The Elbert County tribune., 1913-09-19

--t--Ei Paso County FAir AT Sai-
Oct. 7.i2:--Meetlng Society of Ameri-
oc, san Indians at Denver;, .o-
Sept 2t-2s,-Good Roads Conference at
Oct. 27.-L o. o. f. Annual Encamp-
mert at Grand Junction.
sSUcG so.-Nov. colorado Kennel Ciuo
Jan -15.-Coiorado Poultry Fancicrs
jan, sgsiston shSw at se Dsnyer; stock
show at Denver.
isis-Last Grand Council of North
american Indians. Denver.
Clyde L. Starrett resigned as police
magistrate of Colorado Springs.
Neil ID. Mckenzie. Boulder pioneer.
banker and mining man. died at his
home from pneumonia.
Governor Ammons honored Crowley.
county by paying his first visit to
county fair held in the state this year.
The Board of County Commissioners
at Boulder appropriated $4,000 for the
employment of a county agricultural
expert
A search of nearly months durs-
tion has failed to disclose the where
abouts of Heller Baker, Belgian nom
union miner who disappeared August
is from Louisville.
Grand Junction people are protest
ing to Colorado's congressman and
senators against a proposal to build a
cheaper federal building In Grand
Junction than was originally planned.
In an effort to return to the joyous
days of the pioneers. the Western
Slope Industrial exposition. to be held
in Grand Junction, beginning Septem-
Der 23, has adopted many unique fea-
lures.
A long procession of grief-stricken
relatives and friends followed the
caskets of Harry Smith and his bride,
Celia, who were drowned together in
the Denver City Park lake. to Golden
Hill Cemetery.
The Colorado African Colonization
Company will hold an open meeting at
the Denver auditorium of the Young
Mems Christian Association in ten
days 10 discuss colonization of Liberia,
Africa, with American negroes
The funeral of Miss Kathryn Old
land. the young society girl who was
killed in an automobile wreck be-
tween Mceker and Rifle, was held at
Meeker. The procession was the
largest in the history of the town.
A bolt of lightning struck the troll
ley wire at the Englewood tramway
loop. caused one end of the severed
wire to drop and weld itself to the
street car track and delayed cars be-
tween Denver and Englewood two
hours.
Englewood politics has proved too
much for its woman pastor. The
resignation of the Rev. Kate Hans,
pastor OF the Mayflower Congrega-
tional church, was announced, her
friends declaring that politics forced
her to leave.
Samuel Long, Sr, father oe Samuel
Long. who shot and killed Philip San
doval in bar room in Denver, walked
into his sons cell at II. country Jail
The boy looked up. gavs one hysterIcal
cry of JOY and fell sobbing on his
fathers breast.
James b. Lansing, who a number of
years ago gained the sobriquet of the
Death Valley poet" of Nevada, and
whose writings were copied from one
end of the country to the other, was
married to Miss Aimee Burt at the
Terhune ranch. near Yampa.
The TOW n of Center, which has been
without railroad communication with
the rest of the outside world, was hos
tess to the entire San Luis valley. The
celebration was for the completion of
the San Luis Central railroad from
Monte Vista into Center, distance
of fourteen miles.
Statistics purporting to show that
the human race gradually is becoming
insane. and the prediction that the
time will come when there will be no
more births. were the features of an
address before the American Public
Health Association at Colorado
Springs by DR.. j. H. Kellogg, of Bat
tie Creek. Mich.
A splendid showing was made by
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad in
the fiscal year ended June 80. 1913,
detailed report of which has been
made by President B. F. Bush. For
the first tine in the history Of the
road gross earnings amounted to more
than $2,000.000 per month, the total
for the year being s24,331 ,047.55. To
tai operating expenses for the year
were $17,O47.172.O1, leaving a net
revenue of s7.405.792.S5.
The Denver City Tramway COMPANY
has announced its intention to pay the
city $263,S13 in delinquent taxes for
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