The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-30
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

tato crop showed a condition OF TS per
cent compared with 81 per cent a
month ago and 50 per cent year ago
and 80 per cent the ten-year average
for Sept. /. The crop will undouSted-
| ly to the largest ever produced In the
state, unless conditions decline unusu-
ally during the next sixty days. The
state crop Is now estimated at S,l35,-
900 bushels (produced on approximate
| ly 10000 acres), compared to final
estimate of 11,070,0O0 bushels last
year produced upon about 10000 acres.
Moisture has generally been deficient
In the non-irrigated potato sections
and there has also been some shortage
/ of irrigation water in the north-central
portion of the state. Usually about 20
to rs per cent of the state crop is con-
sIdered as commercial.
Denver.-Due to beneficial showers
| in many sections of the stute and to
excellent rains in the northeastern
counties and in some western slope
districts during August, corn improved
about 3 per cent during the month and
had a condition Of 50 compared with
/ 73 last year and 10 the ten-year aver
| age. The condition indicates u crop
OF 21,792,OOO bushels, assuming that
| Il entire corn acreage produces grain.
/ Usually, only about 40 to 50 per cent
of the acreage planted Is harvested
/ for grain, the remainder being cut fo=
silage, fed in the field or abandoned.
The state crop last year amounted TO
15,9T9,OOO bushels.
Fort Collins.-After the jury had
| been out for twenty minutes in the
case in which Robert B. Nichols was
| charged with killing his brother-in-law,
| Sterling Z. Bills, in quarrel over a
| gravel pit privilege, verdict of not
| guilty was reached. Bills died March
| "a on the way to the hospital after he
| had been struck on the head in the
gravel pit. Nichols was charged with
striking him with his shovel. Nichols,
| however, declared that he put up his
shovel to ward off a blow of Bills
| pick and he pick glanced back and
| the point of ii struck Bills on the
| head, inflicting the wound which
| proved <ltal.
Estes Park. -Enos A. Mills, natur-
alist, lecturer, author and proprietor
| of Longs Peak Inn, at Estes Park,
died suddenly here. Death was attrib
uted to heart failure arising from
number of complications, among them
overwork. Mr. Mills had not been i'll
| the day before, as he walked about his
inn chatting with guests. He retired
apparently in usual health, and awoke
to call his wife at 2 80 o'clock and
tell her that he felt badly. She sum
moned DR.. d. Z. Abbott of Chicago, u
guest at the inn. Mr. Mills lapsed into
unconsciousness shortly afterward
and died at o'clock. He vas 81 years
old and had lived in Estes Park for
thirty-six years.
| Denver.-Colorado crop prospects
were generally maintained or slightly
| improved during August and reached
| Sept l with figures much below the
ten-year average for this date, with a
composite condition figure for ali
crops of the state equalllng 92.9 per
cent of the average for the past ten
years on this date, 12.7 points below
the figure for last year at this time,
but an Improvement of 81 points dur
ing August.
Boulder.-John ]. Callahan, a farm
er residing in the South Boulder dis
trict, accidentally emptied the contents
| of shotgun in his right side. He was
J working in the field at the time The
|. shot broke two ribs and lacerated the
| flesh, but did not penetrate the lungs
| No serious results are expected by at
| tending physicians.
Colorado Springs.-George Wash
| burn is believed to have shot and per-
| haps fatally wounded Mrs. Laura
| Vorce and to have killed himself here
The woman ran to II neighbor's house
and notified those there of the shoot
| ing. The two are said to have had nu-
merous quarrels.
Denver.-May 1920 are the dates set
| for Denver music week for 1923, ac-
cordlng to an announcement made by
| f. H. Talbot, executive secretary TO
Denver community service. Arrange
ments have been made through Com
| missioner j. J. Wick Roy to reserve
the city Auditorium on these dates for
music week activities. Out-of-town
| bands and choruses are being commu-
nicated with in an endeavor to extend
| the music week idea throughout Colo
RADIO.
Trlnidad.-Las Animas county, with
| an area about the size of the whole
state of Connecticut, and with prosper
| ity in every square mile. has just re-
covered from successful four-day
| fair. The Trinidad fair grounds were
groomed attractively and new gate
way, costing several thousand dollars
was erected this year.
| Ordway.-The first bank to be
formed in Colorado in several months
| Mas incorporated and chartered by