Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service.

COMING EVENTS.
Larimer County Fair. Loveland. Aug.
Boulder County Fair. Longmont. Sept.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Mergan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept: as.
Logan County Fair, Sterling. Sept. g.
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss. Sept. O.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept. g.
M91fat County Fair. Maybell. Sept. IL
Plstsau s.s, Valley State Fair. colbr.n.
Baea County Fair. Springfield. Sept.
1918.
Trinidad-Las Animas County Fair.
Trinidad. Sept. 1913.
Cone1os County Fair. Manassa. Sept.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Central Community Fair. Greeley. Sept.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 1920.
Phillips County Fair. Holyoke. Sept.
saEusshe County Fair saguache. Sept
colerado,Nsw sena s.ss Mexico Fair. Durango.
COLORADO State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. az
Grand County Fair. KremmlinE. Sept.
1927.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. 8.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
Oct. rs.
Jim Wong, 72, 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, fockmaster 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 $4OO to the win
| ner Of the three-day baseball tourna-
ment which will be held this fall. The
Telluride, Delta, Olathe and Montrose
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 Leadville. 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
oil ,R Tanr N,I, fr,,v tv1 a
dry ditch one mile from Eaton. A
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
drenched by heavy and repeated rains
recently Both the Platte and the Pou-
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 horse. His
neck was broken. Myers went to the
pOstoffice 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 p. Bennett, residing northwest
IF La Junta, is erecting what IL
thought to be the larges. silo west of
the Mississippi river. The silo will
have a 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 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. 1 the
Mount Morrison hotel property In Bear
| Creek cafion. 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. K. Olmsted 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. 9. 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 nm automobile came down hill
\ I'm hack of them. throwing the traln