Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-08-05
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

report for July l, Issued by w. W.
Putnam. agricultural stntistlcian OF
the L. s Burenu Of Markets and Crop
Estimates, Colorado Cooperative Crop
Reporting. Service, the apple crop In
the state this year IL about 81 per cent
Of normal. compared with ~ per cent
last year. The forecast of production
is 3.00iooO bushels compared with
2,760,OOO bushels last year. About S5
per cent of this crop this year will he
produced on the western slope. where
the crop is making good progress. The
state crop of peaches had condition
of co per cent. compared with 30 per
cent last year and 60 per cent the ten
year average. The total production
for the state is forecasted at T2S.OO0
bushels. The pear crop in Colorado
or July l. on a 65 per cent condition
basis. was estimated at 32S. 900 bush
els. The condition of cnntaloupes on
July in Colorado was SO per cent of
normal. compared with 90 per cent
July last year and 50 per cent the
ten-year average.
All Colorado hay had a condition
figure Of % per cent on July l. as
compared with 9S per cent last year
and the forecast of production is g.
250000 tons. compared with 1892. 900
tons last year. The area to be har-
vested this year Is estimated to be less
than last year or 1,57S,OO0 acres com
pared with 100000 acres harvested
in 1920 The alfalfa In the state this
year indicates a good crop, the condi-
tion being 90 per cent Of normal. or
the above hay crop, about 1,7S0,00O
tons will be alfalfa.
The family of A. c. Claug left Love
land hurriedly for a trip in the noun
tains In her haste, Mrs. Claug left an
electric iron standing on an ironing
board in the kitchen. She neglected to
turn off the current to the iron. Roy
Buck. 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
disastrous fire. The iron. heated
white, had burned its way through the
ironing board, table cover and two
layers of flooring.
Despite the fact that he drove his
IL
bridge between Colorado Springs and
Manltou, pinning himself In the wreck
age on his head. II. C. Reynolds of
Oklahoma City. Okla, escaped injury.
The machine landed upside down in a
creek bed Campers in the vicinity
Witnessed the accident and rushed TO
the scene and extricated Reynolds
from the wreckage.
Two hundred cars of apples VIII be
harvested in the Montrose district, ac-
cording to the estimate made by an cX-
pert apple buyer who made 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
A campaign has been launched in
the state by Paul c. JAMESON new ex-
tension poultry specialist of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College, who has
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 fiocks 100
per cent profitable.
Work has started on cabin that
will ACCOMMODATE forty at the UnVer-
sity of Colorado mountain camp, TWEEN
ty miles west of Boulder. The regents
of the university have appropriated
$1,000 towards the camp fund The
camp will be used as base for
mountain climbs and as summer and
winter recreation point.
Buried under pile of furniture and
an old mattress, and with his head
crushed, the body of Robert Hodges
60 years old. hermit who had resided
in Salidn for years, was found in his
tiny shack by tourist from Denver.
The man had been dead for about three
weeks. Police are baffled by the case.
Robert Lee. % years old, of Pueblo
lost his speech when he fell from an
automobile in Bessemer. Lee was
standing on the running board of the
machine and when he stepped off he
fell to the ground, njuring his face
and neck. His case is regarded as
unique by the medical profession here.
Twenty automobiles were destroyed
by fire AT Pueblo which resulted In
damage estimated at $4,000 at 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. ID. McCracken, go years old
n pioneer business woman and widow
of II prominent Colorado Springs bank
er died after a long illness Mr.. Nc
Cracken died year ago. Mrs Nc
Cracken owned several hundred thou
sand dollars worth of downtown bust