Cheyenne record., 1919-08-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


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COMING EVENTS.
I.arimer County Fair. Loveland. Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
2-5
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
MerEan sEa, County Fair. Fort Morgan
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. 3-5.
Logan County Fair. Sterling Sept. g
Dclsa County Fair. Hotchlsiss. Sept. 9
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. 9
M9ffat County Fair. Maybell. Sept. H.
Plateau Valley State Fair. colbrsn.
Baca County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
Trinidad-Las Anlmas County Fair,
Trinidad. Sept. 1919.
Conejos County Fair. Manassa. Sept.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair Greeley. Sept.
Yuma County Fair, Yuma, Sept. 1920.
PhiiliPs g1 County Fair Holyoke' Sept
sasuache County Fair Saguache. Sept.
cqas9rado, aa Ssw sS Mexico Fair. Durango,
Colorado State Fair Pueblo. Sept. 22
NIaHu IouHly air, ocpI.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aus.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair
Grand junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. 3.
| Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. 10.
Jim Wong, 70, committed suicide in
Denver by hanging himself in his laun-
| dry. This is believed to be the second
suicide of 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 S4O0 to the win
nor of the three-day baseball tOurna-
mcnt which will be held this fall. The
Telluride, Delta, Olathe and Montrose
teams will play for the purse.
The fifth Of series of mysterious
fires in three weeks has led to the
belief that "fircbug" may be at large
in Lcadville. All of these mysterious
fires have occurred in the small hours
Of the morning and in nearly every
case a small building has burned.
The body of Eva Bingham. 20 years
y
| dry ditch one mile from Eaton. y
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
drrnchcd by heavy and repeated rains
recently Both the Platte and the POu-
Dire rivers have big flows of water and
all danger Of damage to late crops such
as potatoes and cabbage resulting
from drouth is believed to be past.
Alfred l.. Myers, former well
known resident of La Junta, was killed
by being thrown from II horse His
neck was broken. Myers went to the
r"Stoffce and remained longer than
finding his dead body lying along the
roadside, with the horse standing near
by.
Earl T. Bennett, residing northwest
# La Junta, is erecting what is
hought to be the larger silO west OF
the Mississippi river. The Silo will
have IL capacity of 1000 tons. and is
being constructed of vitrified hollow
tile In addition to this slo, Mr. Ben
nett has two others, each of 200 tons
capacity He is engaged in sheep and
cattle feeding.
With II membership including men
who are leaders in their professions
from every part of the United States,
the Inter Mountain 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.
DR.. c. X Olmstrd of Denver was
chosen head physician of the Wood
men of the World by the board of
managers which held its regular quar-
terly meeting in Denver He succeeds
Dr. 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 Lendville when the mule
he was riding became frightened at an
approaching automobile and fell,
throwing Rispoud under him. Rispoud
was driving Il pack train Of four mules
when an automobile came down hill
in back of them. throwing the train
| into confusion.