The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23

Oct. S-6 - douglas county Fair.
Oct. s-s~Kit Carson County Fair.
Burlington.
Sterling.-After the 1922 Logan
county fair cl sed here many exhibit
ors removed their displays to the Fort
Morgan fair.
Brighton.-The Adams county annu-
al fair was huge success from the
point of view of thrilling horse races,
huge attendance and splendid cattle
exhibits, which, in quality and num-
ber, have set record of excellence.
Denver The city council voted Dis
trict Attorney Philip S. Van Cise IA
special appropriation of $4,000 with
which to prosecute cases against al
legged bunco men arrested during the
district attorneys recent raids.
Loveland.-The National Home for
Dependents of Members of the Yeo-
man organization will be established
near Namaqua, three miles west of
Loveland. The site has been pur-
chased and a home to cost $4,000 Will
be erected
Pueblo.-One thousand feet of track
was torn up and twelve cars of fruit
were dumped into the Arkansas river
when fast freight train was derailed
in the Royal gorge. All traffic was
held up, the eastbOund trains being
held up at Salida and the westbound
trains at Pueblo. The cause of the
wreck is unknown.
Glenwood Springs.-W. f. Brown of
Denver, traffic manager of the Noun
tain States Telephone and Telegraph
Company, was elected president of the
Colorado Public Service Association
here. ]. f. Dostal of Colorado Springs
was elected president of the Rocky
Mountain division of the National Elec-
trio Light Company.
Greeley -Colorado-made goods were
given the hearty Endorsement of tie
American Legion at the state conven-
ton of the former service men here.
They adopted resolution indorsing
the Colorado made goods movement as
an effort to develop the common
wealth by creating opportunities for
employment within the state"
Craig.-John Zingre, a wealthy hotel
man of Switzerland, in company with
Swiss Consul Paul Weiss of Denver,
has been investigating conditions in
Moffat county, as envoy of 500 young
Swiss farmers, who desire to immi-
crate to this country and form a col
ony, having been thrown out of en-
ployment in their native country.
Fort Collins.-The digging of sugar
beets in the Fort Collins district, ac-
cording to the officials of the Great
Western Sugar Company, will be be-
gun Sept 27, and the factory will open
Sept 20 or 80. Delivery OF beets to
the factory will be restricted until Oct.
s, by which time the factory will be
ready to receive beets at its various
dumps at full harvest speed.
Denver-Colorado has 16T fewer
predatory animals as result of
August operations of federal and state
hunters, according to Stanley p. Young
of Denver, in charge of predatory anil
NAL control. One hundred and twelve
coyotes, forty-twO bobcats, two lynx
and one predatory brown bear were
killed. The number exceeds the Aug
ust record of several recent summers
Denver-Fire Prevention week will
be observed in Colorado from October
. to October 8, according to special
proclamation issued by Governor
Shoup at the statehouse. "Only by
arousing the puSlit to the appalling sit
uation created by our excessive fire
waste can the evil be corrected" the
executive declared. All civic organiza-
tions and societies of the state were
asked to arrange special educational
programs for the week.
Pueblo.-Oscar Kronke, night man
at the Continental filling station at
Lake and Northern avenues, was per-
haps fatally injured when he grappled
with Elmer Beasley, lone bandit, who
attempted to hold up the station.
Beasley was captured and is in Jail.
Akron.-Jullan Dies, a laborer, en-
Dloyed in the railroad yards here, was
shot and instantly killed by local of
ficials while resisting arrest A short
time before Dlos had shot an officer
in the foot, and the sheriff accom-
panied by other officers. was called to
place him under arrest, When ac-
costed by the sheriff he Immediately
opened fire and was killed almost in
stantly when they returned his fire.
Den er.-Abandonment of the Sill
verton Railway Company, between Sill
verton and Ouray, Colo, has been au-
thorized by the Colorado Public Utili-
ties Commission. The order permit
ting the discontinuance of service and
tearing up of the narrowgauge tracks
was entered following long hearing
on the application of the road before
the state commission several months
ago. 1t was declared the railroad has
failed to return profit for more than