The Dolores star., 1921-09-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(x..t-rn N..,p.p,r Union Nt., serlcsJ

Western Slope Fair. Montrose, Sept
| 2O-23.
Wells. Sept. aO-24: Carroll brown.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept.
20-23; George II. Smith. secretary.
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept 2l-23:
| j. +. McCrery. manager.
| Rio Grande County Fair, Del Norte.
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasture. Sept.
22-?3; Fred I.yt-, secretary. Pueblo:
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 2l-2i:
W w, Williams. SECRETARY.
| Farm Bureau Fair. Byers. Colo, Sept.
| 2l-22-.5 H. Il. Teller secretary.
| Crowley County Fair. Sugar city. Aug.
| 25-26: r. \. Hamilton. secretary.
| Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 26-
| 80; J, l.. lieaman. manager
Huerfhno County Fair. Walsenburs.
| Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock.
| Oct 3. 4, s.
Oct 80: James T. Tr.ssler. secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair. burlington.
oct SIS: J. NJ. Hefner. secretary:
| Ell Paso County Fair. Calhan. Oct. 6-8;
d. h. Nance. secretary.
Many new and novel exhibits from
| far eastern and southern states are an
nouuced as coming 10 this years Colo
RADIO State Fair ut Pueblo. while there
will he entertaining features never be-
FORE seen in the West.
Flood waters in the Las Animns val
ley caused loss of SS5l per farm, or II
total of S3l 800, for thirty-seven prop
prty holders, according To Il report
made in Durango at n meeting of res
idents Of the valley in July.
The left hand of George Kollmcr.
rancher. living two miles north of
Fort Collins. was severed in AN ensil-
age cutter ut his ranch. He was taken
10 Fort Collins to hospital, where it
was said his condition is serious.
More boys were born in LoveIand
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 Il death
rate of bur five during the month.
Branch offices of the veterans bu-
reau will be established in Colorado
Springs oct. l, according to announce
ment made by nm official Of the organ
ization, with headquarters In Wash
Ington. The work will be under the di-
rect supervision OF DIR. A. F. Cornell
IF Denver.
AT a meeting the Pueblo Rotary
Club authorized Treasurer c. w. Pres.
gey to send TO the people of san An
tonic, Texas. through the Rotary Club
Of that city. the sympathy of the local
people and n check for 500 TO he used
in flood relief. The city commission
arS have also sent Il message.
All evidence of walkout in the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mines
of southern Colorado disappeared
when workmen who have been laying
off or joining ina 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 81 800 in cur
| rency and turned it over to the sheriff
Sheriff Frank Ducray said he believed
it was part of the $4,000 taken from
the Garfield County State Bank at
Grand Valley in robbery on July D.
| The money was in n heavy pouch in
| the weeds back of the Denver 4 Rio
| Grande Western railroad round house
Sidney II. Bourne. 20 years old. suf
fered fracture of the skull in a fall
down two stories to the basement of
| the town hall of f.ittleton 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 20 to lunch with his friend.
| Claude Cartwright, county treasurer
| of Arapahoe county. lie 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, moving picture oper-
dtor, on one of the paved streets of
Fort Morgan. cost him three teeth. n
severe shaking and II bicycle Brown
was speeding south in an effort to keep
up with an automobile. He turned
west but didn't turn soon enough and
J the wheel struck the curbing. Th.
forks of the bicycle crumpletI under
the impact and Brown hurtled through
llle air. lie lanueu on the pavement
and his jaw struck the curbing knock.
| ing out three teeth.
Despite the slump in values of prop,
etty of all kinds, the assessed valua.
tion of taxable property in Colorado
| Will show II decrease of only abou,
S25,WoOOO this year, according to re
| ports from county assessors being re,
ceived by the Colorado Tax Commits
sion. To date a little more than half
of the counties have reported their as,
sessment figures. AT the present tax
rate the loss in revenue 10 the state
Will be approximately 100000. 1t had
been estimated that the shrnkagc I'm
the assessments would he about S1OO,.
100000 al the beginning of the yeaI
and the present showing has proved
most satisfactory to state officials.
| Advance reports received by the
state immigration Department from
various sources Indicate that tho total