Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-10-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

spector. This Is a material Increase
over the previous month and an In
crease of 1889 tons to date over
1919. The total coal mined throughout
the state for the nine months ending
Sept 30, was 0.o33, $50. as compared
with 1854, ,O74 for the same period last
year. All but six coal producing eoun-
ties In the state showed increases. The
most notable decrease from last year
u shown in the production Of Routt
county, which is 54,232 tons behind
the 1918 record.
One of the important features oil
the Twenty-third Annual Conventfoo
of the American Mining Congress 10
Denver, November 1919. will be the
First Annual Standardization Confer
ence. largely composed Of mining nnsn
from the Western states. Standard
zntion, II generally adopted, would
mem vastly increased production and
tend to safety Of life and limb. The
object Of the conference II 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 as
possible, the present high cost of pro-
duction and shortage OF skilled labor.
Two hundred thousand acres of
Colorado land, reserved a number Of
years ago for possible power site pur-
poses, have been opened for entry, ac-
cording to instructions received by M.
d. McEniry. chief OF the field division
Of the United States General Land
office at Denver. Included in the re-
lease by the government are four or
five sections In the Platte canon. to-
gether with a considerable area along
the Bear river in Moffat county in ad-
dition to a considerable acreage along
the Grand river
The Jerome Park branch of the
Colorado Midland railroad, beginning
east Of Glenwood Springs and extend
ing northwnrd to Jerome Park, dis
tance of fifteen miles, is to be Junked
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 long time.
The sixteen members 10 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
Stx N.&.
southwestern Colorado, and then to
Denver. arriving about Nov. 10, ac-
cording to the present schedule.
Governor Oliver II. Shoup, MS 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-
vsntion. Hon. Horace 8. Lunt, Colo
rado commissioner of mines, has ssot
out special Invitations to all state min
ing officials to attend the convention.
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Bartlett, 68
years old, a resident of Longmont
since 1872, died at the home of Mrs.
sustained after she fell from bed in
her sleep Miss Bartlett had been an
invalid for 4 number of years and
lived alone When she fell she sus-
tained broken arm and dislocatioo
of the shoulder, which, with her chron-
ic ailments, made her helpless.
The state will have balance Of
SITS, 900 to Its credit at the end Of its
biennial period, which ends on Nov.
80. according to Arthur M. Stong.
state auditor. According to records in
his office, the state had expended to
date &3,86s, TAT so of total of 81, $685.
Oe4O1 In the amount paid out is In
cluded 100000 on the educational
loan fund to ex-service men.
Wheat is Colorado's leading crop in
point of acreage, with corn ranking
second and hay third. According to
the reports made by county assessors
TO the State immigration Department,
1896 per cent. of the acreage in cultf-
walton in the state this year is devoted
to wheat, 2155 per cent. to corn and
1916 per cent. to hay, exclusive of mil
let, sudan grass and small grains cut
for hay.
A diamond drill hole is to be put
down not far from the town of Cam
eron, in the extreme north end of the
Cripple Creek district, and within the
known gold-producing area, the object
being to test the commercial possibili-
ties of vein systems that strike through
the section on a northwest-southeas
line, which is the general direction of
all the main ore-veins in the district.
The Industrial census for the Dem
YER division, embracing South Dakota,
Wyoming, Colorado. New Mexico and
western Texas. has been completed by