Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-01-30
COLORADO BRIEFS.

science church in Denver.
Edwin s Bruce. brother Of The wife
Of senator Henry NJ Teller, died at
pueblo January Esd at the age OF eighty
years.
The President. or January e5th.
sent To the Senate the nomination o.
Paul J. Scurs TO be postmaster o.
Denver.
II IS expected that the Monat road
= H be completed TO Boulder Park
forty hye miles from Denver. some
tine in February.
Up to January 2sth more than s. oSo
had been pledged to the Colorado Pro
motion and Publicity committee to
advertise the state.
Colorado railroads will do ar extra
amount OF eastern advertising this
year. The new Moffat road viii issue
several publications.
John Powers. an old time miner OF
cripple Greek. was killed by The ex.
pI5sion Of a missed shot in the Jerry
Johnson mine January 24th.
The county commissioners Of Pueblo
county have voted 81 Gee for the par-
pose OF preparing marble exhibit to
represent the county al the ST. Louis
Fair.
The Colorado College Of Osteopa;hy
a. Denver has consolidated with the
American School O. Osteopaghy at
klrkyiIie. Missouri. and will be moved
tJ that place.
The Denver Choral Society. under the
direction OF Professors Houseley and
Thomas, is arranging TWO choruses Of
80 voices 10 sing al the Worlds Fair
81 St Louis.
Joseph Pearee. city street supeTyi-
soF Of Leadville. died January 20tt OF
pneumonia Mr.. Pearee was one of the
earliest pioneers and built tAe first
Hoiel at ORC city.
Fifty five sportmen took part in a
rabbit roundup near Hooper in Cos
iiiIa county January 24th and LILO
rabblts we're killed Two men killed
sixty four rabbits each.
The State Board OF Health. after
visiting Leadyille. reported that an cpl
denic OF typhoid fever existed IN the
city There are several hundred cases.
bat the mortality has been low.
Officers OF Fort Logan have so far
looked In vain for a cannon range in
the foothills near Denver. where there
Is room for target practice without in
terfering with any body's safety
Colorado's dea,h-ra;e per 1000. for
month OF December. ON the basis OF an
estimated population OF 56I.l3e. was
is.3s. excluding still-births. There
we're 500 deaths during the month
d. J. Pridham. who was Denver
agent for the Chicago. Milwaukee 4
ST Paul railroad from 1878 to 1892.
died In Chicago January I'D at the age
II seyenty-three- The cause Of his death
vas plenrisy.
1t is suspected that radium exists in
several OF the large springs at Glen
wood Springs. and portions Of the dried
sediment have been sent TO prominent
chemists and photographers for the
purpose of having them tested.
Robert YoungbIood. the young man
who was shot on New Years eve in
Denver In the ARRAY with Arnold. An.
drews and Peters. in which the rob
beers killed him mother. has so far re-
covered as to be discharged from the
hospital
The Herman Reuter- residence at
Brighton has been leased for the next
two years as a court house by Adams
county. The contents OF the safes
that passed through the recent court
house fire were found IN fairly good
condition.
II. s. Vaughn. commander OF the de-
partment OF Colorado and Wyoming
c. A. r. who has been i'll az 81. Lake s
hospital In DeHver as a result OF an
attack OF appendicitis. is improving
rapidly. A successful operation was
performed.
company has been Incorporated at
Pueblo with capital stock OF 100000
to establish railroad cooperative
store. The store will be under the
control OF the railroad brotherhood og
Pueblo and the ownership Of stock is
limited TO labor Unions.
At Colorado Springs the other dsy
Rev. Duncan Lamont, in competition
with thirteen other members OF the
Ministerial alliance. won the annual
woodsawing contest at the City hotel
Al the close fourteen hungry ciergy
men sat down to dinner at the hotel
\ few days ago b. c. BOYD. a wool
contractor at Bailey in the Platte
canon. took seventeen shots at a
mountain lion that has been stealing
hi< beef. which he hangs In tree
Boyd saw It standing under the tree
and opened fire. but the lion got away
Bids have been called for for the
construction of the new court house at
Walsenburg 10 be opened February i5
Inc bonda were voted last fall Every
thing is to be modern and the building
will cost $4,000. II is 10 be built OF
white sandstone from quarries near
town
After spending twenty years in O
| dug-out In the mountains a few miles
south of Buena Vista. w. F. Arfiund. a
Svede prospector. was found dead or
the morning Of January 22d. He was
seventy-nire years of age and had nc
relations in this country so IA. as
| known
The grand total valuation of Boul