The Holly chieftain., 1916-08-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Sept. 5-S-Frontier Days celebrations
Sept. Ii-Meeting Midland Trail Assn
Sept. 15-I6-Harvest Festival at Num-.
Sept. 18-23-State Fair at Pueblo.
Sept q Estate Convention b. p. o. K.
Sept. 2s-30-Third Annual Pine River
Valley and Southern Ute Indian Fair
at Ignacio.
Jan. 20-27-Annual w Q err STOCK
Show at Denver.
Thos. Donovan, CT. and Peter Winnie,
rs. two Denver pioneers. are dead.
Civil War veteran Nelson H.
Parker. 80 years old, died at his home
In Denver.
The picnic Of printers and fraternal
societies at Glacier Lake was largely
attended by Denver people.
At Greeley, William E. Gore,
farmer, As years old, shot himself in
the left temple, dying instantly.
The establishment of relief fund
was among the topics discussed at
the meeting of the X. P. grand lodge
at Greeley.
e. G. Hoyt. farmer living three
miles from Buckingham, had valu-
able horse shot by some one while the
animal was in the barn lot.
Geo. Holmden who threatened to
kill Buel, at Byers. was sentenced to
six months in jail. but on agreement
to leave the state. sentence was sus-
pended.
At Pueblo, Charles O'Connor, a ne
gro, shot Emmett Wins three times
after quarrel. Wins will recover.
Two women were arrested as wit
nesses.
Pueblo has put aside its own ambi-
ton to secure one of the twelve farm
loan banks. and has offered to aid
Denver in securing the coveted finan-
cial institution.
Efforts of the Woman's party to So
cure the cooperation of the Colorado
State Federation of Labor in its fall
campaign were defeated In the con.
vention at Colorado Springs.
The net operating profit of the Ray
Consolidated Copper Company, in
which Colorado Springs men are
heavily interested. during the second
quarter of the year was $3,226,749.2S.
The first farm loan bank to be or
ganized in the west under the new
federal rural credits act, which be-
came effective last month, was an
nounced by group of Denver bank
ers and financiers.
Charges Of statutory nature were
filed by the district attorney In Den.
yer against Lieut.. Jack Street of A
troop, Colorado National guard, in
connection with the suicide of II.
year-old Gladys Welborn.
Frank Chamberlin. 10, may lose the
sight Of both eyes. and Charlie Hans.
chow. IL, suffered serious burns
about the hands and face, by the ex.
plosion Of can Of powder with which
they were playing at lone.
A "Tilden" banquet will be held in
Denver Sept. in honor of the sew.
enty-seyenth anniversary of the birth
Of Henry George. Single takers are
endeavoring to make 1t the greatest
celebration of the kind ever held in
Colorado.
Preparations for the reception of
Charles q. Hughes, Republican nomi.
nee for the presidency, In Denver on
Aug. 26. have been completed by DR..
Hubert Work. Republican national
committeeman, and a special commit.
tee appointed for the occasion,
Police brought sudden end to the
brightly lighted premarriage path OF
Mrs. Pansy B. RisheiIl and John e.
Morgan in Los Angeles. And Morgan
is in jail, facing a charge of burg.
larry. and Mrs. Risheill is back in Den.
yer declaring her faith in the man
dead.
Returns from all sections of Colo
RADIO on the present crop conditions,
just on the eve of the big harvest,
leave little doubt that the state has
a right to rejoice on the showing
which has been made and to look for.
ward to increased prosperity as a re-
suit Of the abundance of the yield.
Increased values OF the products OF
S21 mines in Colorado during 1915, as
shown in the records compiled by
Charles w. Henderson of the United
States Geological Survey, include ev-
cry metal except silver, with a total
increase in value of s9,s66,57l over
the the total value Ct mine products products Of