The Holly chieftain., 1914-04-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES EOR COMING EVENTS.

May Ig-ii-State Councll OF junior Ut
der of American Mechanics. at Colo
May l4-is,Eace Meet; Durango.
buy uhe 7iiMKace aMaee Mees Teei rseb,o e"Ver
July s;-Cherry Pie Day, Manzanola.
July ls,h.-Grand Lodge Session. b.
+. Elks at Denver.
July 22-2s.-cattlemen's Day. Gunni-
Aug. 1s-2l-Prowers Co Fair. Lamar.
Aug. 25-2s-Bent Co Fair. Las Animas.
Aug. 27.-Santa Fe Trail Day. Las AMI
mas.
Aug 29.--Farmers' Fair at Fowler;
sept l-4.-A a n as valley faiI'
Sept 3;-Watermelon Day. Rocky Ford
sept 2-5;-Farmers' al d Stockmehs
FAR; Burlington.
Sept. l-4.-Morgan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept. l-4.-Larimer Co. Fair. Loveland:
sept; s-l1.-crowley Co. Fair. sugar
Sept. 9-1l.-Cheyenne County Fair at
Sept ilo.n,asugar Day. Sugar city; ty;,.t,o
Sept. l5-1S.-Lincoin County Fair at
Sept, lg-2s.-Race Meet Denver,
Sept. 2123 - Inter County Fair and
Race Meet at Lmon.
Sept. 2225.-Wcstern Slope Fair. Mont
rose.
Sept. 22-25.-Montezuma County Fair
Sept 22 25-Trinidad Fair. Trinidad.
Sept. EEL Paso Co. Fair. Caihan.
Oct. 6-9-ColoradoN New Mexico FAR AT
I9i5.-i.ast Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver
The strike of oil in Dry creek basin,
San Miguel county, has caused great
excitement in that part of the state.
| Frank Lyman Hulen was found gull
| ty OF bigamy by jury in Golden. the
maximum penalty is a $1,000 fine or
two years Imprisonment.
Meeker is to have new and mod
ern First National bank building, con-
struction work upon which was be-
gun by Denver contractors.
Some of Americas leading singers
will participate in the music festival
to be staged at the Auditorium IN
Denver May 2S. 30 and 80.
Two more arrests in the Spurseon
kidnapping case were made i'll Denver
when P. A. Mclaughlin and Michael
Burke were ordered arrested.
| The various counties of the state
have been given total of $l49,100 for
use on the state roads. This is ex-
elusive of s30,5O0 appropriated for Ell
wood pass.
One hundred Denver Club women
are planning to go to Loveland, April
23 and "a, to attend the convention or
all the federated clubs of the north
eastern district Of Colorado.
Be sure seed of the best possible
quality is purchased for the garden.
Neither the gardener nor the farmer
can afford to use poor seed because
it is cheap. 1t is the most expensive
in the end.
After residence of six months in
Long Beach, where she had gone for
the benefit of her health. Mrs. Re-
becca Eaton, widow of Ex-Governor b.
H. Eaton of Colorado, died from Il
stroke of paralysis.
The engagement of George lies,
eldest son of Senator Thomas Fl. lies,
of Craig. one of the best known stock
men in northwestern Colorado. and
Miss Barbara Allan. society belle OF
Idaho Springs, has been announced.
That Colorado stockmen are raising
hogs in much larger numbers than
they did few years ago is evidenced
by the rapid increase in the number OF
hogs received at the Denver yards
from day to day from Colorado points.
The Golden Cycle Mining and Mill
ing Company of Cripple Creek has
mailed out it's regular monthly divi
dend checks of 8 cents per share. The
total dividend is $45,000, bringing the
amount paid in dividends this year to
s1SO,0O0.
John Fawcett, convicted Of obtain
ing s25 from a waitress in Broadway
restaurant in Denver on forged
check, was sentenced by Judge Perry
in the West Side Court to a term OF
from three to five years in the peniten-
tiary at Canon City. --
Three alleged shoplifts. a woman
and two men, giving the names of Mrs.
Edith Larson, Louis Pente; and Levi
Coombs, were arrested in a Pueblo
department store by store detectives,
who charge that the trio had stolen
several pairs of shoes.
If something can be done this spring
TO reopen the big mines of Ohio City,
in Gunnison county, and in Pitkin and
vicinity, it will be a blessing to the
state 1t was sad day for the indus
trial interests of Ohio City when e.
NJ. Lamont. manager OF the Raymond
Mines and Mill. passed away, for he
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