The Colorado statesman., 1921-09-10
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado
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10; e. !, Funk. manager -,
Minton. secretary. sept 1916.
Boulder County lfnir, Lungmont, sept
1871: Harry =. NiVen. secretary.
Sagunche County Fair SaEuache. sept
i5-l7: William Fellers, secretary.
Cheyenne County Fair Cheyenne
WsH.. Sept. 2o-24; Carroll Brown'
Adams County Fair brighton, Sept
2o-25; Ge"rge II. smith. secretary.
| Weld County Fair. Greeley Sept 2l-zS;
| j, J.. McCrery, manager.
Rio Grande County Fair. Del Norto'
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasture Sept.
22-23 Fred l.ytle. secretary, Puebio
| Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 2l-2t'
w. w. Williams. secretary;
Farm Bureau Fair. Byers. Colo, sept
2l22-2S. II. B. Teller secretary.
| Crowley County Fair, Sugar city. Aug.
1926; n. A. Hamilton, secretary.
Colorado state Fair. Pueblo. Sept 20
30 J. l.. 3eRman. MANAGER,
| Huerfano County Fair. WalsenburE'
Douslas County Fair. at Castle Rock
oct. i-6: James e. Trcssler. secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair BurllnEton
Eel Paso County Fair. Calhan. Oct. s-s;
d. f. Nance. secretary.
Down the quiet country road north
of La Porte horse and buggy came
slowly. Upright in the buggy sat the
body of Thomas Levi Elliott, a. years
old. w. NJ. Fuller and II. 5. West of
Fort Collins spoke to the aged man.
He did not answer. They investigated
and found him dead of heart disease.
Work of rebuilding dikes on the
South Side reservoir, hear Berthoud,
that went out during the flood of June
2, will be started at once. The con
tract calls for the rebuilding of 1000
cubic yards of earth embankment with
cement filling. 1: is planned 10 finish
the dikes in time to catch water from
the fall rains this year.
Mrs. Fred ii. Loveand; living west
of Loveand, was seriously hurt when
she went to the pasture to catch
horse. She got tangled in the rope TO
the halter and was thrown 10 the
ground and dragged several hundred
feet before she got loose. She re-
ceived bad body bruises, and it Is
feared was injured internally.
Construction of four and one-tentn
miles of graded road between Buena
Vista and Leadville, Colo, with 80
per cent federal aid is proposed by
the State Highway Commission in
project statement submitted 10 Dis
trict Engineer ]. w. Johnson of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
The cost is estimated at $4,000. This
project will connect with the Granite
Twin Lakes stretch.
A rush has started to the new gold
camp in the far western part of the
state, close to the Utah line, known
MS Bull King. Reports of the finding
of exceptionally rich gold ore in the
section has inflamed the minds of pros
pectors as nothing else has in years.
In the last twenty-four hours nearly
100 locations have been made by pros
pectOrs. and new outfits are rushing
in as rapidly as possible. Pittsburg
capitalists are reported to be inter
ested in finds already made.
Weld county assessed valuation this
year is $l17.367 ,O6O, according to an
abstract which County Assessor Rob
ert f. Hanna has prepared for the
State Tax Commission. The total is
S424,050 more than last years. This
is the smallest increase which Weld
county has made in valuation for many
years. Deflation of live stock values
rounteracted considerable increases
in town and city property. Irrigated
and non-irrigated land values remained
stationary, while bank deposits and
credit items fell off sharply.
County, district and community fairs
of the state are this year scheduled
ahead of the State Fair and from these
will be taken to the state show the
winning exhibits, SO that aside from
the usual display by counties, associa-
tions and individuals, the best from all
the fairs will be shown. The State
Fair has become a truly wonderful ed
ucational institution.
Authority was granted by the inter
state commerce commission to West
ern and Southwestern railroads to re-
duce 5la cents u hundred pounds the
rates on grain and grain products for
EXPORT from Missouri ana Mississippi
river points. and on grain from the
territory between the rivers andtfrom
Illinois to gulf ports, Mobile to Gal
weston, inclusive.
f. A. Mornssy of Lincoln, Neb., has
purchased the Russell Gates ranch,
four miles north of Limon, consisting
of 200 acres. for IA consideration of
s5S,0OO. This is the old ranch home
OF Russell Gates, the late president OF
| the Russell Gates Mercantile Company
of Denver. The purchaser will put in
q large acreage of wheat this fall and
conduct dairy business. running
| thoroughbred stock.
Approximately S150,O00 in federal
and state funds is TO be expended in
road and bridge construction directly