The Dolores star., 1921-10-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


most complete set of statistical tables
for the state and its various counties
ever issued by any state department
It contains seventy-five pages OF such
tables, or about twenty-five pages
more than were contained in the Year
Book for 1920, which was the most
complete statistical record issued by
the state up to that time. On account
of the large amount of spnce utillzeu
by statistical tables 1t has been neces-
sary this year TO omit the county sto-
ries that were contained In previous
editions of the Year Book. These VIII
he available in the future only in the
district booklets published by the I'M
migration Department These booklets
will be revised and rcissued early next
year. The 1921 Year Book contains
many features that were not found IN
previous editions, most important OF
which is set of statistical tables
showing agricultural development III
the various counties.
l.. II. Wigram, prominent rancher
of this section, was attacked by Hol-
stein bull at his ranch near Delta ana
seriously injured. The bull had es-
capped from n corral and Wigram led 1t
back, and just as he turned TO close
the gate the animal attacked him.
Wigram was knocked down and paved.
One of Wigram's legs was broken and
he was bruised from head to feet. Wig
ram finally crawled under fence,
which act probably saved his life as
he was completely at the mercy of the
maddened animal.
Colorado stockmcn have been lent
S724,411 by the StockgrOwcrs Finance
Corporation. the so, ,OOO,OOO live stock
for loans refused were for small
amounts and are considered rs neglig-
iblc. This is record, It Is said, that
has not been equalled any other place
in the United States, and is taken by
Denver bankers as showing the
strength and stability OF the live stock
industry in Colorado and Of the char
acter of the men and the safety of
their securities.
The United States Agricultural De-
partment has announced that the esti-
mated sugar beet crop or Colorado
this year would be 2,229, 600 tons, com.
pared with 1926 ,O03 tons in 1920 This
is on the basis of 90 per cent com
pared with n ten-year average of 80
per cent. All reports of the Great
Western Sugar Company previously
announced in Denver have indicated
lower tonnage, but an increase in sugar
content
So far this has been one OF the best
seasons for the harvesting of the seed
crop known for years in the Rocky
Ford country, and the quality of the
vine seeds of all varieties is the best
known for long time. Thousands of
pounds of melon and cucumber seed
are being harvested and already it is
said that orders for more than 30 per
cent of the crop have been received, n
large portion from California.
Ralph HendricksOn, IA years old,
was instantly killed at the close of the
first day of the fair at Holyoke. A
plane had just alighted from Il flight
over the grounds, and the propeller
was still in motion when the boy
walked into it. He was thrown into
the air, and when he struck the ground
was dead. He was the son of Henry
Hendrickson, manager of the Cont
mental oil station.
Thwarted in an alleged attempt at
delivery of Company f from their bar
racks in the State Industrial School
for Boys, Sam Friedman, Leo McGrail
and Fred Shabouh, three Denver
youths, each about IS years old, are in
the Golden Jail. They We're captured
inside the institution grounds.
Woody Rogers, alias Bill Davis %
years old, who was arrested in Denver
n month ago charged with passing
short checks in Fort Morgan, has con-
fessed to the murder of Il man in Geor-
sia in 1913, according to Sheriff Erne
After week of legal fighting in the
Fort Morgan court, a jury hearing the
trial of +. J. Grace versus the Mack.
lem Baking Company for damages in.
in Il collision of MackIem
truck driven by Robert Walker of Fort
and an automobile driven Inv
f. j. Grace of Omaha on the Rrusb
road Jan. 22, returned iudgment
against the baking company for 81.
80. Ti'
The bondholdcrs of the Orchard Me.
sa district in the Grand valley. no,r
drand Junction, are TO be paid s150
ooo for cancellation of their bonds Inv
the federal government. This agree.
hent was reached by Secretary of tbs
interior A. b. Fall, Arthur p. Davis
chief of the reclamation service. his
awyer, the representative of the bond. |
holders and the district itself.
A motorcycle accident on the Ruc,-.
lorn road in the mountains near Love.
ana resulted in the serious injury of |
;. W. McW nlnney, prominent 7 ,,.,I, |