The Glenwood post., 1922-09-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

tato crop showed a condition of 7S per
cent compared with 81 per cent a
month ago and SO per cent year ago
and so per cent the ten-year average
for Sept. /. The crop will undou5ted-
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 1S, 1885,
GOO bushels (produced on approximate
ly 10000 acres), compared to final
estimate of 11,070O00 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 70
to 70 per cent Of the state crop is con-
sidered as commercial.
Denver.-Due to beneficial showers
In many sections of the state and to
excellent rains in the northeastern
counties and in some western slope
districts during August, corn improved
about per cent during the month and
had Il condition of so compared with
Is last year and 10 the ten-year aver
age The condition indicates crop
of 21,192,O0O bushels, assuming that
T. entire corn acreage produces grain.
Usually, only about 10 to so per cent
of the acreage planted is harvested
for grain, the remainder being cut for
silage, fed In the field or abandoned.
The state crop last year amounted to
15,979,000 bushels.
Fort Colllns.-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 2. Bills, In u quarrel over
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 blow of Bills
pick and The pick glanced back and
the point Of it 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 n
number Of complications, among them
overwork. Mr. Mills had not been Ill
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 2:3O o'clock and
tell her that he felt badly. She sum-
moned DR.. d. p. Abbott of Chicago, II
guest at the inn. Mr.. Mills lapsed into
unconsciousness shortly afterward
and died at 3 o'clock. He vas 81 years
old and had lived in Estes Park for
thirtysiX 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 all
crops of the state equalling 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 J. Callahan, n farm.
er residing in the South Boulder dis
trict, 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.
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 n neighbours house
and notified those there of the shoot
ing. The two are said to have had nu-
merOus qucrrels.
Denver.-May 1920 are the dates SET
for Denver music week for 1923, uc-
cording to an announcement made by
h. II. Talbot, executive secretary to
Denver community service Arrange.
nents 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 endeuvor to extend
the music week idea throughout Colo
RADIO.
Trinldad.-l.as Animus county, with
an urea about the size of the whole
state of Connecticut, and with prosper
ity in every square mile, has just re.
covered from u successful four-day
fair. The Trinidad fair grounds were
groomcd attractively and new CUTE
way. costing several thousand dollars
was erected this year.
Ordway.-The first bank TO be
formed In Colorado in several months
was Incorporated and chartered by
Secretary Of Siute Milliken in Denver.
i'he new institution is to be known ns
lhe OrtlW.iN Stntp Bunk ut (lrdyy,v