The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-28

sept. 1O-11.-Fall Festival at Flagler.
sept, 4.la;;IMorgan County Fronuef r,
. Morgan.
Sept. 15-17.-Elks Annual Reunion at
Sept. 27-oct international Dry
Farming Congress. Denver
oct 2-s.-Fair aud Race Meeting al
Oct. 1s.-odd Fellows Annual state
Convention at Colorado Springs.
Colorado Fair Dates.
Sept 7,10.-Crowley County Fair As
s. s9ciation. Sugar city; r,,,
sept 7-1O.-St Vrain Valley FAR AZ
sociation. Longmont =,
SEPT, 7-1o.-Logan County Fair al
Cheyenne Wells. ''''
sept, i5-l7.-Routt County FAIR al
Sept. 13-IS.-CoIorado state Fair AS
sociation. Pueblo.
sept l5-ls.-Lincoln County FAR AZ
Sept, l-23.-Coneios County Fair at
Sept. 2I-24.-western Slope Fair al
Sept. 22-24,-Baca County Fair al
sept I-24.-Trinidad-L Las Animas Co
s.pi pair Association. Trinidad. r,,,
Sept, 23-25.-saguache County Fair at
SaSuache.
Sept 22-25.-Farmers' and stockgrow-
- eis falr at burlington.
sept, 2s-30.-Prowers County Fair al
Sept 2s;oct. 2.-El Paso County Fall
Aug, .31-sept 3.-Morgan County Fair
Oct. 6-S.-Colorado New Mexico Faii
Oct 2-9.-Colorado Agricultural Fall
and Racing Association. Denver
The sale of flowers to raise funds
for Craig Colony in Denver brought
about $4,000.
DR.. V. w. Porter, mayor of Lafay'
cite, handed in his resignation, fol
lowing a quarrel with the councilmen.
Three Mexicans who were under the
influence of liquor stabbed w.
Burns. laborer, at Pueblo, during
quarrel.
The firt chief and four firemen were
injured fighting fire that destroyed
three buildings in the downtown dis
trict in Denver.
Gov. George A. Carlson will form
ally open the School of Mines Sept. z.
according to an announcement from
Registrar T. C. Doolittle, made at
Golden.
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.
1t costs more than $1,000 to hang q
man. according to the figures showr
in tn execution and fee bill issued
on Harry Hillen who recently suffered
the death penalty at Canon City.
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 g
ton.
Delegates to the convention of the
Investment Bankers Association of
America, which opens in Denver on
Sept. 20, will be the guests for one
day and possibly two of the public
utilities corporations.
Word has been received that DR. De-
metrius l. Andronescu. who left Den
yer May 81 to take his place as lieu
tenant in the Rumanian army. has
safely arrived at his destination and
has reported for duty.
Dispatches from Bridgeton, n. j.,
stated that Miss Helen Wood Camp
bell of Denver had been awarded in
the Orphans Court of that city, half
of $4,000 legacy left by the late
Miss Ellen Dyer of Bridgeton.
George Weston of Lafayette, fore
man of the Standard coal mines near
that town. died at St Joseph's hospi-
tai in Denver from injuries he sus-
tanned in an automobile accident be-
tween Lafayette and Louisville.
Although his rights were explained
to him in two languages, Juan Ro
nero. accused of Staying his stem
father, Don Jose Romero, at Long
mont several weeks ago, pleaded
guilty to the charge OF murder al
Boulder.
Chase s Osborn, former governor of
Michigan and an author and newspa-
per editor of wide reputation, who is
spending a ten-day vacation in Denver.
believes that America should not be
forced into the European war because
American citizens persist in venturing
on British ships into the war zone. He
believes it very ardently and does not
hesitate to express the belief openly
and frankly.
Because of the widespread and uni
versal interest in the formal dedica
ton of the new Rocky Mountain Ma
tional park, scheduled to be held Sept
4, urgent invitations were prepared
and sent to President Wilson, Secre
tary of the Interior Franklin x. Lane
and Stephen T. Mather, first assistant
secretary of the interior, urging theiI
attendance at the event which opens