The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.


Aug. 1s-22.-County Fair and Race
Aug. 2I.ss."B. 2. o. Elks state Re-
union at waIsenburg.
Aug; "a Barbeere by ,srn TerrIt9rial ii9fisl
Aug. s5..conference of Governors at
Aug. 25-S7 S7.eMeeting of Philippine Ma
Aas ssssshts soslsfyh st 0snTsf Of Tsth.a. Grand
Aug. rs 25-2s.-Grahd Lodge and Uniform
Rank Encampment. X. OF p at TIN
Aug. 2s.-Fumpkin Pie Day at Long
Aug. ss-2s.-county Fair and Race
August 20 Pickle day. at Platte
Sept 1--Temato Day at Fort LuPton,; LP,'I,
at Colorado Springs. =,
Sept; s-5,-county Fair and Race
sept pests'ns -s Ep'y West F0sS Show a. For.
Sept. s~second Annual Fall Festival
Sept. s-s.EMeeting of Royal High
lander. in Denver: ..,.,
Sept s:Ii.-weld County Fair at
Sept. S[eeseYa ssYya.-county Fair and Race
sept s.!2.-MorEan County far ~
Sept. s-i2.sLas Animas County Fair
Sept. ii-iaGEighth District w. c. t.
Y. Convention at Denver:
Sept. 16-1s.-western Slope Fair at
Sept. Is-so.-coiorado State Fair at
Oct. I-s-state w. c. T. U. conven-
Oct 2-4.Nsedgwick County Fair at
yuiespnrs, e,,.,u a, AmerI-
Oct: 2i.-Coiorado State Baptist Asso-
Oct. g. iWcolorado Kennel Club
Jan. 2t@Nstionai Western Stock
lsI5.SLast Grand Council of North
American Indians. Denver.
All the public offices in Denver
were closed during the Knights Tenn
plar parade.
The Illinois knights Templar
visited Colorado Springs on their way
to the Denver conclave.
The hundreds of visiting women in
Denver for the conclave had ample en-
tertainment provided for them.
Over 100 pilgrims and their wives
left Fort Morgan Sunday for the
knights Templar conclave at Denver.
A settlement OF the far reaching
strike brought about by Pueblo team
sters which has been in effect the
past three weeks, has been effected.
The body Of the unidentified man
found in Grand river three weeks ago
was buried at Glenwood Springs by
order of County Coroner DR.. e. A.
Hopkins.
]. NJ. Sampliner. Ollie Bannister and
C. E. Bond left Grand Junction for the
East to purchase the furniture for the
new Elks' home. The furniture bill
Will total nearly 100000.
More than 500 Knights Templar
from Pittsburg. Cleveland. Boston.
Cincinnati and Joliet and Morris, ILL.,,
visited the Pixies Peak region on their
way to the conclave at Denver.
Less than five minutes after she Wis
tied st. Francis hospital in Colorado
Springs to see her daughter. Mrs. Hell
en- A. Ten Eyck. sixty-nine years old.
dropped unconscious from stroke or
apoplexy.
Nearly all the people OF Denver. as
well as visitors in the city, were down
town Saturday night to witness the
gorgeous display that the illumina-
tions of the Knights Templar decora-
tions made.
Two persons are under arrest at
Colorado Springs and one In Leadville
as the result Of an expose made OF
swindling scheme by which one and
perhaps four local banks have lost
more than $1,000.
John H. Drinkwater, sixty-two. veal
thy retired business man of Denver.
resident for over thirty years and
owner of property throughout the
state, died at Kansas City, where he
has been since last March under
going treatment for cancer.
Elgin Diaz, proprietor of Boulder
moving picture house. received tele-
gram from his uncle, Peter Gasea,
owner of a cattle ranch at Bata Quin-
ta, Mexico, urging him to come at
once and protect his interests from
marauding Mexicans.
Spencer Penrose, millionaire copper
magnate. who owns a large ranch on
Turkey creek. has filed petition in
the District Court at Colorado
Springs asking for adjudication OF pri-
critics OF water rights on his land.
Judge John f. Little has set the hear
ing for September 10.
Nine strong men pulled with all
their might to raise, inch by inch. the
right flank and the tail Of the colos-
sal horse which arches Champa street
Just below Eighteenth. in Denver. This
horse is fifty-two feet high and forty
eight feet long. and even though it
is hollow. its bones are of wood and
its sinews of chicken wire, 1t weighs