Cheyenne record., 1921-03-31
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Calming an entrance through the
ek door, burglars robbed the East
Ike Mercantile Company of about ST..
.Torth Of silk goods. The thieves
ID an automobile to get the stolen
DDS away.
After celebrating less than two
urs jury in the District Court at
dorado Springs acquitted William
umard of the charge of attempting
destroy his home at All East San
hfael street by fire on the night of
nuary 28. The case went to the
ry at 10 80 O'Clock. The verdict was
turned at noon.
Thousands Of sacks of onions are be-
g dumped in the vicinity of Olathe
the growers and commission houses,
he to the fact that the price offered
r them would not justify the sacking
Id shipment 1t Is estimated that at
asst sixty-five cars of onions will be
hmped this year in the Olathe dis
ict.
The League Of the Southwest will
bid meeting In Denver April Is and
to consider plans for urging passage
reclamation legislation before Con-
Fess at Washington. according to an
bouncement made by Governor Mabey
& Utah, following receipt of letter
Rom Governor Campbell Of Arizona,
President Of the league, who issued the
all.
Water pumped from the engines of
he Denver & Salt Lake railroad saved
abernash from destruction by fire.
The loss Is estimated between $4,000
Ind $4,000. The Percy & Parker gen.
ral merchandise store, Cullen's pool
lall and barber shop were ruined.
Che buildings are located in Main
treet, one-half block from the rail-
load tracks.
One.ninth of all the deaths In the
Dnited States are due to tuberculosis.
Ind contaminated milk of tuberculosis
lows is responsible for good share
bf this terrible disease, according to
~. H. Feldman Of the Colorado Agri-
eultural College. Especially is this
rue as regards children, statistics
Knowing that 8 to 10 per cent of the
leaths of children from tuberculosis
s3s of the bovine type.
The Union Pacific railroad office in
sByers was broken into by thieves and
$50 railroad tickets, requiring only
late and stamp to enable the holder
30 travel practically any point on the
Onion Pacific system, were stolen. A
complete check Of the missing tickets
Mas been made and the number wired
all conductors. The thieves gained
entrance to the depot. through a win
Edow in the rear of the building.
q The average density of population
throughout the United States, exclusive
bf outlying possessions, was 35.5 per-
IONS per square mile Of land area in
920 as against 500 In 1910, the census
bureau announced. The density In the
ndividual states In 1920 ranged from
10 Of per square mile In Nevada
b 1864 in Rhode Island, the bureau
nnounced. The density figure for
colorado 81; Kansas 21.6; Nebraska
pc; New Mexico 20; Wyoming 90
Theodore Myers, "a, of Durango, was
llled In No. Z level of the Smuggler-
niOn mine at Telluride when box
- powder exploded. Fortunately a
Nv minutes before nearly a score of
9orkmen had left the mine, following
leir shift. Myers, 1t Ia said, was pre-
bring to leave when he was killed.
he mine was badly wrecked for dis
Ance Of 100 feet from the scene Of the
4kplosion. According to Carl Hoppe,
hlft boss, lie had seen Myers, who
\ IFas n nipper, a short time before and
~ said he believed Myers was smok-
&)ng a cigarette and this is alleged to
1--WE caused the explosion.
e3% e John C. Scott, 81 years old, pioneer
~ Sterling, former member of the Colo
fiado Legislature, former postmaster,
aS6oster. philanthropist and baseball
16fn, died at New Orleans, where he
sSlent for his health two months ago.
Compilations made by the State I'm
y Migration Department from the rec
IDS of the State Tax Commission and
pm the advance reports Of the fed
Ill census bureau show that the av-
age value Of farm land In the state
W reported by county assessors In
DO was S16.45 per acre, compared
lth $751; % reported by the census .bu-
2Au. Assessors report nearly 2S,OOO-
re acres of farm land on the tax rolls
X kile the census bureau found the av-
8ge value of farm land and buildings
d the state on January 1, 1920, to be
lao per acre. Reports Of county as
sors show the value Of all farm
sipperty, including land, buildings,
gisstock and farm Implements, to
I've averaged $23.16 OH the 1920 as
;SBment. The census report shows an
f194rease of more than 1O.0OO.OOO acres
'I6sarm land In the state In the past
Ade and an increase of 1921 per