The Arvada enterprise., 1921-08-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

According to the statc.fcdcral crop
report for July |. issued by w. w.
Putnam, agricultural statistician of
the U. s. Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates, Colorado cooperative Crop
Reporting Service, the apple crop In
the state this year Is about * per cent
of normal, compared with - per cent
last year. The forecast of production
Is 3,NA,WW bushels, compared with
2,76O,OOO bushels last year. About ~
per cent of this crop this year will be-
produced on the western slope, where
the crop Is making good progress. The
state crop of peaches had II condition
Of GO per cent, compared with 10 per
cent last year and 60 per cent the ten
year average. The total production
for the state is forecasted ut T2S,OO
on July l, on II 81 per cent condition
basis. was estimated at 32S,0OO bush
els. The condition OF cantaloupcs on
July 1 In Colorado was 81 per cent Of
normal, compared with % per cent
July | Inst year and 80 per cent the
ten-year average.
All Colorado hay had a condition
figure Of "a per cent on July I, rs
compared with 81 per cent last year
and the forecast OF production Is B.
25O,OO tons, compared with 1892 900
tons last year. The area to he har-
vested this year IL estimated to he less
than last year or l.57S,OO acres. COM
pared with l.8OS.OO acres harvested
in 1920. The alfalfa in the state this
year Indicates good crop. the condi-
ton being % per cent Of normal. OF
the above hay crop, about l.70O.OOO
tons will he alfalfa.
The family Of A. c. Claug left Love
land hurriedly for 4 trip In the noun
tains In her haste. Mrs. Claug left an
electric iron standing on an ironing
board In the kitchen. She neglected to
turn off the current to the Iron. Roy
Buck, Il friend OF the family, who
knew they were absent. saw smoke
pouring from the residence. He broke
through a door just In time to avert
disastrous fire. The iron. heated
white, had burned its way through the
ironing board. n table cover and two
layers Of flooring.
Despite the fact that he drove his
| closed automobile off the side Of a
bridge between Colorado Springs and
Manitou, pinning himself In the wreck
age on his head. II. c. Reynolds Of
Oklahoma City. Okla. escaped injury.
The machine landed upside down In II
creek bed. Campers In the vicinity
witnessed the accident and rushed to
the scene and extricated Reynolds
from the wreckage.
Two hundred cars Of apples will be
harvested In the MOntrOse district, &C.
| cOrtiing to the estimate made by nm ex-
pert apple buyer who made u thor
ough inspection Of the main orchards.
His report stated that there was very
little early fruit, due to the henvy
yield last year. that the apples were
now thin on the trees. but that they
should make good size before harvest
Ing time.
A campaign hus been launched In
the state by Paul &. Jameson. new ex.
tension poultry specialist Of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College. who has
just taken up his work at Fort Col
Inns, gradually to bring about an I'm
prOvement In the stock Of the poultry
flOcks by eliminating scrubs and non
producers ind making the flOcks 100
per cent profitable.
Work has started on a cabin that
will accommodate forty at the UnIver-
sity OF Colorado mountain camp TWEEN
~ miles west Of Boulder. The regent $
of the university have appropriated
81 600 towards the camp fund. The
camp will be used NJ base for
mountain climbs and M II summer and
winter recreation point.
Buried under n pile Of furniture aud
an old mattress. and with his head
crushed, the body Of Robert Hodges.
% years old, n hermit who lind resided
In Snlida for years, was found In his
tiny shack by d tourist from Denver.
The man had been dead for about three
weeks. Police are bsffled by the case.
Robert Lee. ~ years old. Of Pueblo
lost his speech when he fell from an
automobile In Hessemer.. Lee was
standing on the running bOnrd Of the
machine and when he stepped Off he
fell to the ground, injuring his fnce
and neck. His case IL regarded AS
unique by the medical profession here.
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