The Dolores star., 1920-10-29
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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mountains, fifty miles west of Canon
City. Coleman, in company with
hunting party, was trailing bear in
and extremely rough and remote Sec
tion of the mountains. While he was
walking in STOPPING position the
hammer of the shotgun he was carry
ing struck projecting rock. The
weapon was discharged, the heavy
charge of shot entering his chest and
inflicting frightful wound from
the effects of which he died almost
instantly.
The twenty-third annual convention
of the American Mining Congress in
Denver, Nov. 1919, will he gathering
from all over the United States of hun
dreds of mine operators, both coal and
metal. They will discuss and deal with
the many serious problems and 'after-
war conditions" now confronting the
depressed mining industry, and the dis
turbed coal mining industry, looking to
revival and pacification which, indi-
rectly, will beneficially affect the
farming. manufacturing and other in
dustries. A revival of metal mining
means better home market for farmers
and manufacturers. A pacification in
the coal mining industry means much
for the consumers
A total of 1,O27 1884 tons of coal was
produced in Colorado during Septem-
ber, according to report issued by
james Dalrymple, state coal mine in
SpectOr. This is n material increase
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. 30, was 9,033,050 as compared
with 7,5S4,O74 for the same period last
year. All but 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 is 154,232 tons behind
the 1919 record.
Stepping on one of his shoestrings
and falling head-foremost down n
flight Of stairs while making his get
away with valuable silverware and cut
glass, proved n lucky incident for the
masked bandit who attempted to rob
the home of George L. L. Gam of Pu-
eblo. Two shots fired by NJ. Ganns
chauffeur, who was aroused by noise
made by the offender, would have
struck the latter in the upper part of
the body had it not been for his fall.
A project statement providing for
the Improvement of seven-mile road
stretch between Lamar and Granada,
Colo, has been approved by the United
States Bureau of Public Roads. The
proposal submitted by the state high
way commission provides for proper
drainage and gravel surface, twenty
feet wide, at n total cost of $S2.O47 .S4
Federal aid to the extent of 80 per
cent has been requested by the state
Governor Oliver II. Shoup, as hon
orary chairman of the 23rd Annual
Convention of the American Mining
! Congress, Denver, November 1919,
has invited a number of governors,
and all senators and congressman of
the mining states to attend the con-
vention. Hon. Horace S. Lunt, Colo
RADIO commissioner of mines, has sent
out special invitations to all state min
ing officials to attend the convention.
More than one-half of the sugar beet
crop of the Loveland district has al
ready been harvested, according to
statements made by the office of the
Great Western Sugar Company. Farm
ers have taken full advantage of the
| fine weather this last month, and are
| pushing the harvest ahead as rapidly
as possible.
George Hendel, 81, died at ST.
Mary's hospital as the result of in
| juries sustained when he fell ninety
| feet from wooden railing upon con-
crete floor at the Pueblo flour mill,
where he was employed. His neck was
| broken.
Formal notice that controversy
| now exists between the employees and
| the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light
and Power Company of Canon City,
has been filed with the State Indus
| trial Commission. The employees are
| demanding flat increase of 81 day
above the present scale, which is $135
month for engineers, S12O for fire.
men, yard and boiler men, and 500
for oilers and repair men.
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Bartlett. 6S
| years old, n resident of LongmOnt
since 1872 died at the home of Mrs
Il. s. Carl as 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 broken arm and disiocation
of the shoulder, which, with her chron-
/ ic ailments, made her helpless.
| His mind unsettled by the loss of his
winter wheat crop, Blatz Wrobel, ST.
lesian farmer, who lives three miles
east of Fort Lupton, was found by
neighbors wadng in the Platte river.
He was removed to Greeley where the
r,bySicion Dronounrad him inSono