The Colorado statesman., 1922-07-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

that the acreage devoted to potatoes in
Colorado this year will be by far the
largest ever grown in the state, possi-
bly, as much as so per cent greater
than that for 1921, which was the larg-
est ever reported up to that date. Re-
ports are now complete from 26 coun-
ties, showing 7S,712 acres of potatoes.
The same counties last year reported
50,693 acres. This is an increase of
65 per cent for these counties, which
includes Weld, Alamosa, Conejos and
Garfield among the commercial potato
producing counties. Nearly every coun-
ty for which complete report has
been received shows an increase in
acreage over last year, while Weld
county, which reports the largest acre
age in the state, has reported nearly
$4,000 acres, compared with 24,OOO
acres last year.
Every newspaper man in Colorado,
especially those publishing country pa
pers, should arrange to attend the
State Editorial meeting at Pueblo,
July 81 and %, Friday and Saturday.
This will be perhaps the most import
ant meeting the association has held in
years because of the fact that the mat
ter of field secretary will come up
and, 1t is hoped, decided. Besides, the
Pueblo Commerce Club and all Pueblo
papers have united in big program
for the entertainment of the visitors.
Publishers should make arrangements
now to go. Work ahead far enough to
leave the office in charge of the help
be worth your time.
Fort Collins.-Ground has been brok-
en- for the new $4,000 chemistry
building for the Colorado Agricultural
College, President Chas. A. Lory turn
ing the first spade of earth. Prof. L.
D. Grain, Prof. S. L. Macdonald and
Prof E. B. House, members of the
building committee, also each turned o
spade full of earth. With Professor
House at the transit, DR.. G. ii. White
ford set the first stake, and the other
three corner stakes were driven by
Professor Grain, A. A. Edwards, nresi-
dent of the State Board of Agriculture,
and Professor Macdonald.
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| Cripple Creek.-A rich surface strike
of gold ore is reported made on the
Axtell claim, lying between the Wild
Horse mine on Bull Hill and the Jerry
Johnson mine on Tenderfoot hill, by
Zol Cain, r. well-known prospector, who
has beel operating under an agree
ment with the United Gold Mines Com
pany. The discovery was made at a
depth of six feet and the vein matter,
which at present lies within the oxi-
died granite formation, returns on as
say tests more than twenty ounces to
the ton.
Greeley.-A mother, her 12-year-old
son and year-old baby were injured, but
escaped death miraculously wnen a
twister completely wrecked their home
near Buckingham. John Biggs, the IA
| ther, was in a barn milking when the
whirlwind blew up. The wind became
so intense that he was prevented from
running to his family, and as he
watched, the housew as lifted from it's
foundation, carried sixty feet and
dropped on the roadside.
Colorado Springs.-R e IN RI b l e
presence of mind saved the life of
Mayor John B. Paulson of Manitou. In
crossing the Colorado Midland termin-
al tracks near Manitou, Paulson OBJ
served west-bound train only few
yards from him. He leaped to the cow
catcher of the engine as the train
struck his motor. Clinging to an ron
ad n
splinters and strewn along the track
He was only slightly shaken up.
Denver-Fire which developed in
the Moffat railroad shops at Utah
Junction, two miles north of Globe
Vile, destroyed a large part of the
plant The road carried $4,000 insur-
ance on the buildings burned, it was
said.
Denver.-Eastern Colorado farmers
are begging for harvest hands and
have appealed to the United States en-
ployment service in Kansas City,
through Secretary of State Milliken
for hundreds of men, it was an
nounced here. This appeal was made
in strong competition with Kansas
farmers, who also are demanding har-
vest hands, and following prospects
that Colorado's wheat crop will be the
best in years.
Cisco.-A vein of what Is declared to
be the richest calaverite quartz discov-
cred in the Cripple Creek district was
found in the Portland mine at the p
60O-foot level, according to a recent
report. The vein is thought to be
continuation of the ore found at the q
450-foot level, but is declared richer
and stronger. 1t is said to be the most
important discovery that has been
made in the Cripple Creek district in a