The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-27
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COMING EVENTS.
auto Race Meet at Den,

Sept. 5.s.--Auto Race Meet at Denver.
sept 1o-11-Fall Festival at Flagier
sept. -lI;-Morsan County Frontier
a}a aD}ays ana harvest Festival at Fort
Sept. I5-17.-EllSs Annual Reunion at
sept; 17;1s,-Midsummer Meeting of
Colorado State Editorial Association
at Glenwood Springs.
Sept 27Oct. s. S-InternatIonal Dry
Farming Congress. Denver
oel; 2.s:-Fair and Race Meeting at
Oct ls.--odd Fellows Annual state
Convention at Colorado Springs
Colorado Fair Dates.
Sept 7-1o.-Crowley County Fair As
Sept a.ioIsas Gn sasST vrsin d1ty Valley Fair As
sociation. Longmont
Sept. 7-1o-Logan County Fair at
SEPT, s. Sill ss.,dIiI-cchsyenne County Fair at
SEPT gs vdSn d1S,l7.-Routt County Fair at
Sept; 1s-ls-colorado State Fair AS
sociation. Pueblo
sc "a, an, 10 S-iS.-Lincoin County Fair at
Sept, 2l-2s--ccneios County Fair at
Sept 2I-24-western Slope Fair at
sept. 22.24;-Baca County Fair at
sept 2l-24.-Trinidad-L 81 Las Animas Co.
Sept 2i24.-Montezuma County Fair
Cortez
sept 2a.25.-sagusche County Fair at
sept 22-25.-Farmers' and Stoekgrow-
ser. Sers EAR at Burlington
sept 2S-30.-Prowers County Fair at
Lamar.
Sept. 2s;oct 2-EI Paso County Fair
Aug. 3l-sept 3.-Morgan County Fair
Oct 6-S-colorado New Mexico Fair
Oct: 2-S-Coiorado Agricultural Fair
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 Masous passed
through Denver on their way to the
Gonvocation 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
cite. handed in his resignation, fol-
lowing a quarrel with the councilmen.
> A masked highwayman fired six
times at Julius Fischer. a 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 $40
acre homesteads.
Plans are being made to build
100000 addition to the Union
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 Dem
yer Chamber of Commerce will urge
that the California expositions 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 1000 to hang q
man, according to the figures shown
in tn execution and fee bill issued
on Harry Hillen who recently suffered
the death penalty at Canon City.
Miss Ruth M. Stuchfield of Denver
has been chosen from long list of
applicants to fill the position of phys
ical director OF women at the De-
Pauw 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 IS cents g
ton.
While attempting to steal ride on
Union Pacific train near Sand
Creek, John Zondek. 3S 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 al
Boulder.
John H. Elspass of Denver heads
group OF Ault. Greeley and Denver
capitalists interested in the formation