Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Hugo, Colo.-The Lincoln County Fair
VIII be held at Hugo. Sept. 1880.
Nels Melvin Peterson, 12-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Peterson, living
near Wild Horse, thirty miles south
east OF Hugo, was instantly killed
when he was dragged to death by a
horse.
One of the many innovations and
special attractions at the Colorado
state fair this year Is the Sunday open.
ing on Sept. 10, with full program OF
entertainment events and all the ex.
hlbits in order.
After wandering for two days in the
mountains without food and sleeping
in the open, Allen Robbins, 15, and
Gilbert Russell, 13, both Of Loveland,
were found on the Fall river road
north of Estes Park.
Sheriff Trabing Of Laramie, Wyo,
positively identified the body found
near the Ames monument, at Sher.
man, as that of w. II. Pfleiderer the
Longmont optician, who perished in q
storm last April II. The body was
taken to Laramie. A sheepherder dis.
covered the decomposed form lying In
a ravine.
Denver was selected for next years
meeting place by the Columbian fed.
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at its fourteenth annual national con.
venton at Springfield, Ill. 1t was
voted to raise fund of $25,O00 tG
establish home near Pueblo, Colo
John Giacomino of Globe, Ariz., was
elected president
Seventy-eig men have re-enlisted
in the navy for duty aboard the Simp
son, all of which reside in Colorado
and Wyoming, only twenty-four more
ex-navy men are needed to man hei
and she will be the crack destroyer OF
the navy. She will be commissioned al
Philadelphia. Her home port will bt
San Diego, Calf.
william Kicks, Grand Junction gro
cer has been forced by County AS
SCISSOR Ocee o. Fellows to admit that
he did not report large amount OF
sugar he had in storage at his place OF
business when the tax assessor called
at the Kicks store and his assessment
was raised from little over $1,000 te
$4,000 by the assessor.
| Where the poison comes from thai
makes the famed Poison springs Of
the Crawford district so deadly is thu
problem to be tackled by high schoo
students of western Colorado this year
The water will be analyzed and thu
rock strata examined microscOpically
The geology of the land will be gOn'
into thoroughly also. There is posi-
bility that the source of the pOisOI
may be found and the springs re
claimed for use.
of Colorado Springs, bellboy at the
Broadmoor hotel, was instantly killed
near the Hackey sheep ranch, Lincoln
county, thirty miles north OF Ordway
when his revolver was exploded acci
dentally in fall. The bullet pierced
his heart The boy had been to Rocky
Ford for the Watermelon Day festiv
tiles and was returning here on hi!
motorcycle. His body was not fOunt
for an hour, as the road Is little used
Mrs. w. l.. White and her son, HON
er, years old, who were on their wa!
to school mt Montrose, We're botl
knocked unconscious by n live wirt
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cued by II passing farmer. YOUNG
White was walking along with hi!
mother, when he reached to the groun(
and grabbed wire which had beer
thrown across Il live wire. The chile
WAS knocked unconscious. His mother
attempted to pull him away and sh'
also was knocked to the ground.
The body OF Michael MellIck O.
Chandler. who was washed from hi!
automobile and drowned in n cloud
burst in Chandler, was found in thu
Arkansas river three miles below
Florence by Joseph Orr, nine-year
old boy, who dragged the body t.
shore unaided.
Bert Hughes, driving motorcycle
In the last racing event OF the fai
Mt Sterling, was thrown fifty fee
through the nir and sustained possible
fatal injuries when his machine brok,
on the quarter stretch. In the side
car was Bruce Morgan, age 20. whit
was only slightly injured.
A common inquiry nowadays is hOv
to treat wheat for, the prevention o
smut. "Winter wheat that is to b.
planted this season should be treatet
for smut prevention" says j. ID. Mar
shall OF the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege. The formnldehyde solution treat
ment is the cheapest, safest, cleanes
and most easily applied. To make th'
treatment, the seed should first be ru1
through n tanning mill so as to 70
| move the light weight smutty kernels