Cheyenne record., 1921-03-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

per cent SluCe tHdt year anu the LII
proved acreage 80 per cent Thirty
six and nine-tenths per cent Of the
land area of the state is in farms, and
31.7 per cent of the farm land Is inn
proved. The tables show that the
value Of all farm property in the state
is $1,O76, ,794, ,749, as compared with
S491 Al ,sO6 in 1910, an increase of
1191 per cent. Land and buildings
have increased in value 112 per cent
with total value of $so6 O13. 600; i'm
plements and machinery, 1904 per
cent, with total value of $40 8O4 ,5O2
today; live stock, 1904 per cent, with
total value of s16O,976,5sO. There
are 1884 farms, with an average val
ue of land and buildings of $14,449
each, as compared with $S,S34 in 1910,
the figures show The value of the
farm land an acre is $3122, as against
$26S1 ten years ago. Another inter
esting fact given is that there are 59,-
3S1 white farmers in Colorado, Of
which 1886 are native born. OF the
native white farmers, 81, $50 are own
ers, S07 managers and 11,2S9 tenants.
There are also 1,789 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 $4,000 for the Creede
and Lake City highway. The money
will be available about July l. This
money will be sufficient 1t is thought
to provide good auto highway from
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 ut the election of
officers at Sterling. ]. A. Gilbertson,
Brush, was chosen vice president;
Charles r. Peter, Holyoke, secretary,
and G. H. Woodward, Sterling, treas
urer. The new directors are f. l.. Bill
lot, Brush; w. NJ. Shumway, Sterling,
and w. H. 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. E. Bannister of
Grand Junction, making similar pro-
pOsal, and the lower house is expected
to give it final approval shortly.
Tar being warmed on an oil stove in
fhe home of D. A. Gregg a prominent
Redlands rancher, near Grand June
ton, exploded and sent blazing tar
over the room. Mr.. Gregg seized the
blazing bucket of tar and carried 1t
from the house, and in so doing sus-
tained 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 waterpower
now going to waste in the pipeline of
the Canon City waterworkers as it
descends the reservoir hill, and trans
form it into electrical energy to illu-
inmate the hills and streets and parks
adjacent to the Colorado state peniten-
tiary, is now under consideration by
the penitentiary authorities and the
city council Of Canon City.
Frank Hates, % 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 rock weighing sew
eral tons fell ON him. Rates is sur
vived by his wife and child, who are
living at Wichita Falls, Texas.
Fifty farmers in the vicinity Of Mos
ca in the north end Of Alamosa 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 %, 1920, just completed by
the State Immigration Department.
This report shows that the total de-
posts in all banks of the state on the
above date were 5000. .2OS 93974, com
pared with S319,594,2591l on Decem-
yer 81, 1919. Loans and discounts
were S2l9,3O4, ,44O99, compared with
S211 ,O91 .565.OS n year previous. In
other words, in fhe twelve months COW
cred by the report, bank deposits de-
creased more than per cent, while
loans and discounts have increased
nearly per cent.
William H. Rathbun, mining engineer
and head of Electro Copper Company,
located at Mile Post 1855, on the Moi
fat road, shot and killed one of the
largest and Oldest lions ever killed in