The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 2s-3o.-Annual Convention x. P.
Grand Lodge, including Uniform
Rank; Pythian Sisters and Knight. Knigh,s
Sept. 3-7-Frontier Day celebration at
Sept. 6-S-Firemen's State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
Sept. 1s-20-Eastern Star Meeting at
Sept. l72l-Masonic meeting at Dem
Nov. 12-1s-Automobile Show at Den
! yer.
County Fairs.
Aug 2s-sept. 1-Prowers County at La
Aug. 29-31-Larimer County at Love-
land.
Aug 29-s1-Crowley County at Sugar
Aug. s1-sept. Farmers Fair at Fow-
Ter.
Sept. 4-7-Bouider 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. 1s-21-.Cheyenne County at chey-
Sept. IS-21.-western Slope at Mont
Sept. I7-22-colorado State at Pueblo.
Sept. 20-22-Indian Fair at Ignaci9.
Sept 2o-22-Phillips County at Hol-
Sept. 25-2S-Colorado = New Mexico at
Durango.
Sept 25; ;Sg-Las Animas County at
Sept. 26-2S-El Paso County at Calhan.
Sept 2729-Lincoln County at Hugo.
Sept. 27-29-Grand County at Kremm-
Oct. Exit Carson County at Bur-
lington.
Sept. has been set aside at Water
/ F1plO, dnu Rnplyu Ford
The contract for the Fall River road
has been let tor s21,O24.21.
Construction work has started on
the new factory for the plow company
at Craig
A large force of men is making an
almost new road from Durango to Sill
Yerton.
Moran denies industrial commission
has right to hear testimony in labor
dispute.
1917 tourist season will extend well
into October
Colorado Springs claims to have an
excellent chance to land the big army
recuperation camp.
John l.. Hunter of Denver ad-
dressed the National Fraternal Con
gress in session in Chicago.
Mrs. Ward B. Pershing of Denver
has enlisted as Red Cross nurse for
base hospital service in France.
Citizens of Rocky Ford and Otero
county will conduct booster trip to
Pueblo Aug. 20, in the interest of the
Arkansas Valley fair.
State engineer gives favorable re-
port as to acceptance of new bridge
completed over the big ditch between
Manzanola and Fowler.
Nick Hauffner of Columbus, Neb.,
visitor in Denver, was injured when
he was struck by an outbound Twen-
ty-third avenue street car.
The capacity of the Denver mint is
to be increased, II the purpose of
conference called of officials of the
mints at Denver and San Francisco
for Sept IL is realized.
Denver's young army of Boy Scouts,
240 strong, modified and boarded the
train for Grant. They will be en-
camped at Geneva park, four miles
from Grant, for ten days.
To facilitate the work of the Amer
ican Red Cross in supplying surgical
dressings, hospital garments and
other comforts for American soldiers
and sailors the supply service has
been recognized.
Representatives of several hundred
butchers employed in packing plants
at the Denver stockyards notified the
State Industrial Commission that the
men have demanded a wage increase
OF cents per hour.
Members of the selection and ex.
emption board for the second or
northern district of Colorado com.
pleted preliminary plans to attack
mass of more than 2,300 applications
fer exemption from army service.
Oscar E. Cary, director of the Ohio
and Colorado Smelling Company of
Salida was found dead in bed at his
home in Denver. Mr.. Cary came in
from Salida in his automobile, and
was apparently in his usual health.
A ride through the mountain parks
and picnic dinner at Bergen park
on Lookout mountain comprised the
entertainment furnished 450 printers,
who were delegates to the convention
of the International Typographical
Union held at Colorado Springs.
Meningitis, believed by army physi-
clans to have been caused by an in
jury sustained when he was struck
by train while doing guard duty at
the Santa Fe bridge near Amity, five
weeks ago, resulted in the death of