The Ordway new era., 1917-08-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union New. service,
COMING EVENTS.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
| COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 25-Pickie Day at Plattevhls p
Aug. 2s-S0.-Annuai Conyention ~. ~
Grand Lodge; sslqs Including asa Knish,s En,1sham
of Khorassan, at Colorado Sprinss;
Sept 3-7-Frontler Day celebration at
Nov isNfssau,omosi,s show at Dem
Aug. 2s-sept. i-Prowers County at La
Aug. es-sI-Larimer County at Love-
Aug, 2s-sI-Crowley County at Sugar
Aug. Sl-Sept Farmers Fair at Fow-
Sept 4-7-Bouider County at Longmont.
! Sept. i-7-Arkansas Valley at ROCKY
Sept. s-s-sedg~ick County at jules
burg.
Sept. is-2I-Cheyenne County at chey-
enne Wells.
Sept. t.1s-2I-Western slope at Mont
/ Sept. l7-22-Colorado State at Pueblo.
Sept, 2O-ss-Phillips County at Hoi-
Sept s5-2s-CoIorado New Mexico at
Sept, 25-ss-Las Animas County at
/ Sept. 26-2s-El Paso County at Calhan.
Sept. 2T-29-Lincoln County at hugo.
( Sept. 27-29-Grand County at Kremm-
oct. Exit Carson County at Bur-
hngton.
Colorado field hospital among troops
ordered to France.
New bishop will receive estate OF
I late Bishop Matz in Denver.
Some Pueblo men are already in
l1
Scranton, Pa, was chosen as the
convention city in 1918 for the |. T. U.
Annual state conference of African
Methodist Church meets at Boulder
| Sept. 10.
Walsenburg will have twenty school
I teachers. Eight are new arrivals,
! twelve taught last year.
Grand Junction has just finished
| laying four miles of new cement walks
in the residence section.
Cherries in packages and contain
ers of all sizes have been sent out to
buyers in eight states, from Fowler.
Moran, president of United Mine
Workers. ordered to report before in
| dustrial commission.
The second annual watermelon fes-
| tival OF Denver Lodge No. Al, Knights
I of Pythias, was given at Lakeside
An organization of Mexican men. to
| be known as Best's Mexican company.
is being organized in the southern
part OF the state.
Joe Wop Flynn was substituted for
Ever Hammer, Chicago lightweight, to
meet Kid Mex Of Pueblo in a fifteen
round tilt at Denver.
Ernest Van Gundy. miner % years
! of age, was drowned while fishing in
Church lake, about twelve miles south
of his home at Lafayette.
| Postmaster Smith Is in receipt from
| Washington of copies of specifications
of Glenwood's federal building for
which congressional appropriation has
been made.
A sale of the Brandenburg mines on
Left Hand, Boulder county, has been
consummated. A plant of machinery
will be installed at once and the shaft
sunk to 200 feet
The Colorado colored first separate
battalion infantry, comprising one
company from Pueblo, was mustered
into the Colorado National Guard at
the fair grounds in Pueblo.
At meeting held by the Auto
Trades Bureau OF the Denver Civic
Association to discuss plans for the
automobile show, 1t was decided to
change the date from Nov. sill to
| Nov. 1918.
John Popp of Denver. special po-
liceman, shot and killed an unidenti-
fled man. Popp AYERS he found the
unidentified man attempting to enter
store and he shot him after he had
warned him three times to halt.
A telegram urging the Immediate
consideration of the federal suffrage
amendment and protesting against
the attacks on the Washington pick.
eters was sent to President Wilson
by the Denver branch of the Nation
al Woman's party.
Because of the high efficiency
shown by the Colorado boys at Fort
Riley in their three months training
just ended, the War Department has
decided to send some of them directly
to France, where they will Join the
regular army on the firing line.
Charles Boettcher and w. r. Free.
man are now in charge of the Moffat
railroad-the Denver & Salt Lake
as the result of their appointment as
receivers in the District Court at
Brighton, on an unopposed petition OF
creditors in the sum of $4,000.
Liberal prices for lead, together
with advanced figures for tungsten
silver, copper and spelter prove en-
couraging to the pioneer mining com
ppnies of Boulder. Gilpin and Clear