The Dolores star., 1921-10-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

m Increase of 34S.063 acres, OF o'
nor cont over the cultivated acreage
reported by county assessors iast se"'
and is the largest cultivated acreage
ever reported for the state. lnvesush
tions and Inquiries made by the lnul-
rrntion Department in 1920 ana l'l'
indicated that the reports OF county
assessors were from 10 to 10 per cent
short of the actual acreage uhuer cur
Iivation In the state. If they are as
much as 10 per cent short TINS year
the actual area planted in the state loI
the 1921 harvest was close to 5Sop'"VV
acres. If orchards are included the
area under cultivation in the state
this year apparently is approxima'e'!
100000 acres.
The large increase In cultivated
areas in the state this year mas nee"
iue almost exclusively to very large
increase in acreage devoted TO winter
wheat. No other important crop WIN
the exception of potatoes shows SUI
stantial increase in acreage over last
wear, and many leading crops, includ-
ing corn, hay. sorghums, rye, sugar
beets, beans, field peas and miiiet'
show actual decreases. Slight IN
creases are shown in the acrenges re-
ported for oats and barley. The IN
| crease in acreage of winter wheat re-
ported is 374,l17 acres, or about 70
GOO acres more than the total increase
of cultivated acreage, showing that
| all other crops with the exception OF
winter wheat. taken together, show
decrease in acreage as compared Win
last year. There was also slight IN
crease in the acreage devoted TO spring
wheat.
While hunting on Steuben creek, fif-
teen miles west of Gunnison. John
Story accidentally discovered the
bones of Howard Carpenter. who was
lost in the hills nine years ago. The
remains were in thick timber and
were identified by Carpenters gun and
watch close by. The disappearance of
Carpenter, who was n popular young
man of "a, occurred on Oct. 3, 1872,
and created great excitement. He was
leading hunting party. consisting OF
the Rev. c. F. OFarrel, Catholic priest
Of Montrose; Fire Chief Terry Owens
Of Denver and two Colorado Springs
hunters. They were hunting on the
left fork OF Steuben creek, md on the
return to Camp Carpenter left the
party and never was seen again.
Mistaken by n member of another
hunting party for deer, Walter Nc
Cafferty of Montrose was shot and IA
tally wounded while hunting near
Lake City. The shot was fired by
Charles Mendenhnll. also of Montrose.
who saw a movement in the brush and
nistook the flash of McCafferty's coat
ibr buck. The bullet tore McCaffer-
tvs right arm to shreds and although
he mounted horse and rode to his
camp mile away in hope of receiv-
ing help, he died OF shock soon after
his arrival.
The University of Colorado Players
Club will present Moliere's ''Le Bour-
geois Gentilhomme," or THE Newly
Rich," to the alumni on Homecoming
day, Nov. 5. after the football game
between Colorado College and the
State. The play is of the musical ex-
travaganza type. 1t will carry cho-
rus of thirty-five men and women and
thirteen leads. The costuming, as
planned by Coach Francis Wolfe, will
be both unique and gorgeous.
Five deer were killed the opening
day Of the hunting season, within four
miles Of Breckenridge, all in the steep
hills and all in virtually the same re-
gion. The best kill was a four-pont
buck, weighing 300 pounds, shot by
Edward Stewart, town marshal. Adam
Hullender killed a deer.
Weld county commissioners have un-
der consideration highway plans which
if carried out will shorten the auto
mobile distance from Greeley to Den
YER from fifty-six to fifty-three miles,
a saving Of three miles.
Ivan Bader. Frank Blow and Rov
Henderson. farmers living near Ault
have returned from n hunting trim in
the Cameron Pass section. Among
their kill were three black bears, n fe.
male weighing 225 pounds and It's two
~Noo' "SAeA"ho hihety pOunuS each,
The hunters first shot and wounded
the mother, which ran some distance
to where the cubs were. The hunters
followed and killed all three.
Linda NJ. Lee, said to be the only
woman justice of the peace in Colo.
RADIO, recently administered Justice in
the spirit of true Portia. When Earl
Pollard, waiter at n Boulder hotel
was brought before her on an assault
charge, she fined him $3.50, and then
turned around and fined the COMPLAIN
Ing witness, Walter Carter, n like
like amount for provoking a fight
A coal miners strike of employees or
the American Smelling and Refining
Company at Durango, which was in.
augurated by union leaders last Nav
following an announcement of wo,e
cut, has been settled. The miners were
employed in the San Juan mine. owned