Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-01-09
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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During the past year e.s96.o0o trout
fry were turned loose in Colorado
streams through public appropriation
II IS estimated that reservoirs now
under construction in Colorado VIII
add i,0oo0eQ acres TO the irrigabe area
A recruiting Office for the United
States navy will be kept open in Den
Yer until January l6th at Nc. Lewis
block.
The production of crude oil from the
Florence oil fields in 1893 was approx
Imately 2aooo.o0o gallons. or 5oo,ouo
barrels of iorty-two gallons. which
were produced and refined.
Ralph Hammerslough. a prominent
Trinidad merchant. dropped dead in
store on Fifth avenue in Chicago De
cember -9th. He went TO Chicago TO
be treated for Brighis disease.
Helen Fisher Bagley. aged seven
tenn, and Lilly Power. ager seventeen,
both residents OF Pueblo. were victims
OF the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago
Both girls were attending school IN
| Chicago
Niagara W Hall a prominent citizen
Of Greeley. and one of the pioneers
of the Union colony. died at his home
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gia OF the heart, in the sixty ninth year
of his age.
In the Boulder oil field twenty-six
wells are producing about 200 barrels
OF crude oil day. and while the pro
duct is small. the output is said to be
OF the highest grade produced in the
world. Other wells will be drilled.
The Boulder office of the Colorado
Telephone Company has been moved
| into the rompany's handsome new
building on Spruce street. opposite the
court house. Boulder now has si6
telephones and the Boulder district
! zoe
The coreners jury which lnvestigat-
ed the death Of Httle Margaret Aims
worth who WAS run over by an elec-
/ tric car al Colorado Springs. stated.
I in their verdict. that her death might
/ have been ayerted 10y greater care on
/ ;he part Of the motorman.
II Is stated at Colorado Springs that
ne Eutiatious have been practically
| closed by J. r. McK!nnle OF Colorado
! Springs and y. II. Stewart and IL. h.
Coleman. both Of Kalamazoo. Michi-
/ gan. for the erection OF a 81 0O0,O0p
/ beet sugar factory at Las Animas. and
+ TO acquire $500 acres for cultivation.
Work is going forward along the
/ Monat road. near Denver on the arte-
sian wells to provide the engines with
] water. one well has been finished at
/ Utah Junction. one is now under way
/ at Leyden Junction. Another well will
/ be constructed farther west as soon as
7 the one at Leyden Junction is COM
pleted.
/ A Detroit. Michigan. dispatch OF De-
! @ inter 2gth says: Jacob Houghton.
I well known In Michigan and Colorado
mining and railroad circles. died at his
home here to-day. aged seyenty-six
years In 1878 he became manager OF
the Moose mine. in Colorado. and prcsi-
dent Of the synciinal Mining Company.
In 1880 he returned to Michigan.
The January term of the County
! Court at Trinidad began on the 4th
inst with sixty-fve eases On the
| docket. consisting of sixty-five crimi-
nal eleven divorce, one lunacy, thirty
three civil. four delinquent children
/ and two deserted or neglected chit
| dren. The fees collected by this
court during 1903 amounted to S32.-
osI.22
A. c. Glenn. who has been dispatch
| er In the Pueblo postoifice, has been
named as superintendent OF station A.
which will be open for business in Bes-
semer about January goth. The force
| will consist of an assistant superin-
/ tendent and nine mail carriers and will
| handle all the mail in Bessemer and
what is known as the Upper Mesa. in
cluding Minnequa.
The long-pending wine rooms case
was settled January 4th in Denver by
| a decision of the United States Su-
| prerne Court, which holds that the
/ maintenance of wine rooms for women
/ in the Denver saloons is unlawful un-
der the ordinances OF the city OF Den
YER The decisions of both the Dis
trict Court and the State Supreme
Court are affirmed.
Colorado State Grange. Patrons of
| Husba ndry. will meet in thirtieth an
nual session in G. A. X. hall. Linden
street. Fort Collins. on Tuesday, Jan
! nary 18th. The grange will continue
in session Tuesday and Wednesday
| Fifth and sixth degrees will be CON
| ferred Wednesday evening. Thurs
days session will be held at the hall
of Union Grange, Mcclellan station.
| Delegates and patrons will be enter
( tanned during the sessions.
At Colorado Springs December 29th.
while here parents were busy packing
their trunks preliminary to departure
| for the East. Marguerite Ainsworth.
nineteen months old. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. o. o. Ainsworth, while play
| ing in the street In front of her home.
SIG East Pixies Peak avenue. was run
over and instantly killed by street
car. The motorman states that she
ran under the rear trucks of the car
after the front end had passed
The following patents have been is
| sued 10 Colorado inventors: Thomas
| w. Jenkins. assignor OF one-third to
| F.. Grose, Fort Collins. dumping wagon:
Frederick T. Kilt, Denver. electrically
| cont rolled railway switch: John