The Raymer enterprise., 1921-07-14
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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COUNTY FAIR DATES. 1921.

COUNTY FAIR DATES. 1921.
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. 20
30; J. l.. Beaman. manager.
Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Aug. 2i-2s: W. J. OFT. secretary.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Aug. 30-Sept. ?; }. l.. Miller. secre-
tary.
Washington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
3l-S.pt 2: Joe X. Powelson. secre-
tary.
Teller County Fair Cripple Creek. Sept.
g. D. J. Upton. secretary.
LArimer County Fair, Loyeland Sept.
5-s: J. W. Thompson, secretary.
Boulder County Fair Longmont. Sept.
1911: Harry T.. Siyen. secretary.
Phillips County Fair. Holyoke. Sept.
Ito.
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. IL
ls: H. T. Shelton. secretary.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept. IL
Is: c. :. Funk. manager.
Saguache County Fair. Saguache. Sept.
l5-I7: william Fellers. secretary.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
20-23
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept.
20-25: George r. Smith. secretary
Inter Mountain Live stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. SO.
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept. 2l-23;
J F. McCrery, manager
Pueblo County Fair. Gnodpasture. Sept
22-?3: Fred Lytl.. secretary. Pueblo.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 21-2i.
w. W. Williams. s.r'"iary.
Rio Grande County Fair Del Sorte.
Sept. 2l-23.
Crowley County Fair Sugar City. Aug.
25-26: X a. HanfiIt"n. secretary.
Delta County Fair, tF"tchkiss: A. N
Minton. secretary sept. 1915,
Huerfano County FAIR. Wslsenburg,
Oct. 80. James T. Trrssler, secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair. burlington.
oct j-S. J. N. H.fn"r secretary.
Cheyenne County Fair. Cheyenne
Well. Sept. 2O-2i, Carroll Brown.
FL PaSo County Fair. Calhan. Oct. s-8;
p. T. Nance secretary.
Moffat County Fair at Maybel. Sept
Annual Monte Vista Stampede at Monte
Vista. aug. 3. 4 6.
An organization known as the FEEDER
ated Womuns Club has been organized
at Hugo.
The Colorado Supreme Court has up.
held the validity Of the election chang
Ing the county seat OF Eagle county
from Red Cliff to Eagle.
Henry c. Balsch, 30. one Of the
wealthiest and most prominent bust
ness men In the San Juan basin, was
shot and killed by bandit within Il
half block Of his home in Telluride.
An auto truck in which thirteen res
idents Of Canon City were making a
trip into the mountains turned over on
u sharp curve near Guffey, and all the
occupants were more or less injured.
Following trouble in the police de-
partment that resulted in the resigna.
ton of one officer and council in
quiry into actions Of the chief, the
City Council of l.oveland voted to put
management Of the department In the
hands of n committee of three, the
sane as other departments Of city
business.
Two accidents in two days occurred
on the race track at Granada. Irwin
Merrill, u. of Lamar was instantly
killed when racing machine which
he was testing skddcd on muddy
stretch OF the track and overturned.
Merrill was son of II. G. Merrill of
Canon City and we'll known there The
other death occurred when Forest Nc
Gibbon, 10, son Of a well-to-do farmer
living near Holly, Colo, was run down
by heavy truck on the track. Both
died before medical aid could he ad-
Three hours after Il suit for S2S,21i
had been filed against him in the Dis
trict Court at Boulder. Col. ]. A.
Owcnhy appeared before Judge Neil
+. Graham and confessed judgment.
The suit was brought by John W. Gay
nor, wealthy farmer Of the Ni-wot-
Longmont district. who alleged that he
had loaned Colonel Owenby S20,650,
which was the total of sixteen notes
issued in the years 1919. 1916 and
1917. or this Indebtedness s, 900 was
made good TO the Farmers National
Bank of Longmont by Mr.. Gaynor,
who signed promisSory notes to that
amount, Jointly with Colonel Owenby.
Reduction of livestock shipping
rates OF more than 30 per cent from
Denver, Pueblo, Trinidad and Walsen-
burg TO points on the western slope
has been announced by the State Util-
tiles Commission. The reduction will
remain in effect for ninety days.
Fred Smithils, escaped Denver con
vct. was captured twenty miles soa;h
Of Colorado Springs by Sheriff John
Weir. Smithills had been starved out
by the posse for three days and when
he applied at a ranch house at day
break for food he was taken into Gus
tody. He was sentenced from Denver
county for forgery Feb. 22, 1920.
Guards from Canon City returned him
to prison.
One man is believed to be dying with
four knife wounds In his side, another
Is In a critical condition with several
slashes in his body and q third man
is being held in the county jail here
a stabbing affray, at Pros
pect heights, one mile south Of Canon
City. The wounded men are Frank
Snyder and Louis Pierce, both Aus
trlan smelter workers. Mike Anderson
is in Jail accused of attacking the two
men.
Artie Mckee, charged with the muir
der of his wife in Yuma county on the
afternoon OF April 5, 1921, was con.
victed of murder in the first degree at