The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-08-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
Larimer County Fair. Loveland. Aug.
| Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Meslsan County Fair. Fort Morgan
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. s-5
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. 8
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss, Sept. g.
Adams County Fair. Brighton, Sept. g.
Moffat County Fair. Maybsll. Sept. IL
Plateau Valley State Fair. Colbran
Sept. 1918.
Raca County Fair Springfield. Sept.
| 1918.
| Trinidad-Las Animas County Fair
Trinidad. Sept. 1913.
Cone5os County Fair, Manassa, Sept
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept
Central Community Fair. Greeley, Sept
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept 1920
Phillips County Fair, Holyolke. Sept
| 24-27.
| Saguache County Fair, Saguache. Sept
c2lorado.New Mexico Fair Durango.
Colorado State Fair Pueblo, Sept. 22-
Grand County Fair. Kremmling, Sept
1921
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City, Aug.
27-2S.
Inter Mountain Lixe stock and Fair
Grand Junction, Sept. 80 to Oct. 8.
| Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock
| Oct. TO.
Information has been received by E.
j. Waters of Clifton, that his son,
Corporal Fred Waters, captured the
championship of the marines at Guam
tico, Va, for crack rifle marksman-
ship.
Practically 100000 acres of land has
been broken for this years crops and
added to the cultivated area. Few
states in the Union have showed
large an increase in the raw land re-
claimed in one year.
The Lamar Elks Home Association
has commenced an active campaign for
selling stock in the new home to be
| erected at Lamar. The lodge at that
place is planning on having one of the
| finest homes in the state.
Restoration of the pinto bean indus
| Try in eastern Colorado by placing an
| import duty on Japanese beans, which
have demoralized the market for pin
tos, is to be asked of Congress by bean
growers of Weld county.
Having sold 1,295 acres of irrigated
land west of the Platte river for more
than S130,0O0, the Lupton Coal Ridge
Land Company will put large part of
| this money back into the work of de-
veloping 1000 more acres of raw land
The fifth of a series Of mysterious
fires in three weeks has led to the
belief that 'firebug" may be at large
IN Leadville. All of these mysterious
| fires have occurred in the small hours
IF the morning and in nearly every
case a small building has burned.
The body of Eva Bingham, 20 years
old, of McGraw, Neb, was found in
dry ditch one mile from Eaton. A
party with which the girl was last
seen is being sought by officers. Miss
Bingham had evidently been beaten to
DEATH her head being crushed.
| Actual work on the Main street paw
ng at Montrose has begun, after many
lelays which threatened to postpone
the construction until 1920, NJ. A.
Masters, contractor, has received con-
siderable new equipment TO handle the
large concrete contract and will push
the work to an early completion.
The net income of the Colorado &
Southern railroad for the year ending
Dec 81. 1918, was $1.37e,371 16, with
gross income of S3,S7S S91 90. The an
nual compensation for the road al
lowed by the act that enabled the gov
ernment to take over the railroads Is
=, ,4S1 ,211.SS. The net income of the
road for the year 1917 was 50, 493,-
!5621, and its gross income, $4,S5S,-
| 017.SO.
The annual COW punchers' reunion
at Fruita Will be held this year on
Sept. 25 and 26 according to dates de-
termined on at this time.
James Kramer, aged IA, was
drowned in Greenhorn creek, twenty
six miles south of Pueblo, when he and
his brother were swimming The boy
was seized with cramps in the cold
mountain water and drowned before
| his brother was able to pull him out
Some 200 pioneers and their families
gathered at the Playground at Rocky
Cord and enjoyed an old-fashioned pic
| 1ic, in which the basket at noon and
| the coffee and lemonade played an
| important part. 1t was the greatest
| gathering of genuine "old settlers"
that has been held in Otero county for
years, and the entire day was one of
| joy to the old-timers.
Charles Ray, while making a blast
on the Could reservoir, above Craw-
ford, Delta county, was killed when a
large rock from the blast hit him on
the head. Workmen were at a long
distance from the scene of the blast,
but the rock hit him squarely on the
head with such force that he died
two hours later. He is survived by a
wife and four children Of Rocky Ford.
DR.. Charles Lamb, state veterinary