The Keota news., 1920-07-30
COLORADO NEWS Ho4M

u" ~4oSIiment. II II q solid.
SUBSTANTIAL. permanent state ins,itu,
ton. The grounds. the buildings and
s'l belong to all the people of the
state. Every taxpayer. every citizen
!" part owner In the state fair; and
ench person who says or does some
thing for the good of the fair. does Il
Tor h'mself-hia own Individual inter.
r*t. Last years was the first fair that
was really under complete state COO.
troll and ownership. and the increa sed
interest In II was manifest to 4 Won
derful degree. The people In every
section Of the commonwealth demon.
siratcd their appreciation Of Il NJ q
state institution. and % pleased were
all with the great show. that many
persons from the remOtest parts Of
Colorado began right then to work for
the bctterment Of the 1870 fair.
One hundred thousand people viii
pass through the turnsslies Of the Colo
radO State Fair this year. This 10 Q
very conservative estimate based on
the attendance In 1910 and the assur.
nnces already given for this years big
show. Al low estimate there will be
1900 exhibits. Think Of the educa.
tional results to come from 100000 peo-
pie studying l.s00 interesting aud in.
structivs 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.
eunnla1 se~ss os.aS Ssna~s anA ra~1eh
which will do Colorado more psrma.
aent good than would be possible In
any other way.
VIII Akin. a 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 Q tree. entirely de-
u,olishing the machine. Akin and ssv.
cral members Of his family had gone
out for . drive. but when they reached
the sod Of the road Akin found II dif.
ficult to turn the machine around. AT.
or the family had gotten out Of the
machine. Akin attempted to turn II
around, aud when doing 20 the car slip
ped from the road and crashed down
the smbankment.
Il takes q whole year to make
state fair. In fact II takes number
Of whole years to make . state fair.
Before the gates closed on the 1919
state fair, the officers Of the Colorado
State Fair Commission were planning
aud working for the fair which will
open on September 10. 1870. Every DAY
sines that time they have been work
Ing aud planning to make th's years
fair 20 much better than last years
big success, that there will bs no com
parisou.
An abandoned Illicit still. one OF the
largest In the state. vas seized oy
Sheriff Burt Jones In q log cabin built
especially for the purpose In seciud'
ed spot on Cenesee mountain, within
4 few yards from the Lookout noun
tain road. A large quantity OF mash'
nearly decayed, was also seized. Sher-
iff Jones declared that the still was
abandoned several months ago ana
that the last tenants have LETT the
county.
Residents are up In arms over the
brutal murder Of Mrs. A. Torex, the
wife of q beet field worker and the
mother Of seven children, who was
Killed st Swink. Fclicio Nunes,
Mexican laborcr, who II known a.
Smokey" Is believed to have commit.
.oti the deed, and after . search OF