Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-03-04
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

per cent since that year and the I'M
proved acreage so per cent. Thirty
six and nine-tenths per cent Of the
and area of the state is In farms, ana
BIT per cent of the farm land Is I'M
proved The tables show that the
value of all farm property in the state
Ia S1,O76, ,794,749. ms compared with
s491. Al, ,s06 in 1910. an increase OF
I191 per cent. Land and buildings
have increased in value 112 per cent
with total value of SS66,O13,6oo; i'm
elements and machinery, 1884 per
cent. with a total value of $40, ,SO4, ,502
today; live stock. 1894 per cent, with
a total value of s16O,9T6,5S0. There
are 59,934 farms, with an average val
ne of land and buildings of S14,44s
each, as compared with $S,SS4 In 1910,
the figures show The value Of the
farm land an acre is S31.22, as against
500. 81 ten years ago. Another inter
esting fact given is that there are 3d.
BS1 white farmers in Colorado. OF
which 1886 are native born. or the
native white farmers, S7,75O are own
ars, S07 managers and 11,2S9 tenants.
There are also 1,769 women farmers,
including 1874 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 he sufficient it is thought
hfa,lnt
Creede to Lake City, and with proper
extension to the southwest this road
would be 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 at Sterling. J. 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. II. Shoal, Holyoke. Holyoke
was selected as the next meeting place.
According to reports the Interstate
Commerce committee of the House of
Representatives at Washington has re-
ported favorably on a bill to change
the name of the Grand river to the
Colorado river. The State Senate has
passed on third reading a bill intro
duced by Senator o. Il. 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, a 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 it
from the house, and in so doing sus-
tanned severe burns Two neighbors
happened to be passing and aided Mr..
Gregg in saving the house from de-
struction. His burns were serious.
A plan to harness the waterpoweY
now going to waste in the pipeline of
the Canon City waterworkers as 1t
descends the reservoir hill, and trans.
form II into electrical energy to illu-
inmate the hills and streets and parks
adjacent to the Colorado state peniten.
tiary, ls now under consideration by
the penitentiary authorities and the
city council of Canon City.
Frank Kates, % years old, an over
seas veteran, was instantly killed at
Cripple Creek at the Stratton Inde-
pendence mine, where he was employed
as a miner, when a rock Weighing sew
eral tons fell on him. Kates is sur
\ 1t u
living at Wichita Falls, Texas.
Fifty farmers in the vicinity of Mos
ca in the north end of Alnmosa coun-
ty have notified the Chamber of Com
merce at Alamosa that they will fur
nish teams and men to assist in build
ing the road over Mosca pass, in the
east 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 is found in the compilation of the
reports of all banks of the state for
December 20, 1920, just completed by
| the State immigration Department
| This report shows that the total de
posits in all banks of the state on the
above date We're S296, 2OS, ,93974, com
pared with S3f9594 259.11 on Decem
Der 81, 1919. Loans and discounts
were $219.3o4, ,440.99, compared with
| S211, ,09i .565.0S n year previous. In
other words, in the twelve months GOV
cred by the report, bank deposits de
| creased more than per cent, while
loans and discounts have increased
nearly 4 per cent.
william II. Rathbun. mining engineer
and head of Electro Copper Company
located at Mile Post 1856, on the Mof
fat road. shot and killed one of the
| LARGEST and oldest llons ever killed In