The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18
WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
Dates for Coninx Evei
sssern Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Dates for Coninx Events.
July 22-state Progressive Assembly
al Colorado springs.
July so-Democratic State Convention
Aug. ls,-Midsummer meeting Colo
rado Editorial Association. Denver
Aug 4-Republican Assembly at Den
Aug. s-crowley Day at ordway
Au1 ls-2l-Prowers Co. Fair. Lama
Avg F,,;s- ;s-271k Of r. Grand Lodge ara
Aus s5-H-Bent Co. Fair. Las Animas
Aug. 27-santa Fe Tran Day. Las AM
Aug, 2s.-Farmers' Fair at Fowler
aeBa - . as Valley FAR.
Sept 2-3-AnnuaI Harvest Festival al.
Sept, s--watermelon Day; Rocky Fore
@eR --2-E armers Stockmen
Sept. l-A-Morgan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept l-5.-LarImer County Fair. Love
Sept, 3-5.-sedg County Fair a.
Sept 7.-kiowa County Fair at Ead-
sept s-ll-Routt County Fair at Hay
Sept s-l1-crowIey Co Fair. suga-
Sep, s-l1-Chexenne County Fair at
Sept io-Sugar Day. Sugar City.
Sept. l4-ls,-Coio. State Fair. Pueblo
Sept l5-ls--Lincoln Co. Fair at Hug
Sept 1e-is-Baea County fair at
Springfield
Sept ls-2s-Race Meet. Denver
Sept Il 2s-Inter-co Fair and Race
Meet at Limon,
Sept 23-24.-Apple Pie Day at Rife
Sept, 2z-25.-Montezum. Co. Fair at
Sept. 2s-2s-El Paso Co Fair. CaIhaa
Sept. 2s-Oct. Central Colorado Far
Oct 1-a-Grand County Fair at
Oct s-s'-coio- New Mex Fair at Du-
Isl5.@Las, Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver
Beef steers sold on the Denver
market at $3.50 per cwt.. the hign st
for this year
The Cheyenne Elks had about $50
bronchos in Denver for their use dur
ing the Golden Jubilee convention.
Ten thousand Elks attended the Col
Fully 10000 visitors were in the city
at the time
p B. Jenkins announced that he had
purchased the old Burdick coal mine
north of Hotchkiss and would resume
its operation.
Joseph Cole, eighteen years old. of
Sultmer, Kan, fell beneath the wheels
OF D. e. H. G. train at Pueblo and
lost both legs.
Longmont and the entire st. Vrafn
valley was one of the best-represented
sections of Colorado in the big parade
OF the Elks' jubilee in Denver.
Among the visiting Elks' wives IN
Denver is Mrs. Elmer E. Meade OF Los
Angeles, who was well known to Den
ver society as Mrs. G. z. Reynolds.
Mrs. Meade formerly lived in Denver.
Four hundred members OF the La
Junta order of B. P. o. E, rccom-
panied by thirty-piece band and an
Industrial float for Otero colnty, at
tended the Elks convention in Denver.
The total membership in all subor-
! was 42S,479, according to the report
OF Edward Leach, retiring as grand
exalted ruler, which was presented to
the grand lodge.
Mrs. Lulu Richardson, seventeen,
wife of Louis Richardson, mine guard
and former non-union employe at the
Valdez mine. committed suicide at her
home In Valdez by shooting herself
in the breast with her husbands rifle.
Ten thousand visitors and residents
were thrilled by the exhibition fire run
OF thirty-two pieces Of apparatus down
Fourteenth street from Colfax avenue
to Larimer street in Denver The
horses got the real applause. too,
which shows that the people have not
lost their love for the faithful animals
Henry Gibson, fifty-two, of Colorado
Springs was killed near Green Noun
tain Falls when he fell from an excur.
sion train Gibson had just been
warned by his wife to leave the rear
platform where he was riding, when
the train shot around curve and he
was hurled to his death.
Carrie Marks, thirty-one, owner OF
rooming house at Pueblo, proved her.
self heroine when she saved Flor.
ence Ore, fifteen, from an attack by
Juan Garcia. a Mexican. Garcia met
the girl on the street and induced her
to accompany him to his room A strug
gle ensued, at the height of which
Miss Marks opened the door with a
pass key and knocked the Mexican
down with her fists. The Mexican was
G. S. Wark, who has lease on the
Pioneer mine and mill at Empire,
Clear Creek county, seems to be in
luck. The mill has been running day
and night right along and is kept
busy with shipments from the Sharpe
and Kane lease on the sixth level,
which are in good ore. They drilled
out 4aua la CT r.,anth .....i