The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-15


will be held at Denver September Sth
and 9th
The Association of State and Ma
tional Food Officials will meet at Den
yer next summer.
The Florence Daily and Weekly
Tribune has been sold to j. F. Tor
renee. The paper will continue as
daily.
The word welcome" on the up
town side of the Denver welcome arch
has been removed and "Mizpah" sub
stituted.
Ault has decided to hold Its annual
Harvest Carnival September goth.
Northern Weld county is preparing to
make a great showing.
Mrs. c. C. Conrad of Trinidad, seeing
that her two little children were about
to be attacked by a three-foot rattle
snake, seized horsewhip and beat the
reptile to death.
The Denver competition chorus, un-
der the management of Henry House
ly, will represent Denver at the Els
teddford to be held in the tabernacle
at Salt Lake this fall.
Superintendent Thompson of the
government fish hatchery has recently
deposited 100 cans of trout in the Fry
ing Pan river and it's tributaries, be-
tween Ivanhoe and Basalt.
The new S125,000 hotel at Boulder
will be completed within a few days
and it is believed that satisfactory ar
rangements will be entered into with
Samuel f. Dutton of Denver to take
charge of it.
Clyde L. King, professor OF Ameri-
can history and government in the
State Normal School of Kansas, has
been appointed acting professor of
economics and sociology in the Uni
versity of Colorado, taking the place
of Prof. John B. Phillips.
1t is stated that former Gov Jesse
F. Mcdonald will probably be the only
member of the committee which was
selected to purchase the silver service
for the cruiser Colorado to make the
trip to San Francisco and make the
formal presentation. There will be
an invitation extended to several pri-
vate citizens to see the honors done,
but whoever goes pays the expense OF
his trip personally.
The state convention OF the National
| Association of Stationary Engineers
closed its sessions Saturday with
the election of officers. Cripple Creek
was chosen as the next meeting
place The officers chosen are T. A.
Goldner of Leadville, president; Dan
iel j. Mcdonald, Idaho Springs, vice
president; l.. l.. Bryant, Cripple
Creek, secretary; G. F. Camblin, Den
yer, treasurer.
Loveland's annual Corn Roast festi-
val will be held Wednesday, August
| ;oI 0f
val this year will be an industrial Ia
rade. Nearly all the merchants and
mechanics in town have agreed to take
part Farmers and stockmen have been
invited to join the procession and it is
expected that this will form lead
ing feature. A ball game and other
amusements are on the program.
From President S. H Atwater of the
Kansas Colorado Power & Railroad
company it is learned that the pro-
posed pleasure resort to be established
by the company will be located in the
vicinity of Lytle, about twenty-five
miles west OF Pueblo and practically
the same distance from Canon City.
Arrangements are being made to bore
several artesian wells in the vicinity
and it is expected that lake will be
made.
Daughters of Pocahontas in session
at Pueblo. on Monday elected the fol-
lowing state officers: May E. McDon-
aid, Idaho Springs, great Pocahontas;
Cora Wethell, Denver, great Winona; ;
Goldie Action, Breckenridge. great
Minnehaha; Rose Allen, Ouray, grand
prophetess Mary Charette, Fort Col
line. first scout; Mrs. Amber, Tellu-
ride, second scout; Mrs. Shannon, Den.
yer, grand wigwam, and Mrs. Humid,
Grand Junction, grand forester.
Following are dates Of Prohibition
county conventions: Boulder county,
Monday, August 18th, at Boulder; Ell
Paso county, Tuesday, August 18th, at
Colorado Springs; Otero county, We'd
nesday, August 10Th, at Rocky Ford;
Bent county. Las Animas, Thursday,
August 18th, at Colorado Springs;
Otero county, Thursday, August Goth,
at Brighton; Prowers county, Friday.
August 21st. at Lamar; Weld county,
Friday. August 21st, at Greeley; Pueb-
10 county, at Pueblo, Saturday, August
22nd; Larimer county, Saturday, Au-
gust 2znd. at Loveland
Knabenshue. with his famous pas
senger carrying airship, will arrive at
the Colorado Interstate Fair and Ex-
position grounds. Denver, August 25th.
Pain. the fireworks king, will arrive
there on the same date. These are two
of the big attractions at the Denver
fair and exposition to be held Septem-
| ber 7th-12th. Knabenshues airship is
the largest now in existence, except
the one built by Walter Welman for
Arctic exploration. 1t can carry two
people. aside from Knabenshue. This
will be the first opportunity western
people have had of seeing an airship
that not only actually flies, but car
ries passengers. Pain gives the car