance 6S6.
With q few hard crumbs Of bread
Rripped In his hand. Thomas Ryan. %
years old, q well.known homcsteader
Of the Five Pines mesa, seven miles
south Of Yampa. was found lying dead
ON the floor Of his cabin by neigh.
bor. Coroner william II. Bashor OF
Routt county, after investigating the
case, declared that Ryan died from
starvation and cold in the recent blix-
xnrd. Bnshor believed that he had
been dead for about three weeks.
Coloratio's sugar beet acreage ceo-
tracted for by the Great western
Sugar Company this year. totals 1SS..
7SS acres, compared with 1S4.1 last
year, 1t was announced by the COM
pany. While this shows a slight de-
crease, the grand total contracted Tor