Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-10-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.

James Laundry was instantly killed
at Silver Plume on the 18th inst by the
falling of a rock in the Baltimore tun-
mel. He WAS twenty-one years Of age
and unmarried
A paying flow OF oil is reported in
the No. s well OF the Otero company
near Boulder. Other companies are
actively engaged in drilling in the VI
einity.
Among the vice presidents elected by
the Army OF the Tennessee at its recent
meeting are Captain George Ady OF
Denver and General w. T. Clark, also
credited to Colorado.
Thomas J. Hunter. for fifteen years
a resident OF Larimer county. died At
Fort Collins on the 18th inst. at the
age of eighty-six years. leaving wife
who is eighty-fye.
DIR. Rose Kidd Beere has been ap-
pointed truaney officer for the city OF
Denver. This is said to be the first
case in the West where woman has
held the position.
The handsome new opera house at
Loveland was opened on the night OF
October 4th. the play being On the
Hills OF California" The seating ca
pacity is about 800.
The second annual meeting OF the
Rocky Mountain Hotel Mems associa-
tion will be held at the Adams hotel in
Denver. November 9th. There will be
banquet at night.
Farmers have begun delivering beets
Mt the Longmont sugar factory. The
plant viii not be finished ready for
work for several weeks. but the sheds
Will be filled Ia Iull GaUartfN
Vincent Walsh, son OF Thomas +.
Walsh of Colorado. had the bones of
his right arm badly fractured by the
crank of his automobile while out rid
ing at Washington on the 18th inst.
Harry Davies. the snake charmer. re-
ceived his tenth snake bite a few days
ago. from rattlesnake, at his Denver
Snakery, but did not take it seriously.
He had only recently recovered from
the bite OF a copperhead.
Henry Carr Ferris has been appoint
ed superintendent OF the Union Pacific
railroad lines in Colorado 10 succeed
w. A. Deuel.. who goes TO Omaha to
take the position OF superintendent Of
the company's lines In Nebraska,
+. ID. A, Cockerell. OF London. later
secretary of the Colorado Biological
biological scientists in the world, has
been secured by Colorado College TO
compile the fauna and fora Of Colo
rado.
A. d. Frenzel of Denver has offered.
through the Colorado Scientific Socie-
ty, a cash prize OF $3.50 To the student
of the State School OF Mines who shall
write the best paper on Tungsten in
Ealnralap tho nrize n he knnyxn "a y
the Frenzel prize.
The students OF the University of
Denver we're so elated by the fact that
that their football team was only beat
en- 10 to by the Nebraska team that
they took whole day of and paraded
the streets in trolley cars with tin
horns and college yells.
DR.. J. Grafton Jones OF Buffalo. n
Y. is anxious TO locate two boys in
Colorado and has sought the assistance
of the State Humane society. The boys
are sons OF Thomas McDougal. now
living in Buffalo. Their names are
John Patrick and William Albert Nc
Dougal.
The troops from Fort Logan. 100
strong, started October 18th for the
army maneuvers at Fort Riley over the
Union Pacific The fort Is left without
q garrison except detachment of cav
airy of the Tenth regiment. which
-ame TO take the places of the infantry
while the maneuvers were on.
Prof. Clarence p. Gillette OF the State
Agricultural college has been notified
OF his appointment by Director True as
chief expert in charge CT all the ex-
hibifs in entomology made at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition by the
government experiment stations. He
will soon begin the work.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application Of Charles
Rucker. Humphrey Best. NJ. o. Coggins.
]. Dennep. A. Nichols and !. l.. MCGEE
TO organize a new national bank. to be
known as the First National bank of
Rocky Ford, Colorado. The new bank
will employ capital of $4,000.
The Telluride mill at Colorado City
started up ON the 18th inst with a full
force of men. according TO the state
ment Oh the operators. The mill began
By treating 200 tons OF ore a day, but
expects to increase to 300 tons in few
days. Striking millmen asserted that
no union men had returned to the mill
!. City Chemist Frank ii. Martin of
Colorado Springs has completed a
chemical analysis of the water which
was thought to have caused the illness
of sixty-eight soldiers at Camp Ell Paso
in Cripple Creek on the Sth inst The
analysis shows the presence of cobalt
in the drinking water. the exact pro-
portion being one and one-half grains
to the gallon.
n. Underhili, commissioner OF the
Colorado Terminal Lines association,
recently stated that according to the
estimates made by him the tourist
business of the year would be close
to 10000. The tickets sold to excur-
sionists are good until October 31st.
and there are now about 1000 tickets
for the return trips not taken out. The
tourist business this year has been
.x,,,oIx vior than 1aet voor