The Dolores star., 1919-08-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service

| Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
LaIimer County Fair. Loveiand, Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept, 3-5.
Losan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. g
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. 3
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. 9
Moffat County Fair. Maybeil. Sept H.
Plateau Valley State Fair. colbrsn.
Baca County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
1918.
Trinidad-Las Animas County Fair.
| . Trinidad. Sept. 1919.
Cone(2s County Fair. Manasss. Sept.
Western Slope Fair, Montrose. Sept
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept
PHILIPS County Fair Holyoke. Sept
sasusehe County Fair. Sagunche. Sept
colorado.Nsw Mexico Fair. Durango
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 20.
Grand County Fair. Kremmlins. Sept
25-27.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug
| lnter-M Mountain Live Stock and Fair
Grand Junction. Sept 80 to Oct. 3.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock
Oct. 10.
Jim Wong, -. committed suicide in
Denver by hanging himself in his laun
dry. This is believed to be the second
suicide Of Il Chinese in the history of
Denver.
Sol Exon, u flockmaster in the Echo
basin country, recently killed one of
the largest-brown cinnamon bears ever
seen in that locality, and the animal
weighed 1000 pounds
More than 1000 acres Of land in the
districts north of Greeley, centering
about Eaton, Pierce and Ault, are be-
ing irrigated this year with water
raised from underground by electric
pumps.
The Western Slope Fair Association
has Offered purse Of SI0O to the win
ncr of the three-day baseball tourna-
mcnt which will be held this fall. The
'''iHi wv I''i'd' 'lilIlt anu houlloSt
teams will play for the purse.
The fifth of a series of mysterious
fires in three weeks has led to the
belief that ''firebug' may be at large
in Lendville. All of these mysterious
fires have occurred in the small hours
of the morning and in nearly every
case IL small building has burned
The body of Eva Bingham. 20 years
old, of McGraw, Neb., was found in
dry ditch one mile from Eaton. \
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.
Every part of Weld county has been
lrcnched by heavy and repeated rains
recently Both the Platte and the Pou-
Gre rivers have big flows of water and
all danger of damage to late crops such
as potatoes and cabbage resulting
:rom drouth is believed to be past.
Alfred l.. Myers, former we'll
known resident of La Junta, was killed
by being thrown from horse. His
neck was broken. Myers went to the
posrofficc and remained longer than
usual his wife went in search of him,
finding his dead body lying along the
roadside, with the horse standing near
by.
Earl Z. Bennett. residing northwest
It Lii Junta, is erecting what is
thought to be the largest Slo west of
the Mississippi river. The silo will
have II capacity of 1000 tons, and is
being constructed of vitrified hollow
Tile. In addition to this silO, Mr.. Ben
nett has two others, each of 200 tons
capacity. He is engaged in sheep and
cattle feeding.
With Il membership including men
who are leaders in their professions
from every part of the United States,
the IntcrMountain Country Club. or
'ganiZing in Denver headquarters, is
prepared to take over on Sept. ! the
Mount Morrison hotel property in Bear
Creek canon. The club has secured the
resort buildings and an additional 200 |
acres, sufficient to give the organiZa-
tion ample domain for its prospective
extensive outdoor activities
DIR. G. X. Olmsted of Denver was |
chosen head physician of the Wood |
men of the World by the board of
managers which held its regular quar-
tcrly meeting in Denver. He succeeds
DIR. j. c. Twitchell, formerly of Port
land, Ore who came to Denver three
years ago to take up the duties of the
position.
A sheepherder, Leon Rispoud, was
killed near Leadville when the mule
he was riding became frightened at an
approaching automobile and fell
throwing Rispoud under him. Rispoud
was driving pack train of four mules
when an automobile came down a hill
in back of them, throwing the train
into confusion.
DR. Charles Lamb. state veterinary