The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-08-28

Sept. 10 n--Fan Festival at FlaSler.
Days and Harvest Festival at Fort
Sept: I5-i7.-Elks Annual Reunion a,
Sept; 17-1s.-Midsummer Meeting of
colorado state Editorial Association
at Glenwood Springs.
Farming Congress. Denver;
Oct, 2,s-Fair and Race Meeting at
Oct 1s.-odd Fellows Annual state
Convention at Colorado Springs
Colorado Fair Dates.
sept c, 1,,,lo;-Crowley County Fair As
sep ee'7 7tIoE slsaT City Valley Fair As
socia1ion. Longmont =,
Sept; i7,lo-Logan County Fair at
Sept sIl.-Cheyenne County Fair at
Sept; i5-l7.-Routt County Fair at
Sept. .13-Is.-Colorado State Fair As
ISOLATION. Pueblo.
Sept, l5-ls.-Lincoln County Fair at
Sept 21-ss.-coneios County Fair at
Sept 21-24-western Slope Fair at
Sept, .24;-Baca County Fair at
Sept 81 -24.-Trinidad- Las Animas Co.
Fair Association. Trinidad, ri,
sept si,24-Montezuma County FAIR
Sept. % 25.-saguache County Fair at
SaguAche.
Sept. 2225.-Farmers' and Stockgrow-
ers' Fair at Burlington.
sept. 2s-3o,-Prowers County Fair At
Lamar.
Sept. 2s-oct Ell Paso County Fair
at Calhan.
Aug, sl-sePt. s.-Morgan County Fair
Oct. 6-S.-Colorado New Mexico Fair
at Durango
Oct -s-Colorado Agricultural Fai'
and Racing Association. Denver
Railroads have attacked the coal
rates fixed by the utilities commits
sion.
Cracker company employees in Den
yer will form union as part of the
A. F. of L.
Governor Carlson has filed his
charges against H. w. Risley, and the
latter has made reply.
Thirteen carloads OF Masons passed
through Denver on their way to the
convocation at San Francisco.
After forty years residence in Den
YER John Petre. a veteran of the
Civil war, died. aged 80 years.
DR.. v. w. Porter, mayor OF Lafay-
site, handed in his resignation. fol-
lowing a quarrel with the councilmen.
A masked highwayman fired six
times at julius Fischer, Denver
saloonkeeper, because he refused to
hand over $40.
Congressman E. T. Taylor wants
bigger navy, predicts returns Of U. S
ships to ocean trade and favors 640-
acre homesteads.
Plans are being made to build a
t~ hn nj
Printers home at Colorado Springs,
where it is expected the 1917 meeting
will be held.
In common with other civic organi-
cations throughout the West the Den
YER Chamber of Commerce will urge
that the California expositiens be con-
tinued another year.
Damage aggregating thousands OF
dollars is reported from districts in
southern Larimer county and eastern
Weld from the hail and rain storm
which visited that section.
While waiting for a street car at
Sixteenth and Curtis streets in Den
yer, Rosa Kleiner lost six inches of
her tresses, which were shipped off
by some unidentified man.
Carl Erickson, alias Brown, con-
victed of the staying of his wife by
Jury in the West Side Court in Den
YER, was sentenced to life imprison-
ment at hard labor for the crime.
1t costs more than 81, 900 to hang a
man, according to the figures shown
in tn execution and fee bill issued
on Harry H1llen who recently suffered
the death penalty at Canon City.
Miss Ruth NJ. Stuchfield of Denver
has been chosen from long list OF
applicants to fill the position of phys
fcal director of women at the De-
PAW University at Greencastle, Ind.
BY an order of the State Public Util-
tiles Commission the rate charged by
the Florence & Cripple Creek railroad
for hauling ore from the Ajax mine
to Victor has been reduced 25 cents a
ton.
While attempting to steal a ride on
Union Pacific train near Sand
Creek, John Zondek, SO years old, an
Austrian, fell and the toes on his left
foot were severed when the wheels of
the train passed over them
Although his rights were explained
to him in two languages, Juan Ro-
nero, accused OF Staying his step
father, Don Jose Romero, at Long
mont several weeks ago, pleaded
guilty to the charge of murder at
Boulder
John H. Elspass of Denver heads a
group of Ault, Greeley and Denver
capitalists interested in the formation
of a company to erect tabloid potato
factories in northern Colorado The
method is the de-hydrating of pota-