The Colorado statesman., 1920-07-31
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

The Colorado State Fair is in no
sense nm experiment. II Is solid,
substantial, permanent state institu-
tlon. 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
ench person who says or does some
thing for the good of the fair does II
| for hlmself-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 il was manifest to u won
derful degree. The people in every
section of the commonwealth demon
strated their appreciation of II as n
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
Spotlight horse racing vii be one of
the great novelty features at this
years Colorado State Fair. Night rae
ing on the great half-mile track. with
powerful searchllghts following the
racers all the while. will be one of the
most exciting events imaginable. Be
sides the racing and the fireworks each
night, there will be number of other
track events, particularly in front of
the grandstand and bleachers and on
the infield. The fair commissioners
are determined that the night show
will be just as interesting as many at
fractions, brilliant Examinations and
searchlights can make 1t. And this
means every night of the fair. A new
program each night.
| 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 FAN River road, northwest
of Estes Park, and fell 15G feet below,
crashing against "A tree, entirely de-
molshing the machine. Akin and sew
eral members of his family had gone
out for a drive, but when they reached
the end of the road Akin found it DIFF
ficult to turn the machine around. Aft
err the family had gotten out of the
machine, Akin attempted to turn II
around, and when doing so the car slip
ped from the road and crashed down
the embankment.
1t takes whole year to make Il
state fair In fact it 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
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 year 3
fair so much better than last years,
big success, that there will be no COM
parlson.
An abandoned Illicit still. one of the
largest in the state, was seized by
! Sheriff Burt Jones in a log cabin built
especially for the purpose in seclud-
| ed spot on Genesee mountain, within
n few yards from the Lookout noun
tain road. A large quantity of mash,
nearly decayed, was also seized. Sher-
if 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. Felicio Nunez,
Mexican laborer, who is known as
"Smokey," is believed to have commit
red the deed, and after a search of
hours by Deputy Sheriff C. l.. Miller
and a posse of citizens was captured
| To-. ~ iniI Of
After sensational chase through
the business section of Englewood, fol-
lowed by pursuit over wheat fields
and Irrigation bitches, Sheriff h. If.
Burden of Arapahoe county, shot and
perhaps fatally wounded Hugh Il.
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
,ancher was drowned when the stream
was a torrent. The body was searched
for to no avail. 1t had drifted about
| four miles
The Community Society, composed
If the leading women of Kremmling,
,as offered to raise fund for repair
ne the streets, and the offer has been
,ccepted by the town trustees. who
,ppropriated 5000 for the purpose, pro-
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