The Ordway new era., 1922-04-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

.moupt of approximately five thousand
acres will be included ia the next saie
of state school lands, to be nero ht
the state capitol in Denver, April l.th'
These lands are located in twelve
counties OF the state: Alamosa. Chey-
enne. Custer, Kit Carson, Lartmer, Las
Animas, Logan, Montezuma, otere' NO
Grande, Washington and Weid. lhe
minimum prices ut which these lahus
will be offered at public auction vary
/ from $50 per acre for raw mountain
| land to ST5 for irrigated farming lahu'
The State Board of Land Commission
| ers considers the demand for lanus
that has made this sale necessary as
strongly Indicative of the changing H.
/ nancial conditions of the farming anu
stock growing communities IN uhe
state.
| Denver-According TO preliminary
report that has just been issued oy
the Department of Commerce at Wash
ington. through the bureau of census
the total mortgage debt on owned
homes and farms in the state of Colo
| RADIO in 1920 was S10l, ,6I0,5i9 and the
| total value of these mortgaged homes
and farms was S305, ,552,445. the mort
gage debt thus representing 3S.3 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 62,62S, ,3SS, while
the total value of these mortgaSed
farms was S2l1, ,7OO,699 the ratio Of
debt to value being 29.6 per cent
Fort gan.-Approximately $4,000
acres of land in two districts near
Fort Morgan and Sterling, Colo, and
worth less than S275,0o0 fifteen years
ago, have jumped in price to SS,0oO,-
600, since federal reclamation, accord
ing to d report filed with NJ. d. Nc
Entry, chief of the field division of the
United States general land office at
Denver. The area embraced is 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
ernment 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 it 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.
Loveland.-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 it 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.
Denver-According to the February
report of the Colorado Cow Testing
Association, issued by F. E. Ball, field
man for the State Dairy Commission,
Colorado dairy cows are continuing to
outrank those in neighboring states.
In the nine western states, Colorado
ranks third in the average fat pro-
Il, h,rt no ~, -
fifteen cows and under, Marcus Har-
per, Boulder, holds first place and E.
j. Lindqulst, Denver, ranks third.
Pueblo.-Two men are dead, a third
probably will die and the police are
looking for two others said to have
been slightly wounded, although they
escaped, as result Of a shooting af-
fray in an alleged bootlegger's joint
here. The dead are: Jesus Santana
and Juan Saragoza. Basilio Alaaraz
Is believed mortally wounded
Grand Junction-A posse of sheriffs
citizens and rangers have been gone
thirty-six hours on a man hunt through
the wilds of Paradox Valley. They
are after Roy Stevens, cow-punchel
| and alleged gunman, who Is said tc
have murdered two men, whose names
have not yet been learned, at a ranch
two miles from Monticello, Utah, JUS
over the Colorado-Utah boundary
Sheriff Dorsey of Montrose is II
charge of the posse.
Denver.-Under the proposed Mof
fat tunnel bill, approved by Governor
Shop recently, the following counties
will compose the tunnel Improvement
district and will bond themselves fol
not more than s6,72O,0OO to build the
tunnel through James peak: Denver
Grand, Moffat, Routt and parts of Rio
Blanco, Eagle, Gilpin, Boulder, Adams
Iaff