Gunnison news-champion., 1922-01-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS,


per cent national forests. i.i1 per cent
state land. and the remainder. being
f6s. per cent. WAS unclassified as To-
ownership. This unciassifled land Is
chiefly homestead land that has been
filed on but not proved up and govern
tnsnf land temporarily Withdrawn from
homestead entry for various reasons
There has been a steady increase In
the area of patented land in the state
in recent YEAR. due chiefly to the pat,
en,in: of homestead and state land In
IaaD. 444I per cent of the area Of the
state was patented. and In 1919 IL was
~ II per cent. The area Of homestead
land il decreasing rapidly. and the
area OF state land Is decreasing stead
lis hut more slowly. At the present
Inereas. In area OF patented land half
the area of the state will be on the tax
rolls sometime In 1924 The area OF
homestead land in the state now IL
only little more than socoOoo acres.
com,ared with nearly l5.o,o.Ooo acres
in 1915 Cnstilla county has a larger
percentage Of It's area on the tax rolls
than any other county-99.6 per cent.
Denver.-Colorado has been for so
many years known a a mining state
that few people know the extent OF as~
riculfure In the state. There are 3d.
gol farms In Colorado, and In number
Colorado Is ahead of eighteen States
being Arizona, Connecticut. Delaware
Florida. Idaho Maine. Maryland, Mas,
sachusetts. Montana. Nevada. New
Mexico, New Jersey. New Hampshire
Oregon. Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont
and Wyoming Weld county leads In
numbers with 5.1G5; Las Animas second,
with 2.2s6. and Yuma third. with 2.l19.
Clear Greek has the fewest. "a Lake
next, with 10. and Mineral third. with
81 San Juan county Is the only one
without farm Denver, city and
county in itself. has 9i farms, which
Is probably a surprise even to the old
est inhabitant
Ouray-Cupid was the locksmlth
who unbarred the gates of the United
states To Ann Ondreuko and her son.
Powell, who had been detained by the
immigration authorities at Ellis Island
Mick Garchar. genial Irishnan Of
Ouray, Colo, related a love story that
touched the hardened hearts OF the
chiefs in the immigration service and
persuaded them TO permit him TO send
Mrs. Ondreuko to the altar Garchar.
convinced the authorities he means
business, matrimonially speaking. and
that he will marry Mrs Ondreuko and
adopt her son AS soon as they arrive
in Ouray.
Colorado Springs.-Fire. started by
trespassers, did hundreds of dollars Of
damage to the Halfway house. his
Z toric structure on the slope of Pixies
Peak. Caretakers of the Colorado
/ Springs water system who saw thg
blaze from a distance, succeeded In
saving part of the building. Hikersi
who had broken In Sunday night had
/ kindled fire in one OF the huge fire
/ places, and this had spread to the
( woodwork. The Halfway house, which
( is the property OF the city, will not be
| rebuilt. officials said.
I Colorado Springs. and
grain will cease to be mountain farm
/ crops in the Ute pass section west Of
Colorado Springs this season, with ths
Z formation of cooperative lettuce
I growers association which will plant
seNctaii huHuTtu dCTts tIiis StISp1. Inc
Z Midland railroad has made arrange
/ ments to build shipping sheds and
plans for refrigerators are being COM
pleted now. The lettuce territory will
extend west from Woodland Park to-
Divide.
Denver-An increase OF 500, ,3S1 90 In
/ receipts for December. 1921. at the lo-
cal postoffice department over the
month of December, 1920, was shown
In report. During December, 1921,
the receipts OF the office were s276.-
544.s5, as compared with s253. .1632J
during December, l920-an increase Of
9.2i per cent
Denver.-Chester Stephen Morey,
notable business world figure, general
ly known as .'the grand old man of Thea
sugar industry" and pioneer founderN \
| Of the Manual Training High School,
died of double pneumonia at his home
in Denver. Mr. Morey created the G.
5. Morey Mercantile Company. twic0
served on the school board. organized
the Great Western Sugar Company
and was chairman Of its board Of dl.
rectors at the time Of his death. Due
TO his activity In developing the sugar
and wholesale grocery interests In the
West. he has been rated one of the
wealthiest men in Colorado. He cams
to this state fifty years ago in III
health and since had become known a
one Of its most public-spirited and
philnnthropic citizens.
Telluride-Andy Malloy, 40 years
old, awaiting trial for the murder Of
Clio oberto near ophir Loop Dec. 16,
committed suicide in the county Jail
by slashlng his throat with a razor.
His body was found by Sheriff Wag.
ner and Deputy Sheriff Reece. Malloy