The Dolores star., 1924-09-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

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employment has increased during Pas'
month, more evidenced in agricu''uft'
manufacturing. metal mining, OIL r"i'-
roads and highway and general CON
structiOn. Resident male labor "l pr".
ticalIy all classes continues 10 ne al
forded steady employment with ihui-
cations for Il continuance during inc
fall months. Harvesting OF the gram
| ,rops-principaIly wheat ana rye can
tnioupcs, fruit, and vegetables. WIN
having and cultivation Of the sugar
beet crop during past few weeks mas
| furnished employment to many auhi'
tinnoI workers. Continued drouth in
central and eastern sections OF state
has seriously affected some of the late
crops principally CORN On unirrisated
lands. Indications are that the sugar
beet crop. which is approximately -
DOO acres in excess of last year, VIII
produce a normal tonnage. \ consid-
| ,rnble number of mechanics are EN-
| nloyrd in the annual ovcr-hHuling nt
the eighteen sugar factories in the
state. preparatory 10 the commence
ment of the sugar beet manufacturing
| to commence on or about Sept, - l"r
| Il period Of about three months; ap-
proximntely 5000 workers will he pro
yIded employment in the factories.
most of whom will be local residents
| from the respective communities IN
which the factories are located. Hhr-
vcsting of the large peach and pear
| crops in the Grand Junction district,
which commenced on Aug -, is pro
viding employment to several hundred
workers mostly transient, and in sut-
| ficient numbers.
Denver.-The outstanding transac-
ton of the season at the Denver Union
| StockyurdS was the sale of one car
load of extra choice Hereford year
| lings from the feeding grounds of For
| Syth K Claybaugh of SCOTS Bluff,
| Neb. which sold ut the highest price
for smooth corn-fed cattle recorded
| here since 1920 This herd numbered
| twenty-seven head and averaged in
| weight close to 1000 pounds and
brought the extreme top prrce OF S11
per 100. The run was purchased by
Hollister f. Blayney for the new ST.,
100000 Blayney x Murphy packing
plant at the stock yards, and is in
| tended for sale to the local market
trade of that company. Yard traders
assert that this string of Iierefords
comprised the finest butchering cattle
| offered for sale on the Denver market
for several years. They We're long,
corn-fed stock and perfect in finish,
without carrying pound of surplus
| fat. The transaction was negotiated
| for the owner by the Denver Live
Stock Commission Company, one of
the active operators on the local live
| stock exchange.
Denver.-Colorado is the leading ice
berg lettuce shipping state now and
the demand for this product in eastern
markets is holding the f. o. b. market
strong. CARROTS sold f. o. b. Sept at
| S4.2J Il crate and some sales were
made at S4.5O The quality is only fair
but is improving and the lack of com
| petition enables the price to maintain
| 10 n'''hN ltNtl. NH' year dSb
the market was weak and $1.75 per
crate the prevailing +. o. b. price. Ship
mentS from Colorado total 800 cars TO
Sept. and are running about 100 cars
behind last years movement Ship
pers report that the quality is improv-
ing as the weather grows cooler. Ship
ments from California will soon in
crease and give Colorado more compa-
tition.
| Denver.-Work has been started on
Il S3OO,OOO project of extension and i'm
| provement of the Chicago, burlington
X Quincy railroad yards in Denver,
one of the largest projects of enlarge
ment Of Denver railroad yards under
taken in recent years The railroad
has filed its formal declaration of in.
tention to extend the yards and make
additions of equipment in the secre-
tary of states office.
| Denver-The United States Denort
inent of Agriculture estimates the an.
pie production of the country in 1921
ht S,lO1 900 barrels compared with
|
mate for Colorado is $4,000 barrels
compared with 100000 barrels last
year In apple production Colorado
this year exceeds the states of Maine
Massachusetts. New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and
Idaho.
GunniSon-AIartin Brachier, sheer
camp foreman Pete Garduno. herder
and Samuel Duran, camp owner. en-
ployed by August Nicolas. well known
Montr"se county sheep man. were ar.
rested by United States forest rangers
L. ]. Post and J. l.. Trickel for leay
ing camp fire unextinguished in the
Taylor park district of the Gunnis,r
National forest.
Loveland.-The hunters and fisher
mems paradise of northern Colorado
has been tapped. A new road Is now
open from the Poudre canon, west o1
Fort Collins, over Cameron pass. and
autos can now make IL trip to North