The state herald., 1914-05-15
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
c O L O r A . o
PEOPLE
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR Cc.IING EVENTS.

at LovelAnd.
June ls-ls.-State Sunday School Con-
yention at Denver.
June June ls.juiy 4:-Raee Meet, Denver.
July 1-11:.-Race Meet. Pueblo.
July y13-1s.--Grand Lodge Session. b. p.
July 2-23.-Cattiemen's Day. ounni-
Aug, is.2l.-Prowsrs Co, Fair. Lamar.
Aug. s7.--santa Fe Trail Day. Las AMI
Aug. ss--Farmsrs' Fair a. Fowler;
Rocky Ford.
s:Pp PAY nssss n.ra
:, Fair, Burlington.
Sept. i-l.-MorEan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept. i-!.-L.rImer Co. Fair, Lovsinnd:
SEPT; s.,i,.Gksysnns County Fair at
Sept. lo@suEar Day, Sugar City
Sept. ll-ls.-Colo State Fair, Pueblo;
Sept. l5-ls.-lincoln County Far AZ
Sept. is-3s.-Race Meet. Denver.
Sept. l.23. - Inter County Fair aho
s.R; Race :, Meet a. Limon s,,,. r.,r Mont
Sept. 22-25.-Montezuma County Fair
Sept. 2s-a5-rrinidad Fair. Trinidad.
Sept. .2s-2s.-El Paso Co. Fair. Gaihan;
Oct. s-s-Colorado-N New Mexico Fair al
lsis-Iss, Grand Council Of North
American Indians at Denver.
The state convention OF the NJ. w.
A. was held at Pueblo. with delegates
from all parts of the state present.
Friday was good roads day, accord
ing to proclamation issued by Cover
nor Ammons. and was generally OBJ
served.
The postoffice at Strong. mining
camp near Walsenburg. has been loot
ed and number Of books Of blank
money orders taken.
Four hundred volunteer workers
will give their time In the big ten-day
campaign to raise the $250.000 fund
for Denver university.
Representative Keating has recon-
mended Edward o. Russell of Manzan-
ola. Robert Tandy OF Del Norte. and
Herbert Sabine of Alamosa for ap-
pointment as postmasters.
The State Railway Commission has
issued an order requiring the Denver.
Boulder g. Western road to operate a
weekly train between Sunset and
Ward after June 2 for period OF two
years.
At Trinidad Major Holbrook furn-
ished guards for the paymasters OF
both the strikers and mine operators.
refusing to let the men have their own
guards. The strikers received their
union benefits.
The bulk of the $4,000 estate left
by Mrs. Ella Clark. wife of the late
Rufus Clark OF Denver. will go to the
training school on the West African
coast which Rufus Clark endowed q
few Years ago.
II. w. Haig. wealthy land owner
OF Nebraska. died at st. Joseph's hos
pital In Denver. Three operations
were performed In an effort to save
his life. He was the founder OF Haig.
Neb. He was fifty years OF age.
The relief committee organized by
the Women's Peace organization to
aid the Ludlow refugees, received an
urgent appeal from its chairman. Mrs.
Lee Campion. now at Trinidad. fer
clothes for babies and women.
Il. b. IIill and Jap" Reed. leasefs
on the Yellow Pine silver mine. To-
Gated near Crisman. six miles ives, OF
Boulder. have Just received a check
from Manager H. A. Frey OF the
Chamberlain sampling works for 81.
500. which Is the net return TO them
on carload OF high grade wire silver
ore.
Possible state supervision OF coal
mines and the withdrawal OF all coal
lands under lease. n proposed Income
tax on amounts over $1,000 TO pay the
strike Indebtedness. and n plan to lay
by nest egg OF some s250.000 for fIi.
ture military operations In strike
zones. were included In House deiib.
erations last week.
Sinking the main shaft at the Dill.
Ion mine on the south aide OF Battle
mountain. Cripple Creek. one Of the
Granite Gold Mining company's prop
critics. Is under way. the purpose be-
Ing to extend the shaft TO the common
water level. which In believed to be
somewhere between 1900 and 1900
feet from the collar OF the shaft.
The undertaking OF the ienscca OF
the Guadaloupe property nj Jasper In
driving n cross.cut tunnel to intcrrect
the vein at great depth has been sue
cessfully accomplished and the Guadn
ioupe vein at the poin, Of intersection
Is found TO be n body OF solid quartz
tweniy'thfec feet In width from the
foo, wall side 10 the hanging wall.
An Important strike OF rich ore Is
reported TO have been developed In
the Caledonia mine. on the extreme
northern slope Of Gold hill. In the
crippl. Greek district. BY Thompson
and Company. lcaaees. who began op.
crations only n short time ago. The
ore shoot Ii about nix feet Wild. and
carries values ranging from t2b 10 $50