The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

j ull21sllOIl ihisi''.
most complete set of statistical tables
for the state and lis various couilties
ever issued by any state department
| It contains seventy-five pages OF sseh
tables. or about twenty-five pages
i more than were contained in the Year
| Book for 1920. which was 'he most
complete statistical record ISSUED by
the state up to that time. On account
of the large amount of space utiiiZeu
by statistical tables it has been heces-
| sary this year TO omit the county sto-
rios that were contained in previous
/ editions of fhe Year Book. These VIII
be available in the future only in the
| district booklets published by the lm-
migration Department. These booklets
will be revised and reissued early next
year The 1927 Year Book contains
many features that were not found IN
previous editions, most important OF
which is Il set of statistical tables
showing agricultural development IN
the various counties.
| L. r. Wigram, a prominent rancher
| of This section, was attacked by Hol-
stein bull at his ranch near Delta and
4 SerlOuSlN DlJultu. ~ 'hhi ii''. -
caped from a corral and Wigram led 1t
back, and Just as he turned to close
the gate the animal attacked him.
Wigram was knocked down and paved.
One of Wigram's legs was broken ana
he was bruised from head to feet. wig
ram finally crawled under Il fence,
which act probably saved his life as
he was completely AT the mercy of the
maddened animal.
| Colorado stocknen have been lent
| S724.471 by the St0ckgrowers Finance
| Corporation, the S500OO,OOO live stock
| pool. The two or three applications
| for loans refused We're for small
amounts and are considered as neglig-
| ible. This is record, 1t is said, that
| has not been equalled any other place
| in the United States, and is taken by
| Denver bankers as showing the
strength and stability of the live stock
| industry in Colorado and of the char-
acter of the men and the safety of
| their securities.
The United States Agricultural De-
partment has announced that the esti-
mated sugar beet crop OF Colorado
this year would be 2.229,O 900 tons, com
pared with OBJ, DOB tons in 1920. This
is on The basis of 96 per cent com
pared with a ten-year average of 80
per cent. All reports of the Great
Western Sugar Company previously
announced in Denver have indicated Il
lower tonnage, but an increase in sugar
content.
SO far this has been one of the hest
seasons for the harvesting of the seed
crop known for years in the Rocky
Ford country, and the quality of the
vine seeds of all varieties is the best
known for long time. Thousands of
pounds of melon and cucumber seed
are being harvested and already it is
said that orders for more than 80 per
cent of the crop have been received, IL
large portion from California.
Ralph Hendrickson, IA years old,
was instantly killed at the close of the
first day of the fair at Holyoke. A
plane had just alighted from a flight
over the grounds, and the propeller
was still in motion when the, boy
walked into il. He was thrown into
the air, and when he struck the ground
was dead. He was the son of Henry
Hendrickson, manager of the Cont
mental oil station.
Thwarted in an alleged attempt at
delivery Of Company F from their bar
racks in the State Industrial School
for BOYS. Sam Friedman. Leo Mctirail
and Fred Shabouh, three Denver
youths. each about Is years old, are in
the Golden Jail They were captured
inside the institution grounds
Woody Rogers, alias Bill Davis. 26
wears old. who was arrested in Denver
a month ago charged with passing
short checks in Fort Morgan. has con-
fessed to the murder of Il man in Geor-
eia in 1913, according to Sheriff Erne
Morse.
After a week of legal fighting in the
Fort Morgan court, II jury hearing the
trial of f. j. Grace versus the Mack
lem Baking Company for damages i'll
Cured in a collision of Maekleln
truck driven by Robert Walker of Fort
Morgan. and an automobile driven by
F. ]. Grace of Omaha on the Brush
road Jan. ~, returned judgment
against the baking company for ST.
$50.
The bondholders of the Orchard Me
sa district in the Grand valley, near
Grand Junction, are to be paid Sl30,-
900 for cancellation Of their bonds, by
tbe federal government. This agree
ment was reached by Secretary of the
T,+a,i,,. r Fall Arthur T. Davis,
chief of the reclamation service ms
LAWYER the representative OF the poha-
holders and the district itself.
motorcycle accident on the Buck
horn road in the mountains near Love
land resulted in the serious injury OF
| G. w. McWhinney, prominent LoVeiahd
real estate man. McWhinney was rid
a.:I. .ll..Ia the hE.Il. .as