The Elbert County tribune., 1919-08-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.

D.
Boulder County Fair. Lonsmont. Sept.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford,
Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan,
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. s-5.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept 3
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. O.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. D.
Moffat County Fair. MeybeiI. Sept. IL
plstesu valley State Fair. colbran.
Daca County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
Trlnidad-Las Anlmas County Fair.
coneJos County Fair. Manassa, Sept.
westesn Slope Fair Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
yuma County Fair. Yuma, Sept. 1920.
Phillips " County Fair. Holyoke. Sept
saEYsshe County Fair. sasuache. Sept
colorado-New Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado state Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 22-
Grand County Fair. KremmIing. Sept
crowlesy County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Dousias County Fair. Castle Rock.
The Lamar EllSs Home Association
has commenced ain 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 1,2o5 acres of irrigated
land west OF the Platte river for more
than S130,000, the I.upton CoN Ridge
Land Company Will put n large part of
this money hack into the work of de-
veloping 1000 more acres of raw land.
That the war on prairie dogs, inaug-
urated in La Plata county last spring
and which still is being waged, has
been fruitful in results, is the an
nouncement of CIV. Boyd, field fore
man of the Bureau of Biological Sur
vey
Construction work on an irrigation
project lying five to fifteen miles
south of Las Animas, which will make
an immense tract Of land productive,
will begin immediately. VIII II. Muir
ply of the state land board announced
after the land commissioners ap-
proved S2500O0 contract and bond
posted by w. A. Colt & Son of Las
Animns for building the irrigation sys-
tenn for the Mutual Carey Act Irriga-
ton Company.
There is not a case of contagious
disease in the city of Pueblo or in the
county Immediately adjoining it, ac-
cortling to the announcement of DR..
W. E. Buck, city physician. This is
the first time in years that such con-
dition has been noted in that city. DIR.
Buck attributes this to the fact that
the influenza epidemic taught the cit
liens of Pueblo the necessity of exer-
cising greater sanitary precautions.
The Midland Cereal Products Com
pany have signed a contract with the
Farmers and Merchants Association
which calls for the erection of fac
tory building in Brighton to cost $780,
600. The company will manufacture a
breakfast food to be known as
"Whole Wheat Nuggets" The Brigh-
ton factory is one of three owned by
the company. The others are at
Sioux Falls, S. D., and Omaha, Neb.
The factory will use all the wheat
grown within hauling distance of
Brighton and will pay the market
price.
According to advices by w. p. Ella,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. the United States Dehydration
Company of Denver will establish Il
branch dehydration plant at Grand
Junction.
Durango will shortly possess new
athletic club which Is designed to pro-
mote boxing exhibitions, physical cul-
iure training aud other athletic pur-
suits w. W. McEwen. Jr., Rod S.
Day and j. ii. McDevitt, Jr., all sons
of prominent Durango families, filed
articles of incorporation In the secre-
tary of states office for the Durango
Athletic Club. announcing these activ-
tiles as the object of the organization.
Fifteen cars of potatoes will be
shipped daily from the Montrose
Olathe and Delta spud district, when
the busiest part of the season will
start. This is the early potato harvest
and will continue at this rate for sew
cral weeks. The spuds are being
moved to the markets in refrigerator
cars, which, however, will not inter
fere with the regular shipments OF
fruit from the western slope, about
which the growers were alarmed re
Gently when Il car shortage seemed
apparent.
A. w. Engle, 30, of Colorado