Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-05-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Growers Association Is laying plans
for the wholesale destruction Of prai-
rie dogs on the ranges.
Colorado Springs has an ordinance
iforbidding the beating OF carpets inside
the city limits. The inhabitants get
dust enough from other sources.
II experiments that are to be con-
Quoted this season In beet culture are
successful Durango will make strong
bid for beet sugar factory next year.
Henry Wianand who murdered his
wife in Denver last January. has been
sentenced to an indetermlnate term
OF from ten To fifteen years in the pen
I itentiary.
I Thursday. June 1st. has been de
/ cided upon as the date for the com
! meneement exercises at the Colorado
I State School for the Deaf and Blind.
Six students will graduate.
| Miss Belle p. GIL OF Denver has
been appointed deputy state dairy
/ commissioner under Mrs. Mary
Wright. Miss Ella Wright held the Of
! fee during the past two years.
Fifty thousand young trout were re-
celyed at SaIida recently from the
Gunnison hatchery and taken TO the
South Arkansas and turned into the
river by committee Of citizens.
Mrs. Mary E. I.apier was elected
foreman of jury In divorce case at
Cripple Greek few days since. She
bears the distinction OF being the first
woman Jurist to serve in Teller county.
Postmaster l.. G. Dana has received
authority from Washington to adver-
tise for bids for the construction Of the
United States postofIico in Colorado
Springs. TO be erected at q cost of
sI35, 900.
The Montrose Chamber OF Com
merce has issued 10000 pamphlets Of
twenty pages each entitled '-Facts Per
tinent to MoHtrose County. in the
Heart OF the Uncompahgre Valley and
Under the Gunnison Tunnel
Rev. William Potts George. who was
succeeded by DR.. J. 5. Montgomery al
Trinity NJ. Il. church. Denver. will ac-
cept the call Of Bishop Hamilton to til
the pulpit of Washington Street NJ Z.
church at Ponghkeepsie. New York.
BY the falling Of bin under which
they were working in the Portland ce-
ment works at Florence on the 18th
inst. Grove Miller. Reuben Bayliss and
George Leonard were crushed to
death. They were all young men and
single.
The Carpenters District Union Of
Denver has issued a statement that the
mechanics have not combined with the
builders 10 raise prices. They also
state that the cost OF building Is no
greater now than at any time for the
past five years.
At Salida on the sth inst. Archie
kimball. aged seventeen years. cap
tured young mountain lion which had
been driven into the city by the heavy
SHOWS. He made a cage for the animal
and intended TO keep IL. but during
the night 1t escaped.
In the recent award OF twenty-five
fellowships by the state university Of
/ Wisconsin. X. II. Hess. a graduate Of
Colorado College. was chosen fellow IN
political economy and Helen Summer
Of Denver was made honorary fellow
In the same branch.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Dr. l.. Il. Lemen OF Denver to be
member OF the State Board OF Health.
vice Hubert Work OF Pueblo. resigned.
DIR. Works reason for resigning Is the
fact that he lives so far away from
Denver that he cannot spare time for
the work
The following postmosters have been
appointed in Colorado: Charles VI.
Ayres. Needieton. La Plata county.
vice A. A. Steward, resigned. John :.
kemnitx. Rosita. Custer county. vice
". l.. Kirk. resigned; George NJ. White.
Vega. Mesa county, vice II. ". Camp
bell. resigned.
Dressed in oyerails and jumpers. zoo
students OF the University of Denver
recently planted 200 trees on the cam
pus. This was the direct result of
department OF landscape gardening
which has been installed at the uni
versity. Ash. elm and locust trees
We're planted.
The result Of examinations Of the
mineral waters of Manitou by Profes-
sor Wolcott OF the School of Mines,
which showed that the waters were ra-
dio-actiye. has caused local promoters
to think seriously of erecting a large
sanitarium in Maniton for the cure of
cancerogs diseases.
Governor Mcdonald and Attorney
General Miller have arranged to retain
the services OF Professor Carpenter.
former state engineer. pending the de
cislon Of the kansas-Colorado water
suit. No other man is SO well informed
on the question in controversy and his
services will be invaluable.
The time for putting In operation
the new stage route from Arrowhead
TO points in Routt county has been
changed from May 18th to June list.
owing to the impossible condition of
the roads over the range. there being
from two to three feet of snow on the
level for many miles on both sides of
the summit.
Great interest is slown by Pueblo
real estate dealers who handle ranch
lands in the soil culture scheme advo-
Gated by the Business Mems Associa-
tion. Many experiments are being
conducted In the growth OF different