Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-06-17
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Colorado State Fair, Pueblo. Sept. ac-
80, J. l.. 1iehman. manager.
Aug 2i-2s: w J. OFT. secretary
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Aus 3o-sept- 2: ]. l. Miller. score
Warrington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
si-sept. 2; Joe X Poweison, secre-
Teller County. Fair. cripple Creek Sept.
8. d. J. Upton. secretary.
Larimer County Fair. Loveiand sept
Boulder County Fair. Longmont Sept.
1917. Harry T.. Niven. secretary.
Phillips County Fair. Hoiyoke, Sept.
Routt County Fair Hayden. Sept. H.
10: IL. t. shelton. sccretary.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. is-
Saguache County Fair Saguaehe. Sept
15-17; William Feilers. secretary
western slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept.
2o-23; George n. Smith. SECRETARY.
Inter Mountain Live stock and Fair,
Grand Junction. Sept 6-s,
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept 2t-23:
j. r. McCrery. manager.
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasture. Sept
22-23. Fred Lytle. secretary. Pueblo.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma Sept 21-24;
w W. Williams. secretary.
Rio Grande County Fair. Del Norte.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug
25-2s: II A. Haruilton. secretary.
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Huerfano County Fair walsenburg.
Oct 80; James F. TEessler; secretary.
Oct SIS: J. NJ. Hefner. secretary.
Cheyenne County Fair. Cheyenne
Wells sept 2o-s4: Carroll Brown.
Ell Paso County Fair. CaIhan. Oct SIS;
d. f. Nance. secretary
Twenty-seven students of the School
of Mines. members of the r. o. T. c.,
have gone to Camp Humphrey, Va,
where they are to- undergo six weeks
OF intensive training.
A school for community leadership
is to be held In Boulder July is to %.
inclusive. under the direction of the
University of Colorado in cooperation
with the American city bureau.
Members of the state organization Of
Foresters of America will hold their
next convention in Boulder next June.
This decision was reached just be-
fore the 1921 annual convention adj
journed in Denver.
Pharmacy as profession is making
more and more an appeal to women,
according to the records OF the Uni
yersity of Colorado. which shows that
of thirty students specializing in that
work at the present time seventeen
are women
Harry Stewart, son of Mrs. Pearl
Jolliff of Boulder, was given n military
funeral upon return of the body from
France, where he died during the war.
The American Legion conducted the
funeral, providing military escort and
firing squad for the funeral.
The Electra lake dam. belonging to
the Wolcott, Colorado. Power Com
pany. fifteen miles above Durango, was
declared to be safe from any further
pressure of the heavy flood waters,
which have been threatening its safety,
according to inspectors who went over
the barrier
Fourth of July will be celebrated at
Grand Lake in true western style.
Bronchos and riders are being secured
for the event and many prizes have
been offered. The opening of the new
Fail river road Mil bring thousands of
visitors to Grand I.ake--the western
gateway to the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional park.
Damage from flood waters in Weld
county is expected to total more than
S750,0O0, according TO reports. Many
bridges have been washed away and
mt least 10000 acres of crops have been
destroyed The damage to roads in the
county also is increasing, as result
of high waters in the Platte and Cache
Ia Poudre rivers and the overflowing
of other streams In the county.
Forty-five thousand eX-service men
in the states of Colorado and Wyoming
have failed to make application for
their Victory medals, according to Col.
Il. J. Reaney, who is in charge of the
distribution of medals for these two
states. A special appeal to those who
have not asked for their medals is be-
ing made by Colonel Reaney.
Colorado Springs this summer will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
the city's founding. The celebration
VIII ne IN the form OF an elaborate pa
geant depicting life in the Pixies Peak
region, from the earliest history down
TO the present day. Representatives of
the Ute Indian tribe will be brought
from the reservation in southwestern
Colorado TO assist in the pageant
a verdict Of murder in the first de-
gree, with recommendation OF life Inn
prisonment, was returned by jury in
the District Court at Boulder, against
Harry McReynolds, negro porter. Nc
Reynolds, on May 8, shot his sweet.
heart. Ayo Dirvin, an 1S-year-old Prep
school student after quarrel. After
thes hooting he ran all the way to Den
yer. according to his own statement,
and went into hiding ut the home of