The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1921-01-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Colorado as coal-prOduclng state
is leaplng to the fore. A report rem
dered by James Dalrymple, state coal
mine Inspector, shows that the ton
mage for 1920 from twenty-one coun-
ties was the greatest in the history of
the statc-12, 500,0i4, net gain of p
1O2, sol tons over 1910. Las Anlmas
county was the greatest producer, with
I,342,647 tons, an increase of 1,025,-
775 tons over the previous year. Huer-
fano county, with 2,44S,749 tons, an in
crease of 5l0,1T9 tons over 1919, was
second largest producer. Boulder
county, with n production of l,23o,34'
tons, increased its output T9,64l tons.
Gunnlson made the third largest in
crease in tonnage-14o,06I tons, or
total of G21, 100 tons. During the year,
according to Inspector Dalrymple's
statement there We're, on an average,
1851 men employed. Routt county
registered n decrease in> tonnage, its
output being 965,110, falling off of
203, 100 tons as compared with 1919.
Joshua Sykes, self-styled Great Je-
hovah" and king Supreme of the
World" of the Tabernacle of David,
must serve term of eighteen months
in the federal penitentiary ut Mcneil,
Wash, according to Geographic infor-
nation from Washington. The United
States Supreme Court refused to re-
view the conviction returned by fed
eral jury in San Francisco, Jan. 16,
1919, on charges of obstructing the
draft.
faAA
has dlsbanded and the equipment
placed in storage in the state armory
at Montrose, due TO the failure of the
movement recently to secure the en-
listment of only small part of the
membership. When only thirty of the
former miltiamen signed for another
"hitch," and 1t seemed impossible to
get the required strength of sixty-five
men, the company was ordered dis
banded.
Congressman Edward T. Taylor sent
word to mining men in Denver that he
believes he will be able to have the
mine assessment work year now end
ing on Dec 80 changed so that it cor
responds with the fiscal year ending
on June 80, if Colorado mining men
so desire. If the state does not want
such a change, he said, he believes he
can prevent its being made. The con-
gresham asked the mining men Of the
state to notify him of their wishes.
Victor f. Reyes, attorney general
of Colorado, ruled that ministers Ii
censed in other states have power to
perform marriage ceremonies in Colo
RADIO. The question came up at the
request of A. Il. Burks of Steamboat
Springs. In ruling on the question At
torney General Reyes said a minister
is not licensed official, and If the
marriage was not against public pol
icy there was no law against it.
Plans for the state spelling and ora
torical contests to be held in Denver
during the annual meeting of the Colo
RADIO Association of County Superin-
tendents and Institute Workers, March
20 to 81, following preliminary con-
tests in every school and county in the
state, have just been announced by
Miss Emma T. wilkins, Larimer coun-
ty school superintendent and president
of the State Association.
All but forty-nine school children in
Rio Grande county, Colorado, are EN-
joying the privileges and conveniences
of consolidated schools. These forty
nine are getting their elementary edu-
cation in four small one-room schools
while the remaining ga per cent of
the children in the county are attend
ing one of three consolidated schools
in that county or the one at Center in
the adjoining county.
Mortality from all causes among
sheep in the Rocky Mountain district
is estimated at $15,000,000 to S20,0oO,-
900 annually, which represents more
than per cent of the total value of
the flocks, according to DR.. George w.
Stiles, bacteriologist of the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry, in
an address before the State Veterina-
rians' Association, which met in Den
yer.
All Colorado taxpayers must pay in
come tax on profits made from the
sale of stocks, bonds and other secu
rites, under the government interpre-
tation that such profits are Income"
This warning followed the publica-
ton of statement calling attention TO
a recent decision by the United States
District Court of Connecticut. This de-
cision held that income from the sale
of stocks and bonds is capital in
crease" and therefore not taxable by
the government by virtue of consti-
tutional provision. 1.-THE decision af-
fects the state of Connecticut only"
says Collector McCauly of Colorado.
Until the case is carried to the Su-
preme Court of the United States, If
it is, and unless that court sustains
the lower court, no other district nithe
United States is affected"
Following an agreement reached be-