The Keota news., 1922-04-07
CENTENNIAL WArI uua


me state capitol in Denver. April 18th.
These lands are located ih twelve
counties OF the state: Alamosa. Chey-
rhne, Custer. Kit Carson, Larimer, Las
Ahinas. Logan. Mon,ezuma. Otero. lilo
Srahde. Washington and Weld. The
minimum prices at which these lands
VIII be offered at public auction vary
from $50 per acre for raw mountain
land TO SIS for irrigated farming land.
The State Board of Land Commission
rfs considers the demand for lands
That has made this sale necessary ss
strongly Indicative OF the changing fl
nanciai conditions of the farming and
stork growing communities in the
state.
b~ns-r.-Aeeordias TO a preliminary
report that has just been issued BY
tile Department of Commerce at Wash
inston. through the bureau Of erasus.
the total mortgage debt on owned
home. and farms in the stats of Colo
RADIO In 1890 sss SOL .E:0y5.9 and tho
total value Of these mosssas~d homes
and farm. wss &su5 s5.5s::.as5. the mort
xssc debt thus representing xs5 p~s
cent of the total value. Rented homes.
tcasas farms. aud farm. that arc part
~ o~a-d and partly frhtrd. ii should
he noted. asr sos Included IN this rvH
port. Oh s~ned farms az reported in
tho census Of agriculture tho total
mortgage debt was G:,d:s xss. while
the total value Of th~~~ nsnftsascsi
farm. Was s:ii.;uo.Go. the ratio Of
debt to value being :3s per cent.
Fort an.-Appfcsimatciy aa%
aer~~ of land in two districts nesf
Fort Morgan aud Sterling. Colo. sed
worth l~As thaa s.;5nW fifteen 3rsss
ago. have jumped in price TO &s.0n.'
UIo. sincv federal reclamation. accord
ing TO report flied with ~. u. Nc
Entry. chief OF the field divieioa Of the
United Ssas-. general land office Ut
nrasrs. The af-s embraced IL known
as The North Sterling district. a~sf
Ssvfiins. Colo. and the Riverside dis
ssies. north of Fort Morgan. This isod
We. reclaimed sud irrigated BY tos-
ysnna.h, aud private ra,erprssr dussas
The last fifteen years
E.uldcr-T~. thousand invitations
have been is.u~d To kIeh schools vest
Of the Mississippi river to compete in
the third annual all.wsssesn track
meet to be- s,as-A here Msy IL. Elsb+
srasr plan. arc b~ias made fos hold
ins the bis t.uraaW~at here. sad u IL
expected that there will b. fvpsrAeatsf
live. from hundreds of schools 10 the
competition. In conjunetioa with the
big meet state high school tourney
will be held to determine the sn'Coloa
rado championships.
observation-disclosures. from the Rocky
Mountain Parks Transportation Com.
pany and all the eastern railroads are
TO tn. effect that the tourist season
tbi. year will be heavier than ever bc.
fore known in the history OF Estes
Park. The transportation company
say. il hn. more advance bookings
for reservations. than ever before. and
that the season will start sooner than
usual this year. while railroads say In
aujrics arr more numerous than since
before the war.
ppnv,r.-Accordin to the February
rcport OF the Colorado Cow Testing
Association. issued by r. y. Hall. field
man for the State Dairy Commission.
Colorado dairy cows are continuing to J
.u,rouk those in neishboring states /
In The nine western states. Colorad"
ranks third in the average fat pro-
,luccd by the cows. In the herd. nj
fifteen cows and under. Marcus Har-