The Raymer enterprise., 1921-01-13
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.
Uncle Sans efforts to aid disabled
soldiers through educational school
work is to have a practical demonstra.
don at the National Western Stock
Show at Denver, January Is. Three
teams Of former soldiers from agricul.
tural colleges Of the West are to com.
pete for a special prize offered BY the
vocational board. Many men chose
agricultural training. and now at the
end Of two years are showing results.
The teams are chosen by districts, &C.
cording to II. Allen Nye, head Of voca-
tional training, and are as follows:
No. II, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming:
No. II, California. Nevada and Ari-
zona; No. Ii. Washington, Oregon and
Idaho. More teams are entered this
winter In the annual contests for the
National Western cup than ever be-
fore, and for the first time contest
Is being pulled off for secondary agri.
cultural schools, high schools and such
institutions. The cup was won last
year by Kansas and the year before
BY Nebraska.
About 100000 Of the 1882, 500
acres comprising the Colorado national
forests are used for livestock grazing
approximately rs per cent. The re-
mainder Is barren, supports no forage,
or 10 closed to grazing uses to protect
city watersheds. Summer pasturage Ii
thus provided for more than 80 per
cent Of the cattle and so per cent Of
the sheep owned In the state. Approx.
imately $4,000 cattle. $500 horses, l.
01s.0O0 sheep and 4 few swine used
the mountain ranges under formal
permit, during the season Of 1920. be.
sides 5000 cattle and 400 horses
(milk stock or work animals) used In
farming or other operations. grazed
free Of charge.
Farmers Of Colorado benefited to
the extent Of S700.O52 during the last
year through efforts Of the Colorado
Extension Service, according to 4 re-
port made to Governor Shoup by Act.
Ing Director A. =. Lovett. Work Of
the department was carried on In
twenty-nine counties By boys and
girls clubs, agricultural fairs, farm
improvements demonstrations, agron.
omy specialists, moving picture exhibi.
tions, extension schools and other
agencies.
With the collection Of $4,000 during
the month Of December, the state In.
herltance tax department got away to
flying start In the biennial period,
which began on Nov. 80 last, according
to announcement made by Attorney
General Victor f. Keyes. Collections
were made from twenty estates during
the last fifteen days, amounting to So.
87S. The largest amount collected was
from the estate Of F. p. Frost Of Lo.
gan county. totaling sl38,943.
Five years from now the public lands
Of Colorado will be practically a thing
of the past, and their history may then
well be written. According to the report
Of the commissioner Of the general land
office published In December, 1920.
there are S,94l, ,1S5 acres Of vacant pub.
lie lands in Colorado; five years ago
there were 17,238l14 acres of public
lands In this state-showing that dur.
ing the interim S,294,929 acres have
been filed upon.
Two buildings were burned to the
ground and several others were badly
damaged In n fire estimated between
$4,000 and $4,000 which broke out In
n barn In the rear Of the Swami build.
ing, a two-story structure at Brighton.
Only lull In the windstorm which
swept the town saved the entire bust.
ness district from destruction.
Colorado's coal production during
1920 exceeded that Of the preceding
year by nearly 100000 tons and fell
only about n quarter Of a million tons
short Of the 1918 output when the
twenty-one coal-producing counties Of
the state established high production
record of 12,65s,055 tons.
Pears and apples grown on the west
ern slope this past season brought
grower 81, 900, It Is conservatively
estimated.
The high cost Of overproduction"
was given as the cause of a wage re-
duction of 20 per cent announced by
the Denver Rock Drill Company. The
reductions affect 1926 men. Everyone
In the plant was affected by the reduc.
tion. A few Of the foundrymen, mold.
ers and coremakers were reduced 25
per cent.
Factory employees Of the Great West.
ern Sugar Company will receive ap.
proximately 100000 in prizes for ef.
ficiency. according to an announce
ment made by officials of that com.
pany. The prizes are given to EN-.
ployes at factories which exceed a
fixed standard slicing and sugar ex.
traction capacity.
II, c.. Rogers, prominent attorney of