Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

SIR John Hall picked some ripe
awberrtes from under the snoE al
Boulder on the 18th inst
II is rumored that number OF
fireeks VIII try 20 buy out the leading
Bootblack stands In Denver and estab-
5lsh a bootblack trust.
The Knights Of Columbus have sub
seribsd sI500g toward the erection Of
So 600 club building in Denver and
expect 10 raise the balance soon.
The new Steele hospital at Denver
FOR contagiou diseases Will be opened
soon and viii be one OF the best
equipped Institutions Of the kind In the
country.
Mrs. schier OF Pueblo thlckened her
soup with rat biscuit. which she m1s-
took for crackers. and only the y5Eor-
ous use OF a stomach pump saved the
lives Of the family.
Prof c. A. Bradley. principal o. the
Manual Training high school in Den
ber. says that more than one-thIrt of
the pupils who complete the grammar
school enter the hiss school.
The churches Of Denver are planning
revival services on large scale Be 9e-
gin January lst WilbaF Chapman.
a A+RNNAA g al AstslaA VI WV Va = R-A-gs
will have charge of the meetings.
The Pueblo Business Mems Asaoeia-
;iCn has selected a committee % I'VE
10 confer alth Two woolen manufactJr-
efs for the purpose Of installing a plant
that vIl employ roo men at the start
Governor Peabody has appointea Or.
Leroy c. Hedges u Grand Junction as
q member of the state Board OF aeii-
cal Examiners. To lll the vacancy
caused By the resignation Of DR.. c. +.
Slough.
DR. w. A. Bell has purchased the
Mansions hotel aud the site Of the for
mer Manitou house adjoining. In Maui
ton. from the Manitou- Mansions Hote!
Company. The sale was made To hat4s-
~ mortgage.
Gen. Frank u. Baldwin. commanding
the Department Of the Colorado aiI
ask from the coming Congress az ap-
preparation of $500 o9u TO be used IL fle
enlargement aud Improvement Of Fort
Logan al Lsnyer.
The tax levy q the town OF Greeley
for the year 1905 has been placed az
Is mills. one mill less than foE !ast
year. The total valuation OF ctty prop
.rty Is 81 .3ss 655. This will give a. IL
come Of 81. .s2g -.
Judge Ben b. Lindsey. Who has be-
come famous through his juvenile
court wagk in Denver, Is TO write a
book book on The Problem q the
Child" for the Macmillan Publishing
Company Of New York.
The motor cycle run from Fort 10
gan. at Denver. to Albuquerque. Nsw
Mexico BY Sergeant CaprUn and Prl.
yate Boien. was so delayed by lad
H9Ads and wazhouts south Of Ration
pass that no record vas made.
For the purpose Of starting a fund
To build = home Tor invalid and eafee.
bied mai carriers Of Denver. the Den
yer Letter Carriers Band OF the Ma
tional Association OF Letter Carriers
will give a concert and ball al Coll
scum hall on November lkth.
Prof. /. D. Grain, head Of the de
partment OF electrical engineering at
tho Agricultural College. has been re
lucsted by the American Institute o,
Electrical Engineers to form a branch
student organization among ne stu
dents OF electrical engineering at the
college
r. W. wctter. who finished serving
a sentence at Cripple Greek October
2ith, was Immediately reargstea on
his release. charged vita lesecrating
the tag by posting small mixtures OF
a circular. the words OF salea were
printed N the stripes Of the uational
emblem.
The state Historical Society is anx-
lous 10 acquire the hne cJ.lstlon OF
prehistoric relies made In we5Isrn NeS
Mexlca BY Captain Cecil A DcAle. The
captain Is not oHlF an eBthus a-tic col
lector but patriotic CoseTa1ean. and
Riil sell them TO the society cheaper
than be would TO eastern purchasers A
subscription has been started to secure
the necessary funds
Mrs Mary Ana Motley def AZ St
Jnseph's hospital in Denver. october
asrd at the age Of i02 years. she was
enc Of the pioneers Of Denver having
come across the plains with her hus-
band In 1850 Mr.. Motley vas drowned
In the Platte river in iSss while trying
TO 20 from Denver TO Omaha in a boat
Mrs. Motley WAS a native Of Swiizer-
land and came TO this country in 1850.
At the Worlds Fair In ST. Louis the
Colorado state school exhibit took a
grand prize. the Denver e.smentary
school took a gold medal. the Denver
thEn sChpol bAth Nit4Ats aAA hus aAh-
ual Training and Art school gold
medal. The state OF Colorado has
taken three grand prizes tNelve gold
medals. eleven silver medals and four
bronze medals in the educational and
social economy exhibits.
In the federal court at Pueblo on
the 18th inst. Jack O'Brien aud VIII
Morgan were sentenced by Judge John
Riner to three years each at hard labor
In the government penitsntary at Fort
Leavenworth for passing c0unteifeit
money Both pleaded guilty, as did
George c. johnson, arrested on the
same charge. The sentence Of John
son. who was thought to have been a
tool of his associates. was postponed.