The Raymer enterprise., 1922-01-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

area OF the state was patented land
1929 per cent homestead land, zoos
per cent national forests, AT per cent
state land, and the remainder, being
1861 per cent, was unclasslfled as to
ownership. This unclassified land IL
chiefly homestead land that has been
filed on but not proved up and govern.
ment land temporarily withdrawn from
homestead entry for various reasons.
There has been steady increase In
the area of patented land In the state
In recent years, due chiefly to the pat.
enting Of homestead and state land. In,
1920. 44.41 per cent of the area Of the
state was patented, and In 1919 1t was
42.2l per cent. The area Of homestead
land Is decreasing rapidly, and the
area Of state land is decreasing stead
lily but more slowly. At the present
increase In area of patented land hall
the area Of the state will be on the tax
rolls sometime In 1924. The area OF
homestead land In the state now 10
only little more than 100000 acres,
compared with nearly 100000 acres
In 1915. Costilla county has a larger
percentage Of Its area on the tax rolls
than any other county-996 per cent.
Denver.-Colorado has been for 50
many years known as mining state
that few people know the extent Of az.
riculture In the state. There are 59,.
901 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
numberswith 5,765 Las Animas second,
with 2,2S6, and Yuma third, with 2,179
Clear Creek has the fewest, 81; Lake
next, with 80, and Mineral third, with
"a. San Juan county is the only one
without a farm. Denver, a city and
county in itself, has 81 farms, which
is probably surprise even to the old.
est inhabitant
Ouray.-Cupid was the locksmith
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, a genial Irishman Of
Ouray, Colo, related 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 a. soon as they arrive
In Ouray.
Colorado Springs-Tire, started BY
trespassers, did hundreds Of dollars Of
damage to the Hallway house, a his.
toric structure on the slope Of Pixies
Peak. Caretakers Of the Colorado
Springs water system who saw the
blaze from q distance, succeeded In
saving q part Of the building. Hikers
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.
Denyer.-From life Of luxury
among the nobility Of Greece to sui.
eide in the sordid surroundings Of q
Larimer street rooming house may
have been the fate Of George Marros,
45 years old, who sent bullet through
his heart. Marros had declared to 9th.
er roomers in the place that he had
seen better days, that he was an exile
from his native land through political
Vaccinations, that he was a cousin of
former Premier venezelos Of Greece.
La Junta, Colo.-Mrs. Bessie Nc
Connell, a mother Of six, who conducts
q clothes cleaning establishment In the
basement Of local furnishing COM
pany, will cease to toll. She has re-
ceived word that through the death Of
a relative In Indianola, Iowa, she In.
herlts 100000. Az soon ~ she can
dispose Of her cleaning shop Mrs. Nc
Connell prop ;es to retire from work
and invest her fortune in La Junta.
Denv@.-George q. Collins Of Den
yer was reelected governor Of the
Colorado chapter of the American Min
ing Congress at Its annual election Of
officers. Other officers reelected by
that body, which met here jointly with
the Colorado Metal Mining Association,
were J. F. Welborn, first vice presi.
dent; Charles A. Chase, second vice
president, and George A. Stahl, third
vice president. A. NJ. Collins was re.
elected treasurer, and NJ. B. Tomblin,
secretary.
Telluride.-Andy Nalloy, 40 years
old, awaiting trial for the murder Of
Clio Oberto near ophir Loop Dec. 16,
committed suicide In the county jail
by slashing his throat with razor.
His body was found by Sheriff Wag-
ner and Deputy Sheriff Reece. Malloy
was a great friend Of Jack Dempsey,
and Is credited with having started the
heavyweight champion on his path to
fame.
Denver.-Denver's fire loss In 1921
was $25s, ,59803 less than In 1920, ac-
cordlng to the annual report Of Fire
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