Evening star., 1933-07-09

MARKED CLIMB
INFARM PRICES
AIDSCOLORADO
Bumper Crops Due
After Late SnO,U
and Rains.
BY MAX HILL.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
DENVER, Colo, July S.-Primarily
an agricultural and live stock raising
State, Colorado has ,senefted ma
terially from the riss N commodity
prices and for the first time in years
prospects are bright in the States
rural regions.
Because of the late SHOWS, reservoirs
are full and there is more than suf-
while the dry land regions and the
grazing areas were benefited materially
this week by drenching rains.
Sugar beets, one of the States main
agricultural crops, are in excellent
condition throughout the State. as are
cantaloupes and onions. On the
western slope there will be a fair yield
of fruits, such as peaches, with pros
poets good for materially higher prices
than last year.
State officials, including Gov Ed c.
johnson, were working this week for a
half-million- dollar loan from the Fed
eral Government for a reservoir and
ditch construction project in Bent and
Otero Counties. M. c. Hinderlider,
State engineer. and Will Murphy
member of the State Land Board. have
made trips to Washington in connec-
t1OIl Will plOJCCC, NlllCli WOO4N
irrigate $4,000 acres of dry land.
Work Started on Codes.
Virtually every industry in the State
is working on a fair trade practice
code in conformity with new Federal
legislation, with the coal dealers, candy
makers. printers and cleaners taking
the lead
At a recent meeting in Denver of
the Colorado-New Mexico Coal OPP
orators Association plans were made
for an agreement which will cover
trade practices, regulate the working
week and fix minimum wage scales
The operators elected G.. c. Davis of
the Phelps Dodge Corporation. Dawson,
N. Mex, president, and H. c. Marchant
Of the Pinnacle-Kemmerer Fuel Co.,
Denver, vice president.
The trend toward better business is
shown by increased postal receipts and
bank clearings in Denver during June
For June, bank clearings showed an
increase for the fifth consecutive
month, rising from 59,000,000 in Janu-
ary to S75,000,000 in June Postal re-
ceipts in June were the highest in
more than year, amounting to
s28l,2 as compared to s254,071 for
June of last year.
AVN CsC1ltS Va 1llUClCoG W 4SSlOculS
of Colorado occurred July 1.-The
change of the State government to a
new administrative policy and the re-
peal Of State liquor laws, through
which almost unlimited medicinal
whisky can be prescribed by ply
sicians. Liquor sale, however, has not
been extremely heavy to date.
Repeal Action Backed.
Sentiment this week in the State
once considered dry stronghold
idly was swinging toward a special
| election to consider ratification of re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment. 1t
| is probable now that the State Legis-
lature. in special session later this
month, will call a special election for
some time in September. Colorado
was dry for number of years before
national prohibition, but last year
voted 2 to l to repeal the State liquor
! laws
| An extremely important decision was
made this week by the State Supreme
Court relating to the La Plata River
! compact which divides waters of the
La Plata River between Colorado and
New Mexico. The compact had been
ratified by Legislatures of the two
! States.