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STATE NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL COLORADO PEOPLE Western Newrpaper Union News Service. Dale* for C'omlui? Kventa. Sept. 11-12.—Sedgwick County Fair at J ulesburg. Sept. 7.—Kiowa County Fair at Bad». Sept. 9-11.—Itoutt County Fair at Hay den. -11.—Crowley Co. Fair. Sugar Sept. 9-11.—Cheyenne County Fair at Cheyenne Wells. * Sept. 10.-t-Sugar Day. Sugar City. Sept. 14-19.—C010, state Fair. Pueblo Sept. 16-18.—Din coin Co Fair at Hugo. Sept. 16-17—Conejos County fair at Manassa. Sept. 16-18—Baca County fair at Springfield. Sept. 19-26.—Race Meet. Denver. Sept. 21-23 Inter-Co. Fair and Race Meet at Llmon. Sept. 23-24 —Apple Pie Day at Rifle Sept. 22-26.—Western Slope Fair. Mont rose. Sent. 22-26.—Montezuma Co. Fair at Cortez. A large crowd attended the Larimer county fair at Loveland. The exhibits were fine. Thirty thousand Denver school children responded to the school bell summons Tuesday. Dr. W. E. Dillingham of Mead was killed by lightning crossing the Mum my mountains, a mile above timber line. August Muench, locksmith, who killed himself, had his wish und was buried by the East Denver and the Social turnvefeins. The University of Colorado will be I unable to operate its wireless station thig year, or at least, so long as the European war lasts. Frank E. Watson, son of former Mayor John A. Watson of Meeker, died in Shoshone, Idaho, of spotted fever, caused by a tick bite. About 100 members ofc Denver I. T. IJ. No. 49 and their families were in Colorado Springs Sunday on their an nual visit to the Printers' Home. The farmers fair at Fowler last week was attended by 4.000, who heard Gov ernor Ammons deliver an address and witnessed an interesting program. Postponed three months because of an injury to the bride, the wedding of Daniel L. Shull of Taft, and Mtb. Florence Wolf Misner of Boulder was solemnized. Thirty-five independent Colorado coal operators have signed working agreements for the coming year with the district organization of the United Mine Workers of America. The annuul baseball tournament In connection with the Colorado state fair, Sept. 14-19, for the championship of the state, will be continued this year, according to the directors of the association. The festal day of the Order of the Eastern Star was celebrated at El Jebei temple by the eight Denver chapters of the organization. The an nual ceremonies were In honor of the birthday of the founder of the order. Robert Morris. Recognizing the elections commis sion in the matter of the proposed re call of Commissioner of Safety Nlsbet and concurring in its recommendation, city commissioners of Denver official ly set the date for the election as Oct. 16 instead of Sept. 30. After it is alleged he had given bogus checks for more than SI,OOO in payment for horses purchased, Charles Andrews, thirty-five, who, It is said, represented himself as a wealthy rancher from Yampa. w’as arrested as a fugitive from Yampa and Craig. Luther Uurbunk. the California nat uialißt, creator of the spineless cac tus, seedless orange und apple, and many other wonderful fruit and vege table improvements, was. a visitor in Denver where he stopped on his way to Boston from his California home. The funeral of George M. Harriman. eighty-eight years old, who died at Fort Logan, were held at his late resi dence in Fort Imogen. Harriman was one of the most widely known of Colo rado's pioneers,, having driven an ox team from Klkhorn, Win., to Boulder in 1860. The sufferer from tuberculosis who comes to Denver for his health will in the future find a source of informa tiou and advice designed lor his par ticular needs. The Visiting Nurses’ Association has established an Infor mation bureau for those who reach the city friendless and alone. Miss .Mildred Mclntosh, twenty, daughter of one of the wealthiest stockmen of the Snake River valley, was thrown from a buggy ut Slater while driving from her father's big ranch and suffered injuries about the head und face which will disfigure her for life. She wus taken to u bospitui at Rawlins, Wyo. All French reservists in America have been culled to the colors in un order which reached the French am bassador at Washington and which was subsequently, forwarded to con suls throughout the United States. Dr. A. liorquin, French consul ut Denver, received word to call all reservists In his territory to tne defense ot France. A shortage of $13,643.68 on hta books led to the arrest bp government officials in Denver of George L. Weaver, teller of the United States National bank. The discovery of the discrepancy In bis accounts followed an investigation by the bank auditor atid.F. L. Klein, national bank exam iner. Mrs. Annie Riggs testified In the County Court ut Pueblo that she be lieved her husband, Samuel H. Riggs, had beaten her on 100 different occa sions. She was granted a decree of divorce rod $lO a month alimony K. P'S. ELECT OFFICERS THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVEN TION AT PUEBLO. Colorado Springs Was Selected as the Meeting Place for the Conven tion to Be Held in 1915. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Pueblo.—The Knights of Pythias of Colorado, at their thirty-ninth annual convention here, selected grand lodg3 officers and chose Colorado Springs for the 1915 meeting place. The following were the officers chosen: Grand chancellor, F. F. Schreiber, Colorado Springs; granl vice chancellor, E. B. Coulter, Greeley; grand prelate, E. L. Fitch, Denver; gland keeper of record and seal. W. S. O’Brien, Denver; grand master of ex chequer, G. H. Winchell, La Junta; grand master at arms. A. G. Wachter, Montrose; grand inner guard, Fred E Olin, Pueblo, and grand lodge trustee, John Allison, Cripple Creek. Mrs. Ida Hicks of Telluride was elected grand chief of, the Pythian Sisters. The election resulted as fol lows: Mrs. Ida Hicks, Telluride grand chief; Mrs. Lulu Bromley, Do lores, grand senior; Mrs. Mildred Nel son, Paonia, grand junior; Mrs. Flora E. Noland, Pueblo temple No. 52. grand manager; Mrs. Nellie Coston. Mancos, mistress of finance; Mrs. Gertrude Nelson, Silver Plume, mis tress of records and correspondence; Mrs. Rosa Dennis. Trinidad, protector, and Mrs. Carrie Noeb, Grand Junction, outer guard. Mrs. Jennie S. Terry, past grand ’ chief; Mrs. Ida Hicks, grand chief, and Mrs. Lulu Bromley grand junior, compose the board o* grand trustees. Denver Captures Templar Prizes. Alamosa.—The third annual con clave of the Knight Templars of Colo rado closed here with the election of the following officers, who were in stalled: Grand commander, John W. Wingate of Durango; grand general lissimo, John E. Rinker of Cripple Creek; g. c. general, Will D. Grisard of Pueblo; g. s. warden, Clarence M. Kel logg, Denver; g. J. warden. George A. Reese of Trinidad; grand prelate, John Wallis Ohl, Denver; grand treasurer. Frank L. Bishop, Denver; grand re corder. Charles H. Jacobson, Denver; g. c. bearer, Stanley C. Warner, Den ver; g. s. bearer, J. P. Barnes. Colo rado Springs: g. warden, H. W. Wood ward of Leadville; g. c. of guard, Mar shall H. Van Fleet. Alamosa; grand eminent, Alex A. Sharp of Topeka, Kan., representative of the most emi nent grand master, Arthur MacArtbur of the grand encampment of the United States of America, installed the different officers. The Denver commandery No. 1, captured the first prize in the drill contests, making 80 per cent of the requirements. Denver commandery No. 25 took the second prize, making better than 70 per cent. The 1915 conclave will be held at Den ver in September. Farmers and Miners Will Celebrate. Boulder. —Plans for the monster I*a bor day celebration, which is to be held at the Boulder Chautauqua, have been practically completed by the var ious committees in charge of the event. Miners and farmers of Boulder will unite to make the celebration the biggest ever held here. A program of sports, a street carnival, a miners’ drilling contest and many other at tractions have been arranged. An ex hibition of mounted drilling and fancy riding by a troop of federal cavalry will be a a feature. Two Would Start Life on $1.35. Pueblo. —A sack of peanuts an i $1.35 In cash constituted the woildlv goods of 1.010 Soprance. seventeen, and Miquel Dulls, twenty, of Swink when the police arrested them on complaint of the girl’s father while the pair werx searching for a minister to marry them. Fair Hikers Reach Steamboat. Steamboat Springs.— Four pretty girls from Jacksonville, Tex., who are on a hike to Salt l*ake City, making the trip for a lark, arrived in Steam boat. having been two weeks making llie walk from Denver. They will walk back to Jacksonville after reach ing Salt Lake. Steers Bring $107 a Head. I.a Salle. What is thought to be the highest price ever paid for purely itock cattle in Weld county was re ceived by J. M. Holmes near herd when he sold a hunch of ten big steers to James Muttern at un average price of $lO7 per head. Miner’s Leg Crushed. Rreckenridge. Edward Hupper, mine superintendent at Frisco, ten miles from here, was seriously in jured when he was Jammed between Iwo logs above a mine. His left leg was crushed so badly that it is feared .imputation may he necessary. Prep School Repaired. Boulder.—Repairs costing several thousund dollars, including the instal lation of n new heating plant. ha\e Just been completed In the State Pre paratory school building. The high school will open for the term on Sept. Homestake Sold. Boulder. —The lloniestake lodes In the Ward mining district were sold by John McDonough to the Original Min ing Company, with headquarters at Denver. the annx quiver. STATE CAPITAL NEWS Western Newvpuper Union Now* Service. OPEN 258,000 CAREY ACT ACRES* Federal Government Decides Lands Held in Projects Available for Settlers on Sept. 23. Denver. —Two hundred and fifty eight thousand acres of federal land In Colorado, which has been held un der Carey act projects, have been re opened to entry by the department of the interior. The action of the de partment, taken upon recommends tion of the state land board of Colo rado, makes many rich farming tracts available for development by settlers. It is expected that there will be a considerable rush of prospective set tlers to obtain the land. One depart ment order reopens to entry 225,000 acres in Dolores, Montezuma and Mon trose counties, which have been held by the Dolores Irrigation Company for development under the federal Carey act. The State Land Board in its invest gations of Carey act projects in the state last winter concluded that the Dolores company could not carry out its plans, and, therefore, recommend ed to the Interior Department that the public entry’ be reestablished. It is expected that the department will take similar measures regarding land held under other projects con cerning which like recommendations were made. The tract held by the Do lores company Includes many sections valuable for farming. The entries will be re-opened at 9 a. m. on Sept. 21, and settlers can make their applications under the federal land laws at that time at the federal land offices in Durango and Montrose. Squatters will have no rights above others. Another order reopening 3,800 acres in Moffat county, near Craig, has been Issued. It was made on a partial re linquishment of land by the Great Northern Irrigation and Power Com pany. COURT MARTIAL ACQUITS. Officers and Guardsmen Exonerated of Felonious Charges. Denver. —The twenty-one officers and enlisted men of the National guard who were placed on trial in May to answer sixty-three counts of murder, manslaughter, arson, assault and larceny have been exonerated. The formal findings were approved by Gcv. Ammons. Lieut. K. E. Linderfelt was completely vindicated. He was charged with assaulting Louis Tykas with the butt of a rifle. The findings say. “By reason of justification as shown in the evidence no criminality is attached thereto.” The soldiers de clare they are entitled to pay and ex penses from the day the court martial started until acquitted. They claim they have been under arrest all of that time. If their contention is up held by the courts the court martial will cost the state about $15,0430. Court Grants Writ of Supersedeas. Denver. —State Treasurer M. A. Leddy will be able, temporarily, to frustrate the will of the people in the lending of money of the state on farms and other realty by reason of the granting of the supersedeas asked for by the custodian of the state funds in the Supreme Court. When Leddy appealed from the decision of the District Court, in which the lat ter ordered the state school fuud ap portioned to the various counties for the purpose of lending money to the farmers, he asked for a writ of super sedeas restraining the enforcement of the order of the lower court. This request was granted. The case will come up this fall, perhaps, on its merits. Leddy’s term of office expires in January. Last year Volney T. Hog gatt, register of the state land board, sought to have the funds, amounting to SBOO,OOO, apportioned, but Leddy refused, and, at the instance of Hog gatt. Attorney General Farrar brought suit to compel the apportionment. This resulted in a decision sustaining Iloggatt and Farrar. Governor Names Holbrook's Sucessor. Denver—The vacancy in the judge ship ol' the Twelfth judicial district through the death of C. C. Holbrook of Alamosa will be filled, pending an election through designation by Gov ernor Ammons. Judge Holbrook's name will be withdrawn from the pri mary lists, where he was entered as a designated candidate for Supreme Court justice, as soon as Secretary of State Pearce receives official notifi cation of the deuth from the Repub lican headquarters. It Is believed that away will be fouud under the general election laws whereby a suc cessor to Judge Holbrook can bo elected at t lie state election in No vember. Colorado Children to Honor Flag Day. Deliver. —While Europe Is at war the significance of the American flag will bo Impressed upon the school children of Colorado by exercises on Sept. 14 in observance of the centen ary of the adoption of the national emblem. Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, state superintendent of public in struction, has cent letters to the teachers and county superintendents urging that they hold the exercises on the morning of Sept. 14 as the act ual centenary comes upon Sunday. Sept. 13. Tires at Before-War Prices ~ “ storago an almost record supply of thii extra Goodyear Prices s rade of nibbCT h. r. ~ , . r> ** And we paid about June price.. is Folly Today to Pay More y 30x3 Plain Tread . . $11.70 Now Inferior Grades Cost Double “ . . . 15.75 34 x 4 “ *• 24 35 About the onlv crude rubber available now 36 x i/ 2 •• «< . 35!oO for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times, 37 x 5 “ “ * 41.95 the best tire makers refuse it. Much of it had ■ - been rejected. But that “off rubber” now sell. for much more than we paid for the best. There exists now a new, compelling The results are these: reason for buying Goodyear tires. It re- Tire prices in general are far in advance of suits from War conditions. Goodyears. And many tire makers, short of These leading tires built of extra-fine BU f’P fies ’ wil ‘ forced to use rubber, in the same way as always —are selling today at June prices. Be Careful Now You will find today a very wide difference In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade between most tire prices and Goodyears. tire as always. And that grade won for Good years the top place in Tiredom —the largest Bale Due to Quick Action in the world. And, for the time being, our prices are the Karly in August—when war began—the same as before the war. We shall try to keep world’s rubber markets seemed closed to us. them there. Rubber prices doubled almost over night. We accept no excessive orders, but dealers ~ ~ , will be kept supplied. And we charge them, Men could see no way to pay for rubber unfj , flirth ‘ PI . notice> onlv ante-bellum prices, abroad, arid no way to bring it in. We, like others— in that panic—were forced to higher That means that Goodyears—the best prices. But we have since gone back to prices tires built — are selling way below other tires. we charged before the war, and this is iiow we did it: We had men in London and Singapore when m * A the war broke out. The larger part of the M jL world's rubber supply comes through there. —J AKRON. OHIO We cabled them to buv up the pick of the rub- •• y-. her. They bought—before the advance—l,soo,- INO-Kllll-Lut 11T68 000 pounds of the finest rubber there. With All-Weather Treed* or Smooth Nearly all this is now on the way to us. i ~ZSS~Ww And it means practically all of the extra-grade \ Today we have our own men in Colombo, Singapore and Para. Those are the world’s Yl V chief sources of rubber. So we are pretty well Yk SZ/m\ assured of a constant supply, and our pick of We were first on the ground. We were quick est in action. As a result, we shall soon have in REWARDS OF VALOR Crosses of Honor Will Be Won in the European War. England, France and Germany Be stow These Testimonials of Deeds of Daring Performed by Of ficers or Privates. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington.—Some of the soldiers of England, France and Germany in the present war unquestionably will win the crosses of honor which are the most coveted decorations which gov ernments give for acts of conspicuous personal gallantry In the face of the enemy. To Americans perhaps the French Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Victoria Cross of England are more familiarly known than are the decora- j tlons given by Germany. In the United States we have the Congres sional Medal of Honor which is givei tograph of Belgian cavalry during the lighting about Liege, showing standards torn to ribbons by the Germans. BEYOND THE ORIENTAL MIND Present Craze for Dancing Is Some thing Indians and Japanese Do Not Understand. A feature of the London season Is the revival In dancing: people are now interested not only in watching the professional stage dancer of either sex but In dancing themselves. In dians nnd Japanese alike express their astonishment at the European prac tice of rushing about In ballrooms. I by congress for individual deeds of dar ing in the field. The intrinsic value of any of these badges is about one cent, and yet for the privilege of wear ing them soldiers seem always ready to tread Gray’s "paths of glory.” The French decoration was first granted under Napoleon in the early j part of the present century; the Vic ! toria Cross was instituted during the Crimean war and the American medal of honor was first struck off to reward acts of heroism performed during the Civil war. The French cross may be won by civilians; the English and American crosses are pinned only upon the breasts of soldiers and sailors. In the armies of all three nations officer and private, peasant and prince, have equal chances of wearing that which nothing but attested bravery can buy. The first Victoria Cross granted for bravery in the South African war was given to Col. lan Hamilton of the Gor don Highlanders for conspicuous gal lantry at the battle of Elandslaagte. A perusal of the Gazette list which | tells something of the deeds for which the Victoria Cross has been awarded shows that fully one-half of the most exhibitions of heroism have BATTLE-TORN STANDARDS OF BELGIANS To the Oriental mind dancing is something that should bo done pro fessionally, to amuse the host and guests looking on. They cannot com prehend men and women dancing to gether ns partners, except as a scheme for flirting. The Japunese artist Yoshio Mar kino recounts that ho was frankly amazed when his host, who was ”un old man of about sixty,” told him that he was gqing to a hall, and that ho was go ink because he loved dunclng. “And with whom do you dance," the been shown by men whose shoulders bore no insignia of rank. One English publication states that with perhaps one exception the bravest thing ever done by a British soldier was the act of a drummer boy. That drummer boy, if living, is now a man seventy-two years old, and for 57 years of that time he has been ing the Victoria Cross, and has had the right to write V. C. after his name. This boy in the year 1857, amid a show er of shot and shells, fastened bags of gunpowder on the gates of Delhi. He carried death in his arms that day and met it in other forms all along his way. Others helped him and were killed; he lived and wore the cross. It was another British drummer boy who, while acting as a field bugler for Lord Napier of Magdala in the Abys sinian war, left the general’s side and dashed first into the stronghold of •Theodore the Tyrant.” Bird of a Threat. • My next door neighbor sent word to me to oil my lawn mower." "And did you do It?*' "Yes; he said if I didn’t he’d bring home a parrot.”—Boston Transcript Japanese inquired, “with your ow* wife or with some other old man?" To which the English gentleman re plied: “Not quite necessarily.” and es plained that he preferred dancing with girls, whereupon the Oriental com ments: “What a mudly flirting nutioo thej are. these English! They flirt until they die!" Women are always ready to kiss and ruuke up—but they usually make u| i before they kiss.