The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
N NeNspap~f mon News SerVic'
COMING EVENTS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
Avg. 2s-sO.-Annual Convention X p.
Rank. Pythian Sisters and knights
OF khorassan, at Colorado Springs
sept 3-I-Frontier Day celebration al
Fort Morgan.
sept s-s-Firemen's State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
sept. ls-2o-Eastern Star Meeting at
Sept. l7-2i-Masonic meeting At Den
Nov. I2-Is-AutomobiIe Show at Den
Aug. 2s-sept. l-Prowers County at La
Aug z9-sI-Larimer County At Love
Aug. 2s-sl-Crowiey County at Sugar
City
aug. sl-sep, l-Farmers' Fair at Fow-
Sept 4-7-BouIderC County at Longmont
sept. t-1-Arkansas Valley at Rocky
Sept. s-s-sedgwick County at Jules
Sept il-l4-Logan County at Sterling
Sept is- s-2l-cheyenne County at Chey-
enne Wells
Sept. 1s-2I.-western Slope at Mont
Sept. I7-22-Colorado State at Pueblo
sept. 20-22-Indian Fair at Ignacio
sept; 2o-2z-Phillips County at Hoi-
Sept 252s-colorado : New Mexico Al
Durango.
Sept Is; ss-L.s Animas County al
Sept. 2s-2s-El Paso County at Calhan
Sept. 7-2s-Lincoln County at Hugo
sept 2'-2s-Grand County at kremm'
Oct. 25-Kit Carson County At Bur
lington.
Sept 6 has been set aside at Water,
melon day at Rocky Ford.
The contract for the Fall River road
has been let ior 32l,024.2l.
Construction work has started or
the new factory for the pillow company
al Craig
A large force of men is making an
almost new road from Durango to Sil
verton.
Moran denies Industrial commission
has right to hear testimony in labor
dispute.
There is every indication that this
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 %. in the interest Of the
Arkansas Valley fair.
State engineer gives favorable 10
port as to acceptance of new bridge
completed over the big ditch between
Manzanola and Fowler.
Nick Hauffner of Columbus. Neb, a
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, If the purpose Of
conference called of officials OF the
inints at Denver and San Francisco
for Sept. IL is realized.
Denvers young army OF Boy scouts
2io strong, mobilized and boarded the
camped at Geneva park. four miles
from Grant, for ten days
To facilitate the work of the Amer
can Red Cross in supplying surgica
dressings, hospital garments ano
other comforts for American soldiers
ND hn
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
o. ; 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 1900 applications
for exemption from army service.
Oscar f. Cary, director of the Ohio
and Colorado Smelling Company of
Salida. was found dead in bed at his
hCme 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 a picnic dinner at Bergen park
on Lookout mountain comprised the
entertainment furnished 450 printers,
who We're 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
William w. Huffman, 10 years old. a
uriyate in Cnmnanr First nolnra do