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.