The Delta independent., 1921-09-16
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
twes.eu Newspaper Union New, serice.l
COMING EVENTS.

Adams County Fair. Brighton, Sept.
weld County Fair. Greeley Sept 2i-2s:
RIG s.nf Grsnds County Fair. Del Norte.
Pueblo County Fair, Goodpasture. Sept.
z.2s; Fred Lytle. secretary. Pueblo:
YUMA M &c County Fair. Yuma Sept. 21-24:
w. w. Williams. secretary.
2i-22;2s Sa H; 3: Teller, seeretary: .u
1876: R. A Hamilton. secretary.
Colorado State Fair, Pueblo. Sept. 26-
SO; L. eem.v maraEsy man Wa,senburs
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock,
Oct; 4-S: James E. Tressler. secretary.
Oct. SIS; ]. NJ. Hefner. secretary.
1l Paso County Fair. Calhan. Oct. S-s:
d. E. Nance. secretary.
The Grover Packing Company has
commenced work on the construction
If a $4,000 plant at Grand Junction.
One hundred and fifty taxpayers of
Washington county met at Akron and
arranged for big taxpayers mass
meeting to demand lower tax levies for
1922
Mrs. Gonzales RomineZ 81 years, is
'ead and her husband is held charged
It'll the Staying because of Il shooting
a wedding celebration at Salt Creek,
ur Pueblo.
Many new and novel exhibits from
T. eastern and southern states are an
,unced as coming to this years Colo
do State Fair at Pueblo, while there
i'll be entertaining features never be-
ore seen in the West.
Flood waters in the Las Animas val
ley caused loss of $S51 per farm, or
Total of $31. 800, for thirtyseven prop
erty holders, according to a report
made in Durango at meeting of res
idents of the valley in July.
August was the most healthy month
known in LoveIand this year. only
seven deaths We're reported during the
thirty-one days, AND of these three
We're infants less than a year old, and
two were old folks more than so ye;-rs
old.
Investigation by authorities have SO
far failed to produce any clew that
would aid them in learning the iden-
tity of the slayer of Walter \. Shawl.
~, a ranchman whose dead body was
found near a we'll on his homestead
near Branson. Shawl had been shot
through the neck and had been dead
about ten days, it is believed.
Seventy-five school teachers and ten
directors attended the annual recep-
ton to teachers and school officials
of the county given by Miss Emma T.
wilkins, county superintendent, ut the
court house in Fort Collins. \ gem
=; Of ~ ,.1.a 20, ~,
year was led by Miss wilkins. Super
intendent WhitehouSe of Berthoud
gave an invitation TO all for all the
schools of the county 10 be well repre-
sented in the annual play festival to
he held at Berthoud Sept. IL. in which
the public schools of the county par
tiCipate.
Despite the slump in values of prop
erty of all kinds. the assessed valua-
tion of taxable property in Colorado
will show decrease of only about
S25,OOo,Oo0 this year. according To re-
ports from county aSSessors being re
ceived by the Colorado Tax Commits
sion. To date Il little more than half
of the counties have reported their as
sesSment figures. At the present tax
rate the loss in revenue to the state
will be approximately 100000. Ii had
been estimated that the shrinkage in
the assessments would be about $780,
100000 AT the beginning of the year
and the present showing has proved
most satisfactory TO state officials.
Tuesday, Sept. ~, which has been
designated Governors day at the Colo
RADIO State Fair. 10 be held Sept 26 to
20. will doubtless be one of the biggest
days of the entire exposition. The
fair commission some time ago eX
tended an invitation to Governor Oil
yer H. Shoup and 10 all state officials
asking them to attend the fair on that
day if possible.
A 14-year-old boy, Horace Mcknight
of Grand Junction, f0ind $500 in crr-
rency and turned 1t over to the sheriff.
Sheriff Frank Ducray said he believed
1t was part of the $4,000 taken from
the Garfield County State Bank ut
Grand Valley in robbery on July 3.
The money was in a heavy pouch in
the weeds back of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande Western railroad round house.
Evening programs for three days of
the fair is the greatest innovation of
the Western Slope Fair Association
for the meeting at Montrose Sept 10
TO 2l. This is the first time that even
ing programs have ever been held. The
main feature of the evening programs
will be the fireworks displays. In ad-
dition TO the fireworks, many special
ucrobatic and other free attractions
will be given.
The disease known as early blight is
doing great damage 10 the early pota-