The Colorado statesman., 1921-06-11
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado
(wsitsrn Newspaper Union News ssTics.)
COUNTY FAIR DATES, 1921.

Aug. 24-26. w. J, Ott. secretary.
Akaa'a kSa so-sopt a' d Ea'f j. l. Miils2 Ia .sers-
Washington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
si-sept. 2: Joe X. Poweison' seere-
Teller County Fair. Cripple Creek. Sept
8; ID. J. Upton. secretary.
fs,@'I sasi j. VSqfi W. Thompson. p S9, secretary. ~
Boulder County Fair Lonsmont. sept
1911: Harry e. Niven. secretary;
Phiiiips County Fair Hoiyoke' Sept
Routt County Fair. Hayden. Sept. IL
10; B T shelton. seor,etary;s s.,, "a
is; c. J. Funk. manager.
Saguache County Fair. Saguache. Sept
f5-i7; William Teliers: secretary:
westssn Slope Fair Montro'e' sept
Adams County Fair. Brighton. Sept
.o-',; ae9rFs r ,a smith s,a.s secs9tsry s1s Fair
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept. e1-23;
J. F MeCrsry IN. manases asesn.. .,u-s Sent,
yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. s1-at;
W W, Williams, D., secretary Saets Zen. u-as
Crowley County Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
25-2s; r; A. Hamilton. secressry ,s-
s9iT I. Besmann mansSsr.
Delta County Fair. Hotchkiss; a. NJ
Minton. secretary. .
Oct. 40: James E. Tressler. secretary
Kit Carson County Fair. BurIingtoh'
Oct. SIS; J. NJ. Hefner. secretary.
wells Sept. 2Oosf.22-23; Carroll Brown.
FL Paso County Fair. calhan. Oct. SIS;
d. e. Nance. secretary
The House OF Representatives In
Washington has passed a resolution
changing the name of the Grand river
in Colorado and Utah to the Colorado
river.
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, 1t Is es-
timated .ut. .r.., t..
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.
Fully thirty houses were washed
from their foundations and some of
them carried several hundred yards on
the crest of the flood that descended
on Erie as the waters i'll Coal creek
raised during the recent cloudburst.
Mrs. A. ]. Mclaughlin was killed by
the discharge of shotgun in the
hands of the 4-year-old son of w. ].
Thompson, a garage man, ut Kim.
Mrs. Mclaughlin was one of the pio-
neer settlers of eastern Las Animas
county.
Cripple Creek powder dealers have
announced a drop of $1.75 per 100
pounds on powder and SIPS per 1000
for caps. Powder is now selling at
$3.50 per 100 pounds. Powder reached
the high peak here two years ago,
when it sold for S26.T5.
Canon City and vicinity, although
hard hit by the big storm, did not fare
as badly as other places further down
the Arkansas valley. There was no
loss of human life, so far as known,
but considerable livestock was killed.
Many farms and truck gardens were
ruined so far as this years crops are
concerned.
A memorial hall to cost S65,000 is to
be erected at the Modern Woodmen
sanitarium, fifty miles north of Colo
RADIO Springs, within the next year as
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 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 a 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 a
friendly rivalry that will make the
celebration great success.
Company NJ, 177th infantry, Colo
RADIO National Guard, with Nelson ID.
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
eQulppeu III every way lOl llie toih-
pany, which comprises nearly seventy
five men and officers.
The Pueblo county commissioners
have adopted resolutions providing for
severe fine for physicians in the
county who treat contagious diseases
without reporting those cases to proper
authorities. The action was taken aft
er reports had been received to the eff
feet that many physicians in county
districts were not observing the law
which provides for filing of such in
formation.
One Of the first things to come before
the Colorado Springs City Council as
an actual city manager municipality
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