The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-10

Rank. Pythian sisters and KING hts
OF khorassAn. At Colorado SPRING.
sept 4-I.Frontisr Days ceisbrasion
Sept t-7...Arkansas Valley Fair At
Rocky Ford
sept s-s-sedEwick County Fair ss
Sept s-s-Firemen's state Convention
at Colorado Springs.
Sept il-h.-Logan County Fair at
sept, '-sz-Coior.do state Fair At Pu-
Sept, 2o-.2-PhiiIips County Fair. Hol-
yoke.
Denver EIks won the drill team
prize OF $500 at Boston.
The Denver peach week" idea 10 TO
be spread throughout the state.
Thousands witness flag presenta-
tons at Camp Gunter at Pueblo.
DR. Bertha s. Park. 80, OF Denver
ended her life in a Chicago hotel.
Pueblo is given two tracts Of land
ir forest reserve for municipal parks.
The dates for the Sedgwick county
fair have been set for Sept 6-7-8 ~
Jslssberg
Jay Warren Edgar. 80 years old.
committed suicide At his home In Den
YER by shooting
The remains Of Mrs. Susan Bren-
nan. log. were laid to rest in the
Walden cemetery.
Governor Gunter addressed the
first days session Of state Federation
of Labor at Boulder.
The annual flower day for the ben
eft Of the Craig colony in Denver has
been set for Wednesday. Aug. Is.
At q mass meeting Of the women
OF Rio Grande county. held in Monte
Vista, 4 Woman's advisory council to
the governor was organized.
Arrangements for moving 800 cars
0; cattle and sheep. which are fatten-
ing on the grass of North Park. to
market have been completed.
The Second regiment Of the Colo
RADIO National Guard. of which Col.
Jesse G. Northcutt IL commander. was
mustered into federal service At Pu-
eblo.
Because he permitted his head to be
used as 4 rest for the barrel Of
small rifle which another boy was At
tempting to fire. Joe Teak was
killed at Pueblo.
Joseph T. Byrne has been granted
a captains commission in the quarter
master section, officers reserve corps
Of the United states army. 1t Was an
nounced In Denver.
In q special train Of seven coachss
the Denver members Of the officers
training camp at Fort Riley will start
for home Aug. Is, arriving in Denver
the following morning.
The annual meeting Of the Supreme
Council OF the Fraternal Al Union,
ar organization having 100000 mem
bsrs and . gain in assets of u $50 900
in 1917. was held in Denver.
Dr.. W. H. sharpley. manager Of
health in Denver, issued his death ~
port for July. showing tho total mum.
Der Of deaths for the month At 72s.
compared with ia for July OF last
year.
Fruit outlook good; local damage
to peaches by hail and to alfalfa and
oats by srasshoppers." says the ma
tional weather and crop bulletin for
the week ending July 81 in the sec
ton devoted to Colorado.
Ad1utant General Baldwin has
started to work on the details OF
forming the Third regiment OF the
Colorado National Guard. which will
take the place Of the troops on guard
service throughout the state.
There promises now to be an abund-
ance OF wild fruits and berries In the
mountains this year. Reports indicate
that huckleberries. raspberries, blaca
currants and cherries are more plenti
full than In any year for a decade
John c. Teller, 81. builder of the
$35o.000 Teller reservoir. owner OF
the famous Teller ranch near Pueblo,
and one Of the most widely known
business men in Pueblo and Colorado,
died at his home in Denver after .
paralytic stroke.
jamestown Is enjoying a boom such
as has not been experienced since the
early days Of the camp. according to
County Commissioner Greenwood,
who visited the district. There is not
vacant house In the town. and 1t is
difficult to secure accommodations Of
any kind.
Working in . quiet but effective
way. 4 group Of Pueblo investors has
been securing title to a large deposit
| OF alunite from which it is believed
that potash can be commercially sx-
tracted and is preparing for extensive
operation should the tests now being
made prove satisfactory.
Tripping on her high heeled shoes,
while climbing above the snow line
at Mt. Pinchot, Miss Beulah Frost.
aged 10 years, Of Sterling plunged 4