Gunnison news-champion., 1921-06-24
CENTENNIAL TATE ITEIis.

C-.. L-' RIAL . TATE LIE-lSs
F-r .. srgs-EJs T,-re.ysi ty n. state
IEaa.<rS too Department Indicate that
n SPITE % the depressing sf,ect, y
falling prices and money s'rinssney.
he farmer. Or Colombo viii cultivate
fully a. Isrs. At acreage 10 crops this
year as they did II 1870 Report. 50
far received show that the cultivated
area this year will be brt little short
% $1,000 Hcre- County a.s-asors
reported On igllT farms IN the state
last year Reports have been tabp-
lated up 20 date this year on ll.sei
farms Thss- q rms. for eleven of The
Leading crops. report an acreage this
year Of ,lgE yl2 ~ q l!ttle more than
iO2 acres per farm. The entire acre
nse reported for these crops last year
wHs 4.lg25 5Ig or little more than
lightly acres per farm II all farms
rh.s year should report these crops In
rHe same ratio as those already in, the
total acreEg ge would be above 5000 90.
The crops Included ln the figures given
above are corn. oats, barley. winter
wheat spring wheat. rye. potatoes.
grain sorghnms, sweet ."rEhum., beans
and alfalfa.
W. /. Burnett. In charge Of rodent
control ot the STATE. and his ass~'aHt.
c. J.. CorElns. with the local county
agent. Waldo KIadrT. have completed
n check ~ fls work dome iu pest crHt!-
rntl0u IN Adams county. County farm
-rs have been saved from SlTaupp 20
JZUuuyp. Nj Burnett sagS ny the eI.
termination work fhus far completed.
T.-r than IG5OrD urr"s have been
Ia.fyrl 10 ta's. and with m" territory
-.. uufrs poisoning 2pO"p viii have
n-rH treated
Ju."ph Nltchcn. = years old, n plo-
nc~r resident Of Canon city and Colo
-aaO Is dead after ~ Illness ~ several
weeks Slirhru was pioneer railroad
builder. IIr had ,h.rsa ~ rho zuug ol
men that la.I the first rails fpr the
Denver & Rio G-.rIr Ia the Royal
Gorge .n u" early ~r- during ih" time
of the bitter contest for the possession
u the Grund Cnhuu u th" Arkansas
between the Rio Gulu1e and Santa re
railroad cOmpau.sa
Partial reports from county asses
sors received by IT," State lmmisra
lioH department l-.Lrate that the
4rr,s.. u winter nLvat 10 Colorado
thls year is fully as mEEr rs that last
year and perhaps slightly larger. Par.
tial reports tD date have been received
from twenty five counties, several OF
which nlr.nly have reported more win.
Ter wheat than their complete reports
showed Tor last year.
out o. n total OF 81. 700 0GanS cahled
TO China to date thru the American
committee FOR China famine fund for
the relief Of the famine victims Of the
northern provinces, Denver has cOu-
trlbuted Si.GSi3l. according TO a re-
! port made public by Vernon Munroe.
treasurer, American committee FOR
China famine fund.
/ Donald Fitch, S-ysar-Old son Of Prof
George Fitch, superintendent Of the
Golden public schools, was crushed to
death At Golden when he attempted TO
rlimb onto n moving wagon loaded
vlth sand, missed his footing on the
side brake rod and fell under one of
/ the rear wheels.
The bond Issue Of $4,000 FOR the
I construction OF water and light sys-
tens, carried by vote of ~ To at
Sclbert The council will proceed at
/ once to the sale Of the bonds and II Is
; the plan to have the systems Installed
. before snow flies.
T James WINNER, business man. In
Cured eight broken ribs, dIsIocated
I cpllurhunc Rud severe bruises Mt Boul-
der, when he was pinned under his
automobile after II had been hit and
turned over by machine driven by
another man.
Curtis Huupt, senior In the Colorado
Springs High School, was awarded a
four year scholarship In Colorado Col
lege by the local KlwanIs Club The
scholarship goes to Haupt az the most
proficient student in physics In class
OF 1872.
One woman is dead and heavy dam
age is reported TO buildings and fences
rs the result OF n high wind north OF
Seibert. Mrs. Frank Robinson. Il
farmers wife. wns killed when the
wind blew down n chicken house Mrs.
Robinson, according to reports, had
rushed out OF the house to try TO pro
tect her chickens from the storm.
Colorado and the West will have the
greatest tourist travel in the history
of railroad transportation this sum
mer, according to n statement made
by II. T. Cornell, division passenger
agent OF the American Express Com
pany travel department for the terri
tory between Denver and the Pacific
coast, with headquarters in San Fra2
cisco.
New York-At n luncheon given by