The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

| 1<.&t per tent HOiiltoithh ihhts ~NsVc
per cent national forests, 4.47 per cent
state land, and the remainder, being
| 1857 per cent, was unclassifled MS to
ownership. This unclassified land is
chiefly homestead land that has been
filed on but not proved up and govern
ment land temporarily withdrawn from
homestead entry for various reasons
There has been steady Increase in
the area OF patented land in the state
in recent years, due chiefly to the pat
enting of homestead and state land. In
1920, 44.41 per cent of the area Of the
state was patented, and in 1919 1t was
1921 per cent. The area of homestead
land Is decreasing rapidly, and the
area of state land is decreasing stead
| lily but more slowly. At the present
increase in area of patented land half
the area OF the state will be on the tax
rolls sometime in 1924. The area of
homestead land in the state now is
only a little more than 100000 acres,
compared with nearly 15,000,00O acres
in 1915. Costilla county has larger
percentage of its area on the tax rolls
than any other countryside per cent
Denver-Colorado has been for so
many years known as a mining state
that few people know the extent of ag-
riculture in the state. There are 59,-
991 farms in Colorado, and in number
Colorado is ahead of eighteen states,
being Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont
and Wyoming Weld county leads in
! numberswith 5,T65 Las Animas second,
with 2,2S6, and Yuma third, with 2,1T9.
Clear Greek has the fewest, 81; Lake
next, with 30, and Mineral third, with
a. San Juan county is the only one
without a farm. Denver, a city and
county In itself, has 81 farms, which
Is probably n surprise even to the old
est inhabltant.
Ouray.-Cupid was the locksmith
who unbarred the gates Of the United
States to Ann Ondreuko and her son,
Powell, who had been detained by the
immigration authorities at Ellis Island.
Mick Gsrchar, genial Irishman of
Ouray, Colo, related love story that
touched the hardened hearts of the
chiefs in the immigration service and
persuaded them to permit him TO send
Mrs. Ondreuko to the altar. Garchar
convinced the authorities he means
business, matrimonially speaking, and
that he will marry Mrs. Ondrenko and
adopt her son as soon as they arrive
in Ouray.
Colorado Springs.-Fire, started by
trespassers, did hundreds of dollars of
damage to the Halfway house, his
toric structure on the slope of Pixies
Peak. Caretakers of the Colorado
Springs water system who saw the
blaze from a distance, succeeded In
saving a part Of the building. Hikers
who had broken in Sunday night had
kindled fire in one of the huge fire
places, and this had spread to the
woodwork. The Halfway house, which
Is the property of the city, will not be
rebuilt, officials said.
Colorado Springs.-Potatoes and
grain will cease to be mountain farm
crops in the Ute pass section west of
Colorado Springs this season, with the
formation of cooperative lettuce
growers association which will plant
several hundred acres this season. The
Midland railroad has made arrange
ments to build shipping sheds and
plans for refrigerators are being COM
pleted now. The lettuce territory will
extend west from Woodland Park to
Divide.
Denver.-An increase of S23,3S1 .62 in
receipts for December, 1921, at the To-
cal postoffice department over the
month of December, 1920, was shown
in a report During December, 1921,
the receipts of the office were S216-
544S5, as compared with 1888, 1928
during December. 1920-an increase of
9.24 per cent.
Denver.-Chester Stephen Morey,
notable business world figure, general
ly known as "the grand old man of the
sugar industry" and pioneer founder
of the Manual Training High School,
died of double pneumonia at his home
in Denver. Mr.. Morey created the G.
S. Morey Mercantile Company, twice
served on the school board, organized
the Great Western Sugar Company
and was chairman of its board of di-
rectors at the time of his death. Due
to his activity in developing the sugar
and wholesale grocery interests in the
West, he has been rated one of the
wealthiest men in Colorado. He came
to this state fifty years ago in i'll
health and since had become known as
one of its most public-spirited and
philanthropic citizens.
Telluride.-Andy Malloy, 40 years
old, awaiting trial for the murder of
Clio Oberto near Ophir Loop Dec. 16,
committed suicide in the county Jail
by slashing his throat with razor.