The Ordway new era., 1922-07-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS.

Aug. e-4-Stampede. Monte Vista
Aug, 2s-Sept. 1-Lsrimer County
SCI Sept. 5-SWArkansas Valley Fair
sept sept. SIS - Boulder County Fair
sept b-S-Intermountain Fair and
stock Show. Grand Junction.
Sept. 5-S-Phillips County fa'r'
Sept. 6-s-washington County Fair
sept l2-l5-Deita County Fair
Sept i2-1s-weld County Fair. Gree
Sept. 12-15-LaPlatta County Fair.
Sept. 12-15-Logan County Fair
sept. 1916 - Baca County Fair
sept. m TS-16-Adams County Fair,
sept. l4-16-Conejos County Fair
sept, 14-16-Elbert County Fair
N Sept Sept. 1s-22-western slope Fair
Sept. 1929 - TrinidadLas Animas
County Fair. Trinidad. r-
Sept. 2O-21-kiowa County fs'r'
Sept, 2o-22-Rio Grande County Fair
Sept, 21-22-Pueolo County Fair
sept. 2i-28-Ei Paso County Fair.
Calhan. ,, Fo,r
Sept. 2O-2s-Huerfano County Fair
Oct. s-sEKits Carson County Fair
Oct Oct. S-5-Douglass County Fair
Castle Rock.
Colorado Springs.-Caesar X, Hell
bing, fireman, was killed when guiding
the aerial in the department to small
fire here.
Boulder.-J. Raymond Bracket, for
thirty-five years professor of compar-
ative and English literature at the Uni
versity of Colorado, died at his home
here at the age of 6S.
Fort Morgan.-Fort Morgan's school
board is posting notices for special
election of the electors of the district
for the authorization Of the purchase
of a site for a new high school Duiid-
ing
Yuma.-A petition has been filed
with the county clerk and recorder of
Yuma county to call for an election to
vote on the question of moving the
county seat from its present location
at Wray.
Longmont-John Casper, 80 years
old. died in the Longmont hospital OF
wounds received during a fight at his
home, six miles east of here, when
state rangers attempted to arrest him
on bootleg charge.
Denver. President Harding has
nominated the following TO be regis
tiers of land offices: Louis w. Bur-
ford at Del Norte, Colo; Charles r.
Smith at Durango, Colo, and Edgar L.
Conquest at Sterling, Colo.
Longmont-Oscar Johnson, 30 years
old, who recently came to Longmont
from Michigan, ended his life here by
hanging His body was found suspend
ed to the rafters of hay loft by Louis
Romans, farm owner who employed
johnson.
Pueblo.-C. F. Delliquadri, deputy
sheriff, and A Il. Baertsch, said to be
demented, were both wounded in a
struggle when the officer attempted to
place the man under arrest. The shoot
ing occurred on ranch ten miles
north of Pueblo.
Denver.-The purchase for 100000
of the Palisade Light and Power Com
pany by the Grand Junction Gas and
Manufacturing Company was an
nounced by H P. Waterman, vice pres
ident of Hendrie & Bolthoff, former
owners of the plant. The plant in Pal,
h,, g.
in 1910.
Trinidad.-Eugene ]. Kerrigan, spe,
cial representative of the Marine In.
surance Company of London, has of,
fered 5000 for Information that will
lead to the recovery of S4S,500 worth
of Liberty Bonds contained in mail
pouches which disappeared from the
Santa Fe baggage room on the morn
ing of May 81.
Trinidad.-Endorsem of adjusted
compensation legislation for ex-servics
men and pledge of support to all ex
service men who may be candidate.
for political office, regardless of par
ty affiliation were contained in resolu
tions adopted at the closing session OF
the fifteenth annual meeting of tht
United Spanish War Veterans.
Pueblo.-A protest petition against
the proposed flood conservancy district
has been filed in District Court by the
Rocky Ford Canal, Reservoir, Land
Loan and Trust Company in behalf Of
its stockholders. The petition states
that 22,250 acres of the concern are in
cluded in the district, that the forma
ton of such district is unconstitutiona
and prays that petitions favoring sucf
district shall be dismissed and tha
lands of the company shall be excluded
from any such district.
Denver.-Mrs. John Leyden, mothe
of Leo Leyden, Denver soldier whit