The Colorado statesman., 1921-09-17
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts OF
Colorado
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COMING EVENTS,

Welt. sept 2O-24: Carroll Brown
Adams County Fair brighton. Sept
2O-23; George u. Smith. secretary.
Weld County Fair Greeley Sept. 2l-23:
j. i. MCCrcTN. manager.
Rio Grande County Fair. Del Norte,
Sept. 2l-23.
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasture. Sept.
22-23; Fred Iytle, secretary, Pueblo.
Yuma County Fair. Yuma. Sept. 2l-24:
w. w. Williams, secretary.
Farm Bureau Fair. Byers, Colo. Sept
2l-22-23. H. B. Teller secretary.
Crowley County Fair. Sugar city. Aug.
25-26; II. a. Hamilton. secretary. ne
Colorado state Fair, Pueblo. Sept. 70
30; j. l.. lieaman. manaEer
Imerfano County Fair Walsenburg.
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock.
oct. 10: James T.. Trcssler, secretary.
Kit Carson County Fair burlington.
Oct SIS: ]. NJ. Hefner secretary.
El Paso County Fair. Calhan Oct. 6-S:
ID. Il. Nance. secretary.
The Grover Packing Company has
commenced work ON the construction
of $4,000 plant at Grand Junction.
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, - years, Is
dead and her husband is held charged
with the Staying because Of II shooting
Mt a wedding celebration at Salt Creek,
near Pueblo.
Many new and novel exhibits from
far eastern and southern states are an
nounced as coming to this years Colo
RADIO State Fair ut Pueblo, while there
will be entertaining features never be-
fore seen in the West.
Flood waters i'm the Las Animas val
ley caused a loss of'SS51 per farm, or
total of S31 800, for thirty-seven- prop
erty holders, according to report
made in Durango at meeting of res
dents of the valley in July.
August was the most healthy month
known in Loveland this year, only
seven deaths were reported during the
thirty-one days, and of these three
were infants less than year old, anC
two were old folks more than so Year,
old
Investigation by authorities have SC
far failed TO produce any clew that
would aid them in learning the iden'
tity of the slayer of Walter A. Shawl,
-, 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, 1t is believed.
Advance reports received by the
State immigration Department from
various sources indicate that the total
acreage in cultivation in Colorado this
year will be somewhat less than that
for 1920. due chiefly to unsatisfactory
prices for farm products, to difficulty
on the part of farmers in obtaining
money for financing their operations,
to uncertainty about prices for farm
labor and to other similar causes. A
considerable number of new farms will
he put in operation this year which
may counteract the decrease in cult
waited acreage on old farms.
Despite the slump in values of prop
erty of all kinds, the assessed Valua
ton of taxable property in Colorado
will show decrease of only about
S25, 100000 this year, according to re-
ports from county assessors being re-
ceived by the Colorado Tax Commits
sion. To date little more than half
of the counties have reported their as
sessment figures. AT the present tax
rate the loss in revenue to the state
will be approximately 100000. 1t had
been estimated that the shrinkage In
the assessments would be about $780,
100000 at the beginning of the year
and the present showing has proved
most satisfactory TO state officials.
Tuesday, Sept. 81, which has been
designated Governors day Mt the Colo
RADIO State Fair, to be held Sept. 26 to
80, will doubtless be one of the biggest
days of the entire exposition. The
fair commission some time ago eX.
tended an invitation to Governor OH
yer ii. Shoup and to all state officials
asking them TO attend the fair on that
day if possible.
A 14-year-old boy, Horace Mcknight
of Grand Junction, found $500 in cur
rency and turned it over to the sheriff
Sheriff Frank Ducray said he believed
it was part of the $4,000 taken from
the Garfield County State Bank at
Grand Valley in a robbery on July s.
The money was in heavy pouch in
the weeds back of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande Western railroad round house.
Evening programs for three days of
the fair is the greatest innovation of
the Western Slope Fair Association
for the meeting at Montrose Sept. 10
to 81. This is the first time that even
ing programs have ever been held. The
main feature of the evening programs
will be the fireworks displays. In ad-
dtion to the fireworks, many special
acrobatic and other free attractions
will be given.
The disease known as early blight is
doing great damage TO the early pota-
to crop in northern Weld county fields.