The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-07-31
Pithy News Notes
From All Paris Of
Colorado


@sstsRn Newspaper Uniou News Service.
COMING EvENTs.
Larimer County Fair. Loveiand. Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
MeSssn County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. SIS.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. 3
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. s.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. s.
M9ii.t County Fair. A.ybell. Sept IL
Plssts.u Valley State Fair. colbr.n.
Bses County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
rT raiais.d. sept xni ina County f
Cone1os County Fair. Manassas, Sept.
western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 1920.
Ph ,1lYs County Fair. H0lyoke' Sept
saxusehs County Fair. sssuachs. Sept.
colorado-New Mexico Fair. Durango.
Colorado State Fair, Pueblo. Sept. az
Grand County Fair. KremmlinE. Sept.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Dousiss Sosnsy F.ll. c. 10 Get Rock.
Oct. -.
Pfaesfville, which has been practi-
cally destroyed twice by fire, is being
rebuilt on plan that will insure both
beauty and permanency.
Michigan, Colorado and Utah show
big increases in beet sugar prospects,
Forecasts show Colorado's crop as q
$4,000 tons, an increase of $4,000;
and Utah's 1,2O6, 600 tons, an Increase
Of 100000 tons.
Appropriations Of $4,000 for the
Rocky Mountain National park and
$1,000 for the Mesa Verde, for ex-
penses during the coming year. are In
cluded in the sundry civil bill signed
by President Wilson.
Charles Place Of Sawpit was instant
ly killed when an auto plunged over
Hairpin Tour curve and dropped thirty
rear wheel rim broke and the sharp
spokes pierced Places head and stOm-
ach.
The federal bureau Of public roads
approved the plans submitted by the
state highway department and COstilla
county for building So miles Of road
between Fort Garland and San Luis
under federal aid. The new road sec
tion, beginning with the San Luis end,
will cost approximately $4,000.
Louis Aantx, p years old. of Colo
RADIO Springs, was arrested At Mont
rose BY Sheriff J. b. Gill and con-
fessed to stealing the car he was driv-
ing TO visit his sister, critically Ill in
Lewiston, Idaho. The youth showed 4
telegram from his sister asking him to
visit her. The sheriff took the car and
the boy back to Colorado Springs.
Denver will begin the construction
scum Of Natural History In City Park
shortly, as the result Of a gift Of $780,
600 for that purpose to the city by a
Denver citizen whose name Is being
withheld for the present by Mayor
Dewey c. Bailey. The name Of the
donor will be revealed at the formal
opening Of the Civic Center Aug. l.
Mesa County's share Of the state
school fund will total $9.O7S.3s. The
entire fund totals $685., ss4, and the an
nouncement Of the various appOrtion-
ments was issued from the state super
intendent's office at Denver. Other
West Slope counties will receive the
following sums: Delta, $6316.O7; Do
Iores, $429.71; Gunnison, $2,19O.24;
Hinsdale, S1794s; Ouray, 1901. SO : Pit
kin, $l,342.24, and San Miguel, ST.
S5912.
Better roads boosting received new
encouragement upon advices that the
State Highway Commission had allot-
ted 100000 to Mesa county for road
construction. The amount, 1t Ii un-
derstood, will be equally divided be-
tween the PalIsade concrete road and
the proposed concrete road between
Grand Junction and Fruita. The Pal
isade road has been under construction
for some time. The Fruita road was
ordered surveyed BY the county COM
missioners several weeks ago with a
view of asking for state and federal
aid
THE Good Ship Minnequa" is afloat
and taking cargo aboard for her first
cruise in the Pacific ocean AZ a men,
Der Of the United States Merchant ma
rine. The MinneQua is Pueblo's Vic
tory ship and her name would have
been pueblo" II 1t were not for the
fact that there is already a battleship
in the United States navy by that
name. The ship was christened by
Mrs. ]. c. Brooking Of Pueblo and the
name "Minnequa" was given It because
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