The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04
CoLoRADo NEWS NOTES.

ture in the non-irrigated districts of
Colorado in the past dozen years is
forcefully illustrated by the reports Of
the Census Bureau for 1909 and 1919
and by the reports of county assessors
to the State immigration Department
for 1921, which show that acreage cul-
tivated under irrigation in the state
has increased only about IS per cent
since 1909, while acreage cultivated
without irrigation has increased CON
siderably more than 100 per cent. The
census reports show that 81 per cent of
all crops acreage harvested in Colorado
in 1909 We're irrigated, while in 1919
only 3S per cent of the acreage har
vested was irrigated. The total acre
age harvested in the state in 1919, ac-
cording to the census report, was 81
0o2,955 acres an increase of 93.3 per
cent over the acreage harvested. The
irrigated area harvested in 1919, ac-
cordng to the same census report, was
1,925.951 acres, an increase of but 1S
per cent over the irrigated acreage
harvested in 1909. Reports of county
assessors to the Immigration Depart
ment show that close to 5,SOO.co0 acres
were devoted to crops, exclusive of or
chartls, in the state this year, of which
approximately 10 per cent was nom
irrigated. Figures are not yet avail
able showing the acreage harvested in
the state this year, though the acreage
abandoned was light except il the
northeast corner of the state, where
drought caused heavy damage to nom
irrigated crops.
A two-year battle with beetles was
ended with the return of W. Il. Ed
monston, government entomologist for
Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico, who has his headquar-
ters in Colorado Springs. Edron-
ston has been waging Il long fight with
the beetles along the northern rim of
the Grand Canon. Approximately 81
900 trees were cut down. 1T is diff
cult to combat the pests as the trees
are not noticeably affected until Il
year after the damage is done. Edmon-
ston said. LAS many as $50 trees in
single group We're destroyed by the
insects
Thirty representatives of the Pub
lie Utilities Companies of Colorado,
New Mexico, Wyoming. met in Den
yer and perfected an organization to
be known as the Rocky Mountain com
mittee on public utility information.
The object of the committee is to work
up and give out useful, instructive and
interesting information on the opera.
tiOn, founding. history and news of gen
eral interest to the general public on
public corporations of Colorado, Wyo'
ming and New Mexico.
Construction of Seiberts $50,000 wa
terworks system has been started by
the -Beeson Machinery Company q!
Kansas City. Work on the $10,00t
Hight system also started, current to be
brought by heavy transmission lines
| from E'Iagler, twelve miles to the west
| The SD, 900 addition to the high school
building WAS recently completed and
The consolidated district now brings
pupils from the most distant parts in
four big school busses, the largest in
this part of the state
Adams county tax collections for the
month of September this year We're
more than 30 per cent in excess of the
collections for September, 1920, ac-
cording to the county treasurer The
1921 figure was $4,000, as against
So, 900 for 1920. This indicates an i'm
provement in general conditions.
There are 1884 farms with 24,462,
Ola acres in Colorado. and the value
of farm property is S1,076. .794, ,749, and
s.< of Ia f.r ic 400
acres Now the question Are you do
ing your share in buying the products
of these farms 10 make them prosper
Gus? That's real home industry.
Colorado is one Of the leading pro-
ducing states in alfalfa meal, there
being several large mills scattered in
the agricultural districts of the state
Those familiar with this product de-
clare that Colorado alfalfa makes the
finest meal of any alfalfa grown in
the country.
Sight of a mans hand sticking out
of the ground led to frantic though
unsuccessful, attempt to save the life
of J. C. Grain, 60, teamster. who was
buried beneath sand slide in gray
u PIT lltaf Nolo1uuO sSlDTlHSS. GOlltt
Officers and street department EN-
ploy6s dug Grains body out of the pit
but his pulse. which had been flutter-
ing feebly in his hand when he was
discovered, had stopped.
There are oT2 900 dairy cattle in
Colorado and the dairy products ag-
gregate $27 ,756,96T in value annually.
These products are butter. ice cream.
cheese, condensed milk, milk, cream.
matted milk and other manufactured
products. If you make it a point to
buy Colorado dairy products you are
doing your bit in the upbuililing Of one
Of the states most promising indus
tries
An auto truck belonging to the Page
Transfer Company was demolished
when it was struck by a northbound
Santa Fe passenger train at cross
ing upur ittIptou The driver nf tho