1,450 Are Registered For Primary Election: A total of 1,450 persons are registered to mark ballots in Teller County for the biennial primary election Sept. 10. Teller County Clerk and Recorder Ralph H. Dial says the registration includes 788 democrats, 311 republicans and 351 independents.

The Weather: Well, at least Mother Nature had the courtesy of waiting until after the Labor Day holiday to force winter upon the Ute Pass region. But just barely. Tuesday morning dawned with a mixture of sleet and rain, turning to a fine mist for the remaining a.m. hours and early afternoon. But at mid-afternoon the mist turned into large fluffy snowflakes which continued to fall intermittently throughout the night. The final result was .60 of one inch of precipitation.

Editorial – No. 1 Dropout – Citizenship Day: “The good citizen is the man who, whatever his wealth or his poverty, strives manfully to do his duty to himself, to his family, to his neighbor, to the State; who is incapable of the baseness which manifests itself either in arrogance or in envy, but who while demanding justice for himself is no less scrupulous to do justice to others,” said President Theodore Roosevelt. President Dwight D. Eisenhower put it in another way: “Patriotism means equipped forces and a prepared citizenry. Moral stamina means more energy and more productivity, on the farm and in the factory. Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible —from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our scientists. And so each citizen plays an indispensable role.” The advice Andrew Johnson gave in 1866 holds true today: “The time has come to take the Constitution down, to unroll it, to reread it, and to understand its provisions thoroughly.” And one way in which every American adult can publicly demonstrate his citizenship is to register and vote in the November election! This is the fundamental test of a good citizen.

From the Fox’s Corner: Fall colors are fast beginning to make the scene on regional hillsides, particularly among the aspen trees. Readers interested in the upcoming sixth annual Aspen-Ghost Town Jeep Tours in Cripple Creek are advised the free excursions will be conducted on the weekends of Sept. 21-2, Sept. 28-29, and Oct. 5-6.

-Compiled by Suzanne Core