The Ordway new era., 1921-06-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(western Newspaper Union News ssrvIce.)
COUNTY FAIR DATES 1921.

Western Newspaper Union News ssrvire.)
COUNTY FAIR DATES 1921.
Tri-county Fair. Denver, Aug. 1913:
| Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan,
Aug. 24-,6; W. J. OFT. secretary.
Arkansas Valley Fair. Rocky Ford.
Aug. So-Sept. 2; J. L. Miller. seere-
washington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
31-Sept 2; Joe X Poweison, seere-
Teller County Fair. Cripple Creek. Sept.
5; d. J. Upton. secretary. CO..
Larimer County Fair. Loveland. sept
Boulder County Fair, Longmont, Sept.
1917; Harry E. Niven, secretary.
Phillips County Fair. Holyoke' Sept.
Routt County Fair, Hayden, Sept. IL
10; B. T. Shelton. SECRETARY.
Logan County Fair. Sterling. Sept IL
16: c. ]. Funk. manager
Sa guache County Fair. SaGuache. Sept.
1911: William Fellers. secretary.
Western Slope Fair. Montrose, Sept.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept,
2O-23; George r. Smith. secretary;
Inter Mountain Live. stock and Fair.
Grand junction. Sept 2O-2s.
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept. 21-23;
]. F. McCrery. manager e
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasturs; sept
22-2S: Fred Lytle. secretary. Pueblo
Yuma County Fair, Yuma. Sept. 2l-2i;
w; W. Williams, secretary; o,,s
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Crowley County Fair. Sugar City Aug
25-26; R. A. Hamilton. secretary. .e
Colorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept z6-
so: J. L. Beaman. manager.
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss: A. n
Mnton. secretary.
Huerfano, County Fair. walsenburg'
Kit Carson County Fair. BurlinEton,
Oct. SIS; j. NJ. Hefner. secretary.
Wells. sept 2o-2l-22-2s Carroll Brown.
81 Paso County Fair. calhan. Oct. s-s;
D. L. Nance, secretary.
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Florence seemed TO be in the direct
path of the recent terrific cloudburst
and hailstorm. There was no loss of
life but property damage will reach In
to the hundreds of thousands, it is es-
timated.
George II. Walton, "a years old, said
to be a retired jeweler of Lancaster,
Pa, dropped dead of heart disease as
he was climbing Green Mountain on
the way to Royal Arch, a scenic spot
two miles from Boulder.
Just north of Berthoud the last OF
the series of cloudbursts that swept
Colorado broke and flooded the busi-
ness section of the city. Damage to
the crops in that vicinity will run up
into several thousands Of dollars.
Mrs. A. ]. Mclaughlin was killed by
the discharge of a shotgun in the
hands of the 4-year-old son of w. J.
Thompson, garage man, at Kim.
Mrs. Mclaughlin was one of the pio-
neer settlers of eastern Las Animas
county.
Harry Stewart, son of Mrs. Pearl
Jolliff of Boulder, was given military
funeral upon return of the body from
France, where he died during the war.
The American Legion conducted the
funeral, providing a military escor' and
firing squad for the funeral. The
casket was wrapped in an American
flag, and buried in the Loveland bur-
ial park.
Company NJ, 177th infantry, Colo
RADIO National Guard, with Nelson d.
Wells of Fort Morgan as captain, has
been given federal recognition by the
war department. In a short time a
local armory costing $4,000 will be
built by the state and will be fully
equipped III every "us ioi taC Soiii-
pany, which comprises nearly seventy
five men and officers.
A memorial hall to cost S65, 900 is to
be erected at the Modern Woodmen
sanitarium, fifty miles north of Colo
RADIO Springs, within the next year as
a monument to the 1000 members of
the order who lost their lives in mill
tary service during the Worlds war.
The names of these men will probably
be cast in a succession of bronze tab
lets, which will be placed in the build
ing.
All of the civic organizations OF
Boulder are working hard on a plan
for Fourth of July celebration that
will eclipse anything of its kind ever
held north of Denver. Different parts
of the general program have been as.
signed to civic organizations in an
effort to secure their support and q
friendly rivalry that will make the
celebration a great success.
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
at least 10000 acres of crops have been
destroyed. The damage to roads in the
county also is increasing, as a result
of high waters in the Platte and Cache
la Poudre rivers and the overflowing
of other streams in the county.
Colorado Springs this summer will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
the city's founding. The celebration
will be in the form of an elaborate pa
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