The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1920-10-29
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Der, according to q report issued BY
James Dalrymple. state coal mine In.
spector. This IL q material Increase
over the previous month and an In.
crease Of l.448.078 tons to date over
1919. The total coal mined throughout
the state for the nine months ending
Sept. so. was 0.033.O5O. AZ 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
10 shown In the production Of Routt
county. which II 1922 tons behind
the 1919 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.
ence. largely composed Of mining men
from the Western states. Standard.
satiou. II generally adopted. would
mean 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
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standard equipment and standard Ia.
Dor saving devices to offset, as far a.
possible. the present high cost Of pro-
duction and shortage Of skilled labor.
Two hundred thousand acres Of
Colorado land, reserved . number Of
years ago for possible power site pur.
poses, have been opened for entry, &C.
cortling to instructions received by II.
d. McI:niry. chief Of the field division
Of the United States General Land
office at Denver. Included In the Ne.
lease by the government ore four or
five sections In the Platte ca60o, to.
gether with q considerable area along
the Bear river 10 Noffnt county Ia I'D.
dition to Q considerable acreage along
the Grand river.
The Jerome Park branch Of the
Colorado Midland railroad. beginning
cast Of Olcnwood Springs and extend.
Ing northward to Jerome Park. Q dis.
lance Of fifteen miles, II to BE- junked
Immediately. according to an IN.
nounccment 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 70 the Park.to-
Park Highway Association who have
been touring the Western national
parks, have turned their faces cast.
ward from Los Angeles on the return
trip to Denver. The party will Jour.
neg to the Grand Canon National park
by way Of Klnginan. Arix, thence to
the Mesa Verde National park In
southwestern Colorado. and then to
Denver, arriving about Nov. 10, &C.
corting to the present schedule.
Governor Oliver H. Shoup. a. hon.
orary chairman Of the 23rd Annual
Convention Of the American Mining
Congress-, Denver. November 1910.
has invited q number Of governors,
and all senator's and congressman Of
the mining states to attend the con.
ventlon. Hon. Horace 8. Lunt. Colo
RADIO commissioner Of mines, has sent
out special invitations to all state min.
ing officials to attend the convention.
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Bartlett, @
years old, Q resident Of Longmont
since 1872, died at the home Of lrs.
+. 8. Carl ns the result Of exposure
sustained after she fell from bed In
her sleep. Miss Bartlett had been an
invalid for q number Of years and