The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-10-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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The interior Of yhs state capitol
building al Denver has been cleaned,
repaired and raNarnished AT a cost OF
81 700.
Thomas GrlsNe OF Colorado has been
appointed hydrograuhic aid in the geo
logical survey and assigned TO duty
in Washington
The Denver n Rio Grande railroad
Will erecr Il factory at Pueblo for the
manufacture of frUgs-not for food,
but for railroad switches
The people of Aspen At u special
election have voted in favor of pur,
chasing the old water plant AMI
against erecting a new one.
Bids will he received at the state
capitol October 2ls. for the construc-
tion of the Teller and Fremont county
state wagon road between the Cripple
Creek district and Canon Guy.
The State Board of Charities and
Corrections mas elected Dr Eleanor
l.awuey delegate from the board to
the National Prison Congress at Lin
coin, Nebraska, October 2lst to 2Gth.
About slop,Oun WAS collected at the
United States internal revenue Office
in Denver during the month OF Septem-
her The territory covered by the Of
ace includes Colorado end Wyoming.
\ good deal OF damage was done in
lie Cncompahgre valley by heavy
frost on the night of October 9Th.
Nearly all green vegetables were
killed and some kinds OF apples badly
injured.
In order to stimulate good marks
manshlp in the Colorado National
Guard Adjutant General Bulkeley
Wells is offering a handsome silver
cup as a trophy FOR excellence in skir-
mish fire.
The jury al Boulder in the case os
.Iaciuto NavaTrlje. accused OF murder
ing Yenes Was June 22d near Long
mont. brought in verdict of NOT guilty
on the 10Th inst ant. Was, a Mexican.
was killed in f=ht resulting from
saloon quarrel in North lonGmont
Governor Mcdonald has signed an
order for the organization of IA second
section of B1r'olF \ ot Victor The
battery viii consist Of thirry men With
two field pieces aud viii be commanded
by Major II, \. NaHlur of the Second
regiment. who, in is said. viii resign to
accept the captainc!
Colorado people Will experience one
of the coolest winters in ten years, ac-
cording TO Special Gauo Warden Civ
ems. who SAWS that all The deer in the
higher attitudes are coming below the
quakine aspen line He says that
every time the deer leave The higher
ridges severe winter is indicated.
George Adams, Greek carrying an
American name. has been ordered on
of Pueblo by Chief of Police McCaf-
ferry, Adams is charged with mas
querading as Il priest and claiming TO
be collecting money and yaluables that
can be converted into money for the
interests of The Christian religion IN
Servia.
Applications received by the forest
service at Washington for The pur-
chase of timber on recently created re-
serves include one for l.U1p,OO0 feet Of
timber, IA large percentage of which is
dead. on the Holy Cross reserve, Colo
rado. Another is for 600,oo0 feet ol
dead and insect-infected timber on the
Pixies Peak reserve.
james f. Burns of Portland mine
fame, has brought suit in the District
Court at Denver TO compel James
Doyle, associated with him in the
Portland mine, to pay him $l5l7.4o,
costs in the battle for the control OF
the mine which was fought out in the
Iowa Supreme Court last April and
was decided in favor of Burns. He
claims that Doyle has never obeyed
the orders of the court.
The closing of the deal for the Iur-
chase of the Western Packing Com
pany and the Colorado Packing and
Provision Company by the National
Packing Company of Chicago is taken
by stockmen to mean that satisfac
tory terms have been made with the
stockholders in the Denver Union
Stockyards Company for transfer OF
the controlling interest in the yards
to the National Packing Company.
The Denver News says that instead
of making anything ont of his contcst
TO secure the $1,000 insurance left by
his wife. DR.. Jones Watson, the Denver
osteopath, who was tried in Missouri
for his wife's murder last year. mo-
only spent all the insurance that his
wife left but considerable part OF his
own private property. The fees alone
for defending him in the murder trial
were $1,000 and the court costs ate
up more than the balance.
A petition has been filed with the
state engineer by the commissioners
of Ouray county asking that a survey
be made to determine the line which
forms the south boundary of Ouray
and the north boundary of San Juan.
The law provides that after the engin-
eer has made the survey as requested
the disputing counties shall 90 into
court and have the matter adjudicated
There is mining property in the dis
puted territory that neither county is
able to assess.
Suspected of being a high grader"
jerry Thomas was arrested at Denver
on the 10th instant by Detectives Nc
Neill and Rinker at the request of Mar
shall Naylor of Victor. Thomas was