The Keota news., 1920-01-30
COLORADO N1ws NoT1s.

OF the Colombo Editorial Association
a. chairman Of the field department
committee. which u to work out .
thorough organization Of the aasocia.
tion throughout the state. and to en-.
courage the organization Of local bod.
les to cooperate with the state ass0-
clation. The committee II to consist
Of three members. one Of whom u to
be the field secretary. and will be paid
salary by the state association for
bis services.
John Kodsi. . miner who has been
perslstently prospecting claims In the
Kodel cahon. three miles southwest Of
Fruita, reports that his efforts. have
been rewarded By the finding Of some
very rich gold and silver ore. He says
that the ore IL 10 q vein six feet wide.
Two three-foot veins came together
about seventy.five feet below the sur.
face Of the ground aud a Sylvanite ore.
from formation much like the Cripple
Greek formation, yielded up the values.
He believes the ore will run over $50.
600 per ton.
Silver dollars are going to be scarce
from now on. due to . scarcity Of oil.
yer. In their place dollar bills will
be circulated. ~ In Eastern cities. No
more silver dollars can be obtained BY
banks unless silver certificates are
given In exchange. silver. under this
ruling cannot be bought with gold.
There u q shortage Of silver certifl.
Gates. The banks will be able to get
only . limited number Of 81 and -
bills. The result IL expected to be q
revival Of silver mining In Colorado.
Approximately s2AO00000 changed
hands In live stock transactions dur
Ing the six days Of Denvcrs four
teenth annual National Western Stock
Show, which closed it, gates after the
most successful season In its history.
Men In close touch with the market
have computed the amount from com
parative hank c3earings and other
available data. Attendance records
were also smashed this year. Total
attendance figures for the show were
announced - 72S6l.
An Epidemic Of smallpox has broken
ont In the city Of Durango. The city
commissioner. acting ~ the board Of
health, have issued orders to the ct.
net that no person shall be permitted
to attend the public or private schools
Of the city unless they have been vac.
cinated. The board Of directors Of tho
public schools and managers or per.
sons In charge Of private schools are
expressly forbidden to permit any stu.
dent who has not been vaccinated to
attend school.
Bodies Of American soldiers who
died or were killed In Europe during
the war either will be brought to the
United States without charge or left
in the honored military cemeteries a.
relatives may desire, according to .
letter received BY Rex b. YeaEer, sec
retary Of the Colorado State Board Of
Embalming Examiners, from Repre-
sentative Charles B. Timberiake, mem
ber Of the ways and means committee
Of the House.
Rule r. johnson, alias Charles 4.
Jewell, the alleged foryer, who WAS
shot and dangerously wounded by
Turnkey Ed Coats when johnson. to-
gether with several other inmates Of
the county jail, attempted to break. out
Of that institution Dec. "a. pleaded
guilty before Judge F. A. Park In Dis
trict Court at Pueblo to the charge Of
passing bogus checks and received q
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