Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-09-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

state Is of great interest," " az
ora on account of the very large na'
tional crop. On Sept. !. Colorado po-
toto crop showed a condition OF IS per
cent compared with 81 per cent
month ago and 80 per cent year aso
and 10 per cent the ten-year average
for Sept. ]. The crop Will uhaouo'.u
ly to the largest ever produced III .ne
state. unless conditions decline unusu'
aIly during the next sixty days. ane
state crop Is now estimated VI To- ioo'
600 bushels (produced on approximate,
ly 10000 acres). compared 10 d i.n".
estimate of 11,O7O0UO bushels 'as'
veor nroduced upon about $4,000 acres
Moisture has generally been de1icieh'
In the non-irrigated potato sections
and there has also been some shortage
Of irrigation water In the north-central
nortion of the state. Usually about ~
to rs per cent Of the state crop Is con-
sidered us commercial.
Denver.-Due to beneficial showers
In many sections of the state anu ~
excellent rains in the northwestern
counties and In some western Slope
districts during August, corn improved
about 8 per cent during the month anu
Ind II condition of. 50 compared WIN
II last yeur and 70 the ten-year aver
are. The condition indicates crop
OF 2l,792,OOO bushels, assuming that
T. entire corn acreage produces gram.
Usually, only about 10 to ~ per cent
of the acreage planted is harvested
for grain, the remainder being cut lor
silage, fed in the field or abandoned.
The stute crop last year amounted 10
15,979,OOO bushels.
Fort Collins.-After the jury had
been. out for twenty minutes in Inc
case in which Robert Il. Nichols was
charged with killing his brother-ln-law'
Sterling p. Bills, in Il quarrel over
gravel pit privilege, Il 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 Il blow OF Bills
pick and .he pick glanced back and
the point of it struck Bills on the
head, inflicting the wound which
proved <Itul.
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 II
number of complications, among them
OverwOrk. Mr. Mills had not been III
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 80 o'clock and
tell her that he felt badly. She sum-
guest at the inn. Mr.. Mills lapsed into
Inconsistencies shortly afterward
and died at 3 o'clock. He was 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. 1 with figures much below the
ten-year average for this date, with a
composite condition figure for all
crops of the state eQualling 02.9 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.
BouIder-John J. Callahan, farm
er residing in the South Boulder dis
trlct, accidentally emptied the contents
Of shotgun in his right side He was
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
Norce and TO have killed himself here.
The woman ran to neishbor's house
and notified those there of the shoot
Ing. The two are said to have had nu-
merOus Quarrels.
Denver.-AIay 1870 are the dates set
for Denver music week for 1923. no.
c0rdinS to an announcement made by
F. II. Talbot. executive secretary 10
Denver community service. Arrange
ments have been made through Com
missioner J. j. Wick hoy 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 endeayOr 10. eytapd
the music week idea throughout Colo
RADIO.
Trinidad.-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-duy
fair. The Trinidad fair grounds we're
groomed attractively and new rate-
way, costing several thousand dollars
was erected this year.
OrdWuy.-The first hnnl- ,o h