The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-09-17

SEPT. iS,lSIBaca County fair al
Sept !6-19.-Logan County Fair at
Sept: 81 ,ss-Inter-co. Fair and Race
Sept. .2-25-Western slope Ear. Mont
Sept. s.-25.-Monte.uma 60. Fair at
sept Oct. sIcen,rai asH al coiorado Fair
at Colorado Springs
Oct l-s-Grand County Fair at
Oct. s-s."coio. New Mex. Fair a. Du-
lsl5.-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Rocky Ford's Melon Day celebra.
tion was big success.
About 10000 acres of state land
were disposed of at the sale at Limon.
Sixty-eight carloads OF cattle were
loaded at Cary In one day, for ship
ment to Denver.
The Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4 in
Saguache county is now open for min
Ing men and prospectors.
The sale Of state lands at Colorado
Springs brought $3,32749 as part pay
ments on 1878 acres to nineteen pur-
chasers.
A party of Yampa people met with
an accident when j. X. Starkey's auto
was overturned in Russell gulch, be-
tween Toponas and Mccoy.
Rev. John P. Campbell. for the last
three years pastor of the Trinidad Con-
gregational church. died at his home
after long illness from tuberculosis.
Denver's health record is unexcelled
by any other city In the United States
Of the same class. according to DIR.
Oscar Hayes, deputy health commits
sioner.
Lucil Kelly Of Pueblo complained to
the police that Cleveland Sheldon at
tempted to take watch away from
her. Sheldon IL in the city Jail ON
charge of disturbance.
Final plans for program of auto
mobile races and a display of 1915
automobile models on Sept 26 and 27
were launched at a meeting OF the
Denver Motor Club.
w. A. Clark. who shot himself
through the body at Aurora. after he
died at the county hospital in Denver.
His body was turned over to Deputy
Coroner Bostwick.
Mrs. W. e. d. Stokes. wife OF mil
lionaire Stokes, of New York. and
niece of the late Isaac Elwood. gave
birth to a son at the home OF her
mother. Mrs. Arthur Scott Miller, in
Denver.
Miss Ruth Nicholson, daughter OF
Samuel ID. Nicholson. one of the Re-
publican candidates for governor, re-
fused to be operated on for appendi-
citis until she had received the cleo
tion returns.
Assessor G. W. Clark has just to-
tailed up the assessments for the COM
ing year and finds that the total val
uation of assessable property in Mont
rose county to be $l1,63S.735, or an in
crease of $691,727.
A fall down stairs two months ago,
In which she was bruised from head
to foot, resulted in the death OF Mrs.
J. V. Dennam. 46. of Nevada. Mo-. at
Fort Collins Her remains were sent
to Nevada for burial.
Circulars describing Michael o Mara
formerly baggage master at the union
depot, who disappeared shortly before
$1,000 was missed from the Union
Depot Company's funds. were sent
broadcast throughout the country by
the Denver police.
Harry Taylor, twenty-seven years
old. Denver concessionaire, who was
run down by an automobile driven by
L. c. Stevenson an employs OF local
automobile company. at Sixteenth and
Curtis streets, died at the county hos
pital as the result of a fractured skull
and internal injuries.
A National Association OF State Audi
tors has been formed in Denver as
the result of the conference Of the Ma
tional Tax Association. Its chief OBJ
jects will be to promote uniform sys-
tens of accounting and uniform legis-
lation In the various states upon sub
jects in connection with the offices Of
the members.
The ashes of Capt John d. How
land, Denver pioneer artist, Indian
fighter and scout. are to be scattered
to the winds In the mountains which
he helped to reclaim from the wilds
and which he depicted with all the
power OF his artistic brush. In accord
ance with his wish they will be taken
to some rock fastness and there
thrown upon the breeze.
Miss Nora K. Hills, who has been
visiting for the last six months at
Dover Bay, England, returned to Den
yer, and told interesting incidents OF
the war. THE straits of Dover are so
mined" says, Miss Hills, that refu-
gees fleeing from France have to be
taken into other ports.' She was
aboard the last passenger boat that