The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEHS


Pixies Peak Hydro Electro Company
forfeited
The annual encampnent OF the de-
partment OF Colorado and Wyoming
| Grand Army OF the Republic, will be
at Greeley. June 18th to 14th.
| E l. Philips OF Longmont, has been
awarded the contract for grading the
new Colorado & Southern branch from
Plumner's beet dump to Black Hollow.
| nine miles.
The Las Animas County Bar Asso-
citation gave a banquet March 31st 10
Judge Jesse G. Northcutt. who has re
signed to his successor. Henry Hunter
Of Waisenburg.
At recent meeting at Colorado
| Springs the executive committee OF the
| Pixies Peak Centennial celebration
elected Thomas F. Walsh director gen
| srl OF the celebration.
Miss Katherine L. Craig. state super
intendent os public instruction, has Is.
sued handsome booklet II which she
has compiled selections suitable for
use by the schools of the state In the
observance Of Arbor Day. April goth.
The Canon City Y. NJ C. A. is plan
ming for the erection Of a fine building
As soon as the $4,000 bequeathed to il
for that purpose by the late F. A RAJ
nolds shall become available. 1t is
/ planned to raise q large addition!
| fund.
E. r. Harper Of Gunnison county and
| John Saxton OF Pueblo have been con
stituted commission to go into Cone
Jos county and check up on behalf OF
the state the books OF the defaultins
treasurer of the county. Charles Il.
! Brickeustein.
1t Is announced that premiums az
! greeating 81, 600 will be offered by the
| National Cattle Association in addition
| TO the premiums offered by the Colo
RADIO State Fair Association for the cat
tie exhibits at the State Fair at Pu-
sblo next fall.
Frederick l.. Starre-. OF Rochester,
! New York, has accepted the call to be
| come general secretary OF the Young
Mems Christian Association at Denyer
| to succeed W. G.. Danuer, who mas re-
signed to take charge OF the Y. ii. c.
A. health farm.
Congressman Bonynge has appointed
| Robert c. Munix, son of Harry MLi-
| nix OF Denver. as candidate for an-
| mis- sion to the Annapolis naval acad-
| emy. II young Nulnix passes the ex-
animation he will succeed Thomas
Withers, who graduates this spring.
Fourteen and ffteen-pound Canadian
geese are being brought ints Cheyenne
| by hunters from Pine Bluff and
Smeed stations on the Union Pacific
east of that place. The goose fight
this year is exceptionally heavy. Hun
dreds OF ducks are also being brought
In from the stations mentioned.
DR.. Pistor, federal stock inspector.
! reports 225 carloads of sheep shipped
from the northern Colorado district,
which includes Laraimer, Weld and
| Morgan counties, during the week end
ing March cath. This means that 3d.,
900 sheep were marketed. The inspec-
tor says $50 carloads more will be
shipped.
Reports received by Mrs. Martha
Shute, secretary of the State Bureau OF
Horticulture, from horticultural inspec-
tors in several OF the fruit counties, In
! dicate large crops this year. Small
fruits are looking well all over the
state. There has been some freezing
OF buds. but nowhere TO any great eI-
tent.
The contract for building a bridge
for the Arkansas Valley Railroad Com
pany across the Arkansas river, east OF
Lamar, has been let to l.. H. Manville
OF Lamar. The bridge will be 1,G00
feet long and constructed on piling
forty feet long. The contract price is
sac 900, the bridge to be completed by
May 18th.
Howard H. Dawson, treasurer OF
Dolores County. has brought in bill
against the state for the sum OF
&l16.l4, which he claims is due him as
per cent commission for the collec-
tion OF state taxes since February,
1905. State Auditor Bent scouts the
idea OF a State commission to county
| treasurers.
Fifty sacks of high grade ore, aggre-
eating 5000 pounds, were contscated
in raid made at Cripple Creek few
! days ago BY Secretary Floyd Thomp-
son and Special Agent Harry Brown of
| the Mine Owners association on IN as
say office conducted by Charles Ropp
at the corner of Fifth and Bennett ave
nues. The ore is estimated to run
| about ten ounces to the ton.
S. l. Abernathy was instantly killed
by fall Of coal in the Simpson mine
at Lafayette on the 3lst ult. A few
minutes before Abernathy was killed
he carried out three men who were
hurt by a blast-Jack Davis, John Man
guson and c. S. Spooner. Davis was
cut on the head and internally injured.
| Returning for the tools, he was caught
by the cavern.
That hen can live twenty-five days
| without food was proven by the liber-
ating Of two Plymouth Rock chickens
entombed In big snowdrift in the
| storm OF March 1st, to which success
sive storms had added. When released
| they Immediately began eating and
seemed none the worse for their i'm
prisonment, save that they were re-
duced almost to skeletons.