The Ordway new era., 1922-01-06
co1oRApo NEWS NOTES.

AZ per cent bNti w." - Forest
ing 10 figures compiled by 'he r"''1 ~
service. United States pepart'nen, ",
Agriculture. The total npproi'' '"',"" 1,'
nv thIrty.fwo state Legislatures iV
,oot ,mounted TO 81 4065,434. New 1"'N
- ,.i,b over 81 100000 and PennSNi-
,anio holds second place with SsVpoou'
rho greatest percentage OF increase i
shown in California. where the iores'iH
.pnroprlation OF SI5.So0 for NV was
raised 10 ss9s.SO0 for 1921. or al per
conf Kentncky. Minnesota ana West
vtr,,i,i, alone show decreased appro-
priationS.
one of the many sources OF rete'l,s
through business channels during ~
i traced 10 the ninety-etght hau"il"'
conventions and state gatherings lu-
Guiding stock show visitors, helu !"
Denver. The out-ortown attendance
wos q. .s35 persons, and they stayed
from three days to week. or lhore.
Efforts Of the convention committee ot
tlc tourist bureau Of the Denver CIVIC
and Commercial Association, headed
by Chairman VIII X. owen, to get der
pgates 10 stay another day, if possible
and make shor' trip by rail or auto,
were successful. Actual StopoverS oil
delegates routed through Denver to at
tcnd conventions elsewhere were AIS"
encouraged, ana as a result about l,op
of the 1900 visited DenycrS system OF
mountain parks.
Seven wears ago travellers purchased
Indian curios while visiting in Colo
RADIO: today, snles include staples. The
result is that August, formerly tie
dullest in the business mans calendar
is next to December the heaviest
month, in point of sales. Tourists
seven gears ago probably left S5,OoO,OoO
i'm Colorado: i'm 1921. with an estimated
100000 tourists by rail and auto sales
and hotel accommodations climbed to
$50, 900. Activities of the Denver
Tourist Bureau during the first seven
years of its existence have included
| the distribution Of literature, which, If
sucked in q pile would he eighteen
times the height OF the Elffel tower
in Paris and twcny-three times as
high ms the Wooworth building IN New
York City.
Colorudo's total bonded indebted
ness as on December / was approx
imately one-half Of tile total resources
of the state, which total Sl2,Si7.735,
according to the quarterly report Of
State Treasurer Stong, The total
| bonded Indebtedness amounts TO S6,-
| 2SI,5OO the report shows. OF the total
resources, S4,0sl,O00 is carried ms cash
in the banks or in the vaults of the
state treasurer. Colorado is unable
| however, to pay the November and
December salary and expense war
rants without drawing on the funds of
| the wOrkmen's compensation depart
ment and the state land board.
Fire in the c. W. Daniels furniture
store at Colorado Springs caused about
$4,000 damage TO Christmas goods
ready for shipment and to the stock
The fire was discovered in the rear of
the building and the alarm was speed
lily given. enabling flremen to keep 1t
from spreading. About 200 shipments
were destroyed, and $4,000 worth of
rugs damaged by fire and water. The
fire was kept from spreading to the
basement, where S25,OOO in furniture
was stored.
Fire destroyed the three-story, red
Sandstone chemistry building of the
Colorado Agricultural college, located
on College avenue just south of the
main building, Mt Fort Collins. The
estimated loss is approximately S7O,-
900, all the chemicals and chemical
apparatus of the college, in addition
to valuable geological specimens and
records, hnying been consumed.
The Durango Evening Herald re-
ports renewed activities in the Lake
Fork mining district, near Durango.
several companies are making exten-
sive improvements on their mining
properties and plan to resume opera.
tion.
Local breeders of purebred live stock
are Interested in efforts now being
made by County Agent McCann and
the local farm bureau, to secure for
/
extension course, to be given at Grand
junction Jan. 26 81 and 2S. Mr., Nc.
Cam is in correspondence with the au.
thorities at the Agricultural College in
an effort to arrange for this course
1t Is hoped to have Dick jay. live
stock extension agent from the Aeri.
cultural College, for the entire three
days. Two courses are being consId.
cred either one dealing with the feed.
ing OF live stock or one dealing with
the question of breeding. The breed.
ers residing on Orchard Mesa began
the movement for this course. and tbe
meetings VIII be held on one of the
ranches of that district.
The district meeting of the Rhode
Island Red club viii be held at the
Union Stock Yards, Denver, Januor,
1871, 1922, in connection with tho NJ
tional Western Stock show. The Fiftl
| ulSlTlct, the membarS s,f III,