Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-09-09
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"oitet County Fair at MaybeII. Sept
s9gtt County Fair. Hayden. Sept IA
10: = T. shelton. secretsry.
osan County Fair Sterling. Sept. IL
~. = j. Funk. manager.
Dsts Ma County Fair. Hotchkiss: A. N.
Boulder County Fair. f.onrnont. Sept
lS.i1; Harry f. Niven. secretary.
safuashe il,aH ,S;S,,y SG;pTnsy Fair: saguaehe. Sept
western Slope Fair. Montrose. Sept.
Cheyenne County Fair. cbeyenn.
Wells. Sept 2o-a4: Carroll Brown.
soass George R. 'sa Smith, hrisssSa; ssefss.rs sept
Weld County Fair. Greeley. Sept. lin;
NJ McCrery. manager.
Pueblo County Fair. Goodpasture. Sept.
Tuna copnsS Fsfs Esi1 ym. ,sG5etssy s.r, Pueblo:
W. w. Williams. secretary.
,,l,,-g, FERN suEeaa Fair. Byers. Colo. Sept.
Crowley County Fair. Sugnr city. Aug.
1875; Il: A. Hamilton. secretary.
CoIorado State Fair. Pueblo. Sept Is
80: j. l. Beaman. manager,
huerfano County Fair. walsenburg.
Douglas County Fair. at Castle Rock,
Oct; t-s: James E. Tressier, secretary.
KIT Carson County Fair. Burlington.
Ell Paso County Fair. Calhan. Oct. s-s:
d. E. Nance. secretary.
Down the quiet country road north
of La Porte horse and buggy came
slowly. Upright In the buggy sat the
body of Thomas Levi Elliott, ~ years
old. w NJ Fuller and H. s West of
Fort Collins spoke to the aged man.
BE did not answer. They investigated
and found him dead of heart disease.
Work of rebuilding dikes on the
South Side reservoir, near sBerthoud,
that went out during the flood of June
2, will be started at once. The CON
tract calls for the rebuilding of 1000
cubic yards of earth embankment with
cement filling 1t is planned to finish
the dikes in time to catch water from
the fall rains this year.
Mrs. Fred Fl. Loveland, living west
of Loveland, was seriously hurt when
she went to the pasture to catch a
horse She got tangled in the rope to
the halter and was thrown to the
ground and dragged several hundred
feet before she got loose. She re-
ceiyed bad body bruises, and it is
feared was injured internally.
Construction of four and one-tenth
miles of graded road between Buena
Vista and Leadville, Colo, with 80
per cent federal aid is proposed by
the State Highway Commission in a
project statement submitted to Dis
trict Engineer j. w. Johnson of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
The cost is estimated at $4,000. This
project will connect with the Granite
Twin Lakes stretch. a-. ..-...I .-...-
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 twentyfour 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 s117. 1867 ,O6O, according to an
abstract which County Assessor Rob
ert E Hanna has prepared for the
State Tax Commission. The total is
S424, $50 more than last years. This
is the smallest increase which Weld
county has made in valuation for many
years Deflation Of live stock values
c0unteracted considerable increases
in town aud city property. Irrigated
and non-irrigated land values remained
stationary, while bank deposits and
credit items fell off sharply.
County, district and community fairs
of the state are this year scheduled
ahead of the State Fair, and from these
will be taken to the state show the
winning exhibits, so that aside from
the usual display by counties, assOcia-
tIons and individuals, the best from all
the fairs will be shown. The State
Fair has become a truly wonderful ed
ucational institution.
Authority was granted by the inter
state commerce commission to West
ern and Southwestern railroads to re-
duce 5N cents a 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.
e. A. Morassy of Lincoln, Neb.. has
purchased the Russell Gates ranch,
four miles north of Limon, consisting
of 200 acres, for consideration of
s5S.OO0 This is the old ranch home
of Russell Gates, the late president of
the Russell Gntes Mercantile Company