The Colorado statesman., 1916-08-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES FOR COMING Events.

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Sept. 1516-Harvest Festival at Num-.
Sept 1s-23-State Fair at Pueblo.
Sept. 27-29-State Convention b. P. o. e.
at Trinidad.
Sept 2s-30-Third Annual Pine River
Valley and Southern Ute Indian Fair
at Ignacio.
Jan. 20-27-Annual Western Stock
Show at Denver.
Ell Paso county is to have eleven
new school houses.
Six barrels of beer were seized in a
raid on a hotel at Trinidad.
The President nominated H. E..
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
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, 90, 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 H. b.
SeCheverelPs touring car overturned
on a sandy stretch of road.
Three women were injured in auto
accidents and runaways at Fort Col
pitfalls and numerous other persons
escaped with bruises and cuts.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Jones, aged
respectively 81 and 81 years, OF
Buchanan county, Mo-, have been mar
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 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
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 mass of dark
clouds and terrific roar, a freak hail
storm swept down on the Montclair
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 8.
The department of agriculture has
decided to place representative OF
the bureau of markets and credits in
Denver to collect and distribute in.
formation on perishable crops and
movements, receipts and quotations
on foodstuffs
Denver's bank clearings took an up.
ward leap last week which far ex.
ceeded the customary gains and went
to $15.S67,000, an increase of 62.6 per
cent over the same week last year.
They also represented a gain of,
SS,400,000 over the preceding week.
Miss Helen Hughes, daughter of
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
nominee for President, will be in the
party which will accompany her
father to Estes Park and efforts will
be made to have her address the Y.
w. G. A. conference while in the park.
M. H. Aylesworth, State Public Util-
tiles commissioner, returned to Dem
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 in
Denver before the Interstate Com
merce Commission some time between
Nov. 10 and 15.
Joseph Miller, 81, widely known
of Pueblo county, died at
Colorado Springs, as the result of a
runaway. He was driving down Salr