The Keota news., 1921-03-25
COLORADO 1W1 No1lg,

~~s"puoSouv Wo09 Oy the Utoto I'm
migration Department from the records
Of the State Tax Commission shsw
that the assessed value OF all ssRre.
gated farm property In the state In
lo20 was &8a7 .aoo.9 see. compared with
Soo6 6420. .l64 last year. The total -
sssssd valuation Of property this year
IL 1890. .m7 .067. compared with g..
4&.2l8.6so. The figures given above
do not include automobiles, csrriases
and other vehicles. furniture and some
other Items Of farm property, which
can not be accurately segregated. II
will be seen that the assessed value Of
farm property for 1870 was approx.
mateiy II per cent Of the assessed
value Of all property. compared with
about 70 per cent In 1910. II the items
that cannot be included In this calcn-
lation could be accurately segregated
II would be found that the assessed
value Of all farm property IL about ~
per cent Of the total assessed valua.
ton. The percentage has been increas.
Ing steadily for several years, keeping
pace with the states agricultural de-
velopment. The items included In the
totals given above are farm land. In
provements on farm land. livestock.
poultry and bees. equities In state
land. improvements on public lands
aud agricultural implements.
Figures compiled by the State Inmi.
grafton Department from the records
Of the State Tax Commission show
that the people Of Colorado paid &:s5.A
per capita taxes for all municipal. dis.
trtct. county and state purposes In
1890. The total revenue collected. &C.
cortiinK to these compilations. Was .
little more than &33.O00.0o0. The
largest single item Of expense 10
schools. approximately 80 per cent Of
all taxes collected beinE used for
school purposes. The highest per cspI.
Ia taxes are paid BY people In Park
county. being $6s.l7. while the lowest
are paid In Baca county. &2i.E. The
average levy for all purposes Is 22.2l
mills. Teller county shows the high.
est average levy. a0.2S mills. and Chey.
enne county the lowest, ll.@S mills.
The highest average school levy is for
Crowley county. 1l.73 mills. and the
lowest 10 for Jackson county. l.33 mills.
Five passengers ON the Pueblo
sleeper Of westbound train No. ll5 ON
the Denver 4 Rio Orande railroad
were burned to death near Cuchara.
ten miles northeast Of walsenburg. Ac.
cordlng to reports. the blaze was
caused BY the explosion Of tank used
to supply gas to the Pintsch lighting
system, which Ii still In use on cars
operating over the Denvsr.Alamosa
route. The explosion tore a hole
through the middle Of the car and
filled It with gas, rendering most Of
the victims unconscious before they
could make q move to escape.
Following q two days hearing the
coroner's jury inquiring into the dis
aster In which five persons lost their
lives by the burning Of Pullman car
Corona, attached to the Denver 4 Rio
Oraude passenger train No. 155 at
Roof, returned verdict containing no
finding revealing the cause Of the fire,
expressing the opinion that the acci'
dent was an avoidable one In the lack
Of rules requiring the Pullman porter
to be on duty.
After divulging the information on
which the defendant was arrested IN
California and brought back to Logan
county for trial, John Calvert, a pris'