The Arvada enterprise., 1920-10-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

SpectOr. IhtS is Il material nitrcNSe
over the previous month and an in
crease Of 1,44S,976 tons to date over
1919 The total coal mined throughout
the state for the nine months ending
Sept. 70, was 0.OS.O50. us compared
with 7,5S4,074 for the same period last
year. All hut six coal producing coun-
ties In the state showed increases. The
most notable decrease from last year
Is shown in the production Of ROutt
county. which IL 154,2132 tons behind
the 1910 record.
One of the important features OF
the Twenty-third Annual Convention
Of the American Mining Congress In
Denver, November 1919, will be the
First Annual Standardization Confer
cnce, largely composed of mining men
from the Western states. Standardi-
zation. If generally adopted, would
mean vastly increased production and
tend to safety of life and limb. The
object of the conference Is to enlist
the cooperation of mining men In the
working out OF standard methods,
standard equipment and standard la
Dor saving devices to offset, as far us
possible, the present high cost of pro
duction and shortage of skilled labor.
Two hundred thousand ucres of
Colorado land, reserved number OF
years ago for possible power site pur-
poses, have been opened for entry, ac-
cording to instructions received by NJ.
d. McEniry, chief of the field division
OF the United States General Land
office ut Denver Included in the re-
lease by the government are four or
five sections In the Platte cNiiOn, to-
gether with considerable area along
the Bear river In MOffat county In ad-
dition to Il considerable acreage along
the Grand river
The Jerome Park branch Of the
Colorado Midland railroad. beginning
east of GlenwOOd Springs and extend
ing northward to Jerome Park, n dis
tance OF fifteen miles, is to he junkcd
Immediately, according to an an
nouncement made by General Manager
COOgan. The branch was primarily to
haul the coal produced in the Jerome
Park district. These mines are no
longer in operation and the branch has
been abandoned for a long time.
The sixteen members 70 the Park to-
Park Highway Association who have
been touring the Western national
parks have turned their faces east.
ward from Los Angeles on the return
trip to Denver. The party will jour
ney to the Grand Canon National park
by way Of Kingman, Ariz.. thence to
the Mesa Verde National park In
southwestern Colorado. and then to
Denver. arriving about Nov. 10. &C.
c0rdlng to the present schedule.
Governor Oliver H. Shoup, as hon.
Orary chairman Of the BIRD Annual
Convention Of the American Mining
Congress-, Denver. November 1919,
hns Invited II number of governors,
and all senatOrs and congressman Of
the mining states to attend the con.
ventiOn. Hon. Horace s. Lunt. Colo
radO commissioner Of mines, has sent
out special invitations to all state min.
ing officials to attend the convention.
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Bartlett. 6S
years old, resident Of LOngmOnt
since 1872, died AT the home Of Mrs.
+. 8. Carl MS the result Of exposure
sustained after she fell from bed In
her sleep. Miss Bartlett had been an
invalid for number Of years and
lived alone. When she fell she sus-
tained a broken arm and II dislOcatiOn
OF the shoulder. which. with her chrOn.
ic ailments. made her helpless
The state will have q balance Of
x278,OOO to its credit ut the end Of its
biennial period, which ends on Nov.
10. according to Arthur NJ. Stong.
state auditor. According to records In
his office, the state Ind expended to
date x3,t,BS,74 80 OF II total Of $4.eks3..
OS4.Ol. In the amount paid ont Ia in
clutied $20O.OO on the educational
loan fund to ex.servicc men.
Wheat IN COlOradO's leading crop In
point OF acreage, with corn ranking
second and hay third. According to
the reports made by county nsscssOrx
to the State Immigration Department,
1896 I9r cent. Of the acreage In cult
walton in the state this year IL devoted
to wheat, 2l.5j per cent. TO corn and
1910 per cent. to hny. exclusive 0f mil
let. sudan grass and small grains cut
for hay.
a diamond drill hole In to be put
down not far from the town Of Cam.
crOn. In the extreme north end Of the
Cripple Creek district, and within the
known gold.prOtiucing area, N" object
being TO test the commercial J.OssIbili-
ties Of vein systems that strike through
the section on = northwest. southeast
line. which ix the general direction Of
all the main Orc.veins In the district.
The industrial census for the Den.
yer division, embracing South Dakota,
Wyoming. Colorado. New Mexico and
western Texas. has been completed by
the United States Census Bureau at
Denver nfter ten months canvass 0ver
this district. and the local offices, un-
der the direction Of Frank Adnins, ag,e.