The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-24
COLORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State
Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Dates for Coming Events.

Aug. 6.-Crowley Day at ordway.
Aug ass7k assro%eF' OF Grand S9 saiT Lodge kema ant
Uniform Rank Encampment. Pueblo
Aug 25-2S.-Bent Co. Fair. Las Animas
Aug. G.-Santa Fe Trail Day. Las AMI
Aug. 2s.-Farmers Fair at Fowler;
eeRt, Roctx tt,4EA5 Ea.5 sas Valley fa'r
Sept. 2-s-Annual Harvest Festival a
Grover.
Sept. 3.-watermelon Day. Rocky Ford
1eRt. E-5-Farmers' n stocKmeh
Sept, l-+.-Morgan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept. l-5.-Larimer County Fair. Love-
Sept. a;;5,-sedgwick County Fair at
Sept. 7.NKIowa County Fair at Esds
Sept; s-ll.-Routt County Fair at Hay
SEPT; s-ll.-cr0wiey Co. Fair. Sugar
Sept. s.ll-Cheyenne County Fair at
sspt ssp, Pay ;dis sssfT FaT city Pueblo
Sept le-l7-conejos County fair at
Sept l6-is-Baca County fair at
Sept. Is 2e;-Race Meet, Denver; ~
sept ~ l-2sIInter-Co Fair and Race
Sept 2a-24.WAppie Pie Day at Rifle.
Sept. 22-25.-Western Slope Fair. Mont
Sept 22-25,-Montezuma Co. Fair At
Sept 23-2s-El Paso Co. Fair. calhan.
Oct. ls.--Grand County Fair at
Oct. s-s.mcoaio. New Mex. Fair at Du-
1s15.-Last Grand Council OF North
American Indians at Denver.
Ralph E. Belding has been named
postmaster at Eagle.
Nine cents per pound was paid for
hogs in the Denver market.
Mrs. Laura Johnson is candidate
for representative from Mesa county.
Samuel Bashor, Jr, aged twenty
five, was struck by lightning and al
most instantly killed on the Matt Nc
Caslin ranch near Hygiene.
A. s. Tucker. an old miner and pros
pector, committed suicide in his cabin
TWO miles below Black Hawk by TAX
ing dose of cyanide Of potassium.
Fire at Troutdale destroyed the
main building containing the dining
pavilion and dance hall, and two stor-
age outbuildings. The loss is about
5000.
Gordon Jones, president of the
United States National bank of Dem
yer was elected to serve on the board
of directors Of the National Reserve
bank, District 10, in Kansas City.
Mrs. Louise A. Bonney, seventy-two
died at the home of her daughter in
Castle Rock. For the last ten years
she had made her home in Denver and
was prominent in church affairs.
Ruth Meyers. girl hobo, ruddy
checked and innocent in appearance.
is back in Jail again in Denver. Her
story has been shattered and she is
facing charges Of participation in sew
eral robberies.
A cloudburst on the line Of the Colo
rado Midland railroad, fifteen miles
north Of Victor, washed out several
miles of track and did great deal of
damage to crops and roads, number
OF ice dams were swept away.
]. B. Lippincott, consulting engineer
for the city of Los Angeles, arrived in
Denver to begin his investigation of
source of water supply for Denver.
He has been engaged for the work by
the public utilities commission.
1t is stated that Harold F. Henwood,
brooding silently in his cell at the
county Jail in Denver, no longer rea-
Lies that he is under sentence OF
death for the murder of George Cope.
land. Disappointment after disap.
ment has dulled his mind until it no
longer acts.
The absorbing subject of comment
in mining circles at Colorado Springs
and among the owners OF big Cripple
Creek properties was the decision OF
Judge ]. w. sheafer, of the local Dis
trict Court, In sustaining the suit Of
the Vindicator Granite and other com
panies against the treasurer and com
missioners Of Teller county.
Raymond Hustled, manager Of sew
eral cattle companies, with extensive
holdings in Colorado, says that tht
cattle industry has great future II
the state. He recently has been ovel
the grazing sections OF Colorado ant
after close study Of the situation be
lieves that there is chance for {
splendid development of the cattle
business.
The annual report of the auditin,
board of the grand lodge Of Elk
shows that the Denver lodge had &c.
hA hnn ~.
fiscal year; that it received betweel