The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS

Fort Morgan
June Is-Is-state Sunday School Con
veution at Denver.
June ls2o.-straw berry Day at Glen
wood Springs.
June is- 20 Meeting Colorado Bank
June -2s.-state ChriIian Endeavor
&c. conysntdon ,s ti,3, a, GoloraSo Color spTings
July 7-Il.-Race Meet. Pueblo.
June is-17-Meeting Colorado Post
masters Convention at Denver
July Semi-centennial Home &C ON
ing Celebration at Fort Collins.
July s-Cherry Pie Day. Manzanola
July l3,ls-Grand Lodge Session. p
July 2-23-Ca,tlemen' Day. Gunui-
Aug 25-27-K OF p. Grand Lodge and
Uniform Rank Encampment, Pueblo
AUG AUG nshs Fe q Traii I Bay af Las asas Rai
Aus 2s-Farmers' Fair at Fowler
SEPT - a n 5 as Valley Far
sept Watermelon Day. Rocky Ford
Sept 2-5-Farmers an Stockmv ms
Sept. l-4-Morgan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept. 1-5.-Larimer County Fair. Love
Sept 7-Kiowa county Fair at E:ads
sept s-ll.-crowley Co Fair. Sugar
Sept s-I1-Cheyenne County Fair at
Cheyenne Wells.
sept sugar Ipdgs SuSar 1tty-
Sept l4-1s-Colo. State Fair. Pueblo
Sept I5-1s.-Lincoin Co. Fair a, Hugo
Sept is-2 2e-Race Meet, Denver,
Sept 2i-23-Inter-Co- Fair and Race
Meet at LimoH.
Sept @,-25.-Western Slope Fair. Mont
Sept 25-Montezuma Co. Fair at
Sept 20 2s-EI Paso co. Fair, calhan-
oct i-5 5MGrand County Fair at
oct s-s"coio. New Mex. Fair at Du-
range
1sI5-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
The coming summer promises CON
siderable activity in the Breckenridge
gold fields.
George Meikle. eighteen years old.
employed on the C. A. Nix Bixler farm.
nine miles east of Boulder was killed
by lightning
Harry E. Bunkstrom. aeronaut
dropped 1000 feet to his death at
Elitch's gardens in Denver. before a
crowd OF | 200 spectators.
Decoration day was fittingly OBJ
served in Rocky Ford by members OF
Wadsworth post, G. A. r., and mem
bers of other local patriotic organiza
tions.
Four persons were seriously injured
at Colorado Springs when an automo-
bile. in which r c. Meader and Harry
Burns were riding. collided with
street car.
Eight hundred cars of Texas cattle
passed through Denver during the last
few weeks consigned to Eastern mark
officials.
Nicholas Tomeo, a Louisville sa-
loon keeper. was arrested by United
States troops on charge Of trying to
sell liquor to a soldier. He was taken
to Boulder to await trial.
James B. Bingham was appointed
cashier of the Rocky Ford factory OF
the American Beet Sugar Company, to
succeed F. f. Hawley, who recently
resigned from that position.
The Colorado Supreme Court de-
cided that the town of Aurora must
pay the $3.50 900 in water works bonds
issued by the town of Fletcher, out Of
which the present Aurora grew.
Chief Justice George w Musser of
the State Supreme Court. whose term
expires next January, will not be
candidate for reelection. Justice Mus
ser confirmed rumors to this effect.
Mrs r. B. Spaulding and Mrs. l.. A.
Bickford, the oldest twins in Colora-
do. recently celebrated their seventy
eighth birthday, at luncheon given
in their honor by Mrs Fred II. Thomp-
son of Denver.
The city commissioners of Denver
passed the bill providing $50 to $500
fine and ten to ninety-day Jail term
for contractors engaged in city work
who fail to pay minimum wage OF
So 50 day to their laborers.
The State Supreme Court decided
the case OF Marion Ethel Pearse.
eight years old, who has been the sub
ject of an international dispute be
tween her mother and three sets of
foster parents. The Supreme Court
found that Mrs F. B. Parks, wife of
wealthy cattleman of Grand juno
tion, should have charge of the child.
According to report made by Les
lie f. Hubbard, inheritance tax col
lector eighteen estates yielded 1886
20 the state. The largest estate was
that of O. l.. Davis of Las Animas
county s12S,1O1, the tax amounting
to 1889. The smallest was that OF
Antonia Pighetti, who left an estate
worth $4,000, carrying tax OF $3.50.
During severe electrical storm in
the vicinity of Rocky Ford, one OF the
poles carrying the current for the To-
cal plant from Pueblo was struck In
consequence all the lights in the city
suddenly went out. A performance OF
Never Say DE-" featuring Nat c.
Goodwin, was in progress in the new
Rourke theater when this occurred
and the last act had to be played by
candle light.
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