The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

SaSS Va Neui SpSiotois WI
Taxation. National and State; Confer.
ence Of Users of Oil Flotation; Con.
ference on Standardization Of Mining
Machinery; Life and Labor-Saving
Devices; Conference on War Minerals
Conference of Officers and Faculty
Members of Schools and Colleges de-
voted to mining, etc. Men of nation.
wide prominence will take part In the
discussions. Whatever Is accomplished
means much for the country outside
mining. There will also be an educa-
tional exposition.
A total of 1927 1854 tons of coal was
produced in Colorado during Septem.
ber, according to a report issued by
James Dalrymple. state coal mine in
spector. This. Is material Increase
over the previous month and an ill.,
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 1910 record.
Two hundred thousand acres 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 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 considerable acreage along
the Grand river. ..
The Jerome Park branch of the
Colorado Midland railroad, beginning
east Of Glenw0od Springs and extend
Ing nOrthward to Jerome Park, Il 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 TO 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, Arlz., thence to
the Mesa Verde National park In
southwestern Colorado, and then to
Denver, arriving about Nov. 10, &C.
cordlng to the present schedule.
. 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 a total cost of SS2,O47.S4
Federal aid to the extent of so 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 senator's 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.
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 after ten months canvass over
this district, and the local offices, un.
der the direction Of Frank Adams, spe.
cial agent In charge, have been for.
mally closed.
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
revival and paciflcation which, indi.
rectly, will beneficially affect the
farming, manufacturing and other In.
dnstrles. 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.
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Bartlett, 88
years old, 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 a number Of years and