The Dolores star., 1920-09-03

COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
Hugo. CoIo.-Thc Lincoln County Fair
will be held at Hugo. sept s"-"o.
oct. Ia.

Four thousand eight hundred dollars
is the outlay the State Fair Commis-
sioners have made for vaudeville and
circus features for the state fair. rms
is beside the horse. auto and airplnne
features
Arrangements for the annual Boul-
der county fair are virtually completed
and indications point To the greatest
and best fair ever held at Longm"nt
The fair will last four days, Sept. :, s,
o and 10
A great, big modern circus vii have
nothing on the 1920 Colorado State
Fair for major attractions in front of
the grandsIaud and hlcnCh"rs and on
the iufield for close TO $1,000 has been
expended for entertaining features.
Rapid progress Is being made on the
new Liberal Arts building that is being
erected on tn. University of Colorado
campus al Boulder under the personal
direction and supervision Of members
Of the engineering faculty.
II. u. Sagrr. 60 wears old, OF Boulder,
colo. was instantly killed when the
automobile in which he was riding
Skidded on bad stretch of highway
and rolled down II t"n-fo"t emhnnk-
ment one mile west Of Steamboat
Springs.
Charles Myers, n recent addition 10
the Pueblo police force and % years
old. is the new p"ssesSor the dis
,iY f.. IA N-..t. in
the World War Myers was decorated
for having pulled several unconscious
comrades from gasfilled dug"ut.
Obtaining II revolver from the truck
Of her hrotherin-law, Miss Helen
Brewer. pretty and II years of age. OF
Glenwo"d Springs, attempted suicide
by shooting herself. The bullet enter
ed the abdomen She was removed to
Il hospital where physicians say her
condition is serious.
Approximately six miles of ruud he
tween Brush and Akron, Colo, on the
Burlington highway, have been recon-
mpndcd to the federal government for
II sand clay surface at Il cost of SIS. .oOU
according to an announcement by J. $.
Bright district engineer of the bureau
of public roads at Denver.
In running revolver and shotgun
fight with II burglar at MerinO, Everett
Dean, 20 years old shot and instantly
killed Benjamin Fuller, 30. farmer
living north OF Mcrno. The duel, ii is
alleged followed FuIler's attempt to
rob the lumber yard and store of the
Merino Lumber Company
The body of the lS-monthS-old son
Of Mrs. G. Schegel, Il widow of Ea gle,
was recovered from the Eagle river
following a two-day search. The hoy
disappeared while his mother was
washing clothes. County authorities
dragged more than 300 yards of the
river before the body was found.
Hearing upon the application of The
American Railway Express Company
for permission to increase its rates on
state traffic in Colorado will be held
10y the Public Utilities Commission of
the State of Colorado at the office OF
the commission in Denver. Colorado, OIL
Monday, August both, at 10 o'clock a.
~. Denver time.
The Miners Union Of Slvcrton. has
made extensive preparations for n La.
hor day celebration, 10 be held Sep
tember 9th and 9Th. More than $1,000
has been raised for prizes for the win
ners in baseball, horse racing, tugs of
war, drilling and other events. The
leading events will be the baseball
games. The first game will he be-
tween ouray and Silverton. and the
winner of this game will play the Du.
rangO ball team ON September 9Th
Three dead rnttIesnakrs, one of them
four feet long with fifteen rattleS and
button, tell Of the bravery of little
13-year-old Lottie Talkington. whn
the Williams Fork Land and Cattle
Company near Craig. She was armed
with a gruhbing hoe with which she
killed the three snakes
Warrants amounting to 81. .499, 81 l .63
were issued during July by the state
auditor, according to a report filed
with the auditing board. The amount
is represented in 1862 warrants, the
largest number ever issued in month.
The average number issued each month
Is about 5000, according to Auditor
Arthur NJ Stong.
A rich strike at the 1.S0O.foot level
OF the Nindicator gold mine at Victor,
reported few days ago, gives promise
OF producing ore to run between $7h
and $50 ton. The strike was made
at point about 800 feet south of the
main shaft, and seems to be cOntInu.
alton of the well-knoWn Little vein. II
Is in virgin territory, which was pre-.
viously believed to be practically
worthless.
A Boulder, Colo, contractor has
signed an agreement to build "tea ch.
erage" at Niwot at once. The new
building will have five roolns for the
accommodation of instructors at tbe
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