Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-02-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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1ele graph Company has begun the In
stailation Of tts plant at Denver.
The thirteenth annual banquet OF the
Denver Bar Association viii be held
At the Brown Palace hotel February
2lst
Grading viii be commenced imme-
diately on the Farmington branch OF
the Denver L Rio Grande. below Dur
ango.
George Bauer Of the Bauer Mercan-
tile Company and Bauer Bank At Man
cos. died At . sAnitayium In Guadala-
jara. MEXICO. January slst
The Grand Aerie of the Fraternai
Order OF Eagles will be held In Den
yer next August and 10 expected to At
tract nearly 5000 yisitors.
Colorado College. at Colorado
Springs. has An endowment fund OF
&400. 900. and Will make = vigorous ef-
fort to Increase It to 100000.
George H. Crosby. formerly Of Den
yer. has been appointed freight tramc
manager for the Burlington In place OF
the late Thomas Miller. Who died re-
Gently.
The United States Senate has con.
frmed the nominations of F. NJ.
Downer as superintendent Wilbur
Hodgson assayer and J. w. Nilsson
melter and refiner Of the Denver mint.
| Ray b. Leese was unanimously re-
| appointed secretary OF the State Board
OF equalization and clerk OF the Board
OF Auditors At q recent meeting of the
board
| The Pueblo police magistrates have
| decided that the law prohibiting mi
nors from entering saloons must be
! enforced against newsboys engaged In
selling papers.
George w. Berger, . prominent
/ blacksmith of Greeley. committed sui
eide February I'd by taking chloroform.
| There was nothing In his business or
domestic relations to explain the act.
John U. and Bruce r. Watkins of
/ the firm of Watkins Brothers at Pu,
eblo. are informed that they are heirs
with hve others TO an estate IN Pitts.
burg. Pennsylvania, valued At $4,000
900.
Postmaster o. w. Richardson Of
Longmont died on the 9Th inst. at the
| age OF az years. He had been post
master for six years During the civil
war he served In the Twelfth Illinois
cavalry.
The new Fremont county hospital at
the poor farm near Canon City has
been completed at a cost Of $50, 900. II
VIII accommodate sixty patients and
there are six padded cells for insane
patients.
The Denver Young Mems Building
Association has purchased q building
| site. 12bx12b feet In size, at Sixteenth
and Lincoln avenues. which 10 between
the Brown Palace hotel and the Cap
itol building.
| At the recent frst annual meeting
Of the Phillips County Farmers Instt
tute at Holyoke dry weather farming
was discussed and II was planned to
] make experiments Of farming by wind.
mill irrigation.
The Interior Department has With.
drawn from all forms OF disposal what.
ever. six townships, embracing 13S.240
acres Of public lands. in the G1enwood
Springs land district. on account OF
irrigation projects.
On the arrest OF Alexander e. Jack.
son on the charge OF robbery In Den
yer. about u 500 worth Of jewelry and
diamonds was recovered. Jackson Is
q negro. and is said to be an extreme
| ly successful sneak thief.
Al Denver, on the 9th inst, William
H. Tsllman, q civil engineer, while
standing In q bath tub full nf water.
! reached up to turn ON the electric light
and received q shock of electricity that
caused almost instant death.
Dudley d. Sales. . Denver boy. now
studying At the Stanford University.
has chosen to participate In the con.
test for the President Carnot prize, Of
fered for he best speech ON the gov.
ernment or history OF France.
Trinidad 10 to have its two principal
streets paved. Main street will be
paved from Walnut street west to Ami.
mas street and Commercial street from
First street to the river. Two layers
Of vitrtded brick. with q cement foun
dalton. will be used.
Sam Erickson was killed at the
Camp Bird mine. Ouray, January 30th.
by falling 100 feet down . shaft. He
was q Finn. 50 years OF age. and sin
gle. Two sisters and . brother reside
in Michigan. and his father and mother
are still in Finland.
At Canon City . few days ago
twenty-seven drummers for ali kinds
of business landed on the afternoon
and night trains the same day. The
inns Of the place were able to take
care Of them without unlocking the
Hotel de Canon City.
The Salida Board Of Trade recently
adopted resolutions indorsing the
scheme Of A. G. Fitzgerald, VITO il
driving . tunnel to tap the Poncha hot
springs. II 10 expected that the tunnel
will also tap deposits Of gold and silver
ore and mica.
Arthur Lewis. . Missouri Pacific
trainm1n. while going back to nag q
train after an accident near EAds. Z
station east Of Pueblo. was attacked
BY ravenous pack Of coyotes and only
escaped BY brandishing . lighted fuse
and retreating b the caboose.