The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26
WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

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Aug. 1ss2o.--American Association of
Park sngperintendents at Denver.
National society at Denver
Ang.-Grand Council of order of Red
Aug. 25.-Conference of Governors at
| Colorado Springs
Aug, 2s-Knights Of Pythias Grand
Sept. = Shan Kive Indian Festival
Sept. 15-2o.-Coiorado State Fair at
sept.-National Association of First
~ Glass Postmasters at Denyer
at Salida.
Oct; 21.-Colorado State Baptist Asso-
lsl5,-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians. Denver.
Thousands of people enjoyed the
strawberry festival at Glenwood
Springs.
The crop prospects for Northern
Colorado never were better than they
are at. present.
The net value OF the estate of J. s.,
Brown, pioneer of Denver and Colora-
do, who died January Is last, is $685.
900.
P. w. Allen of Greeley, was oper-
ated on and woodtick which had
burrowed under the skin, was re-
moved.
Colorado girls carried away big hon
ors at the commencement exercises at
Wellesley and Smith colleges in
Massachusetts.
Brookside. the thriving little hamlet
just east of Lincoln Park. is now
full-fledged municipality and sports a
mayor and board of town trustees.
The first examination in Morgan
county for a fourth class postoffice
will be held in Fort Morgan July II.
The examination will be to fill
Contemplated vacancy at Snyder"
Old times in Denver and Colorado
were lived over again at Elitch's gar
dens, in Denver. when the Colorado
Pioneers society held its annual re-
union.
George Stoddard. Loveland Mer
chant, suffered serious injury. when he
fell from the top of fourteen-foot
ladder, striking on his head on the ce
ment sidewalk.
Officials believe that 1t will cost the
state $4,000 for legal advertising of
measures passed by the last General
Assembly and which already have
been referred or will be referred be-
| fore July Is.
Governor Ammons issued a procla-
| nation calling upon the citizens of the
state to join in the celebration OF the
| opening Of the Antero project, which
cost $75O.0 and will impound water
for $1,000 acres.
The budget of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad for 1913. as completed
by General Manager f. l.. Brown.
shows that the company will have ex-
pended $1.5O0.O00 in improvements by
the end of this year.
Although falling six stories locked in
an elevator cage with a heavy piano.
John Robertson, Floyd Boles and Fred
erick Dolan of Denver escaped injury.
and ten minutes afterward were able
to continue their work.
Mrs. Sarah Boynton, thirty-eighty.
a resident of Toledo. Ohio. who was on
her way to Colorado to visit niece.
committed suicide between Goodland.
Kan, and Limon. Colo. by jumping
from the Rock Island passenger train.
Mrs. Ella Hawley of the depart,
ment of war relics at the state cap
itol has received an old gold fifty
cent piece from an unidentified man
In Cedar Rapids. Mich. who asserts he
stole 1t from her many years ago.
Col. Howard C. Chaplin, of Denver.
has been appointed by Governor AM
mons to represent the state of Colora-
do at the celebration of the fifieth an
niversary of the battle of Gettysburg
which is to be held at Gettysburg, Pa,
July to July 5.
Mrs. Anne Alice Smith. aged so.
| wife of l. b. Smith of the Pear Park
section at Grand Junction was called
from a long and useful life, following
an illness from paralysis, having suf-
fered three separate attacks during
the latter years of her life.
Former District Judge Harry C. Rid
die, as referee in the adjustment Of
the receivership of the Denver North
Western & Pacific railroad, or the
"Moffat Road" allowed claims
amounting to 100000 in his final re-
port submitted to Judge George W..
Allen.
State Auditor Roady Kenehan has
sent letter to Governor Ammons re-
Cuesting him 20 instruct the attorney
general to bring proceedings to re-
cover $4,000 which he claims is due
from Adams. Boulder, Crowley. Delta.
Dolores, Garfield. Larimer, Mineral.
Moffat. San Miguel and Weld coun-
| ties.
In the District Court at Greeley
John Callison. who was convicted OF
murder in the second degree for caus-
inu tho deafh of Hazel Meek IL. WAS