The Holly chieftain., 1914-08-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Dates for Coming Events.
e.tern Newspaper Union News Service.

aug. Zf-tiCkie Day at
| Aug. 27-2s-Fal Festival at Flagler
Aug: 27.-santa Fe Trail Day. Las AMI
Aug 2s-Farmers Fair at Fowler;
Sept. l-4-Ark aasas Valley Fair.
Sept. 2-s-Annual Harvest Festival at
Sep, Sep, s-wa.ermelcn Day; RSeSyI asI, pO pond n: ,
seRt 2-3-Farmers stocNmehs
Sept i-tNMorsan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept, l-5.-Larimer County Fair. Love
Sept, 3;5.-sedgwick County Fair at
Sept. 7-Kiowa County Fair at Eads.
sept. s-ll.-Routt County Fair al nay
den.
Rocky Ford cantaloupes are now be-
ing marketed.
Denver's German population was
Jubilant at reports of the kaiser's vic
tory in Belgium.
Michael A. Leddy. state treasurer,
announced his withdrawal from the
primary election race for state audi
tor
Thomas Judilevitz, twentyfour, OF
Denver, was seriously injured when
he was thrown from his motorcycle
near the Twin Bridges at La Sale.
Geo. Allen Smith and Ben C. Hill
lizard were designated as Democratic
candidates for Congress in the First
(Denver) congressional district.
In line with the action taken by the
women in the East, the Colorado Wom-
ems Peace Association will call a
mass meeting to protest against war.
John Hancock, last lineal descend
ant of the patriot of that name who
| affixed the first signature to the Dec
laration of Independence, died in Den
Yer at Mercy hospital.
The Denver Manufacturers Associa-
ton, the youngest commercial body in
Denver, is proving itself one Of the
most active and effective home indus
try organizations in Colorado.
The Progressive and Republican
designated candidates for the princi-
pal state offices will take the lead in
making statewide campaigns for the
primary elections which the several
political parties will hold on Sept. s.
The Republicans Of the Third con-
gressional district designated F. j.
Stanley Of Alamosa; L. ]. Boughton
of Teller county; ]. w. B. Smith Of
Clear Creek countp: C. NJ. Corlett of
Rio Grande county and Neil n. Nc.
Lean of Rio Grande county, as candi.
dates for Congress.
Temporarily unbalanced, as the re-
suit of nervous breakdown, Miss
Myrtle Reid, beautiful and accomp-
llshed young woman, former teacher in
Los Angeles public schools, slashed
her throat with a razor at the resi-
dence OF Judge r. A. Crossman at
Pueblo.
Plans for the reorganization OF the
western Pacific railroad, in which the
Denver & Rio Grande is taking an act
i've part, have been outlined and are
now being discussed at meetings of
Denver & Rio Grande directors in
New York, according to information
which reached Denver.
Hundreds of inquiries from foreign,
ers in Denver and Colorado who are
eager to return to fight for their
countries are still coming in to the
| Denver conSulates. In most cases
they have been advised by the repre-.
sentatives Of their governments to
wait for further developments.
Friends of Mrs. Lucille Luker of
Denver fear she may have committed
suicide. Mrs. Luker is the woman al,
legged to have accompanied Miss Flor,
ence Brown, fourteen years old, to a
resort near Denver, where Miss Brown
drank wine. The Brown girl later end
ed her life by drinking carbolic acid.
w. Frank Mcconnell aged twenty,
five. of 1882 Glenarm place, an auto
mobile driver, was killed when all
automobile in which he was riding
with ]. w. Springer. aged. fifty-three
manager of the Albany garage at 1924
Glenarm place, was wrecked by the
collapse of an axle near Overland
park.
By o'clock Saturday night the
status of every political party for its
primary campaign became well es
tablished. All acceptances that are tC
be filed with the secretary of state
had been submitted and the date for
filing Of petition designations had ex
pired. All candidates for important
offices, with but few exceptions, filed
their acceptances and made ready tC
launch their primary campaigns.
Mrs. James 7. Macy, wife of q