The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


substantial, permanent state institu-
tion. The grounds, the buildings and
all belong to all the people of the
state. Every taxpayer, every citizen
is part owner in the state fair; and
each person who says or does some
thing for the good of the fair, does it
for himself-his own individual inter
est. Last years was the first fair that
was really under complete state con-
troll and ownership, and the increased
interest in it was manifest to a won
derful degree. The people in every
section of the commonwealth demon
strated their appreciation of it as a
state institution, and so pleased were
all with the great show, that many
persons from the remotest parts of
Colorado began right then to work for
the betterment of the 1920 fair.
One hundred thousand people will
pass through the turnsrfIes of the Colo
RADIO State Fair this year. This is a
very conservative estimate based on
the attendance in 1919 and the assur-
ances already given for this years big
show. AT low estimate there will be
i,cOO CAiiDitS- Ol Tile euuCd-
tional results to come from 100000 peo-
pie studying 1000 interesting and in
structive object lessons. There will be
people from every state in the union
at this years fair, and they will carry
home with them memories of the Cen
tennial states greatness and wealth
which will do Colorado more perma-
nent good than would be possible in
any other way.
VIII Akin, retired farmer living at
Fort Collins, narrowly escaped death
when an automobile which he was
driving slipped from the highway at
the end of Fall River road, northwest
of Estes Park, and fell $50 feet below,
crashing against a tree, entirely de-
molishing the machine. Akin and sew
eral members of his family had gone
out for drive, but when they reached
the end of the road Akin found it diff
ficult to turn the machine around. Aft
er the family had gotten out of the
machine, Akin attempted to turn it
around, and when doing so the car slip
ped from the road and crashed down
the embankment.
1t takes whole year to make a
state fair. In fact it takes a number
of whole years to make a state fair.
Before the gates closed on the 1919
state fair, the officers of the Colorado
State Fair Commission were planning
and working for the fair which will
open on September 10, 1920 Every day
since that time they have been work
ing and planning to make this years
fair so much better than last years
big success, that there will be no COM
parison.
An abandoned Illicit still, one of the
largest in the state, was seized by
Sheriff Burt Jones in log cabin built
especially for the purpose in seclud-
ed spot on Genesee mountain, within
few yards from the Lookout noun
tain road. large quantity of mash,
nearly decayed, was also seized. Sher-
iff Jones declared that the still was
abandoned several months ago and
that the last tenants have left the
county.
Residents are up in arms over the
brutal murder of Mrs. A. Torez, the
wife of beet field worker and the
mother of seven children, who was
killed at Swink. Felico Nunez, a
Mexican laborer, who is known as
Smokey is believed to have commit
ted the deed, and after search of
hours by Deputy Sheriff C. L. Miller
and posse of citizens was captured
and is now in the Jail at La Junta.
After a sensational chase through
the business section of Englewood, fol-
lowed by a pursuit over wheat fields
and irrigation bitches, Sheriff e. f.
Burden of Arapahoe county, shot and
perhaps fatally wounded Hugh b.
Dobbs, %, an escaped convict. He was
shot in the left leg. Dobbs was given
first aid in farmhouse near Engle-
wood, and later removed to the hospi
tai at Littleton.
The body of Joe butcher, who was
drowned during the high water when
he tried to cross the Dolores river, was
found this week near the intake of the
Dolores water system, where it had
lodged for several days. The old-time
rancher was drowned when the stream
was torrent. The body was searched
for to no avail. 1t had drifted about
four miles.
The Community Society, composed
of the leading women of Kremmling,
has Offered to raise fund for repair |
ing the streets, and the offer has been
accepted by the town trustees, who
appropriated $500 for the purpose, pro-
vided $500 additional can be raised.
Concrete crossings will be put in at
the principal street intersections.
Plans for a consolidated school dis [
trict in jefferson county have been ac- /!
cepted by Mrs Mary C. C. Bradford,
state superintendent of public instrue- |
tion. The building will be erected at |
a cost of $4,000. Seven teachers will |
be employed.
According to figures compiled by the I
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