Gilpin observer., 1917-08-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
Aug. S4-25-Apple Pie Day at Rifle.
Aug. 2h- -3U.-Annual Convention X. p.
Grand Snnn ledge, Lodge, Including gnifossm
OF khorassan, at Colorado Springs.
sept. 3-7-Frontier Day celebration at
Sept. 6-S-Firemen's State Convention
Sept, 1S-20-Eastern Star Meeting at
Sept. 7-21eMasenic meeting at Dem
Nov. 12-1S-Automobile Show at Dem
County Fairs.
Aug. 2S-Sept. 1-Prowers County at La
Aug. 2s-s1-Larimer County at Love-
Aug, 29-sl-Crowley County at Sugar
Aug. sl-sept Farmers Fair at Fow-
Sept 47-Boulder County at Longmont.
sept. 4,7-Arkansas Valley at Rocky
Sept 6-s-Sedgwick County at Jules
Sept 11-14-Logan County at Sterling.
sept IL, S,21-Cheyenne County at Chey-
Sept. 1s-21.-Western Slope at Mont
Sept. 17-22-Colorado State at Pueblo.
Sept. 20-22-Indian Fair at Ignacio.
S~bN. So- hhhpo Souhty ~ AAo'
Sept 25 25-2s-Colorado New Mexico at
Durango.
SEPT, RRr,5iSss sSss-Las Anima' County at
Sept 26-2s-El Paso County at Calhan.
sept. 27-2s-Lincoln County at Hugo.
Sept 27-29-Grand County at Kremm-
Oct. q 5-Kit Carson County at Bur-
lington.
Denver may secure branch reserve
bank
City operated coal mines planned
for Denver.
wild west program will feature
the fair at Rocky Ford.
Sept. has been set aside at Water
melon day at Rocky Ford.
The contract for the Fall River road
has been let Tor $21,02421.
A $500 bridge is to be built at
Cimarron in Montrose county.
About twenty-five names are on the
roll for home guard at Fountain.
The Adams Express Company will
Construction work has started on
the new factory for the plow company
ar Craig.
There is every indication that the
1917 tourist season will extend well
into October
Mrs. Ward B. Pershing of Denver
has enlisted as Red Cross nurse for
base hospital service in France.
The Reed amendment forbidding
the importation of alcoholic liquors
into dry territory will undergo its
first test in Colorado.
Citizens of Rocky Ford and Otero
county will conduct booster trip to
Pueblo Aug. 20, in the interest of the
Arkansas Valley fair.
Plans to take up the question of Sc
curing national sanitarium for Sa-
ida and of developing Poncha Hot
Springs have been launched.
Denver's bank clearings during the
past week were $16,252 900, showing
an increase over the same week last
year of 1876 per cent.
The Colorado state fair will be held
Sept nth to 22nd at Pueblo. 1t will
be conducted this year, for the first
time, as a strictly state institution
Edwin Orahood, son of Mr.. and Mrs
C. X. Orahood, formerly residents of
Las Animas, was drowned in the VIII
lamette river near Vancouver, Wash
Judge Adolphus b. Capron, "a years
of age, former justice of the United
States District Court and one of the
Oldest members of the Denver bar,
died at his home in Denver.
: Dr. Victor Anderson, who for eleven
years was president OF the School of
Mines at Golden, has accepted the of.
fer of the board OF trustees to again
become head of the institution.
That everything is in readiness for
the greatest troop movement in the
history of the country. which will be
gin Sept. 5. and last into October wa+
the announcement by railroad Off
cials in Denver.
Denver's nine war draft districts
summoned 7O6 men on the first cal
TO fill the total quota of the city OF
1853, and n second call has been pu'
in by the districts for a total of 65C
more men. making Il total called tc
date of 1856.
In line with his efforts to equalizt
wages in proportion TO the cost of liv
ing wherever possible, Mayor Rober
w. Speer of Denver in Angus
brought increases in pay to more
than 200 city employees, swelling the
pay rolls si,715.
Dora Frost. 19-year-old typist anc
for whose safety Denver relatives
have been alarmed since she left Den
yer the latter part of July with w l.
Clark, 3S years old and married, ostcn
sibly for Washington to accept a po
sitions. returned to Denver. Clarl
claimed to be captain in the Unite,
States army. 10y