The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-09
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sept. 2b-SO-Colorado state fair' fu-
Sept. 1915 Delta County Fair.
Sept. i2-15-weid County Fair. Gree
Sept 12-15-LaPlata County Fair
Sept. 1915 Logan. County Fair.
Sept. 1916 Baca County Fair.
Sept. 13-16-Adams County Fair.
Sept. '14-16-Conejos County Fair.
Sept. 1916 Elbert County Fair.
Sept. 1929 Western Slope Fair.
Sept. 1922 q Trinidad-Las Animas
County Fair. Trinidad. MI,
Sept. 2O-21 - Kiowa County Fair.
Sept. 20. 81, 22-Morgan Agricultural
Sept. 2O-22WRio Grande County Fair.
Sept. 21-22 Pueblo County Fair.
Sept. 2O-2s ~ Yuma County Fair.
Sept. 21-2s-El Paso County Fair.
Is Sept. pt' 21-2s-Lincoln County Fair.
Sept. 2O-2s-Huerfano County Fair.
Oct. s-sSKit Carson County Fair
Oct. as Douglas County Fair
Castle Rock.
Durango-W. d. Ewing has been
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of a school building in the Breen
district in Durango.
Platteville.-TlR Superior Milling
Company has purchased the plant ana
equipment in Platteville of the Nation
al Alfalfa Products Company.
Fleming-NIrs. John J. Vorlander, 81
wears old, was instantly killed by
lightning while sitting in the kitchen
of the Il. d. butcher home near Flem-
ing, Colo.
Loveland-Hiram r. Smith, resi-
dent of Loveland since 1879, and JUS
tlce of the peace for twenty years, Is
dead at his home in Loveland, after an
illness of several months.
Ouray-The Western Colorado Pow
er Company plans to eXpend approx
mately S15O,O00 for improvements in
Montrose and Ouray counties accord
ing to the Ouray Herald.
Loveland.-The attendance at the
opening day of the Larimer county
fair was the largest in the history of
the organization, more than 5000 pay
ing their way through the gates.
alsenburg.-Fourteen freight cars
went into u ditch five miles south of
Walsenburg on the Colorado & South
ern railroad few days ago, tying up
traffic over the road for several hours.
Denver.-Figures made public by
engineers of the Mountain States Tel
ephone Company show that the popu-
lation of Denver has grown from 256,-
491, the 1920 census total, to 266,OOO
at present.
Grand Junction. - Grand Valleys
great peach crop is on the move. One
hundred cars were moved out of Pal
isade and Clifton as the fruits of the
opening days labors. The crop is one
of the largest on record.
Boulder.-The University of Colo
RADIO training school for nurses, which
has graduated more than sixty young
women, will close Sept. L until the
completion of the new state hospital
and medical school in Denver.
Sterling.-The Sterling Packing and
Provision Company has sold its mar
ket and plant in Sterling. A. Schmid
has purchased the market and the
packing plant has been sold to Messrs.
Charles NJ. Sewton, Goodwin Lee and
Len Sherwin.
Palisades-Mrs. ]. Lash has pur-
chased the f. NJ. Thompson ranch and
the Ernest Hall ranch in Palisades,
near Grand Junction. Messrs. IL. w.
Kluge and Frank Halter of Palisades
have purchased the Buckhorn ranch at
Marvine Lakes.
women and children aided recently in
the construction of the first and only
church Frederick ever has had.
Midnight oil is being
burnt by l.. e. Leigh, age II, of Little
Rock, Ark, who is worried over his
examinations at the University of
Colorado. Mr.. Leigh is taking a course
in philosophy, having been admitted
as a special student.
Colorado Springs.-AIrs. Elizabeth
Allen, working woman, was held up
while on her way to her home, passing
through Monument Valley park, few
days ago. She says that man ac-
costed her, ordered her to hand over
her purse, took the SO he found in it,
and then disappeared.
Golden.-Joe Sherer, II, was taken
to the state reformatory at Buena Wis
ta to serve an indeterminate sentence
for robbing bathers at Lakeside. Sher-
er was employed at the bathing beach
and had charge of boxes in Which
swimmers deposited their valuables.
series of thefts from these was
traced to Sherer, who is said to have