The state herald., 1917-07-27

Sept 4-7.-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
sept. 6-S.--kiremen's State Convention
Sept; l7-2z-Colorauo State Fair At Pu.
There are 1900 acres in beans in
Morgan county.
Every mine in Leadville has been
shut down by strike.
Red Cross instructor urges Pueblo
women to join in bandage work.
Frontier Days will be held in Fort
Morgan this year Sept. 4. 8. 6 and Z.
A big county fair will be held at
Springfield the last week In Septem.
her.
The 1918 convention Of the Colorado
retail coal dealers will be hold In
Pueblo.
The fund for the French war orphans
Will be swelled by more than $4,000
from Colorado Springs.
Indications point to the uncovering
OF big shipping body Of ore In the
Midnight mine at Aspen.
Provost Marshal John Evans has de-
cided quota Of various counties of
Colorado for selective draft.
The bean crop in Delta county this
year is the largest in its history and q
bean elevator will be erected.
Military camp at state fair grounds
In Pueblo has been named Camp ].
c. Gunter." In governors honor.
Denver may lose ten firemen and
four policemen through the war draft.
The numbers Of that many wero
drawn.
Hugo and Fred Schaaf, twin brothers,
expect to go to the trenches together.
Their names were among the first
drawn from Denver.
The bank clearings In Denver for the
week ending July 20 aggregated S14,.
oS5.o13.S0. as against t10,S31, ,556.05 for
the same week in 1916.
While returning to Denver from
Morrison, John Metcalf, 16, fell under
the wheels Of picnic truck and was
crushed to death.
Cutting of the second crop Of alfal.
IA began in the Lamar region Just as
the last swaths Of the first are going
into stack in San Luis valley.
Five rural school districts at HOOP
or have consolidated and bond issue
Of $4,000 made for the purpose Of CON.
structing the consolidated buildings.
The city and county of Denver
wants S4.6ls.3S9 taken off the valua.
ton Of the Denver Union Water Com.
pany's plant a. fixed by Special Mas.
ter Chinn at 3l3.4l6.sss.
After having been Jailed four times
on four counts In three Colorado falls,
George Clair. alleged bigamist, re-
turned to Pueblo free man after city
officials at Canon City had released
him.
A man giving his name as BENJAMIN
Patterson and his age as 65 years was
arrested at Florence on suspicion Of
being the man who has been selling
tetanus tainted court plaster in
Pueblo.
l.. H. Connolly. who was arrested In
California and returned to Denver,
charged with impersonating a naval
officer. was sentenced to serve q year
and a day In the federal prison at
Leavenworth. Kan.
The Eclipse Leasing Company. op.
Grating the 10 Dandy mine. on Raven
hill. Cripple Creek. under q long time
lease. has an important ore discov.
cry. and 10 mining and shipping Q
high average grade Of ore.
Colorado's senators. sitting In extra.
ordinary session. upset q well-sstab-
iished custom when they passed a bill
on final consideration. before the
House. usually the leader In this re.
spect. could claim that distinction.
Pueblo's hospitals can accommodate
$50 wounded soldiers without notice
and nearly $50 In an emergency, &C.
ccrding TO . census Of the three hos.
pitals by DR.. John @. Wolf, head Of
the Pueblo health department.
Mrs. Charles H. Wheeler, wife Of q
banker At Long Beach. Car. died At
the homo Of her daughter, Mrs. John
Rich. In Denver. from injuries re-
ceived In an automobile accident while
motoring between Parker and Castle
Rock.
Colorado's quota OF mon for the SEQ.
ond reserve officers training school
| AA natp eAA
Mimi. instead Of Fort Riley, Kan, &C.
eordinE to telegram received by Maj.
a. n. Fuller at Fort Logan from tho
War Department.
Girls encamped at the fifth National
Service School. Loretto Heights, Pre-.
scntcd q gold wrist watch to Mrs. Al.
caander Sharp. honorary commandsr
and organiser In the work.
II is thought that tho difficulties be.