The Dolores star., 1921-10-07

Huerfanno County Fair. walscnburg.
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock.
Oct. 40: James f. Tressler. secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair. Burlington.
r, Oct, 5-S: }. NJ. Hefner; secretary; o.
ID. L. Nance. secretary.
The closing day of the fair at Mont
rose was marked by a number of acci-
dents.
Two accidents marred the program
at the Wild West show and fair in
Greeley
An unusually large exhibit of farm
products and live stock was shown at
the Yuma County Fair.
The Adams County Fair was the
most elaborate event of the kind ever
held in that section of the state. The
program of entertainment left few idle
moments.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the case of Harvey Gibson, accused
of the murder of his nephew, Valentine
Simon, by a jury in the West Side
Court in Denver.
An incipient forest fire. which start
ed on Spring creek, between Craig and
the Steamboat Springs section, has
been extincuished after burning sew
brush
Enrolment of students in the high
and grade schools Of Grand Junction
has reached 1897. and it is expected
that this number will he increased.
The large school attendance is taken
as an indication of the growth of the
city. All of the schools are crowded
TO capacity.
The will of the late William Balla-
troll, an Italian of Ouray. provided that
each of his pallbearers he provided
with jug of liquor. The provisions
of the will We're carried out to the let
ter when the funeral was held, accord
Ing to reports.
Each day the United States Veterans
Bureau, new name for the war risk,
sends compensation and insurance
checks aggregating $1T,21O1O to Colo
RADIO disabled soldiers of the recent
war and their dependents. This was
revealed in statement issued in
Washington.
An automobile driven by George
Bennefiel, Walsenburg undertaken,
was caught and overturned by n whirl-
wind. Benefiel with his wife and son,
Warren, was on the way to Pueblo to
40 ct 70 20 it. Wa
fiel was critically hurt and his father
suffered serious injuries.
Claude Sharrar, carpenter, IS
years old, shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide in the base
ment of partly completed house on
which he was working at Hereford,
sixty miles northeast OF Greeley. Two
small children of the Sharrars, one a
baby only year and a half old, We're
thes ole witness to the double shoot
ing.
The Red Cross disaster relief unit
has placed more than $27 600 in the To-
cal banks at Pueblo rs maintenance
and pension funds for 156 flood suf-
ferers. Each beneficiary will be able
TO obtain stipulated sum monthly un-
til the entire fund placed to his credit
Is exhausted. Similar deposits have
been placed in banks at La Junta and
smaller towns.
An estimated expenditure of 100000
has been recommended to the city
council of Loveland for the enlarge.
rpapt nr rprnn OF nf tho y,ipo l;nn
from the dam in the canon to the city.
Several parts of the city are now with.
out water service on account of made
quate piping facilities. The recom-
was made by Alderman
of the water committee.
The states collection of leaf gold
from Breckenridge, said to be unsur-
passed in the world and valued at not
less than $1,000, was stolen from the
show cases in the state mining depart
ment on the second floor of the State
Museum building, Fourteenth avenue
and Sherman street, In Denver The
collection, experts say, cannot be re-
placed.
Plans for n six-day extension drive
by the Denver Boy Scouts We're laid al
a meeting of the scout committee
chairmen held in the court house in
Denver. The dates for the drive were
set at Oct. 16 to % The purpose of
the campaign, it was decided. will be
to triple the present membership of
e5,OOO. 1t also is planned to broaden
the efficiency and the benefits to both
new and old members.
The organization of a thirty-piece
Dand and the beautiful crops OF east
ern Colorado are to be Jointly cele-
Drated at Seibert, Oct. ii, when the
first annual band barbecue and com
nunity fall festival will be held. A
Dig program is being built around the
free barbecue beef feed, which will be |
free to the public. An auction sale of |
articles, show, dance etc, will |
-aise money for the band.
The Arapahoe County Medical Soci.
.ty was organized at I:ittleton on Sept.
Il. DIR. Walter C. Crysler of LIttleton