The Keota news., 1921-02-04
COLORADO N1wo MOTIFS.

Oeloeado % . coal.producing state
y lsaping to the fore. A report rem
dseod by James Dalrymple. state coal
mine inspector. shows that the tom
nage for 1870 from twenty-One coun.
ties was the greatest In the history OF
ths state-l2, SOC. .O44, q net gain OF =
l02,60l tons over 1919. Las Animas
county was the greatest producer. with
l,Sl2047 tons, an increase OF 1.O@o.'
77b tons over the previous year. Huer'
fano county, with 2.448. TAO tons. an In
crease Of 6l0.l70 tons over 1919. was
second largest producer. Boulder
county, With production OF 1.2SO.S41
toos, increased its output 79.64l tons.
0unnisoa made the third largest In
crease In tonnags-140.O64 tons, or
total Of o2l. .7oo tons During the year.
according to Inspector Dalrymple's
statement. there were. on IN average.
1851 men employed. Routt county
registered . decrease In tonnage. It's
output being 65.ll0. . falling off Of
900. 100 tons - compared with 1919.
Joshua sykes, self.styled "Great Je-
Aevah" and "King Supreme Of the
VERDI" Of the Tabernacle Of David.
must serve . term Of eighteen months
b tie federal penitentiary at Mcneil.
Wash. according to telegraphic infor.
nation from Washington. The United
otates Supreme Court refused to re-
visw The conviction returned by q fed
ssal jury In San Francisco. Jan. 16.
1910. On charges Of obstructing the
draft.
= Oo0pany n, Olaths State Militia.
has disbanded and the equipment
placed In storage In the state armory
at Aootrose. due to the failure Of the
movement recently to secure the en-.
nstDsnt Of Only . small part Of the
ne0boFship. When only thirty Of the
fes0er milltiansn signed for another
"AiteA." and II seemed impossible to
Ost the required streagth Of sixty.five
40. The company was ordered dis
bandod.
Ooa0essnaan Edward T. Taylor sent
weed 10 mlning men In Denver that he
believes he Win b able to have the
Oino asooosment work year now end
Ing On Dsc. % changed % that 1t cor
responds with the fiscal year ending
- June %. II Colorado mining men
- desire. II the state does not want
such change he said. he believes he
ean prevent it, being made. The con.
grsssnan asked the mining men Of the
state to notify him Of their wishes.
Victor 4 Ksyes. attorney general
of Colombo, ruled that ministers II.
censod IN other states have power to
perform marriage ceremonies In Colo
rado. The question came up at the
request Of A. R. Burks Of Steamboat
Spring. In ruling on the question At.
tornsy General Keyes said q minister
u not Q licensed Official and IL the
marriage was not against public mol.
icy there WAS no law against Il.
Plans for the state spelling and ora.
torical contests to be held In Denver
during the annual meeting Of the Colo
rado Association Of County Superin-
tendsnts and Institute Workers, March
- to 81. following preliminary con-
teets In every school and county in the
STATE. have Just been announced By
4iss Emma T. wilkins. Larimer coun-
II school superintendent and president
Of the State Association.
Al but forty-nine school children In
BIO 0rande county, Colorado, are On.
joying the privileges and convenlences
Of consolidated schools. These forty.
nine are getting their elementary edu-
cation In four small one.room schools
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