The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
tern Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 2s-so:-AnnuaI Convention K P.
Rank Ra pLfSisn; 9ess; s s,neiuding TnifDsm xnissta
Of Khorsssan nh AZ sts,s Saioraao aao snr,nRs. i,s
sept s-5-Frontier Day celebration at
at Colorado Springs.
sept 1s-2o-Eastern Star Meeting at
ss6t COLORADO Springs; ~
Nov: 12-1s-Automobiie show at Dem
Aug. 2s-Sept. I-Prowers County at La
Aug. zs-31-Larimer County at Love
Aug, 2s31-Crowiey County at Sugar
Aug. 31-Sept. Farmers Fair at Fow-
Sept. 4-7-Boulder County at Longmont.
sept. 4,7-Arkansas Valley at Rocky
Sept. s-s-sedgwick County at Jules
Sept. II-14-Losan County at Sterling.
sept, s,2l-Cheyenne County at Chey-
Sept. .1s-21-western Slope at Mont
Sept. .17-22-colorado State at Pueblo.
sept 2O-22-Indian Fair at Ignacio.,
sept 2o-22--Phillips County at Hoi-
Sept 25-2s-Colorado New Mexico At
SEPT, a5,ss-Las Animas County at
Sept. 2s-2s-El Paso County at Calhan.
Sept. 27-2s-Lincoin County at Hugo.
Sept 27-29-Grand County at Kremm-
Oct. s5-Kit Carson County at Bur-
lington.
Sept. has been set aside at Water
melon day at Rocky Ford.
The contract for the Fall River road
has been let Tor $21.024.21.
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
verton
Moran denies industrial commission
has right to hear testimony in labor
dispute.
There is every indication that the
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 a 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.
Ctata apoipaar u;uaa favnro hla -.
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 ia
conference called of officials of the
mints at Denver and San Francisco
for Sept. ~ is realized.
Denvers young army of Boy Scouts,
240 strong, mobilized and boarded the
train for Grant They will be en-
camped at Geneva park, four miles
from Grant, for ten days.
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 5 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 a
mass of more than 1900 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 a picnic dinner at Bergen park
on Lookout mountain comprised the
entertainment furnished 45O 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
William w. Huffman, 10 years old,
private in Company /. First Colorado