Gunnison news-champion., 1921-01-14
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COLORADO NV U041
Usess SANS. sfsosss to - Asahsso
soldisfs through educational BeA6G1
work ID 70 have . practical dsanoaseSop
tIoa at the Natisoal wess<sn 0tock
3how at DsaYer Janossy n AFso
cams Of fbruses snsdIen from a9F5<U1s
turnI colleges sf The West ara - 60
pete for special pri1e Offered ~ ~
yocassonal board Many - -
agrieuftunl tEnlnlng. and nOw - -
end OF two yeau are slssvfne FssultA
The teams are ehosea By dlstssets. -
cording to H Allen uys. had q vocnr
tional trimming. and are ~ folIowss
No. II. Utah. Colorido and WyominsS
No. Il, California. Nsvada and Ari-
zona: No. n. washingtqG Oregon and
Idaho. More teams ar1 tnteged this
winter In the annual csntests for The
National Western, cup than ever b.
fore. and for the first time . cOntest
10 being pulled off Tor secondary agrt
cultural schools. high schools and such
institutions. The cup was won Last
year BY Kansas and ths year before
BY Nebriska.
Farmers Of Colorado benefited -
the extent Of $70O.O52 during the last
year. through efforts OF the Colorado
Extension Service. according to q re-
port made to Governor Shoup by Act
ing Director A. r. Lovett. Work Of
the department was carried on in
twenty-nine counties by boys and
girls clubs. agricultural fairs, farm
improvements demonstrations, agron.
omy specialists, moving picture exhibi.
tions, extension schools and other
agencies.
With the collection OF $4,000 during
the month Of December. the state In
heritance tax department got AWAY to
n flying start In the biennial period,
which begnn on Nov. 30 last, according
to npnouncement made by Attorney
General Victor e. Keyes. Collections
were made from twenty estates during
the last fifteen days. amounting to $9..
87S. The largest amount collected was
from the estate of +. r. Frost of Lo.
gan county. totaling $136,943.
Five years from now the public lands
Of Colorado Will be practically thing
OF the past, and their history may then
well be written. According to the report
Of the commissioner Of the general land
office published in December, 1920,
there are S.04l. .1S5 acres Of vacant pub
lie lands In Colorado; five years ago
there were II ,238. ia acres of public
lands In this state-showing that dur.
ing the interim s.294,929 acres have
been filed upon.
For the first time since 1906 Colo
RADIO man participated In the delibera-
tions of the national board for the pro-
motion Of rifle practice, which has con-
.vened In Washington in response to
call issued by the government. Capt.
Arthur b. Smith of Denver, small arms
instructor for the Colorado National
Guard. is the Colorado representative.
Colorado's coal production during
1920 exceeded that of the preceding
year by nearly 100000 tons and fell
only about quarter Of million tons
short of the 1918 output when the
twenty-one coalproducing counties Of
lue Stuto u pHOuuCttV0
record Of 12,05s,O55 tons.
The first cases Of death from the so
called sleeping sickness" reported in
Las Animas county occurred when
Letixa MaglIa, 25 years old, of Stark
willie, Colo, died, having been In un-
broken sleep for eight days. Mike Sir
CHA, 20, Of FL Moro, died after an ILL
ness Of four days.
Governor Shoup has stamped his dis
approval upon the s7,0O0OO0 highway
budget for 1921 prepared by the State
Highway Commission and sent 1t back
to the commissioners with recon-
mendatians concerning the. spending OF
the highway fund.
The hank clenHngs over the figures
for 1910 Increased $12.OOO.0OO. accord
ing to n report from Colorado Springs
Clearing House Association.
Pears and app'es grown on the west
crn s,ope this past season brought
grower $1.1250OO. It is. conservntively
estimated.
Litigation which has covered many
years was closed when the board Of
directors Of the Uncompahgre Valley
Water Users Association accepted a;
settlement Of claims against bOndsIncn
who were sureties for the Taylor
Moore Construction Company. which
became insolvent when they made the
first attempt to. construct the Gnrmi-
son tunnel for the Water. Users Asso-
citation.
Robert L. Lackey, prominent sheep
ranclier, was ordered to pay his wife.
Matte Lackey. $4,000 alimony by
Judge Cornforth. at Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Lqckey stated on the witness
stand that her husband recently had
transferred all his property to escape
paying the alimony. Lackey announced
that he would stay in Jail cell before