The Keota news., 1921-02-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


country ~ whole has Increased much
lees rapidly In the past decade than
me population Of the cities, In Colo
rado the population Of the farming dis
tricts has grown more rapidly than
that Of the cities. Figures announced
BY the federal census bureau and
compiled In the office of the State I'm.
migration Department show that the
rural population OF Colorado 10 now
b1.76 per cent Of the total population,
compared with 4e.8 per cent In 1910.
In the United States the rural popu-
lation Is now 4S7 per cent Of the total.
compared with 5S.7 per cent In 1910.
The rural population In Colorado In
1920 In 48d07O. compared with 804, ,l04
In 1910. the increase being over D per
cent. The urban population In 1920
was 458. $50. compared with 4O4.S4O In
1910. the increase being siightly les
than IL per cent. In the United States
40 whole the increase In urban pop
ulati0n In the past decade was $50 per
cent. while the increase In rural popu.
lati0n was only 81 per cent. These
figures show clearly that. while there
was strong movement from the
farms to the cities In the country IN a
whole. the movement In the Rocky
Mountain states was from the cities to
the farms. and that this movement
was especially strong In Colorado and
Montana.
Tho total school population Of Colo
rado II 50.sl3. and on this basis Miss
Katherine l.. Craig. state supcrinten.
dent Of public instruction. npportioneti
q total Of &38i.l4s.ls To the sixty.
three counties Of the state. OF this
sum. Denver receives <72,9aO.SS. the
largest single amount apportioncti.
This was the scmi.annunl apportion.
ment of the state school fund. The
amount distributed represents u total
of $3.50 for each pupil. ns compared
with xl.53 given out last July. Miss
Craig announced the sum of 81.
withheld from the State Teachers col.
lcge by mistake last July WAS allotted
this time. FL Paxo and Weld counties
were the second and third largest
sficiaricx from the fund. receiving
&ls.70O.4s and s2.396ia. respectively.
Howard q. Wade. chairman of the
Denver branch Of the Military Train.
Ing Association. has been advised. by
tclegraphic communication from New
York that the Congressional committee
on military affairs has assured the mp
preparation Of adequate funds to pro.
vide for the establishment Of eighteen
summer training camps during 1921. A
Joint committee of the Trimming Camps
Association nnd the American Legion
appeared before the Congressional
body and outlined the needs. which In
clude the establishment Of two camps
In the Ninth corps area. In which Den
yer Is included. An effort Is being
made to establish one Of the camps
near Denver. Fort Logan having been
suggested as a suitable location.
Upward Of 1000 shopmcn and track
men living in Denver and nearly 2OO
others on the Colorado division Of the
Union Pacific are affected by re-
duction in working hours which has
been announced. The shopmen are to
have a fIve.tiay week instead Of a five
md one-half dny week, while trackmen
will work five days instead Of SIX.
This method 10 taken In preference to
cutting the force.
Two thousand carloads Of choice
Greeley potatoes will be ruined In the
duRouts unless unexpected relief Is OBJ