Gunnison news-champion., 1921-05-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


I.-rarrs of the c.-tisGs bur--u on the
asr. cultural census for la.5o. recently
rolrrIst.7t. afford statistical evidence
- rt, pur,i-rfully rap'1 .lev.lcpuseEi
q a-rIcuIturp IN Colorado In the past
lhry years and emphasize the In
er-a~- To- agricultural production for
he state In the past ten years C7m-
pilEii"Bs from this r-port and frnIn
previous REPORTS. now being compiled
~ t'l. State Immigration department.
for Uul,liration In The Colorado Year
IiouE. show that the value II farm
Iur cry iu the state At the beginning
~ 1871 uaS about nine times n gnsat
~ u lS1 and liai per cent srrater
Than Iu 1910. The yalu. 90 All farm
r-up.rty la the state 10 1880 was ST.
pG 5aiTfa. compared with Si9i. .F71.S,ti
IN 1910 and SiIT.i:,a.j.5s In 1880. The
actual Increase for the T.aSt decade
vgs greater than for any pr-c-d'.g
decade, and the percentage Of Increase
was GREATER than for any decade in the
period except thar from 1900 TO 1919.
Cyril + Sterling. an electrician at
the Akron Light and Power Company,
wHs Killed ten miles south Of Akron
when his auto turned over. plnnlng
him bsijcaih H. lie was found 10y
Charles MclAgI.rt, a passing farmer.
who notified a physician, but Sterling
was dead b.for. aid arrived. Sterling.
who worked from midnight 10 noon.
started late at night for Hugo. Colo.
TO bring home his wife and baby who
had been living NJ thai place. The
road WIS smooth but IL Is believed
that on account OF the darkness he
missed the culvert, thereby upsctiing
IN. car.
Accused OF forging the name of II.
A. johnson, vice president of the Buck
iusham State hank, To- checks to,alling
$1,000. Rudolph A. Nor,lell. cashier
u that Institution. which closed its
doors December -. 1870. has been ar
rested nj Greeley and lodged in the
tounty jail there. The alleged forger.
i"s are said 10 have been started by
Nordeli June ?, 1918, when check
for $500 i said TO have gone through.
District Attorney Louis B. Reed de-
clared that more than thirty of the
alleged forseries are In the hands Of
authorities.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph DEMO OF Long
mont have left for France. where they
Will hunt for the grave OF Lieut. Eddie
Evans, who was killed In action in
France, and whose burial place is un-
known. Mr. Evans was prominent
University OF Colorado athlete. The
university chapter of the American
Legion bears his name. Previous ef-
forts TO locate the burial place of
lieutenant Evans were unsuccessful.
Mrs. DEMO is sister of Lieutenant
Evans.
The board Of county commissioners
of jefferson county have decided that
II an inmate OF the county poor farm
Is physically able to do his share of the
work at this institution he will have to
do so or else his diet will be limited
TO bread and water The action was
taken as the result of complaints
which had come to the commissioners
concerning the refusal OF inmates to
do any part Of the work.
Miss Maude Sheridan, leader of
boys and birls' clubs conducted by the
State Agricultural College, is one of
three club leaders In the United States
to be called TO Washington. ID. c.,
where she will assist In, work con-
cerned with reports from clubs all over
the country. Miss Sheridan will be in
the capital during the month Of June.
Scott Jaynes, brakeman of the
Great Western railroad, who was badly
injured by being knocked from the top
OF a car by the caves of a warehouse
at Loveland. and who II was thought
was fatally hurt, will recover, accord
ing TO statements OF his physicians.
The Woodland Park Wild West As
sociation has voted to hold the second
annual rodeo for the Ute Pass district
August 3rd, 4th and 9Th. The first
event Of this kind. held last year, drew
hundreds of tourists from the Pixies
Peak region.
1t was definitely determined by the
city council Of Colorado Springs that
the Stratton estate Is to get the con-
tract for paving the four main thor
oughfares in Colorado Springs at a
maximum OF 1886, 900. exclusive of the
street car company's right Of way.
Work will start Immediately after May
81 All four streets are to be paved
with asphaltic concrete on a concrete
basis.
The Woman's General Missionary
Society OF the United Presbyterian
church will hold its thirty-eighth ma
tional convention in Fort Morgan,
June 3rd TO 7th. Between $50 and 900
delegates from all over the United
States will gather. besides score or
more OF missionaries from Egypt, In
dia and the Sudan, who will tell of
their work in the Far and Near East.
Russell and Reason Stont hovx x,ho