The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

for the state and its various counties
ever issued by any state department
1t contains seventy-five pages OF such
tables, or about twenty-five pages
more than were contained In the Year
Book for 1920, which was the most
complete statistical record issued by
the state up to that time. On account
of the large amount of space utilized
by statistical tables II has been neces-
sary this year TO omit the county sto-
ries that were contained in previous
editions of the Year Book. These Will
be available In the future only In the
district booklets published by the Inn
migration Department. These booklets
will be revised and reissued early next
year. The 1921 Year Book contains
many features that were not found In
previous editions, most important OF
which is set of statistical tables
showing agricultural development in
the various counties.
Opening of the new Monarch Pass
road, extending twenty-seven and one
half miles from Garfield, in Chaffee
county, to Sargents, In Saguache coun-
ty, was held on the crest of the divide,
four miles above Monarch. The road
was built by the federal bureau of pub
lie roads for use Of the state and fed
eral forest service at total cost of
S204, ,450. OF this amount, $150,OOO was
federal aid money. A large crowd from
Sallda and other southern Colorado
towns attended the opening.
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67395 were passed on two banks and
one merchant of Loveland by stran-
ger Two of the checks were not only
forgeries, but were written on stolen
checks from the printed check book
of johnson & Lloyd, coal dealers of
Loveland, written in the peculiar color
green ink used by that firm, and pro
tected" by the firms check protector
which had been stolen at the time OF
the checks.
The production of lettuce has devel-
oped so rapidly in Colorado in the last
three years that this state now is one
of the leading producers of this sue
culent vegetable, and Colorado late let
tuce is being shipped to all parts of
the country. This rapid increase in
lettuce output Is due to the successful
production of a very high quality of
late lettuce at high attitudes, in such
counties as Chaffee, Custer, Grand and
Eagle.
The United States Agricultural De-
partment has announced that the esti-
mated sugar beet crop or Colorado
this year would be 2,229, 900 tons, COM
pared with 2,325, ,OO3 tons in 1920. This
is on the basis of 96 per cent COM
pared with ten-year average of 30
per cent. All reports of the Great
Western Sugar Company previously
announced in Denver have indicated
lower tonnage, but an increase in sugar
content.
Ministers and congregations of eight
churches In Grand Junction have
opened a campaign for enforcement of
the state law denying moving picture
theaters the right to operate Sundays.
Each church has appointed commit
tee of three and the eight committees
will act together. Moving picture
houses are closed Sunday in Montrose,
Boulder, Fort Collins and several 9th
er COLORADO cltleS.
Movement of the western slope
crops is taxing railroad transportation
to the limit, according to reports from
various points. Generally heavy crops,
maturing simultaneously throughout
the slope region, have created big
demand for refrigerator cars.
Woody Rogers, alias Bill Davis, 20
years old, who was arrested in Denver
month ago charged with passing
short checks In Fort Morgan, has con-
fessed to the murder of a man in Geor-
gia in 1915, according to Sheriff Erne
Morse.
The Great Western Sugar Company's
factories have opened the 1921 cam
paign.
So far this has been one of the best
seasons for the harvesting of the seed
crop known for years in the Rocky
Ford country, and the quality of the
vine seeds of all varieties is the best
known for a long time. Thousands of
pounds of melon and cucumber seed
are being harvested and already it is
said that orders for more than so per
cent of the crop have been received, Il
large portion from California.
The organization of thlrty-piece
band and the beautiful crops of eust-
ern Colorado are to be Jointly cele-
brated at Seibert, Oct. IA, when the
first annual band barbecue and com
munity fall festival will be held. A
big program is being built around the
free barbecue beef feed, which will be
free to the public. An auction sale of
donated articles, show, dance, ETC., will
raise money for the band.
Berthoud is to fight for its city wa
ter supply since the consolidated
bitches taking water from the Thnrnn