The Dolores star., 1922-09-15
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS
800 o 900
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
Sept. 25-sO-Colorado State Fair. Pu-
sblo.
Sept 1s-i6-Baca County Fair.
Springfield.
sept I3-lG-Adams County Fair.
Sept l4-ls-Conejos County Fair.
Manassa.
Sept. 1916 - Ebert County Fair.
Sept. 1922 western Slope Fair.
Sept 1922 Trinidad-Las Animas
County Fair. Trinidad.
Sept 2o-H - kiowa County fan'
Sept. 20. 81. e2-Morgan Agricultural
Fair. Fort Morgan
Sept. 20-22-Rio Grande County FAIR
Sept. 2l-22 - Pueblo County Fair.
Sept. 2o-2s = Yuma County Fair.
Sept. 2I-23-EI Paso County Fair,
Calhan.
Sept 2I-:3-Lincoln County Fair.
Hugo.
Sept. -2s-Huerfano County Fair.
Walsenburg.
Oct 3-6SKit Carson County Fair.
Oct. 3-5 Douglas County Fair
Castle Rock
Holyoke-A whirlwind of entertain
ment was given visitors TO the Phillips
county fair here.
Durango.-W. ID. Ewing has been
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of school building in the Breen
district in Durango.
Pueblo.-Collislon Of his motorcycle
with n wagon here caused the instant
death of Il. Sentena, %, of the Pike
View mine, near Colorado Springs.
Flemlng-Mrs. John ]. Vorlander, 81
years old, was instantly killed by
lightning while sitting in the kitchen
of the L. d. butcher home near Flem-
ing, Colo.
Pueblo.-A mysterious shot from the
darkness killed Edward Henderson,
Rocky Ford automobile salesman, as
he was driving along country road
with friend.
Loveland.-Hiram Il. Smith, a resi-
dent of Loveland since 1879, and a JUS
tice Of the peace for twenty years, is
dead at his home in Loveland, after an
illness of several months.
Castle Rock.-Dr. George S. Mason,
widely known Denver dentist, was
crushed to death beneath the steering
over u twenty-foOt emoanKment near
here.
Pueblo.-High water in the Arkan.
sas river washed out an approach to II
bridge on the Denver x Rio Grande
Western railroad near Portland, Colo,
twenty-five miles west of Pueblo, a
few days ago.
LOngmOnt.-As a part of the pro-
gram on the opening day of the Boul-
der county fair here, the new $4,000
grandstand, said to be the first con-
crete and steel structure of its kind in
The state, was dedicated at Roosevelt
park.
Greeley.-Bert ]. Lowe, charged
with the murder of Edna Fern Skin
ner, pretty 22-year-old school teacher
and student in the summer school of
the State Teachers College. on July 2,
had his trial set by Judge George II.
Bradfield for Oct. 10.
PueblO.-Pueblo retailers, jobbers
and manufacturers will start Sept. IL
on trade extension tour of western
slope towns. a band will accompany
the party and will play for impromptu
dances in the towns visited. The tour
will extend through week.
GOlden.-Joe Sherer, II, was taken
to the state reformatory at Buena Wis.,
ia 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.
y series of thefts from these was
traced to Sherer, who is said to have
admitted his guilt. Sherer came to
Golden recently from California.
Platteville.-The Superior Milling
Company has purchased the plant and
equipment in Platteville of the Nation
al Alfalfa Products Company.
Grand Junction-Grand functions
man of mystery" came to himself re-
Gently and solved the riddle of his
identity which has been battling Grand
Junction authorities since Aug. 9. He
Identified himself as Dorr Bartholf,
son of w. L. Bartholf of Seattle, and
gave his age as 81 years He declared
he had been struck on the head in a
small town in the Northwest, on the
Oregon Short Line railroad, two years
ago. 1t is believed he had wandered
about since that time
Denver.-Heavy declines in many of
the important crops of Colorado dur
Ing July and August / figures much
below the ten-year average, with n
composite condition figure for all
crops of the state equalling 9OS Der
cent of the ten-year average. a decline
of 81 points during July, compared
with a composite condition of all
crops of the state of 104.4 per cent on
Aug. !, last year, are the salient fea.
lures of this months crop report of