The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


pror2saant business man and ranch
owner Of Cotopaxi, in western Fremont
county, was accidntally killed while
hunting bear in the Sangre de Christie
mountains, fifty miles west Of Canon
City. Coleman. in company with q
hunting party. was trailing bear in
and extremely rough and remote sec
ton of the mountains. While he was
walking in a STOPPING position the
hammer OF the shotgun he was carry
ing struck a, projecting rock. The
weapon was discharged, the heavy
charge of shot entering his chest and
inflicting a 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 be 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
a 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 1927 1884 tons of coal was
produced in Colorado during Septem-
ber, according to q report issued by
James Dalrymple, state coal mine in
spector. This is a 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 80, was 9,033,O5O, as compared
with 7,5S4,074 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 a
flight of stairs while making his get
away with valuable silverware and cut
glass, proved lucky incident for the
masked bandit who attempted to rob
the home of George L. L. Gam of Pu-
eblo. Two shots fired by Mr.. Cams
chauffeur, who was aroused by noise
made by the offender, would have
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the body had it not been for his fall.
A project statement providing fol-
the improvement Of a 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 total cost Of $82,O47.84
Federal aid to the extent OF 50 pei
cent has been requested by the state
Governor Oliver H. Shoup, as hon
orary chairman of the 23rd Annua
Convention of the American Minin.
Congress, Denver. November 1913
has invited a number of governors
and all senators and congressman o
the mining states to attend the con
vention. Hon. Horace S. Lunt,, Colo
RADIO commissioner of mines, has sen
out special invitations to all state min
ing officials to attend the convention
More than one-half of the sugar bee
crop of the Loveland district has al
ready been harvested, according tt
statements made by the office of tn,
Great Western Sugar Company. Farm
ers have taken full advantage Of tn,
fine weather this last month, and ar,
pushing the harvest ahead as rapid,
as possible.
George Hendel, 81, died at st
Mary's hospital as the result Of in
juries sustained when he fell ninet.
feet from a wooden railing upon a con
crete floor at the Pueblo flour mill
where he was employed His neck wa
broken
Formal notice that controvers.
now exists between the employees AM
the Arkansas Valley Railway, Ligh
and Power Company of Canon City
has been filed with the State Indus
trial Commission. The employees ar
demanding flat increase of 81 a da.
above the present scale, which is $13
month for engineers, $120 for fire
men, yard and boiler men, and $40
for oilers and repair men.
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Bartlett, g.
years old, resident of Longmon
since 1872, died at the home of Mrs
L. 8. Carl as the result of expOsur
sustained after she fell from bed II
her sleep. Miss Bartlett had been al
invalid for number of years ant
lived alone When she fell she sus
tanned a broken arm and a dislocatiol
of the shoulder, which, with her chron
ic ailments, made her helpless.
His mind unsettled by the loss of hi