The Meeker herald., 1922-04-08
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

amount OF approximately iiVe tiioushh"
ucres will be included In the next sale
of state school lands, to be held ut
the state capitol in Denver, April l2tll.
These lands are located in tweIvS
counties OF the state: Alnmosa. Chey'
enne. Custer. Kit Carson, Lnrlmer, Las
AnInins, Logan, MOnteZumn, Otero, RIO
Grande, Washington and Weld. The
minimum prices ut which these lands
Will be offered ut public auction vary
from $3.50 per acre for raw mountain
land TO SO for irrigated farming land
The State Board OF Land Commission
ers considers the demand for lands
that has made this sale necessary as
strongly indicative Of the changing H.
nnncinl conditions Of the farming anu
stock growing communities In The
stnte.
Denver.-According to preliminary
report TINT hnx just been Issued by
the Department of Commerce ut WASH
IngtOn, through the bureau OF census.
the total mortgage debt on owned
homes und farms In the state OF Colo
RADIO In 1920 was $lOl,67O.ji0 and the
total value of these mortgaged homes
and farms WIS $3O5, b52, 445, the mort
gage debt thus representing BIB per
cent of the tOtnl value. Rented homes,
tenunt firms. and farms that are part
ly owned nnI partly rented, II should
be noted, are not included In this re-
port. On owned farms Ms reported IN
the census of agriculture the total
mortgage debt WAS $62 ,62S,33s, while
the total value of these mOrtgngeh
farms was $2l1,7OO.6a@, the ratio OF
debt to value being 29.6 per cent.
Grr-. Mnction--A posse Of sheriffs,
citizens und rangers have been gone
tliirty.slx hours on Il man hunt through
the wIlds Of Paradox Valley. They
are after Roy Stevens. c"w-puncher
and alleged Kunman, who IL said to
have murdered two men, whose names
have not yet been learned, at u ranch
two miles from Monticello. Utah, Just
over the COloradO-Utah boundary.
Sheriff Dorsey Of MOntrOse Is in
charge OF the posse.
Fort COllins.-Eleven recent burg
lnries OF Colorado x Southern depOts
md freight ours In Fort Collins, Wind:
charged to Earl Anderson. day tele-
graph operator, and Cecil Il. Read,
cashier, ut the Fort Collins freight
depot, who were arrested by Sheriff
Frank Smith and his deputies after
Investigations extending over q Pc
Rod Of several weeks.
PuehlO.-Two men are dead, third
k,I al MI hn :
looking for two others said to have
been slightly wounded, although they
escaped, as q result OF shooting af-
fray In IN alleged b0otleggers Joint
here. The dead are: Jesus Santana
and Juan SaraHoza. Bnsllio Alaaraz
10 believed mOrtally wounded.
Fort CoilIns--Thc Hoof aud Horn
Club has Just been formed Mt the Col
ora,iO Agricultural college for the pur-
pose of financing the trip to the m
ternational Stock Show At Chicago
next fall for the Aggie stOck-JudginE
team. Prof George E. Morton. head
Of the college animal husbandry de-
pnrtment. liz sponsoring the club.
Monte vIsta.--A regular army
"chow line," free coffee and kanga-
roo court session We're among the
main features ut the big show and en-
tertainment under the auspices Of the
Monte Vista Club and troop A.. Colo
RADIO National Guard at the opening Of
the new armory at Monte Vista.
Colorado Springs.-Plans for build
Ing new railroad between Colorado
Springs and Oriwny were explained
to the local Chamber OF Commerce by
members Of the promoting company
from Denver. The proposed road Is
to ba known rs the Denver. Colorado
Springs 4 Southeastern railway.
Denver.-Conxressm william n.
Vale. In a letter to c. J. Hyiand who
asked his opinion on proposed
amendment to the volstead act, as
serts that he cannot support any such
amendment.
Denver.-ColOra,io oil shales contain
twice as much oil rs has been pro-
duced In the U. 8. to date. This was
the statement OF r. g. Worcester of
the University OF Colorado In nm adj
dress here recently. "'rhere are 90.
100000 bnrrels of oil In Colorado
shnlcs to be recovered" he said. THE
state has n fifty-foOt bed of shnle GOV.
srfng 1900 square miles. The recent
development of conl, curnotite. shale.
molybdenum. uranium and other non
metallic resources have more than ac-
counted for the loss In copper, silver,
lead nnd gold"
Fort Acknowledgements 5000
acres OF land in two districts near
Fort Morgan ind Sterling. Colo. nrd
worth less than $276,OOO fifteen years
ago. have jumped in price to $s,OOV.-
900. since federal reclamation, accord
ing to a report filed with N. ID. Me-
Entry, chief Of the field division of the
United States general land office Mt