The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-04
CENTENNIAL STATE rrEM

Reporting Service, the apple crop In
the state this year is about 65 per cent
Of normal. compared with 72 per cent
last year. The forecast Of production
ia 3,0O4,OO0 bushels, compared with
2,76O0O0 bushels last year. About IS
per cent of this crop this year will be
produced on the western slope, where
the crop is making good progress. The
state crop Of peaches had q condition
Of 90 per cent, compared with 80 per
cent last year and 60 per cent the ten
year average. The total production
for the state is forecasted at 72S.000
bushels. The pear crop In Colorado
on July /. on 85 per cent condition
basis, was estimated at $4,000 BUSH
els. The condition Of cantaloupes on
July In Colorado was 81 per cent Of
normal, compared with 30 per cent
July l last year and 80 per cent the
ten-year average.
A field man for the county assessor
has completed the reassesslng Of four
townships along the Platte river in the
southwest part Of Weld county and
turns in figures showing a loss OF
sl84,J00 to property along twelve miles
Of the course Of the river. One thou
sand acres of land 10 damaged for q
total Of $117,5O On this land a prop
erty loss Of $1,000 is given, including
total loss Of $50 acres of beets. $685.
600; so acres Of cabbage. $4,000; 20O
acres Of wheat, 5000; 200 acres Of
corn. $4,000; 100 acres Of oats, $500.
All Colorado hay had q condition
figure of 94 per cent on July l, as
compared with 98 per cent last year
and the forecast Of production Is g..
10000 tons. compared with $780,, 600
tons last year. The area to be har-
vested this year is estimated to be less
than last year or 1,57s,QDO acres, com.
pared with 1,603, 900 acres harvested
In 1920. The alfalfa In the state this
year indicates a good crop, the condi-
ton being 90 per cent Of normal. OF
the above hay crop, about 1,7e0, 600
tons will be alfalfa.
The family Of A. c. Claug left Love
land hurriedly for trip In the noun.
tains. In her haste, Mrs. Caug left an
electric iron standing on an ironing
board In the kitchen. She neglected to
turn off the current to the iron. Roy
Buck. a friend Of the family, who
knew they were absent, saw smoke
pouring from the residence. He broke
through a door Just In time to avert
n disastrous fire. The iron, heated
white. had burned Its way through the
ironing board, table cover and two
layers Of flooring.
Two hundred cars Of apples will be
harvested In the MonfrOse district, &C
cording to the estimate made by an ex-
pert apple buyer who made a thor.
ough inspection of the main orchards.
His report stated that there was very
little early fruit. due to the heavy
yield last year, that the apples were
now thin on the trees. but that they
should make good size before harvest.
ing time.
Buried under pile Of furniture and
an old mattress, and with his head
crushed, the body OF Robert Hodges,
90 years old. hermit who had resided
In Salida for years, was found In his
tiny shack by n tourist from Denver.
The man had been dead for about three
weeks. Police are baffled by the case.
Twenty automobiles were destroyed
by fire at Pueblo which resulted In
damage estimated at $4,000 Mt the
Henderson Automobile Company. The
loss Is partially covered by insurance,
A short circuit in the ignition system
of an automobile is believed to have
caused the fire.
Mrs. S. d. McCracken, 80 years old,
a pioneer business woman and widow
of Il prominent Colorado Springs bank
or. died after long illness. Mr.. Nc.
Cracke6 died year ago. Mrs. Nc.
Crucken owned several hundred thou.
sand dollars worth OF downtown busi-
ness property.
John Morgan, 9-year-old son oi
Frank Morgan, sheepman, was In
stantly killed on Barlow creek, ter
miles north Of Rico. when he wal
caught by a rock slide. His head wa.
crushed and his body badly bruised
Members Of the family and friendi
from the Morgan sheep camp or
Lizard Head were spending the day
fishing and picnicking. The children
were rolling rocks down the mountain
when the rock slide caught youni
Morgan.
A campaign has been launched In
the state by Paul c. Jameson, new ex
tension poultry specialist of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College, who hai
just taken up his work at Fort Col
lins gradually to bring about an i'm
provement in the stock Of the poultry
flocks by eliminating scrubs and non
producers and making the flocks l0(
per cent profitable.
Robert Lee. % years old, of Pueblo
lost his speech when he fell from al
automobile In Bessemer. Lee wal
standing on the running board of th,