The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-12-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


idenilal class January list.
TIE Rev John W Carter Of Owa-
tonna. Minnesota. has accepted the
pas s-orate of the First Universalist
church Of Denver.
1he tCn-dollar counterfeit bills OF the
Buffalo series, passed in large numbers
in Colorado last spring. have appeared
again in Trinidad.
Frank Zindlo of Greeley. twenty four
years Of age, accidentally shot himself
while out duck hunting November 26th
and died instantly.
An unusual number of coyotes are
troubling the farmers near Florence,
having been driven cut of the hills By
snow and cold weather.
The Methodist Church building at
Julesburg was destroyed by fire on the
12th inst. The loss is stated at about
5000, with $500 insurance.
The Colorado State Teachers Asso-
ciation holds it's thirty-iirst annual
meeting at Denver during holiday
wee. beginning December 2Gth.
I. J. Dugan. president of the Ma
tioual Bank of Commerce OF Denver,
has decided to drill wells for artesian
wat on the Gale ranch in Beaver
II IS estimated that some 10000
small pine and pinon trees have been
shipped from Florence to Kansas City
and St Louis for use as Christmas
trees.
Fred H. Pratt. we'll known Jeffer-
son county ranchman. living near
Crosswell. suddenly dropped dead of
heart disease while working in his
barn.
In preparation for the holiday rush
sixty-tive men have been added to the
clerical force at the Denver postofiice.
The new clerks will serve until after
New Year.
Among the courses recently intro
dueed in the state university at Boul-
der is one in sanitary science and pub
lie health. 1t has already been taken
up by twenty-five students.
The Palisades National Bank of Pal
isades, Colorado, has been authorized
TO begin business with $4,000 capital.
J. J, burke is president. O. II. Shoup
vice president and j. g. Mckinney
cashier.
Thirty oil locations were filed in the
county clerks Office ut Colorado
Spring on the 10th inst on land south
ing is being prosecuted on the Emo
Company's ground.
An eastern syndicate has purchased
the Halfway house on the Pixies Peak
cog road from j. p Palsgrove. Nearly
$5O, 600. it is said, will be expended in
the construction of Il large hotel and
in other improvements.
The machine shop OF the r'nser
Engineering Works at Denver took
fire shortly after midnight on the 10th
inst. and nearly all the woodwork oil
the interior was destroyed, badly dam
aging much of the machinery.
Guy lie Roy Stevick, receiver of the
Denver Savings Bank. has paid a div.
idelt OF twenty per cent. TO depositors.
making total of thirtytiye per cent.
10 date. He expects to be able to pay
twenty-five per cent. of the entire de-
posits.
John B. Drew OF Angora, In Rio
Blanco county aged ~ years, walked
all the way to Rawlins. Wyoming, a
distance of 135 miles, to testify in q
wsuit in which some of his friends
we're interested. He covered one TWEEN
five mile stretch at night.
Harrison Il Martin. one of the best
known and most highly esteemed col
ured men of Denver, who has been en-
poyed in the office of the Board of
public Works for the past fifteen
lars December LIST. He leaves a
widow and eleven surviving children.
The business mems committee at
canon City, having in charge sub
scriptions to the bonus asked by +. S.
Granger of $4,000. reports the money
all raised. and work will commence on
the trolley line between Florence and
Canon City by the first of the year.
The four-mile extension of the Sill
yerton Northern railroad from Eureka
Ia Animas Forks is blocked for the
winter. 1t is proposed to keep this
ruad open all the year after this sea
ON and to that. end extensive snow
sheds will be built next summer
The School of Mines has withdrawn
rom the Rocky Mountain lntercollegi-
ate Athletic Association, which con.
sisted of that school. the University OF
Denver, Colorado College and TIE State
Agricultural College at Fort Collins,
This action is expected to break up the
association.
Thirty-six land office clerks in vari-
ous western land Offices will be given
IN increase of salary of 500 per year
commencing With January LIST next.
Among the number to receive this in
crease are c. NJ. Conger of Denver.
Nellie McCloud of Durango, Harry
Long of Montrose, and G.. NJ. Jennings
and Mrs. A. B. Bush of Pueblo.
Attired in short dresses, giving them
The appearance of mere children, Miss
Serena Bonsidini and Miss Rose Sena,
ac"ompanied by their parents and pros
pective husbands, visited the county
clerks office in Trinidad and secured
marriage licenses. The two girls were
both under IA years Of age and it was
necessary for their parents to give
heir consent before the licenses could
be issued.