Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

the state-12, sos, ,044. a net gain OF z
1O2, sol tons over 1919. Las Animas
county was the greatest producer. with
4.342,64T tons, an increase of 1.025.-
775 tens over the previous year. Huer-
fano county, with 2,44S,749 tons. an in
crease of 51O,179 tons over 1919, was
second largest producer. Boulder
county, with production of 1,23O,341
tons, increased Its output 79,641 tons.
GunnIson made the third largest In
crease in tonnage-149,064 tons, or
total of 621, 100 tons During the year.
according to Inspector Dalrymple's
statement, there were, on an average,
13,647 men employed. Routt county
registered decrease In tonnage, its
output being 965, ,110, a 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 a term of eighteen months
in the federal penitentiary at Mcneil.
| Wash, according To telegraphlc infor-
nation from Washington. The United
| States Supreme Court refused to re-
view the conviction returned by a fed
eral jury in San Francisco, Jan. 10,
| 1919, on charges of obstructing the
draft.
Company NJ, Olathe State Militia,
has disbanded 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
] f.,. r,fI oil 70
"hitch," and it 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. 30 changed SO that 1t cor
responds with the fiscal year ending
on June 30, If Colorado mining men
so desire. If the state does not want
such n change, he said, he believes he
can prevent its being made The con-
gressman asked the mining men of the
state to notify him of their wishes.
Victor Il. Keyes, attorney general
of Colorado, ruled that ministers H.
censed in other states have power to
| perform marriage ceremonies in Colo
rado. The question came up at the
request of A. Il. Burks of Steamboat
Springs. In ruling on the question At
torney General Keyes said a minister
is not a licensed official, and IL 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
% to 81, following preliminary con-
tests in every school and county In the
state, have just been announced by
Miss Emma II. 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 97.4 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 S15,O00,000 to S2O,0O0,
900 annually, which represents more
than per cent of the total value of
the flocks, according to DR.. George w.
Stiles, baeteriologist of the United
l>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
II 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. "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 in the
United States is affected"
Following an agreement reached be-
tween District Attorney Louis b. Reed
and counsel for the defendant, Dis
! fri nd tod q oh
of venue from Boulder county to Weld
county to Rienzl Dickens, charged
with the murder on the night of No