The Elbert County tribune., 1919-09-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspsper unIon Sew. servIcs
COMING EVENTS.


COMING EVENTS.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept S-5.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept 3
Delta County Fair. HotehiSiss. Sept. g.
Adams County Fair Brighton Sept. o.
Moffat County Fair. MaybclI. Sept. IL
Plateau Valley State Fair. coibran.
Baca County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
Trlnidnd- Las Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept. 1919.
coneJy- County Fair. Manassa. Sept.
Western Slope Fair, Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Gresiey. Sept.
pesysr sNn, ,s,s Park Fair at Penrose. Colo.
PhiIIips County Fair. Holyoke. Sept.
sakuaehe County Fair. saguaehe. Sept.
colorado.Nsw Mexico Fair. Durango.
coioiado state Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 2s-
Grand County Fair. Kremmlins. Sept
Crowley County Fair Sugar city. Aug.
Inter Mountain Liye Stock and Fair,
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. 3.
Oct. 7-9.
Soft water for Sterling about the
first of the year or very soon there
sfter is now the bright prospect
Frank Middleton, recently dis
charged New Jersey soldier, who fell
from hayloft some two weeks ago
and broke his back, while working on
ranch in the Hogback district, near
Dolores, is dead
The organization of the First Nation
al Bank has been completed at Bur
Iington with a capital of $4,000 and n
surplus of $1,000 The bank will open
for business some time during the
month of September
William Reynolds 40. clay miner,
was crushed to death by clay fall
while at work In the clay mine near
Golden. belonging to the Denver Sewer
Pipe and Clay Company, operated un-
der lease by Grant Parfet.
There will be an abundance of deer
for Colorado hunters during the four
day open season of Oct. j to 4, inclu-
sIve, this fall, In the opinion of Roland
O. Parvin, state game and fish COM
missioner. who returned from an ex-
fensive trip through the game sections
of the state.
About 10000 navy victory medals
will be issued by the Denver navy re-
cruiting station to men who saw serv
Ice during the war These medals
should be ready for distribution about
Nov 1, according to Lieutenant Com
niander w. r. Brown in charge OF this
citation.
The Oakdale Coal Company was
charged with negligence and held re-
sponsibIe for the disaster at the Oak
view mine on Aug. 1S which caused the
death OF eighteen, in the verdict of the
c6roncr's jury returned at Walsenburg
following an inquest that consumed the
entire day.
Charles William Reed, who would
have been 91 years Sept 1, died at
Lengmont of u complication of dis
eases Mr.. Reed came to Colorado In
1860 and settled at Black Hawk. He
made and lost fortunes in mining and
was one OF the lending figures in Colo
rndo mining for years.
Screams of the 2M -year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rosser brought
members of the family to the rescue
of the child, but not in time to save it
from being scalded to death in pan
OF soap suds, at Marshall, Colo. The
mother. who was in bed i'll and unable
20 rise, heard the boy screaming and
called for help. One of the older chill
dren who had placed the pan of boiling
water on the floor preparatory to do.
ing some scrubbng, but who had gone
outside the house, heard the call and
ran to the child
The l.. Hertle clothing store at Gold
en-. the only exclusive mems store in
Golden, was robbed of $1,000 worth OF
clothing by automobile bandits. The
robbers broke in tie back door and
suits, most of which had just been re-
ccived for the fall trade.
II bill just introduced by Congress
man Taylor becomes law, authority
viii be secured to exchange privately
owned land for national forest land
or stumpnge near Steamboat Springs
This authority Is being sought by own
ers of lnnd on the Routt forest, who
would be enabled to either consolidate
their holdings or trade their land wher
cut over for government stumpage.
The Elbertn peach season is on ii
full blast at Palisade and the move
nent of twenty-five carloads of til,
finest quality fruit ever grown in thu
upper valley is evidence that this viii
be a good peach year. The demnn,
for the Palisade crop exceeds the sup
ply and the growers are confident o
good prices and markets, although
prices prevailing this year are not "a
high as they We're for the same dn