The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-09
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COUNTY rAIR DATES. 1921.

Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair
Grand Junction, Sept. 6-s. n, 90.
Weld County Fair. Greeley Sept zl-|S'
Pueblo County Fair Goodpasture: sept
22-23; Fred Lytle, secretary, FSep1
Yuma County wti,,d Far n lunar 6nma, Sep''
Rio Grande County Fair Del Norle'
crowley owl. COUNTY Fair. Sugar City. Aug.
1875; r. A. Hamilton, secretary. =,
Minton. secretary. Sept EISoilenburr. ISIiS;b
oct. 4-6: James E. Tressler. secretary
Kit Carson County Fair. Burlington'
Oct. SIS; J M; Hefnsri Tai secTebeEy Sbeyenne
Wells. Sept 2O-24; Carroll BROWN
Sec. - o.
d. e. Nance. secretary. Gu.
Moffat County Fair at Mayoell' sept
Annual Monte Vista Stampede at Monte
Vista, Aug. 3, 4, 5.
Plans are being made to make the
Moffat County Fair at Maybell, Sept
9-1O, one of the best affairs in that
part of the state.
The jury in the case of Amanda II.
Byrd. Denver, who brought suit
against the National City Company OF
New York for $125,000 for false i'm
prisonment was unable to agree on Il
verdict.
John p. Keith, a d. & r. G. freight
conductor, was killed when his touring
car plunged over the embankment on
Eighth street, Pueblo, where the flood
of June carried away the long bridge
spanning the stream.
Neal r. Fosgate, 2S years old, chief
chemical research engineer of the
Great Western Sugar Company at
Denver died suddenly while in his
automobile near the companys labor
atory at Twenty-first and Blake
streets.
Because his parents were unable to
find physician and were ignorant or
home remedy methods, Clyde Schmee-
ckle, 2-year-old- son of William
Schmeeckle, Il farmer living three
miles east of New Raymer, died of rat
tlesnake bite.
Edward Mcconnell, 80 years old,
prosperous farmer and owner of .
lOO-acre ranch thirty miles southwest
of Colorado Springs, Colo, has been
arrested by Federal Dry Agents John
Il, Smith and Fred Mangold on liquor
violation charges. He was released
on bond.
State aid to the counties which have
suffered by the invasion of the army
of grasshoppers was promised by Gov
ernor Shoup at meeting of the coun-
ty commissioners from Lincoln, Crow
lev, Pueblo and FL Paso counties in
Colorado Springs. The amount defi-
nitely decided upon was $500.
Colorado Game and Fish Protective
Association has launched campaign
for 10000 members before Aug 1 and
is offering prizes for those who bring
in the largest number of members.
There are $1.50 and 81 memberships,
and women are eligible to membership
and to compete for the prizes.
The Apple Mercantile Company's
store building and cream station, the
Kitzmiller drug store, large ice
house, the building and printing of
flee of the Tribune, and Woods Bro
Tiers building were all destroyed by
fire recently at Eckley, Colo. The to-
tai loss is estimated at more than
$4,000.
Fred Smithills, escaped Denver con-
vict, was captured twenty miles south
of Colorado Springs by Sheriff John
Weir. Smthills had been starved out
by the posse for three days and when
he applied at a ranch house at day
break for food he was taken into Gus
tody. He was sentenced from Denver
county for forgery Feb. %, 1920.
Guards from Canon City returned him
to prison.
Melvin Hill Smith, % years old, the
grandson and heir of Eben Smith, pio-
neer mining man of Colorado, was
killed recently when a machine he was
driving crashed into a stone pillar on
q Los Angeles street. Jack Fl. Abbott, Z,
a Los Angeles patrolman, riding with
Smith, also met death in the accident,
and a girl companion Of Abbott, Jean.
cite Bruneault, 1S years old, was seri-
ously injured.
Admission by officials of the CoIoJ
RADIO New Beer Manufacturing Com
pany of Pueblo that 259 barrels of
beer had been manufactured and sold
by the concern in the past four months
was followed by a revocation of the
government permits enabling the CONF
pany to operate as near beer brew
cry.
William Rattz, who confessed in the
District Court at Fort Collins to steal
ing saddle valued at S65 in the Log
Cabin district recently, was sentenced
by Judge George Bradfield to from
two to four years in the penitentiary. i,