Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-12
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

yer & Rio Grande railroad.
A station OF the United States
Weather Bureau has been established
At the University Of Colorado at Boul-
der.
The State Board OF Dental Examin-
ers has begun a crusade against dem
lists In tbs state who practice without
licenses.
The Rev. William p George. late OF
Kansas City, has been engaged ~ pas
tor Of Trinity NJ. e. Church in Dem
yer. to succeed the Rev. Frost Craft
A Greeley potato weighing seven
pounds was recently sent to the head
quarters Of the Colorado Promotion
and Publicity Committee at St Louis
BY B. D. Sanborn of Greeley.
The town OF Manitou is negotiating
with General Palmer for . lease ON
Manitou Soda Springs park II 1t 10 So
cured the park will be greatly Inn
proved and made q city park.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange
by . series OF resolutions. has placed IT.
self as opposed to the proposed amend
ment to the city charter extending the
term Of the present aldermen from two
70 four years.
no OO01e8 Oh eight Vi luc ShSsAA. -
the coal mine explosion at Tercto had
been recovered up to the ath inst Inc
last three bodies found could not pc
Identified owing to their burned and
mangled condition
N. J. McNamara, one OF the pioneer
dry goods merchants Of Denver. a. well
- one Of its most public-spirited ana
enterpr!sing citizens during . long
al ~ hia h0mA IN
Denver on the 5th inst
Stanley Gorse, a ten-yearold Pueblo
boy. had the unusual experience . rev
days ago Of being run over by q switch
engine In the Minnequa yards and be-
ing picked up bruised but not danger
oasly hurt after 1t had passed.
T. G. Lennon. superintendent OF
the Grand Junction Indian school has
been transferred to the superintendency
Of the Indian school at MoQui. Arizona.
Superintendent Charles Z. Burton Of
Aoqui coming TO Grand Junction
The once a the weather bureau IN
Denver has been removed from the
federal building to the fourth story o.
the Boston building. At Seventee0fA
and ChAmpA streets, where more com
mod1ous quarters have been secured.
TrsA Ksller. . young Swiss. slipped
A1d fell from . horizontal bar while
practacing IN the Turner hall gymna-
sium IN Denver . few days ago. 0tr1k-
ing the door 90 hard as to break his
neck He lived but two days after
being hurt.
Jacob Riis, celebrated for bringing
about remarkable reforms In the tene-
meat house sections Of New York. Will
lecture In Denver November 18th and
ilth, under the auspices Of the Y. ~.
G. A. President Roosevelt called him
-the most useful man In New York"
Fred r. Whiting. proprietor Of . drug
store On Humboldt street In Denver.
WAs held up ON the night o( tho 7th
inst. By . masked robber and robbed
of e116 In cash. Drug stssee and "a
looas. being open nights. are the favor
ito victims Of the hold-up fraternity.
W. u. Pabor, an old-time Colorado
editor and colonizer. Is still printing
the "Pabor Lake Pineapple" at Avon
Park postofice. De Soto county, Flor
ida It is published monthly and pre-
sents an attractive and prosperous ap-
pearance. The October number II a
special Information" issue.
General Manager vallery Of the Col
orado Midland il considering the pro
ject of arranging to run electric cars
between Colorado Springs and Wood
land Park. 1t Is proposed to operate
hourly trains between Colorado Springs
and Woodland Park, and oftener II de-
manded. during the summer.
A robber snatched q woman's pock-
etbook on an electric car at Cripple
Creek and knocked down the con.
ductor after the latter had restored it
TO the owner. Then the robber jumped
on the car near the Morning GLORY
switch, going over q precipice and
breaking his neck on the rocks. His
body was found later.
While taking q Mexican beet topper
to the town jail at Holly. Town Mar
shoulder by the prisoner. The Mexi-
can, while trying to escape. was shot
twice in the neck by the marshal and
captured. The marshAl's wound IL deep
and serious, but not fatal. The Mex
can was not badly wounded.
An orchard owned BY w. 8. Coburn.
president Of the State Board OF Horti.
culture. has made . record In Colorado
fruit this year. says . Denver daily.
Tue orchard In located 1t Hotchkiss
and contains about thirty acres. Mr.
Coburn has already picked $500 boxes
Of apples from the trees and ID prepar
ing to care for 1900 more. II IL one
Of the heaviest Yields ever made BY the
orchard and establishes . record in
that vicinity.
A new company has been Organized
to manage the Stlverton railway. Re
Gently this road was sold to John A.
Ewing Of LeadviIle for $4,000. The
company has now been reorganixed
and articles Of incorporation nled with
the secretary Of state. The new com
many In kunNn A the SflYerf0u Rail.