The Arvada enterprise., 1922-04-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


acres will be included In the next sale
Of state school lands, to be held ut
the state capitol in Denver, April 18th.
These lands are located In twelve
counties OF the state: Alamosa, Chey.
enne. Custer, Kit Carson, I.arimer. Las
Animss, Logan. MonteEuma, Otero, Rio
Grande, Washington and Weld. The
minimum prices at which these lands
will b. offered at public auction vary
from $3.50 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.
Denver.-AccOrding to preliminary
report that has just been Issued by
the Department Of Commerce ut WASH
lngtOn, through the bureau Of census,
the total mortgage debt on owned
homes and farms In the state Of Colo
RADIO In 1920 was $lOl ,670,540 and the
total value of these mOrtRaged homes
and farms was $SOo, $50, 445, the mort
gage debt thus representing S33 per
cent Of the total value. Rented homes,
tenant farms, and farms that are part
ly owned and partly rented, 1t 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 $82, 628,3 1893. while
the total value Of these mortgaged
farms was $2ll,7OO,809, the ratio OF
debt to value being 29.8 per cent.
Fort neutrality-suspicious. 5000
acres Of land In two districts near
Fort Morgan and Sterling, Colo, and
worth less than $275,OOO fifteen years
ago, have jumped in price to $S,OOU.-
600, since federal reclamation, accord
ing to II report filed with NJ ID. Nc
Entry, chief OF the field division Of the
United States general land office at
Denver. The area embraced IL known
as 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 yenrs.
BOulder.-Two thousand Invitations
have been issued to high schools west
Of the Mississippl river to comp.te in
the third annual all.western trnck
meet to be staged here Nav IT, Elnb.
orate plans nre being made for hold.
Ing the big tournament here. md II ia
expected that there will he represcntn.
tIyes from hundreds OF schools I'm the
competition. In conjunction with the
big meet n stute high school tourney
will be held to determine the NIL. Colo.
RADIO CHAMPIONSHIPS.
observation-disclosures from tho Rocky
Maintain Parks Trnn.nor,nt,on Com.
nnny md nh the ens,ern raI,ronds .re
IN the esser, TINT I'M. ,ourI., ....nn
this yenr will he hcnvi.r ,hnn ever he.
fore known in the history of Estes
Park. The characterization company
snys n hns more advance hook,n,x
for reservations than ever before and
that the season will stArt sooner than
usual this year, while railroads say In
qusries are more numerous than since
before the war.
Notwithstanding to the February
report Of the Colorado Cow Testing
Association. Issued by +. T.. ball, field
man for the State Dairy Commission.
Colorado dairy cows nre continuing to
Outrunk those In neighbOring stntes.
In the nine western states, Colorado
ranks third In the average fat pro-
duced by the cows. In the herds of
''i'een cows n"o u"uer, Marcus iihr
per- 'Du'"er' h"'u" i'rs' P'"ce n"" e.
D. i""'"'S'' A"'''e'' rn"NS '".r''
CoioFauo spfihgs-lhe hoiderS OF
'ressoh STOCK IN Denver ana COLORADO
VIII he interested 10 learn 'h"t sntis'
factory se't'eiiieht mas b'eh Reached III
inc .est c'se ot me 'resSoh 'o'd Min
INK Company OF cripple Greek versus
.'e so,s'''"e"'' us result Vi ""'c"
20 go nn,, I'm. !" T"'s y, approximate
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Dcnver.-All members of the state
ranger force have been dctnilcd to du-
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