The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


the 10th inst.
Governor Mcdonald has issued a
proclamation naming Thursday, No
vember 3oth. as Thank ssivins Day.
Henry l. Higgins, for MANY years a.
prominent Leadville mining and smelt-
ing operator. died at Denver on the
| 10th inst
Receiver Stevick of the defunct
Denver Savings Bank, estimates THAI
he will be able to pay depositors about
| 10 cents on the dollar.
The State School of Mines has ac-
quired the Hemberger residence prop
erty adjoining the new Gusgenheim
hall on the east at a cost of $4,000.
| In the District Court at Greelev
| Thomas Ryan and Jack Harris We're
given penitentiary sentences for steal
| ing groceries from Union Pacific box
car.
| Fire on the 10th inst, destroyed the
ore house and blacksmith shop at the
Champion mine on Sultan mountain.
! The loss is about $4,000, covered by in
surance.
The $4,000 appropriated at the last
session Of the Legislature for the con
struction OF a state fish hatchery at
Glenwood Springs is now available for
use.
State Game and Fish Commits sioner
Woodland has put in some time at
Meeker and vicinity trying to stop the
| unlawful killing of deer on the western
slope.
Work was recently commenced on
| the two miles OF track which will run
from Gina, on the Rio Grand South
| ern, to the terminal of the May Day
tram.
The Las Animas County Medical So
ciety has decided to create a medical
library in Trinidad for the use of the
physicians in the various counties OF
southern Colorado.
Henry j. Teller, son OF Senator Tel
Ter, was married to Miss Minnie Trum
bull at Grand Junction on the 14th
inst. They will live on a fruit ranch
near Grand Junction.
Five new tents have been dedicated
by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief
Society at their sanitarium at Edge
water in the suburbs of Denver. Forty
patients have been enrolled.
Camp Henry w. Lawton. No ?, of
the Society of the Army of the Phil
ippines, will erect a monument in
memory of departed soldiers in Ever
|
James E. Burgess. prominent
| farmer living in the Box Elder valley.
six miles northeast of Fort Collins.
died on the 14th inst, as the result of
| injuries received in runaway.
The Logan County National Bank
of Sterling has been authorized to be-
gin business with $4,000 capital. J.
J. Cheairs, president; A. G. Sherwin
vice president. f. M. Gillett, cashier.
Aaron Woods, pioneer ranchman
and miner of Golden and veteran OF
! the Civil War. died at Gallup, New
Mexico on the 18th inst, while on his
return from trip to California.
The Sunday closing law was en-
forced in Victor for the first time on
the 18th inst, effectively, the officers
claim. The saloons in the whole Grip
pie Creek district were shut up tight.
There was a very successful meet
ing of the Gunnison County Farmers
institute at Gunnison on the 10th
inst. Many able speakers being
present from within and without the
state.
President c. w. Sells OF the Mani
;ou & Pixies Peak cog road has closed
contracts for several glass cars. Glass
will be used exclusively from the floor
to the roof. The ends will be
rounded.
Governor Mcdonald has issued an
order prohibiting the transfer of GER
tain timber rights in Grand county to
Frank Gyllensten of Denver, until the
sale of the timber has been closely in
vestigated.
James McPhillips, aged forty five
years, committed suicide near the
Lake (Nanrpa mine in the vicinity nj
Lake George. on the Colorado Midland,
twenty five miles north of Cripple
Creek on the 9Th inst.
The Colorado National Life Assur-
ance company has been Incorporated.
with its headquarters at Denver. On
the board of directors are former
Governor James b. Grant, Charles NJ.
MacNeill. Fred G. Moffat. ]. A Hayes,
Benjamin B. Brown. Spencer Penrose,
Thomas B. Stearns, Harry X. Brown,
Clarence c. Hamlin, A. NJ Glider
sleeve and J. Arthur Connell.
Walter Weber of Denver son OF
Mrs Nancy Weber. has been APP
pointed instructor for the government
printing Office in Manila, p. L. MI
Weber was Il Greeley boy and learned
the printing trade in the Greeley Sun
Office. He served in the Spanish,
American war and has lived in Denver
since. He and his wife will sail No
vember 25th from San Francisco
The Colorado State Commercial AS
sociation has filed its Incorporation
papers with the secretary of state at
Denver. Its object is to advance the
interests of its members and to pro
mote the general welfare of the state
of Colorado and adjoining states; to
secure cooperation with local CONNER
cial bodies in the development of the
state of Colorado; to secure co-opera-
tion between land owners and agents,
and also to promote and encourage