The Dolores star., 1923-09-14
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS
COLORADO STATE FAIR DATES
1923.

Western slope fnlr-Mohtrose'
III Paso County Fair-CaThan. Sept
Pueblo County Fair-Goodpasture.
sept 2U-2l.
HUerfano County Fnir-waisenburg.
Lincoln County Fair-Hugo. Sept
RIO Grande County Fair-Dei Norte.
Colorado State FaIr-Pueblo. Sept
24-29.
Nontezuma County Fair - Cortez,
kit carson County Fair-Burlington.
Douglas County FnIr-Castle Rock.
I9Ibert County Fair-Matheson.
Grand County Fair-Kremmlins.
La Plata County FRiT-DuranSo-
Mufiat County Fair-CraiG.
Golden.-The Gibbons and Lawrence
Construction Company plans to build
rock crushing plant costing approx
Imatfy $4,000 in Golden.
Gunnlsou.-The Continental Oil
Company plans to erect Il warehouse
in Gunnison, according TO an an
nouncemrnt in the GunnIson News
Champion.
Duraugu.-After pleading guilty to
charge of biEamy in the District
Court here. George Weir, 23 years old
was sentenced TO two years in the
state penltenuary and fined SO.
Shayang-Tom Dobbie, engineer,
was instantly killed and Ed Lindsay,
his fireman, was fatally injured, when
Denver & Rio Grande Western
freight engine exploded near Shavano,
thirty miles west of Salida, Il few days
ago.
Denvcr.-Plans for general reor-
-anlzatlun OF the Denver police de
partmrnt on military basis, with sep
urate heads in charge of different po-
lice activities, are being prepared by
Reuben W. Hershey, newly appointed
manager Of safety and excise, he an
bounced after his first full day in his
new office.
Denyer.-When =. II. Dcase OF 1929
East Twenty-siXth avenue took to his
heels as two bandits commanded him
to throw up his hands, one Of the hold
ups fired three shots after him. The
Holdup occurred at an alley on East
TwUnry-siNth avenue near Downing
street. Hpase ran three blocks and fell
exhausted. All three bullets went wide
IF their mark
WiIey.-More than 1000 people, res
dents Of the Arkansas valley. assem-
bled in Wiley recently for the annual
Sugar Beet day. "Co-operative mar
keting" was the subject of an address
by Governor Sweet, principal speaker
Df the occasion. This was the first
gathering Of Importance in the Arkan-
saS valley ut which the governor has
appeared since his election.
Denver.-Dcnver real estate history
was made recently when John c. Shat
fer, owner and editor of the Rocky
Mountain News and the Denver Times,
came into control Of the United States
National Bank building, the Railway
Exchange building and the Ferguson
building. The deal involved approx
mately S3OOD,OOO, and Is said to be the
largest single real estate transaction
cOnsummated in Dcnvers history.
Dcnycr.-ColoradO cattle made n
splendid showing at the Iowa State
Fair mt DCs AlOines, when HerefOrds
owned by w. \. w. Blayncy of Den
yer walked off with ten prizes. The
Blayney prizes are: Wyoming 16, sec
ond; Mischief Wyoming. fourth Muir
ply Wyoming, first; best three bulls,
third; Elsie Domino, second; Dolly
Wyoming first; Donna Domino, fifth ;
young herd, first; calf herd, second,
and Wyoming get of sire, second.
Longmont. - Mysterious letters
signed *. X. K, and threatening
Death or worse if you do not get out
Of Longmont," have been received by
William Frank, Co. and his son, Carl
Frank, 30, merchants at LOngmont, ac-
rurding to the two men.
Grand JunCtiOn.-Three cases of
western slope Colorado Elberta peach
es from Grand Junction, and three
cases Of Mountain peas from Buena
Vista were shipped last week to Los
Angeles through the offices of the
| Civic and Commercial Association IN
be part Of an unusual dinner in that
city rendered by the Adventures
Club to party of notable British sci
entists, soldiers and adventures.
Colorado Sprlngs.-Glen Shultz of
Colorado Springs won the principal
event in the Pixies Peak hill climb. He
. made the twelve-mlle course over the
highway in eighteen minutes, AZ %
seconds. The course began ut miIepost
. on the Pixies Peak highway and end
ed at the top of the peak Shultz was
driving his fourth time in the classic.
His time has been bettered only once.
In 1916 Ralph Mulford dashed to the
summit in IS minutes and PAT sec
DndS
Antonito.-The license to teach of
0. 7. Jacobs, superintendent of schools
at Antonito, was revoked in a hearing
before the State Board OF Education
Jacobs was recently Indicted by the
federal grand jury on charges OF yio-
lation of the white slave law. He liz at
present under Indictment md awaitInp
trial In the Federal Court.