The Elbert County tribune., 1916-08-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

sept. b-S-Boulder County Fair at
Sept. s-s-Frontier Days celebration
Mt Fort Morgan.
Sept. 1i-Meeting Midland Trail Assn
Sept IS 16-IIarvest Festival at Mum.
sept. i. Estate Fair at Pueblo.
sept ~ -29-State Convention b. p. o. e
Sept 2s-a0-Third Annual Pine River
valley and Southern Ute Indian Fair
Jan. 20-27-Annual w est tern Stock
Show at Denver.
Ell Paso county is to have eleven
new school houses.
Six barrels of beer were seized in a
raid on hotel at Trinidad.
The President nominated II. p.
Farr to be postmaster at Sugar City.
1t has been decided to hold no La
Dor Day celebration at Colorado
Springs this year.
Denver Boy Scouts to the number
of $50 have pitched their tents for an
outing in the mountains near Tolland.
The formal opening of the Denver
Grand Army rest and reading room
was celebrated with housewarming
Oxygen helmets, such as are used
in mine rescue work, were used by
the Golden volunteer firemen. ex-
tinguishing fire recently.
Mrs. Jennie Simpson. 80. widow of
George Simpson, pioneer of Trinidad.
and for whom Simpsons Rest was
named, is dead in Monrovia, Cal.
Mrs. James Doyle, wife of James J..
Doyle of Denver, was dangerously
and perhaps fatally injured in an
automobile accident near Tie Siding,
Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Klinker of
Arvada were injured near Brighton
when their auto collided with a car
driven by a party of miners from
Frederick.
| ]. H. Childers died at the Denver
County Hospital following injuries
received near La Sale, when II. B.
SeCheyerell's touring car overturned
on sandy stretch of road.
Three women were injured in auto
accidents and runaways at Fort Col
Inns. Two men were taken to hos
pitfalls and numerous other persons
escaped with bruises and cuts.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Jones, aged
respectively 81 and 81 years, OF
ried II years and are visiting their
70-year-old son in Denver.
Denver railroad officials received
notice that the transcontinental lines
will put in a colonist rate between
Denver and the Pacific Coast this
year which is $3.50 higher than last
year.
A new president and five new pro
fessors, with a freshman class enroll
ment double that of 1915, is the pro
mise of the renaissance that will in
spire the Golden School of Mines this
year.
Colorado is going to benefit from Its
crops this year much earlier than
usual as result of the prevailing
high prices. AS a consequence the
crop money is already going into cir
culation.
Heralded only by a mass OF DARK
clouds and a terrific roar, freak hal
storm swept down on the Montc!ail
and Aurora districts Monday night
flooding many easements and wreak
ing havoc with gardens and flower
beds.
According to letter received from
Washington Stephen T. Mather, as
sistant to the secretary of the inte
rior and executive officer in charge Of
national parks, will visit Glacier Ma
tional Park on his return trip from
California. Sept. g.
The department of agriculture has
decided to place a representative o
the bureau of markets and credits il
Denver to collect and distribute in
formation on perishable crops ant
movements. receipts and quotations
on foodstuffs
Denvers bank clearings took an up
ward leap last week which far ex
ceeded the customary gains and wen
to $15,8G7,000, an increase of GIG pei
cent over the same week last year
They also represented a gain o.
$3,400,000 over the preceding week
| iiciSh iiuSheo' u"u7htol VI
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
nominee for President. will be in ths
party which will accompany hei
father to Estes Park and efforts will
be made to have her address the Y
w. C. A. conference while in the park
NJ. II. Aylesworth, State Public Util
tiles commissioner, returned to Den
yer from Chicago, where he was ad
Vised that the cases of the Colorado
Fair Rates Association and the Util
tiles Commission would be heard ir
Denver before the Interstate Com
merce Commission some time between
Nov. 10 and Is.