The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-06
oENTHNN1AI STATE 1rxMs.

the state capitol In Denver, April 18th.
These lands are located In twelve
counties Of the state: Alamosa, Chey-
enne, Custer. Kit Carson, Larimer, Las
Animas, Logan, Montezuina, Otero, Rio
Grande, Washington and Weld. The
minimum prices ut which these lands
will be offered at public auction vary
from $50 per acre for raw mountain
land to $75 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.
| nancial conditions Of the farming and
stock growing communities In the
state.
Notwithstanding to preliminary
report that has just been issued by
the Department Of Commerce at WASH
lngton. through the bureau Of census,
the total mortgage debt on owned
homes and farms In the state OF Colo
rado in 1920 was $lOl. .670.549 and the
total value Of these mortgaged homes
and farms WIS $306, So, AS, the mort
gage debt thus representing 1913 per
cent Of the total value. Rented homes,
tenant farms, and farms that are part
ly owned and partly rented, It should
be noted, are not included In this re-
port. On owned farms as reported In
the census Of agriculture the total
mortgage debt was 81, SOB 1893, while
the, total value Of these mortgaged
farms was $2l1.7O0,609 the ratio Of
debt to value being 29.8 per cent.
Fort Morgan.-Approximately 5000
acres Of land In two districts near
Fort Morgan and Sterling, Colo, and
worth less than $275,OO0 fifteen years
ago, have jumped In price to $8,O0U,-
900, since federal reclamation, accord
Ing to report filed with NJ. d. Nc.
Entry, chief OF the field division Of the
United States general land office ut
Denver. The area embraced is known
us the North Sterling district, near
Sterling, Colo, and the Riverside dis
trict, north Of Fort Morgan. This land
was reclaimed and irrigated by gov
eminent and private enterprise during
the last fifteen years.
Boulder.-Two thousand invitations
have been issued to high schools west
Of the Mississippi river to compete In
the third annual all-western track
meet to be staged here May 13. Elab-
crate plans are being made for hold
ing The big tournament here, and II Is
expected that there will be representa-
tives from hundreds Of schools In the
competition. In conjunction with the
big meet state high school tourney
will be held to determine the all Colo
RADIO championships.
LOyeland.-Reports from the Rocky
Mountain Parks Transportation Com
pany and all the eastern railroads are
to the effect that the tourist season
this year will be heavier than ever be-
fore known in the history Of Estes
Park. The transportation company
says 1t has more advance bookings
for reservations than ever before, and
that the season will start sooner than
usual this year, while railroads say In
quiries are more numerous than since
before the war.
Notwithstanding to the February
report Of the Colorado Cow Testing
Association, issued by +. +. Ball, field
man for the State Dairy Commission,
Colorado dairy cows are continuing to
0utrank those In neighbOring states
In the nine western states, Colorado
ranks third in the average fat pro.
duced by the cows. In the herbs Of
fifteen cows and under, Marcus Har-
per, Boulder. holds first place and Z.
]. Lindquist, Denver, ranks third.
Colorado Springs-The holders Of
Cress0n stock in Denver and Colorado
will be interested TO learn that salts.
factory settlement has been reached In
the test case Of the Cresson Gold Min
Ing Company Of Cripple Creek versus
the government, as n result Of which
1t Is believed saving Of approximate
ly $500.O0O will be effected, according
to word received here.
Denver.-All members Of the state
ranger force have been detailed to du-
ty by Colonel Hamrock in the leading
mining fields of the state in anticipa.
ton of the impending nationwide coal
strike April /, 1t has been announced
at the state house. The men are con-
centrated principally In Fremont, Mof-
fat, Routt, Boulder, Weld, Las AMI
mas and HuerfanO counties and are
under orders to meet any emergency.
These state police are fully equipped,
It was said.
Grand Junction--Harry Lee Blaney,
confessed burglar, who was sentenced
to the state penitentiary piled what
authorities term wholesale bust.
ness" Among the things he is alleged
to have stolen are: Sugar and flour In
carload lots, tons Of lead from local
chemical company, chickens by the
dozen.
Pueblo.-Tw0 men are dead, third
probably will die and the police are
looking for two others said to have
been slightly wounded, although they
escaped. as a result Of a shooting af-
fray In an alleged bOotlegger's joint