The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EvENTS.

western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING HvENrs.
Aug. 24-2s-Appie Pie Day at Rife
Aug. 2s-so:-Annual Convention X. p
Rank. Py,hisn sister. and Rnis isht.
Of khorassan. at Colorado Springs.
SEPT. s-5--Frontier Day celebration at
Sept. e-S-Firemen's State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
Sept. 1S-zo-Eastern Star Meeting al
Sept. l7-21SEasonie meeting at Den
yer.
Nov. 1z-1s-Automobile Show at Den
Aug. 2s-Sept. l-Prowers County at La
Aug. 2s-3l-Larimer County at Love-
Aug. 2s-31-Crowlsy County at Sugar
Aug: si-sep,. Farmers Fair a. Fow
Sept. 4-7-Boulder County at Longmont.
Sept. 4-7-Arkansas Valley at Rocky
Sept. s-s-sedKwick County at Jules
Sept. ll-14-Logan County at Sterling.
Sept 1S-2l-Cheyenne County at Chey-
enns Wells.
Sept. ls-21.-western Slope at Mont
rose
Sept 17-22-Colorado State at Pueblo.
Sept. 2o-22-Indian Fair at Ignacio.
yoke.
Sept. 25-2S-Coiorado New Mexico at
Durango.
Sept. rs -2s-Las Animas County at
Trinidad.
Sept 2e-2s-El paso County at calhan.
sept z7.2s-!-incoln County at Hugo,
Sept. 27-2S-Grand County at kremm-
ling.
Oct. 2-s-Kit Carson County at Bur-
hngton.
Denver may secure branch reserve
bank.
City operated coal mines planned
for Denver
A wild west program will feature
the fair at Rocky Ford.
Sept has been set aside at Water
melon day at Rocky Ford.
New bishop will receive estate Of
late Bishop Matz in Denver
A $500 bridge IL to be built at
Cimarron in Montrose county.
About twenty-five names are on the
roll for a home guard at Fountain.
The Adams Express Company will
take over d. G. r. G. business Sept. /.
Scranton. Pa. was chosen az the
convention city in 1918 for the l. T. u.
Rosita had the first frost of the sea
son and 1t caused some injury to po-
tatoes.
A solid train Of nine express cars
of grapes passed through La Junta
from California.
Mayor Speer Of Denver announced
that the city will actively enter the
business OF mining and selling coal
Cherries in packages and contain
ers OF all skies have been sent out to
buyers in eight states. from Fowler.
Sam Brown, Jr., & Son Of Florence
recorded three oil and gas leases on
Pueblo county property at the county
clerks office.
Five alleged slacksrs were arrested
by government agents In Pueblo.
charged with failure to register under
the selective draft law.
Already the railroads are moving
hundreds OF refrigerator cars in the
direction OF Grand valley to ship out
the great crop OF fruit
Plans to take up the question of Sc
curing a national sanitarium for sa-
Ida and of developing Poncha Hot
Springs have been launched.
Helen McQuilkin. 15 years old, was
instantly killed at her home south
west Of Fort Morgan by lightning
while riding after = bunch Of COWS.
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.
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.
The Eureka OIL Company, which has
secured valuable holdings in the Rock
Canon dome, seven miles west of
Pueblo, started drilling operations and
are prepared to go to a depth of 5000
feet to strike oil.
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 tho District Court at
Brighton, on an unopposed petition of
creditors in the sum of $4,000.
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.
The production of tungstic acid and
ferro-tungsten from the black metal
ores of Boulder and Gilpin counties is
steadily assuming form with three
separate companies engaged in the in.
dustry, two Of which are located in
Boulder city and the other connected