Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-09-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


to Denver.
Henry Pierce left Wednesday for Arizona, where
he is heavily interested in mining
Ernest Clayton departed Monday for Boulder,
where he will attend school this winter.
Miss Olive Vandruff has gone to Denver where
she will attend the East Denver high school.
Charley Merrill is over from Breckenridge look
ing after his mining interests in this locality.
Charley Filteau has gone to attend the state
school of mines. Mrs Filteau and family will re-
side in Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Hyde of Pasadena, Ca!ifor-
mia, are here for protracted visit the guests of
H Hyde and family.
7. c. Jackson has let his house in Sunnyside and
next Monday he will take charge of his new bus-
ness place in Denver.
Deputy Marshal Libby arrested inebriated
individual last Tuesday night for violating the
ordinances concerning nuisances.
Reeister-Cal: Knudt Walle of Idaho Springs
is spending a few days with his old-tme friend,
Enner Olson of Gregory point
On Wednesday night burglars entered the post
ofice and several business houses in Silver Plume,
cleaning up considerable cash and merchandise.
Nine six-horse teams passed through this place
last Sunday from the valley, bound for the water
power and irrigation proposition above Empire.
The Golden Hecla, up Ute creek, is to resume
very soon. Manager Mason is looking over the
ground and sinking and crosscutting for the other
veins in the group is the probable program.
The Torrey tunnel, which starts from point
ON Clear creek above the mouth of Fall river, is
forging ahead and the eucountering of siI-inch
vein of ore is reported to have been made lately
T. W. West formerly stage driver the Alice
and Yankee route, but salesman for the
Ehrencrook Grocery company at Denver, is up
from the valley to do his annual assessment his
mining claims,
Rev. o. L. Orton, who succeeds Rev. J. F. Cof-
man as pastor of the NJ E. church. with his wife
arrived Thursday and will conduct the services
tomorrow. We bespeak for him cordial recep-
tion and prosperous year
A delivery horse belonging to Roberts grocery
company took a breath of liberty Wednesday
morning and started to believer orders on its own
account. Msiudgng its abilities it ran off the
dump at the big bridge on Miner street and broke
its neck.
Plummer & Co. have had new platform built
on their Miner street scales The weighing of
heavy loads of ore constantly wears the boards
and they have to be replaced very often. And a
large per cent. of the traffic of the street passes
over the scales.
A. Brostrom elected fnancier of No. 26
A. o. u w, last Monday night, succeeding Geo.
L. Hanson, who has served so long and faithfully
tn that position, and resigned in order to devote
his entire attention to his duties as member of
the grand lodge committee on laws.
long time since residing in Denver, was here last
Sunday and Mond4y, and with his wife and
Mrs. Walker the guest of E. F. Hall, Mrs
Drake's father. The occasion the celebration
of the silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Drake and
was complete in every detail
Register-Call: The surveyors party of the Moi
fat road, with c. H. Smith in charge, is camped up
near the head of South Boulder park surveying
for the big tunnel to cut through the range the
final work in that line not having been done vet
There are II in the party and they are pleasantly
located.
Information to the ears of Marshal and
Constable O'Rouke this week that parties were
violating the law at Loch Lomond, using trout
line, etc. Deputy Warden Fred Nelson was at
once notified and horse procured at the Straub
barn, the sportsmen's protective league standing
all expenses. Proceeding to the lake in rain
storm, the warden discovered the line stretched
across the lake, but the owner was absent Mr.
Nelson detached the line and hung it his saddle
horn. From the lake he went to the cabin, where
he found a party preparing dinner. Mr.. Nelson
inquired of him whether he had seen any stray
horses in that neighborhood The man said he
had not but that he something on the saddle
that looked very much like his property Mr..
Nelson, after repeated assurances from the man
that the line belonged to him, thereupon put the
latter under arrest, much to his discomforture