Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
STATE NEWS
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Days ana H Harvest EestIvssl Is at Fort
Sept. i5-i7.-Elks' Annual Reunion at
Sept; l7;1s.-Midsummer Meeting. Of
Colorado State Editorial Association
Sept. 27-Oct. International Dry
Farming Congress. Denver.
oc1; ss.-Fatr and Race Meetihg at
Oct, ls.-odd Fellows Annual state
Convention at Colorado Springs.
olathe is to have a new NJ. E.
church.
Rocky Ford wants to buy the Den
yer Welcome arch.
The Denver Sheltering Home for
Jewish Children is ready to start
work on its new buildings.
Governor Brumbaugh Of Pennsyl-
vania, while in Denver, came out
strong for woman suffrage.
The clothing merchants of the state
have formed an organization called
citation.
The midsummer meeting Of the
Colorado Editorial Association will be
held at Glenwood Springs. Sept. II
and IS.
Julian Latez. % years old. Mexi-
can, was found dead under the Twen-
tieth street viaduct at Delgany street
in Denver.
William L. Wilson, for many years
a well-known mining man of Brecken-
ridge. died while sitting in a chair at
a Denver hotel.
Recommendations will be made to
the State Board of Charities and Cor
rections that new county jail be
built in Sterling.
The fair at Rocky Ford was one Of
the best ever held. and the big crowd
present enjoyed $4,000 choice water
melons on Melon Day.
John Friedman. 80 years old. lost
his right arm when his shirt caught in
a cog and his arm was drawn into
dough mixing machine in a Denver
bakery.
Mrs. M. E. Springsteel of Boulder
died after long illness. She had
lived in Colorado for forty-five years
and leaves a husband, five daughters
and one son.
Sept 10 has been fixed as the date
on which the State Civil Service Com
mission will hear the charges pre-
ferred by Governor Carlson against
Harry W. Risley for the removal of
the latter.
An old resident of Colorado. Mrs.
Catherine Henderson Woolpert. ~
years old, died at st. Lukes hospital
In Denver after a two weeks illness.
Mrs. Woolpert came to Colorado with
her husband in 1861.
The S5o-mile reliability and econ
omy automobile tour over Colorado.
which was to start from Denver Sept.
I, has been changed to strictly a So
ciability tour, and the starting time
has been moved up to Sept. IL.
1.-THE briefs and pleadings in the
suit instituted by the Democratic
State Central Committee to oust J. b.
Jeff Farr, sheriff. and other Repub-
lican office holders in Huerfapo coun-
ty, were filed in the Supreme Court.
After passing a large quantity of
counterfeit half dollars in the whole
sale district of Denver during the last
three weeks, it is alleged, Martin Fay
30 years old, has been arrested by
United States Secret Service Officer
Goddard.
Mrs. N. A. THOMAS of Denver has
the honor of being one of the young
est grandmothers in the United States.
She is "a years old. Recently the
stork left seven-pound boy at the
home of her son, James Alfred Thorn
o11 Tho nnnfhnr
of the baby is 20 years old.
Following his withdrawal of a peti
tion asking for new trial, Charles
Bunnell of wellington appeared before
Judge Slower in County Court at Love
land and was fined 800 and costs
amounting in all to 1920 for beating
his wife. He paid the fine and prom
ised to beat his wife no more.
For the purpose of distributing the
firearms which were taken in charge
throughout southern Colorado during
the strike disorders of 1913. Capt. A
H. Dahlene of the National Guard ar
rived in Trinidad with large con
signment of rifles and revolvers. He
has taken up his headquarters at the
Trinidad armory and is handing out
the guns to the owners.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina-
tion for forest ranger on Oct. 25 and
26. The examination will be held at
the following named places: Aspen,
Colbran, Delta, Denver, Durango. Fort
Collins, Hot Sulphur Springs. Glen
wood Springs. Gunnison. Leadville,
Mancos, Meeker. Monte Vista, Pagosa
Springs, Saguache, Steamboat Springs