The Keota news., 1921-08-19
COLORADO NEWS NoT1a.

N00ty oSH<hNOJb 10 tue cs"'~ ~,
tion Department show above ::.UA'
farms on which land IL being cultivated
In Colorado this year. compared viii
sD.Il7 farms reported by county Us
SCISSORS last year. While there IN ap'
pwrentiy large area In cultivation III
the slmie Nils year tl'nn last. the MP
,,.,r.nt increase In number at farms u
I,~rl,npx dme to more complete returns
heing made by county assessors tI'''
year than previous years. The law r.
uuIring county nsss.ssOrx TO collect ng
ric,,iturnl statistics annually became
.ffcciivc In 1914. mnd this is the ihird
yeur ~uci, Statistics have been col
icc,esi. .Ass..~.Orx ARE improving theis
reports this year. due largely To the
demands III local business men anu
commercial organizations for complete
and accurate reports.
Excavations now heing made oi
ruins on the San Juan National forest
NJ Chimney Rocks. near Paxos'
Springs. Colorado. are proving OF xrea'
interest. The ruins are doubtless thl
oldest im the Quilted States aud show
more primitive workmanship thai
il,nss. In other localities. 4 permit
covering ihc San Juan forest wa'
granted the Colorado State Historical
aud Natural History Society nnd J. A
Js'ni,con. director aud curator of the
department Of archaeology and eihnol
Osy Is In charge of the work.
Three Iron bridges which were SEM
tn the forestry bureau for erection u
I.ariner county 10y the government
during the war. and which hnve neve'
l,ccn pmt intO service. ure Ia l,e tnket
over by the State Highway Depart
sncnt mud will he used oh the SOuil
Platte river mot far from Denver
They were Intended for use on thu
I'Uitire river. hut ARE only eleven fee,
wi.is. and for this reason were neveI
erected. II ix thought probable thai
the bridges will l,~ wisleneti when the,
are put up.
Colorado Springs is going 10 aitclmp
to rival Cl,eyenmc's Frontier Days. J,
contract WAS signed by the Chamber
of Commerce With Irwin Rroiherx
who for lwcniy.lhres years have
staged Wild West affairs. aud the
event will he held Aug. -, = aud ~
A site northeast nj the city In heins
secured and grandstands will he built
immediately. II In the plan iO make
Tive event an annual one and to ar
range fcstiviiir. on . large scale.
Believed 10 have is.cn one of ths
Victims Of the Pueblo nOOsl the nigl,
of June 3. and given up for dead b,
his daughters. the llcv. Z. e. Prrntiss
. retircsl Mcil,.xlixt minister. returned
to his daughters house near Mosca
unable 10 tell the story Of his ,lis,,p
lN.nrunce. Mr.. Prcntixx recovered hi,
memory In a hospital In Ogletl,OrIe
Ga.. last week, but was unable To tel
the attending physicians how he ar
rived there.
The state Of Colorado was enriched
hy &5l.Si7.77 when the administrator
of the estate Of Juslson Al. Beinia
Colorado Springs millionaire, who die,
April q. turned over to Roy II. Black
Mnn. slate Inheritance tax collector. =
check for that amount. This sum rep
rescnts the state Inheritance tax on ,
net estate of <i,:04.15iM. Bemis wn,
heavily interested in the Bemis Bms
Company Of Boston.
Four hundred and fifty vocational
students are TO receive instruction nj
the University Of Colorado this fall
according to W. J. Shirley, co.or,iin
ator for the government, who has