The Keota news., 1922-06-23
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

tons durinG the past month. and will
amount to 2.eeo 900 tons. according 10
the stats-Fedsrai Cooperative Crop
Report just issued for June l. This
estimate is based on Z condition Of 81
per cent. compared with 9o per cent
last year. when the crop amounted 10
e.elA00O tona- The acreage this year
II slightly greater than last year. Ae-
eortins 10 the report alfalfa acreage is
increased about . per cent and
amounts Io .S7 600 acres The area
devoted 10 all tame hay this year 10
i.ies.uD acres. Wild hay covers iii.-
no acres
Dassnso.-With = roar that could b
heard for twenty miles. and with saf-
f1eisnt force To scatter the tools u. all
diFsrtioaa the La Plata we'll. osing
drilled By the Midwest Refining Com
psay northwest Of Ast-c. y. H.. has
blown is with an estimated fiow OF
sO000o0O cubic fest Of sss Per DAY.
Some time ago The dFiii caeountese4 .
gas pocket. tho flow bsiax measured
at ::a.upoOO cubic feet pes day. ~
sooa - the sas flow could be COZ
lsosied the drilling operation were re-
samr.is
brnsVs.=Noy before in its histosy
has Colorado had such promising pros
t.~rts of large crops OF ali Kinds of
fruit as this Year. according To the
1unr stste-f-d~rai Crop Report. just
issued All fruit crops arc in ~seril-nt
condition and far above the trh1ysar
average. i-~aeh~s leading with . CON
siitioh figure of 81 rvsnpafrd with 6p
last Year and 80 the ten year average
With = eoatinuatica Of good euuditi.a
coiosasiss p~ash crop will amount to
e.s.uO bushels compared with Ss.suD
bushels reported by tho ewnsas OF 1919.
vietes.-Th~ United Gold Mining
Company has taken Over the pspp~ss
ties of the viadiestos Consolidated
Gold Miaiax Compsny in this district.
Empisyss of the viadiestne Niavs
have b-rn noliftvd of the change. sad
shss the peos,essi-s ~osad probably b.
euayiaus.1 in upvsstioa under employees
Of the taitsd COMPANY Som~sitnw $50
the Gcldea,<yeic min~ ~ss usnafsssvd
lo The vloAlcsl.s company. and ~ this
later deai the taitrd company gets
that property back
Gaanisoas@Thc summss se&aioa -
The Colorado State Normal school
opened hcsv with the largest sttsod.
sncv In the HISTORY Of the school. TIE
total attendance for the summer ~ill
reach 500 In order to make II possible
10 house this Increased attendance. cit.
lssas tlasneed the building Of High.
land village. . sroup Of thirty sammef
cottages adjolnins the csmpua
Bouldse-The raivsexity Of Colo.
redo graduated $40 ssudcntA the lssx.
~ class Ia iss history. The week Of
festivities surrounding commencement
coded In exercises In Macky auditor
ium. where former Gov. Frank u. Low.
den af illinois delivered the graduation
sdire4As and President George Merlin
Of IL univ essaty presented diplomas
to~e;aad.-Rattiin against the r~s.
Ing rapids Of the Bis Thompson river.
near the Half Way place. west Of here.
A. l.. se.,ereeer Of tovclsnd rescued
Mrs. Arthur Schoffnef. who had fallen
from the foot bridge at the municipal
auto camp grounds.
FORT Cellins-Activc warfare against
the common barberry bush. destroyer
| of half n million bushels OF grain In
| Colorado In recent years. will he
, opened by the Department Of Asricul.
ture July 1. r. A. Lunsrcn. state iirec-
~. c~~nvn->d hnVp