Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-08-26
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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COMfsc EVENTS.

ArkahSas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Aus. So-sept. 3, l. Miller. secre-
Washington. County Fair. Akron. Aug.
S1-Sept- 2; Joe X. Powclson. secre-
Teller County Fair. Cripple Creek. sept.
b; ID. .. Upton. secretary.
Larimor County Fair. Loveiaud. sept
81: ). w Thompson. secretary.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept 60.
Moffat County Fair at Maybell. Sept.
Boulder County Fair Longmont. Sept
1917. Harry T.. Niven. secretary.
PhiIlips County Fair. Hoiyose. Sept.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. ID
1s; B. r. shelton. secrctary.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. 13-
1s: c. J. Funk. manager
Delta County Fair. Hotchlslss; A. N
Minton. secretary. Sept. 1876.
1911: William Feiiers. secretary.
western slope Fair. Montrose. Sept
20-23.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept
20-23; George n. Smith. secretary.
The long bridge over the Fountain
river WIS completely swept away on
the night OF June 3, mt Pueblo. 1t Is to
be replaced ut once. AS soon as ac-
ceptable plans are made the contract
will he let by the city commissioners
and the structure started.
c. A. Finch. president of the Colo
RADIO Anti-Saloon League. in an address
at Colorado Springs. said the fight be-
ing made In this country against the
eighteenth amendment is being staged
by English brewers. He lntmnted that
workers for the amendment faced a
harder fight to enforce the law than
they did to secure it's passage.
The Berthoud city council has de
eided to discontinue the giving of free
light for porch lights in town. because
the light company asserts that muny
people have been hooking electrical
appliances TO these lights and using
the free current for housework, and
also because many of them We're never
turned on at nights as was Intended.
The city of Fort Collins has just
purchased water right that will in
crease its available supply of water
for domestic, irrigation and fire pur-
poses by one-eight, increasing its total
water volume from 7.151 feet per sec
ond to S.001 feet ,rhe additional 50
foot per second acquired cost the city
50, 2,125. The water right was obtained
from ditch No. /, division No. /, dis
trict 3, known as the ]. II. Yeager
ditch. and is an excellent acquisition
as II has all priorities.
An inspection trip of the Colorado
to-Gulf highway will be made by the
executive officers Of the North Star
Highway Association of Colorado, Ne
braska and the Dallotas the second
week In September. The trip will be
made in conjunction with the Colo
rado-to-Gulf Highway Association, ac-
cording to plans being worked Out at
present by c. II. Walker, president of
that organization, and Il. II. Kielgas,
president of the North Star orga,.iza-
ton In Sedgwick.
Sugar beets ranks first In value
among the irrigated crops grown in
Colorado, though the acreage devoted
to this crop Is smaller than that de-
voted to either alfalfa or wild hay.
The records of the census bureau
showed that 90 per cent of the sugar
beets grown in the state in 1909 were
irrigated, while for 1919 only S2.S per
cent were irrigated. In both 1920 and
1921 the acreage of sugar beets culti-
waited was greater than for 1919 and
the acreage cultivated under irrigation
was greater each year than that shown
by the census bureau for 1919. The
census bureau report shows only 1871,
500 acres of sugar beets grown under
irrigation in 1919. while the records OF
the Immigration Department indicate
that over 200,000 acres were grown un-
der irrigation in 1920 and nearly 200,-
600 in 1921.
Edgar I. Conquest has been nomi.
mated to be register of the land office
Sterling, Colo, and James ID. Gallup
TO be register of the land office, Buff
falo, Wyo.
Chicken thieves and allied crafts are
waglng strong campaign upon the
town of Wellington. Every night a
dozen or more roosts have been
robbed, garden truck is pulled up. and
two five-gallon cans of gasoline were
stolen from an irrigation well.
The largest increase in acreage
grown under irrigation shown for any
'ioP III 'he "eN"uS 10 ~ ''ii"ii"' ih'
census bureau showed that 659,91.
acres of alfalfa was grown under irrl
CATION in Colorado in 1919, compared
with 4S0,5S6 acres in 1909. There was
also considerable Increase in acreage
of alfalfa grown without irrigation
the census bureau reports showing
that 94.4 per cent of all alfalfa grown
in the state in 1909 was irrigated
while only S4.4 per cent of it was ir
rlgated in 1910. Records of the State
immigration Department show thai
the acreage of alfalfa grown without
irrigation in eastern Colorado coun
ties is increasing rather rapidly eacl
year
Fire threatened destruction to the