The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-24
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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COMING EVENTS.

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COMING EVENTS.
July 1s-21-cattlemen's Days. Gunni-
Aug. Aug 2s-sept. iWLarimer County
Sept. 5-s-Arkansas Valley Fair.
Sept. SIS = Boulder County Fair.
Sept 5-s-Intermountain Fair and
Stock Show, Grand Junction.
Sept. 5-S-Phillips County Fair
Sept. s-s-washington County Fair
Sept 12-15-DeIta County Fair.
Sept i2-15-weld County Fair. Gree
Sept 12-15--LaPlatta County Fair.
Sept 12-15-Logan County Fair.
Sterling.
sept 1S-1s-Adams County Fair.
Brighton.
Sept 14-16-Cone1os County fair'
Sept 14-16-Elbert County Fair.
Sept 19-22-western Slope Fair,
Montrose.
Sept 19-22- Trinidad-Las Animas
County Fair. Trinidad.
Sept. 20-21-Kiowa County Fair.
J. Eads.
4 Sept 21-22-Pueblo County Fair.
Sept. 21-23-El Paso County Fair.
Sept 21-23-Lincoln County Fair.
Sept. -2s-Huerfano County Fair.
Sept. 25-S0-Colorado State Fair, Pu-
Oct. s-6-Kit Carson County Fair.
Oct S-5-Douglass County Fair.
Fort Collins.-The delegates to the
Colorado Christian EndeavOr Union
conference numbered more than 800.
Eaton-One hundred Congregational
pastors from Wyoming, Utah and Colo
RADIO recently held their annual conven-
ton here.
Pueblo.-A committee of eighteen
Pueblo business men is to be appoint
ed at once to serve as n promoting
agency for the 1922 Colorado State
Fair, to be held Sept. % to 80
Fort Collins-Degrees were con-
ferred upon ninety graduates of Colo
RADIO Agricultural College at Fort Col
Inns. The animal husbandry depart
ment headed the list with twenty-sev-
en-, home economies being second with
twenty-three.
Cripple Creek-Thomas Bailey, 20
years old, the son of Jack Bailey, for
mer superintendent of the Portland
mine, and Murray Colgin, 26 years old,
machine operators in the Cresson mine,
were killed when they were caught be-
meath rock slide in stope in the
sixteenth level.
Arvada.-"Baby Weeks"-when the
tots will be coddled and weighed and
measured to ascertain their state of
well-being-are to be held at Golden,
July to Z; at Arvada, July IL to IA,
and in the Evergreen school house,
July IS to 81. This announcement was
made by persons interested in infant
welfare work.
Lafayette-The fan house of the
Standard mine of the Rocky Mountain
Fuel Company here was destroyed by
fire recently, despite the efforts of La
fayette citizens, who turned out in
body to fight the flames. The fire is
said to have been caused by short
circuit in the electrical wiring. This
mine has been idle since April 1.
Durango-At least 1000 acres of
land in the Anmas valley, north of
here, have been inundated by the an
nual overflow of the Animas river and
damages estimated at more than S5O,-
900 has been caused. The warm spell
of weather which struck this section
has caused snow in the mountains to
melt rapidly. All that saves the sec
ton from disastrous flood is that
there has been no rain.
Boulder-Lee Willard, star athlete
of the University of Colorado and one
of the greatest ever developed in Colo
RADIO, has signed a contract to play
with the Chicago White Sox. He is to
receive salary of 5000 a month and
expenses and should he make good will
be given $1,000 a month for the re-
mainder of the season.
Colorado Springs-Skidding in the
sand on the Denver-Colorado Springs
road near Hustled, twelve miles north
of here, an automobile driven by
Thomas A. Ryan of Denver, turned
over, pinning him beneath the wreck
age, and injuring two women, Marjorie
and Minnie Hickey, tourists from Mo-
bile, Ala. Felix O'Neill, Denver attor-
ney, was in the car, but escaped in
jury.
Colorado Springs.-The Colorado
Dental Society's annual convention,
held in Colorado Springs, closed with
the election of officers as follows: A.
@. Withers, Denver, president; u. T..
Roberts, Rocky Ford, vice president !;
II. w. Wilson, Denver, reelected sec
retary, and William Smedley, Denver,