The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-16
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.


Cheyenne County Fair. Cheyenne
Wells. Sept. 2o-24; Carroll Brown.
Adams County Fair. Brighton Sept.
2o.23: George r. Smith. secretary.
Weld County Fair, Greeley, Sept. 21-23;
J. F. McCrery. manager
Rio Grande County Fair. Del Norte.
Sept. 21-23.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma Sept 2I-24:
" ", W. Williams. secretary;
21-22-23. H. b. Teller secretary
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
25-26; +; 4. Hamilton, secretary.
Huerfano County Fair. Walsenburs.
Douglas County Fair, at Castle Rock.
Oct. 4-6; James E. Tressler, secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair. Burlington.
- Oct 5-S; J. M. Hefner; secretary:
Ell Paso County Fair. Calhan. Oct. 6-S:
ID. 4. Nance, secretary.
Many new and novel exhibits from
far eastern and southern states are an
nounced as coming to this years Colo
RADIO State Fair at Pueblo, while there
will be entertaining features never be-
fore seen in the West.
Flood waters in the Las Aninas val
ley caused a loss of 1851 per farm, or a
total of $31, 800, for thirty-seven prop
erty holders, according TO report
made In Durango at a meeting Of res
idents of the valley in July.
The left hand of George Kollmer,
rancher, living two miles north of
Fort Collins. was severed in an ensil-
age cutter at his ranch. He was taken
to Fort Collins to a hospital, where it
was said his condition is serious.
More boys were born in Loveland
during August than girls according to
the report of DIR. Joslyn, Keeper of vi
tai statistics, which shows eight boys
and six girls born, as against death
rate of but five during the month.
Branch offices of the veterans bu-
renu will be established in Colorado
Springs Oct l, according 10 announce
ment made by an official of the organ
ization, with headquarters in Wash
ington. The work will be under the di-
rect supervision of DIR. A. F. Cornell
of Denver.
At meeting the Pueblo Rotary
Club authorized Treasurer c. w. Pres
sey to send to the people of San An
tonio Texas through the Rotary Club
of that city. the sympathy of the local
people and a check for $500 To be used
in flood relief. The city commission
ers have also sent IA message
All evidence of waIkout in the
Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company mines
Of southern Colorado disappeared
when worknen who have been laying
off or Joining in Il so-called protest strike
against the reduction of wages, effec
tive Sept. /. returned to work under
the ruling of the State Industrial Com
mission, which restored the wage scale
in effect prior to Sept. L.
A 14-year-old boy, Horace Mcknight
of Grand Junction, found $500 in cur
rency and turned il over to the sheriff.
Sheriff Frank Ducray said he believed
it was part of the 100000 taken from
the Garfield County State Bank at
Grand Valley in a robbery ON July 5.
The weeds back Of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad round house.
Sidney H. Bourne, 30 years old, suf-
fered fracture of the skull in fall
down two stories TO the basement of
the town hall of Littleton. He Is at
Mercy hospital. His condition is seri-
Gus. County authorities said Bourne
was in the habit of calling at the town
hall to go to lunch with his friend,
Claude Cartwright, county treasurer
of Arapahoe county. He evidently in
tended to enter the council chamber Of
the second floor but instead entered
another door, lost his balance and fell.
A bicycle speed test, undertaken by
Leonard Brown. a moving picture oper-
ator, on one of the paved streets of
Fort Morgan, cost him three teeth, a
severe shaking and bicycle. Brown
was speeding south in an effort to keep
mp with an automobile. He turned
west but didn't turn soon enough and
The wheel struck the curbing. The
forks of the bicycle crumpled under
the impact and Brown hurtled through
the air He landed on the pavement
and his Jaw struck the curbing. knock
ing out three teeth.
Despite the slump in values Of prop
erty of all kinds, the assessed valta-
ton of taxable property in Colorado
will show a decrease of only about
s25, 100000 this year, according to re-
ports from county assessors being re-
ceived by the Colorado Tax Conmis-
sion. To date little more than half
of the counties have reported their as
sessment figures Al Tie present tax
rate the loss in revenue to the state
will be approximately 100000. 1t 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 10 state officials.
Advance reports received by The
State immigration Department from
various sources indicate that the total
acreage in cultivation in Colorado this
wear VIII he somewhat less than that