The Meeker herald., 1922-07-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

that the acreage devoted to potatoes In
Colorado this year Will he by far the
largest ever grown In the state. posi-
bly, as much us 50 per cent greater
than that for 1921, which was the larS-
est ever reported up tOsthat date. Re
ports are now complete from 20 coun-
ties, showing TS.Il2 acres of-putntoes.
The same counties last year reported
5O,693 acres. This is IN Increase OF
30 per cent for these counties. which
includes Weld. Alamosa, COneJos and
Garfield among the commercial potatO-
producing counties. Nearly every co'in-
ty for which Il complete report has
been received shows an Increase In
acreage over Inst year, while Weld
county. which reports the largest acre
age In the state. has reported nearly
$4,000 acres, compared with c4.OOO
acres last year.
Every newspaper man In Colorado,
especially those publishing country pa
pers, should arrange to attend the
State Editorial meeting Mt Pueblo,
July 81 and %, Friday md Saturday.
This will be perhaps the most import
ant meeting the association has heldin
years because of the fact TINT the mat
ter OF a field secretary will come up
and, 1t is hoped, decided. besides, the
Pueblo Commerce Club and all Pueblo
papers have united in a big program
for the entertainment OF the visitors.
Publishers should make arrangements
now to go. Work ahead far enough TO
leave the office In charge Of the help
for those two days. The meeting will
be worth your time.
Fort Coilins.-Ground has been brOk-
en- for the new $4,000 chemistry
building for the Colorado Agricultural
College. President Chas. A. Lory turn
ing the first spade of earth. Prof. l..
d. Grain, Prof. s. l.. Macdonald and
Prof. +. b. House, members Of the
building committee, also each turned II
spade full Of earth. With Professor
House at the transit, DIR. G. H. White
ford set the first stake, and the other
three corner stakes were driven by
Professor Grain. A. A. Edwards, presi'
dent of the State Board of Agriculture,
and Professor Macdonald.
Cripple Creek.-A rich surface strike
of gold ore Is reported made on the
Axtell claim, lying between the Wcd
Horse mine on Bull Hill and the Jerry
Johnson mine on Tenderfoot hill. by
ZOl Cain. u well-knOwn prOspector. who
has been operating under an agree
ment with the United Gold Mines Com
pnny. The discovery was made ut II
depth OF six feet and the vein matter.
which Mt present lies within the oxi-
died granite formation. returns on as
say tests more than twenty ounces to
the ton.
Greeley-A mother. her 12-year-old
escaped death miraculOusly when II
twister completely wrecked their home
near buckingham. John Biggs, the IN.
Their, was In n barn milking when the
whIrlwind blew up. The wind became
SO intense that ne was prevented from
running to his family. and us he
watched, the hOusew MS lifted from its
IOuuuutlOn, CuTTltu siAty Aett anu
dropped on the roadside.
Colorado Sprlngs.-R emarkable
presence Of mind saved the life OF
Mayor John Is. Paulson of Manitou. In
crossing the Colorado Midland termin-
al tracks near Nanitou, Paulson OBJ
served west-b0und train only Il few
yards from him. He leaped to the cow
catcher of the engine as the train
struck his motor. Clinging to nm iron
brace Paulson saw his car knocked to
spIinters and strewn along the track.
He was only slightly shaken up.
Denver.-FIre which developed in
the Moffat railroad shops at Utah
Junction, two miles north Of Globe
vile, destroyed u large part OF the
plant. The road carried $4,000 insur-
ance on the buildings burned, 1t was
said.
Denver.-Eastern Colorado farmers
are begging for harvest hands and
have appealed to the United States EN-
ployment service in Kansas City.
through Secretary of State Milliken
for hundreds Of men, 1t WIS an
nounced here. This appeal was made
In strong competition with Kansas
farmers, who also are demanding hnr-
vest hands. and following prospects
that Colorado's wheat crop will be the
best In years.
Cisco.-A vein Of what Is declared TO
be the richest calaverite quartz discov-
cred In the Cripple Creek district was
found In the Portland mine ut the p
COO foot level, according to II recent
report. The vein Is thought to be a
continuation of the ore found at the D.
45Ofoot level, but Is declared richer
and stronger. 1t IL sud to be the most
important discovery that has been
made In the Cripple Creek district in =
number Of years.
PueblO.-Willium Marmnduke, IS