The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(wsstern Nevsp.per Union News Service. }
COMING EVENTS.

Slope fair. Montrose, Sept
Cheyenne County Fair. Cheyenne
Wells. Sept. 2o-s4: Carroll Brown.
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept.
2o-23; George r. Smith. secretary.
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept 2l-23;
Rio Grande County Fair Del Norte,
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasture. Sept.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma Sept. 21-24:
" W Williams. secretary;
a,lasHaa Earm 6ulsas Fair. Ta Byers. Colo. Sept
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
25-26; r; A. Hamilton. secretary.
COLORADO State Fair. Pueblo. Sept. rs
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock,
Oct. 4-s: James E. Tressler. secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair. Burlington.
F., Oct, s7s So,I, j. NJ He Hsfnsr , .ecrstary
ID. e. Nance. secretary.
One hundred and fifty taxpayers of
Washington county met at Akron and
arranged for big taxpayers mass
meeting to demand lower tax levies for
1922.
Mrs. Gonzales Rominez, 81 years, Is
dead and her husband is held charged
with the Staying because OF shooting
at wedding celebration at Salt Greek,
near Pueblo.
Antonio Archuletta, a miner, is dead
at Walsenburg of injuries he is al
legged to have received in quarrel
with Amarate Martinez and Arvel
Martinez, also miners.
Charles Dutch Foster, Is years
old, of Littleton, won the broncho
busting championship Of Arapahoe
county at the big rodeo held at Little
ton. Harry vandergrif of Denver was
awarded second place and John Fleur
of Deer Trail was third
Approximately $15O,OOO in federal
and state funds Is to be expended in
road and bridge construction directly
south of Greeley this winter. The
work includes the building and paving
of two miles of trunk line highway
and $50 feet of steel and concrete
bridges
When Undersheriff Harry Triplett
went to the cells of the county Jail ut
Canon City to serve breakfast to the
prisoners he found the body of S. F.
ldyiOT, WHO WIS lHCdTCtTultu cldTSeu
with II murderous assault on Flagman
c. H. Edmunds of Denver. Taylor
committed suicide by twisting his two
shoe laces around his neck.
A rush has started to the new gold
camp in the far western part of the
state, close to the Utah line, known
as 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 $117 1867, ,O60, according to an
abstract which County Assessor Rob-
ert e. Hanna has prepared for the
State Tax Commission. The total is
$424,050 more than last years. This
is the smallest increase which Weld
county has made in valuation for many
years Deflation of live stock values
counteracted considerable increases
in town and city property. Irrigated
and non-irrigated land values remained
stationary, while bank deposits and
credit items fell off sharply.
Investigation by authorities have so
far failed to produce any clew that
would aid them in learning the iden-
tity of the slayer of Walter A. Shawl,
AZ, a ranchman whose dead body was
found near well on his homestead
near Branson. Shawl had been shot
through the neck and had been dead
about ten days, it is believed.
Authority was granted by the inter
state commerce commission to West
ern and Southwestern railroads to re-
duce 5h cents hundred pounds the
rates on grain and grain products for
export from Missouri and Mississippi
river points, and on grain from the
territory between the rivers and from
Illinois to gulf ports. Mobile to Gal.
weston, inclusive.
Z. A. Morassy of Lincoln. Neb., has
purchased the Russell Gates ranch,
four miles north of Limon, consisting
of 2,1Oo acres, for consideration of
S5S.OOO 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
a large acreage of wheat this fall and
conduct dairy business, running
thoroughbred stock.
Seventy-five school teachers and ten
directors attended the annual recep-
ton to teachers and school officials
of the county given by Miss Emma I.
wilkins, county superintendent, at the
court house in Fort Collins. gen
eral discussion of the plans for the
year was led by Miss Wilkins Super
intendent Whitehouse of Berthoud
gave an invitation to all for all the
schools of the county TO be well repre-
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