The Raymer enterprise., 1921-11-24
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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Reports Of the several county asses
sOrs to the State Tax Commission
show an Increase OF more than 1,400,.
100 acres in patented land In Colorado
this year as compared with 1920. This
Increase Is due chiefly to the patent.
ing OF government homestead land and
Of state land on which payments have
been completed. The reports for 1921,
as compiled by the State immigration
Department, show 30,S77, 235 acres OF
patented land, including town and city
lots and railroad rights Of way COM
pared with %, 4G2, 40 acres last year.
Patented land now represents 1854
per cent OF the total area OF the state.
compared with 44.41 last year. At the
present rate Of increase Of patented
land, one-half of the states area
should he on the tax rolls by the end
Of 1879. Non-patented land In Colo
RADIO is made up principally Of nation
al forests. homestead land and state
land. There Is about 100000 acres
Of land that Ia not classified as to
ownership. consisting chiefly Of home
stead land that has been filed upon
hut not yet proved up and state land
that has been sold but not yet fully
paid for. Such land is not included in
either state or homestead land and
neither ID II included In patented land.
1t Is such land that Is being patented
| each year, accounting for the very
large annual increases In the area OF
land on the tax rolls.
Prosperity prevails over the western
slope today as the result of the abund-
an, fruit harvest and the excellent
prices which have been received
throughout the entire marketing sea-
son. Millions of dollars will come in
10 western Colorado from this years
harvest, and while the country at large
Is experiencing dull times, this section
is blessed with exceptional business
'ph'hioHH. ~ W 'Ils tiiue, tuVIc mas
been shipped a total OF 1878 carloads
of fruits and vegetables. and with the
apple shipments still heavy, It Is esti-
mated that the 10000 mark will be
reached before the harvest is COM
pleted.
The meeting of farmers AT Fort Col
lins Dec. G to will include represen-
tHtiy"s from ali the local and state
agricultural. horticultural, live stock
and housewives organizations. as well
MS nine delegates ut large from the
| state and one from each county. Spe-
cial fare-and. a half rates have been
granted by all railroads in the state to
those who attend the congress The
three days discussions will be confined
10 the problems OF finance, transpor-
tatIon and marketing.
The preliminary estimate Of the ap.
pie crop OF the state Is $3.50, 600 bush
els or about 42S.OO0 bushels less than
the crop OF 1919, which was reported
by the census bureau as 2,41S,O00 bush
els. The national crop declined slight
ly from. Oct. and Nov. was figured
Mt 102,O0.0OO bushels, compared with
IA ,022 900 bushels in 1920 The COM
mercial apple crop Of the United
States dropped from 19,786,OOO barrels
in October to 1s,6OO,000 barrels Nov. l.
A glare Of automobile lights caused
the death OF william Hopkins, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hopkins Of Pueb-
10, when the automobile In which he
and Marvin C. Woodward were drtv.
ing TO Pueblo from Colorado Springs
ran into small buggy driven by a
prOspector who was on his way to
Breckenridge. at a place three miles
north Of Pueblo. Woodward was driv-
Ing, but not injured.
Imemdiate enlargement of Fitzsim-
ons General Hospital 10 n capacity Of
800 beds. AT an additional cost Of
81 100000, is being considered by gov
eminent authorities. Lieut.. Col. X. C.
Hutton Of the surgeon generals Of
flee at Washington, and Capt. Frank
c. Starr Of the quartermaster gener-
ais department, recently made sur
vey for the proposed improvements.
Frank Daywalt, 80 years old, pioneer
mining man of Aspen. and in the early
days well known In railroad circles,
was killed, and Allen Van Horn. fel-
low workman, was badly injured by
cave-in In the COwenhoven tunnel.
John Phillips, 70 years old, shot him.
self to death in his store nj Canon
City following an alleged fit Of insan.
ity during which he beat his wife Sc
verely. Mrs. Phillips returned from
church, quarrel arose and Phillips
started heating her, She appealed to
neighbours for help. They succeeded In
quietlng Phillips, but later In the night
he left the house and went to his store
where he shot himself in the right TEN.
pie with a 3S-caliber revolver.
The Colorado Supreme Court issued
a stay Of execution in the case Of NJ.
Stoltz, Denver real estate man, con-
victed by a jury in the West Side
Court month ago on charge Of EN-.
bezzlement. Stolz's attorney an
nounced he would furnish bond for his
client, who has been confined In the
county Jail since his conviction. Stolz
was found guilty Of embezzllng 1901
from Mrs. J. Kennedy, who lives on