Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: History Colorado
Newspaper Page Text
THE PAONIA PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAONIA NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 TOTAL STATE CROPS The different Crops of Colora do Will Bring This Year $111,000,000 Colorado farmers will realize more than $lll,OOO 000 from their products tnis year: The acreage planted is greater than ever before. The prices of Colorado pro ducts will increase while the pric es in other states will decrease. On August 1, Colorado crops showed that the percentage of a full crop would de 00 3, which is a better showing than any other state. These figures are just made public today by the United States department of agriculture. The late rains are the reason and Colo rado had a precipitation from January of 95 per cent of the nor mal. Other facts set forth by the de parUnent figures are: The increase in prices on cer tain crops will make them briug < $40,343,090 this year against $33,-! 035,855 of last year The yield per acre shows a large increase. The average yield per acre on j winter wheat is 25 per cent great than the entire country Kansas, the great winter wheat, state will yield only 10 0 bushels an acre this year against 18 in j Colorado. The following is the estimate of the agricultural department of the total value of all crops: Crops officially quantitatively esti mated $49,343,000 Fruits 0.782,320 Honey 327,381 ! Hmmer and spelt 123,935 Buckwheat, kafir corn, milo maze, broom corn 145,348 ; Flaxseed, alfalfa seed, etc. 191,012 l Dry beans anb peas 558,052 Sweet potatoes 52,800 | Dairy l’roducts 0,113,417 I I. l vc stock and products 17,222.067 I’oultry and eggs 2,005.545 Miscellaneous vcbctables, melons, etc 12,450,290 Additions to agricultural de partment figures be census bureau 15.411.204 Total $111,383,889 The Paonia Packing Co. The I’aonia Facking Company is mw ruuning with a full force and large amount of fruit is be ing sopped each day. One very notice le feature of this enter prise is 'ie number of elderly lad ies given mployment. They are enabled make as good wages as the yor.ig girls do at packing, a task which is too strenuous for their years. ,\ny time you should care to look in on the establish ment you will sec that for the most part the .dies are from for ty to sixty-five years of age and we were surpri dto sec how rap pidly they coul I dispose of a box of peaches. Mg' Baker is conduct ing the busine-* in a creditable manner and his goods always have a ready market. Karharine H. Sanders R. N. Graduate Colo. Training school for Nurses. Phone Black 74-1. PAONIA, COLORADO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1911 The Expositions San Francisco has followed close after San Diego in the selec tion of an exposition site, ane it is unique and far flung in its mag nificence. At San Diego matters are still a little in advance, how ever. Not only has ground been broken for the southern exposi tion with great pomp and circum stance, but the officials have se lected their plans tor the group of buildings, which will be in the striking Mission Renaissance I style, reminiscent of the Moors 'and the Alhambra; of the domed structures of Tunis and Algiers; of the minarettes of Constanti nople, and of the more modern but equally interesting missions which are strung along the Cali fornia coast from San Diego to San Rafael. Few persons know that the great cathedrals of South America. Mexico and Central America, and the grandly simple missions of California are among the most impressive ecclesiastical structures In the world. The best in all of them will be embodied in the exposition buildings in San Diego, and they will be of brick, stone, cement, steel and glass— built to stand forever in beautiful Balboa Park for the delight and use of posterity. The best talent to be had in America was chosen by Director-General D. C. Collier, with the approval of the directors of the Exposition, to design and carry into execution the plans tor the exposition, and it is expected that every detail of the great un dertaking will be finished before the gates of the exposition grounds open at midnight on the last day of the year 1914, to re main open until midnight on the last day of the year 1915. A year-round exposition is something new, but the climate, one of the best assets of San Di ego, will be on exhibition every minute of that time, and will be not the least interesting thing visitors will learn about. It will be an All-America expo sition, for the Latm American rc pnblics in that region orators re fer to as "to the south of us" will! be represented with the best they j produce and the most interesting they possess. Orchard heating The following clipping Co.-cern Orchard Heating will be of inter est to our fruit growers Hutchinson, Kans , May 5. — The unique spectacle of heating one sqnarc mile of outdoors is to be seen on the 640-acreorchard of W. H, Underwood, the "apple king of Kansas..' He has placed 10,000 heating stoves aud expects to raise the tcmpeaatuie in his orchard 15 de grees it necessary. Last year Undewood heated for ty acres in a somewhat similar method and succeed in raising the only apples grown in this section of the country. On fhc heated acres lie raised 000 bushels to the acre. The remainder of his ore. dard pronuccd no crop at all. He cleared $18,500 off the forty acres and expects to clear $200,- 000 this year with the heating ap paratus installed. Council Proceedings Paonia, Colo.,Sept. 5,1911 Council met in regular session on above date with Mayor VVootton piesiding. On roll call the fol lowing trustees responded, Conine DeWoody, Emry, Hufty and Morgan. Minutes ot the last meeting read and approved. Reports of the Electrician, Treasurer and recorder were read accepted and ordered placed on file, It was moved and seconded that the S3O donated to the band be discontinued. It was moved and seconded that the services of Floyd Lamb as superintendent of the woik of the cement walks be discontinued On motion duly seconded the matter of construct ng a drinking fountain an the corner of Grand Ave and Third streets was left to the water committee It was moved and seconded that the recorder be instructed to sign a lamp contract with the .Mountain Electric Co. for the fur nishing of lamps to the town for the coming year. It was moved and seconded that the canning factory be grant ed their two taps less the material that the town did not furnish. It was moved and seconded that the Water Supt be instructed to look up the shut off boxes and the place of tapping at the Skrvd strup and Lantz places and that the recorder collect sl6 00 for each of the taps. The following resolution was then adopted: RESOLUTION Whereas, it is desired to have the ordinances of the town of Paonia compiled and published so that the same may be used in evidence without further proof thereof as required by law. as well as tor the convenience of the of ficers of the town Therefore, resolved, that the re corder. acting with the committee on ordinances, be. and they arc hereby authorized and empower ed to have the ordinances of the Town ot Paonia comDilcd and properly indexed, and published in book form, and that the Re corder be autnori ed and directed to certify to the correctuess of the complication of such ordi nances when it is properly com pleted. Resolved further, that the Re corder and said committee be di rected to have such compilcation made by such person or persons as ihey may determine to employ and published . provided however that the contracts fixing the com pensation for such complication and publication shall be made subject to final approval by the Board of Trustees. The finance committee present: eb the claims againsts the Town and moved that they be allowed and warrants drawn against the proper funds for the amounts. W. R. Jewell, Salary $ 95.00 Grant Heter 75.00 A. R. Chapman" 90 00 E. B, Parkes " 75 00 Myrtle Hufty 50.00 M.D Vincent “ 10 00 A. S. McKee “ 10 00 Roy Spea'ces “ 28 95 H. E. Maxville " 5.00 Grover Andrews" 100.00 Paonia Merc Co. Brooms.. 1 95 Ind. Lbr. Co. Lumber .50 Hendrie & Bolthoff Mtg. Co. Chain 34.14 Mountain Electric Co. sup. 10.50 G. W. Shaul & Co. tapping expense 4 80 Western Electric Co sup.. 53.44 Paonin Electric Light and Power Co 10 57 Miller Merc Co. sythe blade & Scraper 9.00 J. E Nutting, labor 59.10 Willard Ross, Labor 39.50 A. A Pauli, Labor 800 A. R. McKinnon, Leader ot band 30 00 E. E. Hufty, Rent 10.00 Garlock Packing Co , Re pairs to plant 9.82 General Electric Co. Sup. plies 21 39 I Pittsburg Meter Co. Meters 103 20 j F'ruit Exchange State Bank Money advanced liquor case 20.00 Paonia Plnmbing Co. Tap ping of water main 13.80 E. P. Balch. Repairs water system 18.80 Jno. Love, Fence Posts... 3.00 G. A. Kroom, Labor 25.00 S A. Hall, Labor 20.00 Wm Poitorff. Labor 60.00 i Emry Shoe & Clothing Co. Repairs water system 4 50 Paonia Coal Co Coal 63 72 E 11. Curtis, Supplies to Street ScAlley & Electric, and Repairsto water sys tem 17.30 F\ C. Paist, Segistrar 4 50 Klo/d Lamb, Halping es tablish grahes 1.05 1. F llonnold. Printing... 20 55 H. E Welborn, Fumigating 23.45 Myrtle Hufty, Freight and Express 18 401 On rob call oil voted "aye" Council adjourned svbject to the call of the Mayor. Wm Wootton. Mayor Myrtle Hufty, Recorder Mrs W. H. Hills and family of Rogers mesa visited Saturday last with friends in Paonia. Amos Carnine, Dae Eikenberry | •Arthur Ullrey and Harvey Hall j are making hay tor Jack Wake field this week. Molcolm Clay is getting around j as best he can this week with a cane on account of an attack of siatic rheumatism. John Roatcap has taken up a homestead on 'Vakefield mesa and has built a house thereon that can be seen for miles. Will Whadford, Jr. arrived home last week from Ouray and left Monday (or Cedaredge where he has secured work on the Turner ranch. John Martin, son in law of M. Clay, who has spent several days in Salt Lake City, returned home last Saturday evening and will as sist in peach harvest at the Clay home. Mrs. Florence Norton andtwo children arrived here last Thurs day evening from New Mexico will spend several weeks with re latives. She is a daughter of Fred Miller of German mesa and a sis ter ot Mrs. Weldon Hammond. SCHOOL BEGINS 25th Particulars About Opening of Paonia Public Schools By Superintendent The school board has decide upon September 25 as the date for the opening of the public schools this year. The new high school building will not be ready for occupancy by that time, nor for several weeks it not months. Meanwhile others quarters will be provided tor the high school. Work upon the new building is being pushed as rapidly as possi ble, Some delay has accurred and more will probably occur because the material needed for special uses in such a large building is i not otten carried in stock. In due course of time it wifi be com pleted and then our high school will be suitable and commodious quarters, with extra space which should soon be utilized to provide manual training and domestic science for our girls. The demand for these branches is rapidly in creasing and soon we must offer them or fail to furnish the highest and best training possible. A new and modern steam heat ing and a ventilating plant has been installed in the grade build ing. This will contribute to the welfare and health of both teach-, ers and pupils, enabling them to do better work and retain better health. Parents should inspect the buildings and make regular visits to the schools to see for themselves what is being done for the children. The following is the corps of teachers C. J. McCormick, Superintend ent, Miss Emry. Prin. H. S Mathe matics. Miss Stphen. Science. Miss Schroeder, German Mrs. McCormick, English. Mr. Robinson, History. Mr. Morey, Bth grade. Mr. Buchanan, 7th grade. M iss Thurmond. 6th grade. Mrs Stump. sth grade. Mrs. Eaves 4th grade. Miss Wheeler. 3rd grade. Miss Stanley, 2nd grade. Miss Klatt, Ist grade. Miss Rule. Bethlcham. Miss Van Deveer. Bowie. M iss Wilson. Bowie, Pupils should supply themselv es with a set of books for the grade they expect to enter. New books may be purchased at Wei borns Drug Store. Anyone hav ing second hand books to sell should send a list of them to the superintendent so those desiring them may secure them before school opens. New pupils and those doing irregular work in the high school should sec the super intendent before school opens in order to arrange the work (or the best interest of the greatest num ber. He will be in his office in the Central Building on Friday and Saturday September 22 and 23 for the purpose of conterring with pupils and parents in regard to the school and school work. A meeting ot the school board and teachers will be held in the Central Building on Satuiday, September 23, at 2:30 p. m. NO.6