The Delta independent., 1921-09-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Dal al the colorado state filf AT
Pueblo It is hoped by officials of the
fair that this day shall he particular
ly notable one and that ii be utilized
III the words of Manager J. l.. Beaman
of the Fair Commission, Ito further
cement the friendly feeling between the
two cities that has been so succeS>ful-
ly started by Denvers friendly spirit
shown in the last three months" Ar
rangem.nts are being made for the ac-
"ommodation of full train load of
sights and the State Fair manage
ment will make verybody welcome.
Work has recently been started ON
the erection of Flager'S third elevator,
OH site previously occupied by coal
bins belong ng to the Colorado Lumber
and Coal Company. The new elevator
is being built by a recently organized
firm, the F'lagler Grain and Elevator
Company, and will be of 1J,OGO bushel
capacity. The new elevator comes at
an opportune time, wien the grain
,rop in the F'lagler territory will be of
record size. Flagler elevators will no
loubt handle large portion of eastern
jolorado's grain this year.
A bicycle speed test. undertaken by
leonard Brown, moving picture oper-
itOr, on one of the paved streets OF
Fort .organ. cost him three teeth, a
severe shaking and a bicycle. Brown
was speeding south in an effort to keep
up With an automobile. He turned
west but didn't turn soon enough and
the wheel struck the curbing. The
forks of the bicycle crumpled under
the impact and Brown hurtled through
ihe air. He landed on the pavement
and his jaw struck the curbing, knock
ing out three teeth.
Formation of branches of the Colo
RADIO Made Goods Club is to be under
taken Immediately in all counties CT
the state along the lines upon which
the women's county councils Of de
fense We're organized during the war.
This is one of several important new
plans of the club in lis effort to arouse
Colorado women 70 an increased sup
port of meritorious Colorado products
as Il means OF advancing the prosper
ity of the state and the welfare of It's
people.
Weld county viii produce 5,000,Uoo
bushels of wheat this year, judging
from present indications. Figures com
piled by the field men of the county as
- sSor show that there are 49,, 5000
acres planted To wheat in the county
this year. Because of the large amount
of moisture the yield will be from thir-
ty to fifty bushels on the non-irrigated
land as we'll as the irrigated districts.
% ,,fN NNl..1r n, rhp
irrigated farms and about 100000 on
the dry land.
Pueblo merchants will be given Il
long time loan of $4,000 from mem
bers of the National Retail Clothiers'
Association, payment without interest,
according to an address made by G. F.
Cottrell. Denver clothier, who ad-
dressed the meeting OF the Rocky
Mountain Retail Merchants Associa-
tion in convention at Colorado Springs.
Decision to hold the next semi-annual
meeting in Denver was reached at the
close of the meeting.
The fire and police departments
were called out at Colorado Springs
To extract from an elevator Floyd
Bailey. an employe of transfer COM
puny. who was caught between Il piano
and the elevator shaft. Bailey, with
an assistant, was engaged in moving
Il piano. The piano tipped over as ii
was being trucked into the elevator,
and the carriage shot upward, catch
ing the transfer man in the shaft. He
was not seriously injured.
The gross value of the gold produced
: 81. ~ .;
trict during the month of August
shows from the unofficial figures an
increase of S117.21122 over the gross
output during the month of July. To-
tai production during the month Of
August was S411,T92. For the eight
months of the present year. January to
August. inclusive. the production is
given at S3,6i9,4 9,471.9S
J. B. Madrill has been arrested and
charged with attempting to defraud the
United States government through the
tashing of war savings stamps not be
longing to him. Madrill, it is said re-
moved the name of the owrer from the
certificate. substituting his own, and
also removed all Identifying numbers
m the stamps. The officers say he
has served two terms at Canon City.
one for burglary and one for arson,
having been sent TO prison from Den
YER.
The Delta Chamber of Commerce.
with like bodies of DELTA county Co
operating, will send 200 boxes of choic-
est peaches from Paonia and North
Fork valleys to the Pueblo fair for
free distribution. Western slope grow
frs gladly provided the peaches. Each
neach is TO be individually Wrnpned