The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
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DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

WOOD Springs.
June 19-20.-Meeting Colorado Bank
ers' Association at Colorado Springs.
June 25-2S.-state. Christian Endeavor
June is-JuIy race Meet. penver.
June 1s-17...Meeting Colorado Post
July 1-4.-Semi- Centennial Home-Com-
ling ing celebration at Fort Collins,
July ls,1s.-Grand Lodge Session. B.P.
July 22-2s-CattIemen Day. Gunni-
July so-Democrat.c State Convention
Aug. IS21-Prowers Co Fair. Lamar;
Uniform Rank Encampment. Pueblo
Aug. 25-2s.-Bent Co Fair. Las Animas.
Aug. 29.-Farmers' Fair at Fowler;
SePt - k a as Valley fair'
Sept S.-watermelon Day. Rocky Ford.
sept 2-5-Farmers' Stockmens
Sept. 1-4.-Morgan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept 1-5.-Larimer County Fair. Love-
Sept 7.-Kiowa County Fair. at Eads.
sept s-11.-Crowley Co. Fair. Sugar
Sept 9.I1;-GheEenne County Fair at
Sept 14-19.Scolo, State Fair. Pueblo.
Sept 15-Is-hincoln Is Co. Fair at Hugo
sept l5-Zb.-taCe Meet, Denver.
Sept al 23.-Tnter-Co. Fair and Race
Meet at Limon.
Sept. 22-25.-Western Slope Fair. Mont
Sept 29-25.-Montezuma Co. Fair at
Sept. 2S-26.-El Paso Co. Fair Calhan.
Oct: 1-3.-Grand County Fair at
Oct s-s."coio. New Mex. Fair at Du-
1s15.SLast Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Three convicts have escaped from
road gangs near Boulder.
The affairs of the defunct State
Bank of Rocky Ford will be dragged
through the courts again, according to
developments in the receivership.
Mrs. Fredericks Aldenhoven was
awarded $4,000 for being knocked into
creek by Reuben Clark, by an opin-
ion of the Court of Appeals of Denver.
Presence of mind and a mud puddle
saved the life of RAYMOND Trefry, ten
years old of Denver, while five play
mates rushed to his rescue after a.
five-gaflon can of gasoline had explod
ed in his face.
Souvenir pamphlets in honor of the
Protective Order of Elks, to be held
in Denver in July. are being issued for
the benefit of thousands of visitors
who will attend.
The failure of two highwaymen to
search small vest pocket in the
clothes of Charles White, bridge car
penter, after holding him up in the
Roxbury rooming house in Denver
saved White 1858.
Within two years work will be start
ed on the construction of the South
western Pacific railroad from Denver
to San Diego, Cal, in the opinion of
Col. d. G. Collier president of the
company. who was in Denver.
The Printing Platemakers' Union
will give their annual picnic on Sun
day, June 81, at Media Grove, near
South Platte, and the outing will be
just about the best and biggest of all
the big outing events of the season.
The Ordway district, comprising
Ordway, Sugar City, Olney and the
adjoining territory, faces the most
brilliant crop outlook in its history
Conservative estimates of the valley
of the crop for this section alone are
$S50,O00
Two la Junta boys, G. V. Price and
Andrew Lantz. who were graduated
from the La Junta High School last
year, and who are at present attend
ing William Jewell in Liberty, Mo-,
won high honors in the latter place
this year.
For the first time in the twenty
seven years of the Denver Normal In
stitute a woman has been selected as
conductor. She is Miss Anna Laura
Force, principal of the Columbian
school and member of the state
board of examiners.
Efforts to "whitewash" those in.
volved in charges of mishandling of
the funds of the Colorado diocese OF
the Protestant Episcopal church will
be blocked. 1t is intimated the per
son chiefly involved in the irregulari-
ties is high church dignitary
Denver will be a gala city in July
when the Elks rush there for their
golden jubilee. Denver Elks are mak.
ing elaborate preparations to receive
the visitors and from July 13 to 19
entertainment will follow business and
business will follow entertainment.
The mystery of the robbery of the
Silver Grill and Bigger's restaurant
in Denver has been solved. Four
youths, between the ages of eighteen
and twenty confessed to the police
that they, with two other boys who
have fled, were responsible for the
crimes. The boys are Louis Matches
ter, eighteen, horseshoer; Jasse Beam
er, nineteen, packer; Irwin Campbell,
nineteen, printer, and Thomas Jones,
twenty, horseshoer.
Ella Young fnrtv.one vears old fnr