The Colorado statesman., 1919-09-13
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Trindad-Las Animas County Fair,
Trinidad. Sept. 1918.
Conej2s County Fair. Manassa, Sept.
Western Slope Fair, Montrose, Sept
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
Beaver Park Fair at Penrose. Colo,
| Sept. 18TH 1919.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma, Sept. 1920.
Phillips County Fair, Holyolle. Sept.
saguaehe County Fair. saguache, Sept.
colorado-New Mexico Fair, Durango.
Colorado State Fair Pueblo. Sept. 22-
Grand County Fair Kremmling. Sept.
Crowley County Fair, Sugar City. Aug.
Inter-Mountain Live stock and Fair.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock
Oct. 10.
The assessed valuation of Colorado
property for 1918 amounted to ST.
| 3S4.94 per capita. The highest per cap
ita assessed valuation, S4,70S.6I, was in
Jackson county, and the lowest, $TSS.33
in Huerfano county.
Construction of new woman's
building on the campus of the Univer-
sity of Colorado will begin some time
in October, according to plans of the
board of regents expressed at their
meeting in Boulder
Reports from various part of the
state are to the effect that many deer
are to be seen in the mountains and
hunters are expecting to enjoy some
fine hunting during the open season on
81, l.. nnt 1 -, 4
Fire of alleged incendiary origin de-
stroyed the planning mill and 100000
feet of lumber at the plant of the Tab
ernash Lumber Company Mt the edge
of TabernaSh. The loss is estimated
at about $4,000, fully covered by in
Surance.
Work on the Loveland road to Estes
Park will be started at once, and an
expenditure of $4,000 will be made.
The road will be double tracked from
there into the park village, and will re-
Guire all this winter and the coming
spring for completion.
An airplane will be on the tax rolls
in Colorado this year for the first
time in the states history. The plane,
was assessed by Assessor Mccarthy at
valuation of $1,000. There are two
other air machines in Denver, but on
April 1st, when the assessment was
made, Johnson's was the only one in
the state.
Lars Haugen, one of the most fam
Gus of the professional ski jumpers
who comes to Steamboat Springs each
winter to take part in the carnival of
midwinter sports and who on Feb. 2s
made new worlds record by a jump
of 2l2 feet on the Steamboat course,
has arrived from st. Paul for a visit
with Carl Howeson, the old Colorado
champion ski jumper.
Approximately S3,5OO,OOO will be ex-
pended in Colorado this year on new
school buildings, 1t is estimated by
Mrs Mary C. c. Bradford, state super
intendent of public instruction, on the
basis of report now received from two
thirds of the sixty-three counties in
the state. Buildings costing S3,0OO,00O
are actually in course of construction,
and others will he building soon.
One hundred thousand tourists, equal
to three times the normal population of
Colorado Springs, visited the Pixies
Peak region this summer. This is the
estimate based upon the sales of Pull
man tickets, the registration of auto
mobiles and the number of inquiries
at the Chamber of Commerce informa-
tion booth, which shows that there
We're fully 25,000 more visitors to this
Fart of Colorado in June, July and
August than ever before in the history
of the region.
Next TO Denver, Costilla county has
larger percentage of its area on the
tax rolls than any other county, 91.S
per cent. Arapahoe county ranks third,
with 9425 per cent, and four other
counties have above so per cent.
Fire and an explosion destroyed
property valued at $4,000 in Rye, a
summer resort forty-five miles south
west af Colorado Springs. The fire,
which was of unknown origin, started
in the town hall, and in fOrty-five min
utes had consumed the hall, general
store confectionery establishment,
postoffice and part of the schoolhouse.
A kerosene tank back of the store eX-
ploded, spreading burning kerosene
over 100-yard radius.
Cortez, county seat of Montezuma
county, is to hold a stampede celebra-
ton on Oct. 1, 2, 8 and the arrange
ment committee announces that the
wild west part of the program will be
the same as that shown at the Duran
go roundup, Sept. 1926, inclusive. At
tractive prizes are being offered the
participants. In addition to the wild
west there will be agricultural, horti-
cultural, livestock and poultry displays,
as well as airplane flights and base
ball games.