The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-11

Sept. l1-22-Colorado state far ~
Sept. 2o-22-Phillips County Fair. Hol-
yoke.
Denver Elks won the drill team
prize of s4o0 at Boston.
The Denver peach week" idea Is 10
be spread throughout the state.
Thousands witness flag presenta-
tions at Camp Gunter at Pueblo.
DR.. Bertha s. Park, 80, of Denver
ended her lie in 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. CTS at
Julesberg.
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. 15.
At a mass meeting of the women
of Rio Grande county, held in Monte
Vista, Woman's advisory council to
the governor was organized.
Arrangements for moving 800 cars
of 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 is commander, was
mustered into federal service at Pu-
eblo.
Because he permitted his head to be
used as a 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, it was an
nounced in Denver.
the Denver members of the officers
training camp at Fort Riley will start
for home Aug. 15, arriving in Denver
the following morning.
The annual meeting of the Supreme
Council of the Fraternal Aid Union,
an organization having 100000 mem
bers and a gain in assets of $3.50 900
IN, hal ;,,
DR.. w. H. Sharpley, manager of
health in Denver, issued his death re-
port for July, showing the total num-
ber Of deaths for the month at 228,
compared with 224 for July of last
year.
Fruit outlook good; local damage
to peaches by hail and to alfalfa ans
oats by grasshoppers," says the ma
tional weather and crop bulletin for
the week ending july 81 in the sect
tion devoted to Colorado.
Adjutant 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. black
currants and cherries are more plenti-
full than in any year for a decade.
John G. Teller, 67, builder of the
$350.000 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 a
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 it is
difficult to secure accommodations of
any kind.
Working in quiet but effective
way, group of Pueblo investors has
been securing title to large deposit
OF alunite from which it is believed
That potash can be commercially ex-
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 19 years. of Sterling plunged a
half mile down the mountain side to
her death Homer ThOmson CON of
q. ii. Thomson, superintendent of the
Estes Park fish hatchery, fell with
her to the bottom of Fall River canon,
but escaped without permanent in
Jur1es, although terribly bruised and