The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-03-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

b Colorado today than In 1910. The
total farm acreage has ilcrsased ooS
PEI cent sincs that year and the In
proved acreage % per cent. Thirty
six and nine-tenths PER cent q the
land area Of tAs state 10 in farms, and
BIT per cent Of the farm land y i'm
proved. TIE tables show that the
value Of all farm property In the state
10 $1.076, 7o4, 74e, ~ compared with
40. At. sos in 1910. an increase Of
1le.1 per cent. Land and buildings
have Increased In value 112 per cent
with total value Of $s8601S,e00; i'm
plements and machinery, 1904 per
cent, with a total value Of $49, S04, SOC
today; live stock, 1924 per cent, with
a total value of $10O,07650O. There
IRE 59,934 farms, with an average val.
Ne Of land and buildings Of $14.449
each, us compared with 1854 in 1910.
the figures show. The value Of the
farm land an acre is $31.22, as against
1861 ten years ago. Another Inter
esting fact given is that there are 3d.
381 white farmers In Colorado, Of
which 40,S46 are native born. OF the
native white farmers, 3,I50 are own.
ers, SO7 managers and 1899 tenants.
There are also 1.769 women farmers,
including 1914 owners, four managers
and 11s tenants.
The county commissioners Of Min
eral county have received notice from
the State Highway Commission of an
appropriation of 10000 for the Creede
and Lake City highway. The money
will be available about July l. This
money will be sufficient 1t IL thought
to provide a good auto highway from
Creole to Lake City, and with proper
extension to the southwest this road
would he one of the main highways OF
travel from that section Of the state
to Pueblo and Denver.
G. p. Weyr of Holyoke was elected
president of the Northeast Colorado
Pythian Association at the election of
officers ut Sterling. ]. A. GilbertsOn,
Brush, was chosen vice president !;
Charles II. Peter, Holyoke, secretary,
and c. H. Woodward, Sterling, treas
urer. The new directors are f. l.. Bill
lot, Brush; W. NJ. Shumway, Sterling,
and w. H. Shonl, Holyoke. Holyoke
was selected us the next meeting place.
According to rcpbrts the Interstate
Commerce committee of the House Of
Representatives at Washington has re-
ported favOrably on n bill to change
the name Of the Grand river tn tie
Colorado river. The State Senate hns
passed on third reading II bill intro
iuced by Senator o. L. Bannister Of
Grand Junction. making similar pro-
posal, and the lower house is expected
to give 1t final approval shortly.
Tar being warmed on an oil stove In
the home Of d. A. Gregg, II prominent
Redlands rancher, near Grand juno
ton, exploded and sent blazing tar
over the room. Mr.. Gregg seized the
blazing bucket of tar and carried 1t
from the house, and In no doing sux.
tnined severe burns. Two .ncighbors
happened to be passing and aided Mr..
Gregg In saving the house from de.
structiOn. His burns were serious.
A plan to harness the waterpOwer
now going to waste In the pipeline Of
the Canon City waterwOrkers as II
descends the reservoir hill. and trans.
form It into electrical energy to illu.
inmate the hills and streets and parks
adjacent to the Colorado state penlten.
tiary, Is now under consideration by
the penitentinry authorities and the
city council OF Canon City.
Frank Hates, % years old, IN over.
seas veteran. was instantly killed at
Cripple Creek ut the Stratt0n indie
pendence mine, where he was employed
MS miner, when II rock weighing sev-
eral tons fell On him. Rates Ia sur.
vivcd by his wife and child, who are
living at Wichita Falls, Texas.
Fifty farmers In the vicinity of Mos
ca In the north end Of AlnmOsa cOun-
merce Mt AIamOsa that they will fur
nIsh teams and men to assist In build.
Ing the rOud over Mosca pass. In the
enxt side of the San Luis valley.
Evidence OF one Of the most effect.
i've causes Of the stringency that has
existed In the money market for some
time In found In the compilation Of the
reports Of all banks Of the state for
December ~. 1870, Just completed BY
the State immigration Department.
This report shows that the total de.
pOsits In ~ hunks OF the state on the
above date w"r" S3Ni.2Os N3074. com.
pnrcd with $50 t9i.2J0Ii on Deccrn.
'r 81. 1919 Lonns ind discounts
ire x219.aA. 4IO.M. compared with
S2li .O3l 1868 n year previous. III
other words. In the twelve months GOV.
cred by the report, bank deposits de-
creased more than per cent, while
ionnx md discounts have Increased
nearly 4 per cent.
William II. Rathbun. mining engineer
and head Of Electro Copper Company,
located ut Mile Post 155. on the MOf.
fat road, shot and killed one Of the
IL rvaat and n1sInsf linns ovur killoI In