The Keota news., 1921-11-25
COLORADO xyws MOTIFS.

ant fruit harvest sud the excellent
prices which have feen received
threughout tive entire marketing SEA
sos. Niiiious Of dollars will come In
IL western Colorado from this years
harvest. and while the country nt large
Is experiencing dull tl.ses. this section
10 blessed witt, exceptional business
conditions. Up to thiS time. there has
been shipped . t0tsi Of 1916 carloads
Of fruits and vegetables. snd with the
spplo shIpusuts stlii heavy. II 10 esti-
mated that the 10000 mark will be
reached before the harvest Is COM
plstsd.
Inhsvitance tax collections "f the
State Inheritance Tax Department for
the firs, fifteen days "f November
wsrs IS Ssl -. The largest single tax
wss frOln the estate III Sam =. Glau-
bor Of Denver. The tax MAS T.S:8.SO
on gross value Of cslsie ssiiinsted a'
oeol .oo2.n. The second largest tax nf
q -: 30 was an The estimated gross
value Of 41M.oSl.:0 an the estate "f
Charles II. Wheeler III Weld county.
ThIrty.two other taxes from, fourteen
counties nettet the remainder Of the
toisi. In sdslitlom. fIfiy.seven waivers
brought 81 intO the state cOffcrr: SIX
exsmlnati"n fees. 1s0. and eleven 81
fees. 81.
samuel I.eck. xn aged rcclusc. was
found dead In Ills cabin nj Cripple
Creek - . result of . shot fro,1 bis
own gun. fixed ~ = trap over the door
and evidently intended for intruders.
according 10 authorities. The gun was
placed over the door with string
frusu the trigger Ia the door knob. The
weapon discharged when the door was
opened. l.eck Mss called = man Of
mystery. liz las reaIdei there iwen.
~ years without visible means Of sup.
port. Suicide is not suspected. ~ au.
tlsorit!es believe he accidentally walked
Into the trap.
The preliminary estimate of the sp.
pie crop at the state Il 3.0o0.n0O bush.
els or about 2syO0O bushels less than
the crop of 1910. which was reported
by Tive census bureau ~ 2IlAO0O husl,.
els. Tie national crop declined slight.
~ from Oct. ! and Eov. was figured
at lO2.UDOO00 bushels, compared with
2@%.k22.OD bushels In l09D. The com.
merciai apple crop "f Tive United
States dropped from ls.7oo.OO barrels
In October to iS.00O.0O barrels Nov. I.
John Phillips. :6 years old. shot him.
self tn death In his store at Caaon
City following an alleged lit Of insan.
ity during which l,e beat his wife se.
vereiy. MIR. Phillips returned from
church. quarrel arose and Phillips
started heating her. She appealed to
nsighbors for help. They succeeded In
quistimg Phillips. hut later In the night
he lsft the House aud went 10 his store,
where he shot himself In the right tenn.
pie with 4 .36-caliber revolver.
Approximately 5000 acres Of state
lands will he sold ut public auction TO
actual settlers or to persons who will
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. Fl Paso. Logan, Moffat. Ote.
70. Pueblo. Rio l3rande and Washing.
ton counties. will Ike held In the office
Of the land hoard at the state house.
A crop Of 1O.s72, 600 bushels IL the
Nov. forecast for Colorado corn, ar.
cording TO the report just Issued by the
State.fedsral Crop Reporting Service,
compared with the tentative estimate
OF 1e.et0.000 bushels last year and TO-.
1O0.OOO bushels of corn harvested In
1910 y