Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-04-18

hasten the work of placing the office in the
second class. We cannot increase in size
as city until the postoffice arrangements.
are taken care Of
There is no reason why Idaho Springs
Republicans, and Democrats as well, should
not prepare to send big delegation to Den
yer on the occasion of the visit of President
Roosevelt. We can afford to drop politics
for the time-he is our president and be-
longs, not to any political party, but to the
entire nation. Let Idaho Springs show
herself in royal style and assist in tender
ing welcome to the first president the
nation ever had who was linked by friend
ship and cultivation with the great West
This matter can be taken up and special
cars arranged for so that the city will have
one of the finest representations on the oc-
casion.
Mr.. Thomas Shaughnessy, of San
Jose, California, was in the city last week
and paid particular attention to the mining
propositions in the district. "If we had in
California what you have here he remark
ed, ''our mills would show you that this
tonnage of low grade ore would amount to
more than all the high-grade or medium
stuff you have in the camp. A hotel for
your tourists and proper milling facilities
for the low grade ore will make Idaho
Springs. These are the two ESSENTIALS
A Pullman porter found a diamond be-
longing to Denver man and returned the
sparkler in good shape. He received a
quarter for his trouble. Is it a matter of
wonder that car porters do not return more
stuff?
One of the most extreme calamities that
has visited the city for sometime was the
storm last Sunday and the devastation of
about $40, ,ooo, 900 worth of pride. Of
course the ladies had all purchased their
Easter bonnets and were in a position to
make Idaho Springs streets look like
garden of flowers but the storm came and
the Easter hats were locked up and tear
drops mingled with the snowflake. The
bills for the hats will arrive on the first of
next month, however, just the same as if
no storm or panic had intervened
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D. B. Davidson, the we'll known investor
and business man of Des Moines, Ia, was.
in the city this week looking over his in
terests. The Fall River proposition is.
showing up better all the time and there is.
every reason to believe that when few feet
additional is reached it will encounter one
of the big ore chutes of that section Mr..
Davidson is pleased with the city and dis
trict, although he stated that the close down
of the Stanley had made a marked effect in
the appearance of things in that vicinity
He returned to Iowa on Tuesday
1t may be matter of interest to some of
the pouters who have been insisting that
the administration would do nothing with
the trusts and combinations to know that
the United States Federal court, sitting at
St. Paul, Mimi, has declared the railroad
merger contrary to the antitrust law Our
Democratic friends do good deal of shout
ing all the time but never succeed in accom-
plishing anything any of the time They
will not be in the best position possible to-
meet the Republicans in the next national
campaign but we can rest assured of one
thing and that is that they will be telling
the people ''what ought to be done.
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The peopleof Empire are going after their