The Ordway new era., 1921-09-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


,qe in Colorado grown under lrris"-
zion since 1909 is oats The census
bureau reported 192.3ll acres OF "''
per cent Of the total crop OF "a.>
grown under irrigation iii l"9. wiiiie
in 1919 the reports showed thhl pu'
aI.6iS acres. or 10 per cent OF me ~
tal crop, was grown under lrrig"'lo"'
There was slight decrease III t''
acreage of potatoes grown under irrl-
ru,iou in the state in 1919. rs com
nared with 1900. tile figures being ''-
,.1 ncres for 1909 and 50,631 acres TOR
1919. The acreage of potatoes grown
under irrigation in the stnte thls Ne'''
is considerably larger than lhat i"r
1919 and perhaps the largest IN the
history of the state. County assessors
reports show that about 40 per cent "t
the acreage devoted 10 potatoes III ti'e
state now is irrigated,
Rcporis of the census bureau ON the
agricultural census for 1919 ana i'-p
show there has been uu inrr"n>r "l
1919 per cent in acreage irrigated III
Colorado since 1910 and ain increase
Of ZIG per cent in the acr"ns" OF
crops cultivated under irrigation nee
1909. During the same pcr'oh there
has heen AN Increase of ah"uI wv pee
cent in the HcrcuEe cultivated without
irrigation. The census figures for cul-
tivntcd acreage are for 1909 and 19'9
Eeporfs of county assessors 10 the
State Immigration department indi-
,nte Ihat he iucroas" in non irrigated
acreage under cultivation this wear
over 1919 is about - per cent, While
lhere iS little change in irrigated acre
age being farmcd
4 gymnasium tO cost between S3ao.-
900 and 100000 WAS authorized by
,lc board of regents of the University
Of Colorado nj Il special session dt-
votcd almost entirely 10 Il discussion
of the building program Ground Is to
heb roken early in September in an eff
fort To havr the gymnasium ready for
use with the opening of school in the
corresponding month of 1922. y site
an the extreme eastern end Of the
campus, across the colorado < South
rru railroad tracks. has been selected.
1t udions the proposed athletic field
~ l't '''lSll h'Nth III Ia y INV 'i'tit - ''
verses this portion of the university
holdings.
Sums of SJ,0OO,O0O for this year and
S1O,000,Oo0 for next year for road con
Struction within the national forests
have been approved by the secretary
of agriculture, according TO a tele-
gram from Congressman Naile to the
mic nf tho hnnNnp
Civic and Commercial Association.
Congress, ii is presumed, now vii! pass
bill that will cover these expendi-
lures. The expenditures Of these
sums, according to Mr.. Naile, is eX-
clusively for the national forests and
means that there will he active con
struction in all national forests of
roads.
james Chamberlain, a farmer near
Virgins, claims to have discovered a
unique way of increasing the flow of
milk from his cows The Chamberlain
farm has been the scene of many
dances. and Mr.. Chamberlain AYERS
that he finds on the morning after the
dances, particularly when the music
lasted until the early morning hours
that his cows are more generous with
the milk.
Lee Hutchinson, who lives north of
Waverly, wns sentenced to six months
in Jail and fined $500; Wallie John
son was sentenced to sixty days in
Jail, and Roy BrOssman was sentenced
to six months in Jail and fined $3.50
by Judge Jay II. Bouton in the Coun-
ty court at Fort Collins when they
pleaded guilty to the charge of trans
porting liquor.
The Berthoud city council has de-
cided TO discontinue the giving of free
light for porch lights In town, because
the light company asserts that many
people have been hooking electrical
appliances TO these lights and using
the free current for housework, and
also because many of them were never
turned on at nights as was intended.
The Rev. David Sharp, who for the
last three years has been engaged IN
social service and welfare work
throughout the West, has been ap-
pointed student pastor for the Presby-
terian church at the Colorado Agricul-
tural College, to work in cooperation
with the First Presbyterian church of
Fort Collins, by which he Is recog-
nized as an assistant pastor Mr..
Mr.. Sharp is successor to the Rev II
NJ. Steldley, who died recently
Before n crowd of 800 persons, one
of the largest gatherings ever in at.
tendance at the Deertrail annual fair,
Cody Martin. about 30 years old, a
rider in the grand free-for-all half
mile running race, was killed when he
WAS thrown with his mount after the
animal had stumbled and fallen while
holding the inside of the track next
TO the fence.